Patents by Inventor Werner Ostertag

Werner Ostertag has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6645286
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with soft-magnetic iron effect pigments with metallic luster, which are produced by grinding reductively treated carbonyl iron powder, and which are passivated either during grinding or subsequent to the grinding. The products find application in the decorative and functional fields in paint and lacquer coatings, coloring of plastics, in printing, cosmetics, and glass and ceramics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Eckart GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Werner Ostertag, Stefan Trummer, Frank Henglein, Klaus Greiwe
  • Patent number: 6589331
    Abstract: The present invention deals with metal oxide coated, flake shaped soft iron pigments. The characteristic feature is a reflector substrate, which is produced by deformation of reduced carbonyl iron powder. The pigments are colorful, display metallic luster and a high magnetic permeability. They can be oriented in the medium by means of an external magnetic field. The novel pigments find use in the decorative and/or functional field, particularly in lacquers, paints, plastics, in printing, in glass, ceramics and in cosmetics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Eckart GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Werner Ostertag, Stefan Trummer, Frank Henglein, Klaus Greiwe
  • Publication number: 20020169244
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with soft-magnetic iron effect pigments with metallic luster, which are produced by grinding reductively treated carbonyl iron powder, and which are passivated either during grinding or subsequent to the grinding. The products find application in the decorative and functional fields in paint and lacquer coatings, coloring of plastics, in printing, cosmetics, and glass and ceramics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2002
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Applicant: Eckart GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Werner Ostertag, Stefan Trummer, Frank Henglein, Klaus Greiwe
  • Publication number: 20020134282
    Abstract: The present invention deals with metal oxide coated, flake shaped soft iron pigments. The characteristic feature is a reflector substrate, which is produced by deformation of reduced carbonyl iron powder. The pigments are colorful, display metallic luster and a high magnetic permeability. They can be oriented in the medium by means of an external magnetic field. The novel pigments find use in the decorative and/or functional field, particularly in lacquers, paints, plastics, in printing, in glass, ceramics and in cosmetics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2002
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Applicant: Eckart GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Werner Ostertag, Stefan Trummer, Frank Henglein, Klaus Greiwe
  • Patent number: 6428846
    Abstract: In aluminum-based metal pigments produced by physical vapor deposition of a metal film and subsequent crushing of the metal film metal surfaces which are exposed after the operation of crushing the metal film and in particular fracture surfaces thereof are covered with a passivating protective layer to afford corrosion stability of those metal pigments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: Eckart-Werke Standard Bronzepulver-Werke Carl Eckart & Co.
    Inventors: Günter Kaupp, Werner Ostertag, Günter Sommer
  • Patent number: 6287695
    Abstract: In aluminum-based metal pigments produced by physical vapor deposition of a metal film and subsequent crushing of the metal film metal surfaces which are exposed after the operation of crushing the metal film and in particular fracture surfaces thereof are covered with a passivating protective layer to afford corrosion stability of those metal pigments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: Eckart-Werke Standard Bronzepulver-Werke Carl Eckart GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Günter Kaupp, Werner Ostertag, Günter Sommer
  • Publication number: 20010007696
    Abstract: In aluminum-based metal pigments produced by physical vapor deposition of a metal film and subsequent crushing of the metal film metal surfaces which are exposed after the operation of crushing the metal film and in particular fracture surfaces thereof are covered with a passivating protective layer to afford corrosion stability of those metal pigments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 1999
    Publication date: July 12, 2001
    Inventors: GUNTER KAUPP, WERNER OSTERTAG, GUNTER SOMMER
  • Patent number: 5798147
    Abstract: A process for coating or printing substrates with a coating or printing composition comprises applying a polymerizable material containing liquid-crystalline, polymerizable monomers which carryat least two polymerizable groups for coating andat least one polymerizable group for printing,to the substrate, and subsequently carrying out the polymerization, where the coating composition or the printing composition comprisesa.sub.1) a chiral liquid-crystalline monomer andb) a polymeric binder and/or monomeric compounds which can be converted into the polymeric binder by polymerization, or, in the case of emulsion coatings and printing inks, a dispersion auxiliary d),or the coating composition or the printing composition comprisesa.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1998
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Erich Beck, Frank Meyer, Ulrich Poth, Karl Siemensmeyer, Claudia Sierakowski, Norbert Greif, Werner Ostertag, Michael Zirnstein, Reinhold Leyrer, Ekkehard Jahns, Karl-Heinz Etzbach, Peter Schuhmacher
  • Patent number: 5733658
    Abstract: Luster pigments obtainable by treating titania-coated silicate-based platelets at from 400.degree. to 900.degree. C. with a gas mixture comprising a vaporized organic compound and ammonia are useful for coloring paints, inks, including printing inks, plastics, glasses, ceramic products and decorative cosmetic preparations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1998
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Raimund Schmid, Claus Kaliba, Norbert Mronga, Werner Ostertag, Helmut Schmidt, Juan Antonio Gonzalez Gomez, Hermann Bidlingmaier, Raymond Ellinghoven
  • Patent number: 5710197
    Abstract: Fluorescent pigments contain essentially a polymer matrix based on polymethyl methacrylate and a nonpolar fluorescent dye from the coumarin or perylene series, the polymer matrix being a crosslinked polymethacrylate or polyacrylate prepared by suspension polymerization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wolfgang Fischer, Andreas Deckers, Norbert Guntherberg, Ekkehard Jahns, Sylke Haremza, Werner Ostertag, Helmut Schmidt
  • Patent number: 5693135
    Abstract: Interference pigments based on titanium dioxide-coated silicatic platelets which have been heated in a reducing atmosphere are useful for producing forgeryproof documents and packaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1997
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Raimund Schmid, Norbert Mronga, Claus Kaliba, Werner Ostertag, Helmut Schmidt
  • Patent number: 5624487
    Abstract: Preparation of bluish luster pigments by treating titania-coated silicatic platelets with a reducing gas mixture, which comprises treating titania-coated silicatic platelets whose titania coating has a geometric layer thickness of from 10 to 60 nm at from 800.degree. to 900.degree. C. with a gas mixture comprising a vaporized organic compound and ammonia, and also bluish luster pigments based on silicatic platelets comprising a reduced titania coating with a geometric layer thickness of from 10 to 60 nm and CIELAB color coordinates -2.ltoreq.a*.ltoreq.2 and b*.ltoreq.-20 (measuring angle 20.degree., standard illuminant D65).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1997
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Helmut Schmidt, Werner Ostertag, Hermann Bidlingmaier, Norbert Mronga, Juan A. G. Gomez, Claus Kaliba, Raimund Schmid, Raymond Ellinghoven
  • Patent number: 5573584
    Abstract: Interference pigments based on multiply coated plateletlike silicatic substrates comprisingA) a first layer comprising a colorless or selectively absorbing metal oxide with a high refractive index,B) a second, non-selectively absorbing, semitransparent layer consisting essentially of carbon, a metal or a metal oxide, and optionallyC) a third layer comprising a colorless or selectively absorbing metal oxide in combination with scattering color pigments which are complementary in color to the reflection color of the interference pigments are useful for preparing valuable documents that are forgeryproof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1996
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Werner Ostertag, Helmut Schmidt
  • Patent number: 5501731
    Abstract: Luster pigments comprising coated, plateletlike, silicatic substrates wherein the coating comprises a layer consisting essentially of carbon and aluminum oxide, chromium oxide, cerium oxide, zirconium oxide, antimony oxide or mixtures thereof, are obtainable by applying carbon-containing compounds of the metals aluminum, chromium, cerium, zirconium, antimony or mixtures thereof with or without further carbon-containing compounds of the molecular formula (CH.sub.2 O).sub.n, where n is from 1 to 6 for one monomeric unit, to the substrate particles and then thermally decomposing the carbon-containing compounds on the surface of the substrate particles under oxygen-excluding conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1996
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Raimund Schmid, Norbert Mronga, Werner Ostertag, Helmut Schmidt
  • Patent number: 5470502
    Abstract: Fluorescent pigments have a mean particle size of from 8 to 16 lm and contain apolar polymer matrices based on polymethyl methacrylate, polystyrene, polybutadiene-modified polystyrene, polycarbonate, polyvinyl chloride or polyamide and one or more apolar fluorescent dyes of the coumarin or perylene series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1995
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Erwin Hahn, Werner Ostertag, Guenther Seybold
  • Patent number: 5277711
    Abstract: Mixtures useful as luster pigments for coloring paints, printing inks, plastics, decorative cosmetic preparations and ceramic products and usable in dry form in printing and coating processes consist ofA) iron oxide-coated aluminum particles andB) iron oxide-coated mica particles with or without a prior coating of a colorless, highly refractive metal oxide as essential components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 11, 1994
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Helmut Schmidt, Werner Ostertag, Norbert Mronga, Raimund Schmid
  • Patent number: 5244649
    Abstract: Iron oxides in the form of platelets are produced by hydrothermal treatment of aqueous suspensions containing iron(III) hydroxide or oxide hydrates in the presence of alkali metal hydroxides and of aluminum and/or silicon compounds in two stages. The normality of the alkali is from 0 2 to 2 N in the first stage and is increased by from 0.2 to 2.5 in the second stage.The two-stage process according to the invention makes it possible to produce hematite pigments which are in the form of platelets, have increased luster, larger particle diameter, improved dispersibility and color hues which can be adjusted as desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1993
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Werner Ostertag, Christoph Schwidetzky, Norbert Mronga
  • Patent number: 5122291
    Abstract: A thermal insulating material based on a pigment-containing silica aerogel is obtainable bya) reacting an aqueous dispersion of sodium silicate and a pigment with a strong acid or sodium silicate with a pigment-containing strong acid to give a pigment-containing silica hydrogen, the pigment being such that it scatters, absorbs or reflects infrared radiation of wavelength 3-10 .mu.m,b) substantially freeing the resulting pigment-containing silica hydrogel from ionic constituents by washing with water,c) displacing the water in the hydrogen by a low-boiling liquid which is inert toward the pigment-containing silica gel,d) heating the liquid-containing silica gel thus obtained under supercritical conditions while completely covered with the liquid, ande) subsequently removing the liquid from the solid by flash vaporization at supercritical temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1992
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernardo Wolff, Manfred Mielke, Guenther Seybold, Werner Ostertag, Jochen Fricke, Roland Caps
  • Patent number: 5039587
    Abstract: A novel carrier which is stable and effective over long cycle times (6.times.10.sup.6 prints), has an iron oxide coating of the formula (FeO).sub.x.Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3 where x=0.1-1 and is obtained by treating steel cores (or balls) with defined small amounts of sulfuric acid of defined concentration, partial oxidation of the cores thus treated and drying at 60.degree.-150.degree. C. at .ltoreq.100 mbar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1991
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Erwin Czech, Werner Ostertag, Detlef Schulze-Hagenest, Franz-Ulrich Schmitt
  • Patent number: 5026429
    Abstract: A luster pigment is described which is made up of a metal oxide film on a colored platelet-like support. The support is a pigment having a length of 3-150 .mu.m, a width of 3-150 .mu.m, and a thickness of 0.1-2 .mu.m. A process is described for the preparation of the pigment in which an organic platelet-like pigment is coated with a metal-oxide film by chemical vapor deposition. The preferred platelet-like organic pigment is .beta.-copper phthalocyanine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1991
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Norbert Mronga, Werner Ostertag, Gustav Bock