Patents by Inventor Werner Reimann

Werner Reimann 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: 9150808
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cooling additives for middle distillates, containing A) at least one polyester of formula (A1) wherein one of the radicals R1 to R4 represents a linear C16-C40 alkyl or alkenyl radical and the remainder of the radicals R1 to R4 represent, independently of one another, hydrogen or an alkyl radical having 1 to 3 C atoms, R5 is a C—C bond or an alkylene radical having 1 to 6 C atoms, R16 is a hydrocarbon group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, n is an integer from 1 to 100, m is an integer from 3 to 250, p is 0 or 1, and q is 0 or 1, B) at least one copolymer of ethylene and of at least one ethylenically unsaturated ester, the copolymer having a melt viscosity, measured at 140 DEG C., of at most 5000 mPas, and C) at least one organic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Clariant Finance (BVI) Limited
    Inventors: Matthias Krull, Werner Reimann, Stefan Dilsky, Sabine Goetzke
  • Patent number: 8979951
    Abstract: The invention provides terpolymers of ethylene, at least one ethylenically unsaturated ester and propene, which a) contain from 12.0 to 16.0 mol % of structural units derived from at least one ethylenically unsaturated ester, b) contain from 1.0 to 4.0 methyl groups derived from propene per 100 aliphatic carbon atoms, and c) have fewer than 6.5 methyl groups stemming from chain ends per 100 CH2 groups. and also their use as cold additives for middle distillates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Clariant Finance (BVI) Limited
    Inventors: Bettina Siggelkow, Werner Reimann, Matthias Krull, Markus Kupetz
  • Patent number: 8968428
    Abstract: The invention provides additive mixtures comprising A) at least one terpolymer of ethylene, propene and at least one ethylenically unsaturated ester, which i) contains from 6.0 to 12.0 mol % of structural units derived from at least one ethylenically unsaturated ester having a C1- to C3-alkyl radical, ii) contains from 0.5 to 4.0 methyl groups derived from propene per 100 aliphatic carbon atoms, iii) has fewer than 8.0 methyl groups stemming from chain ends per 100 CH2 groups, and B) from 0.5 to 20 parts by weight, based on A), of at least one further component which is effective as a cold additive for mineral oils and is selected from B1) copolymers of ethylene and ethylenically unsaturated compounds whose content of ethylenically unsaturated compounds is at least 2 mol % higher than the content of ethylenically unsaturated esters in the terpolymer defined under A), B2) comb polymers, and B3) mixtures of B1) and B2), and also their use as a cold additive for middle distillates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH
    Inventors: Bettina Siggelkow, Werner Reimann, Matthias Krull, Ulrike Neuhaus, Markus Kupetz, Andre Graf
  • Patent number: 8961622
    Abstract: The invention thus provides terpolymers of ethylene, at least one ethylenically unsaturated ester and propene, which have i) from 4.0 to 12.0 mol % of structural units derived from at least one ethylenically unsaturated ester having a C4- to C20-alkyl radical, ii) from 0.5 to 4.0 methyl groups derived from propene per 100 aliphatic carbon atoms, and iii) fewer than 8.0 methyl groups stemming from chain ends per 100 CH2 groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Clariant Finance (BVI) Limited
    Inventors: Bettina Siggelkow, Werner Reimann, Matthias Krull
  • Patent number: 8628591
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of at least one oil-soluble compound B) which acts as a nucleating agent for paraffin crystallization and which is selected from substantially linear hydrocarbons with at least 22 C atoms, for improving the response of cold flow improvers for mineral oils C) in middle distillates that contain at least one ashless, nitrogenous detergent additive A), which is an oil-soluble, amphiphilic compound that comprises at least one alkyl or alkenyl group bound to a polar group, said alkyl or alkenyl group having 10 to 500 C atoms and the polar group having 2 or more nitrogen atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Clariant Finance (BVI) Limited
    Inventors: Matthias Krull, Werner Reimann, Robert Janssen
  • Publication number: 20130000184
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cooling additives for middle distillates, containing A) at least one comb polymer carrying hydroxyl groups, which can be produced by polycondensation of a polyol that contains two primary OH groups and at least one secondary OH group with a dicarboxylic acid or the anhydride or ester thereof, which carries a C16-C40 alkyl radical or a C16-C40 alkenyl radical, characterized in that the OH number of the comb polymer is at least 40 mg KOH/g, B) at least one copolymer of ethylene and of at least one ethylenically unsaturated ester, and C) at least one organic solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: CLARIANT FINANCE (BVI) LIMITED
    Inventors: Matthias Krull, Werner Reimann, Stefan Dilsky, Sabine Goetzke, Dirk Leinweber
  • Publication number: 20120304532
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cooling additives for middle distillates, containing A) at least one polyester of formula (A1) wherein one of the radicals R1 to R4 represents a linear C16-C40 alkyl or alkenyl radical and the remainder of the radicals R1 to R4 represent, independently of one another, hydrogen or an alkyl radical having 1 to 3 C atoms, R5 is a C—C bond or an alkylene radical having 1 to 6 C atoms, R16 is a hydrocarbon group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, n is an integer from 1 to 100, m is an integer from 3 to 250, p is 0 or 1, and q is 0 or 1, B) at least one copolymer of ethylene and of at least one ethylenically unsaturated ester, the copolymer having a melt viscosity, measured at 140 DEG C, of at most 5000 mPas, and C) at least one organic solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: CLARIANT FINANCE (BVI) LIMITED
    Inventors: Matthias Krull, Werner Reimann, Stefan Dilsky, Sabine Goetzke
  • Patent number: 8283298
    Abstract: Mineral oil distillates having an aromatics content of less than 21% by weight, a water content of less than 150 ppm and a conductivity of at least 50 pS/m, and comprising from 0.1 to 200 ppm of at least one alkylphenol-aldehyde resin (constituent I) which includes a structural element of the formula in which R5 is C1-C200-alkyl or C2-C200-alkenyl, O—R6 or O—C(O)—R6, R6 is C1-C200-alkyl or C2-C200-alkenyl and n is from 2 to 100, and from 0.1 to 200 ppm of at least one polar oil-soluble nitrogen compound (constituent II), excluding those mineral oil distillates in which between 0.001 and 10 ppm of an oil-soluble, organic sulfonic acid-ammonium salt are present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Krull, Werner Reimann
  • Patent number: 8153567
    Abstract: The invention provides for the use of at least one oil-soluble polyoxyalkylene compound, this polyoxyalkylene compound being an oil-soluble ester, ether or ether/ester of alkoxylated polyols having at least three repeat alkoxy units derived from alkylene oxides having from 2 to 5 carbon atoms per OH group of the polyol which bears at least two aliphatic hydrocarbon radicals having from 12 to 30 carbon atoms for improving the response behavior of mineral oil cold flow improvers in middle distillates which comprise at least one ashless, nitrogen-containing detergent additive which is an oil-soluble amphiphilic compound which comprises at least one alkyl or alkenyl radical which is bonded to a polar group, the alkyl or alkenyl radical comprising from 10 to 500 carbon atoms and the polar group comprising 2 or more nitrogen atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Krull, Robert Janssen, Werner Reimann
  • Patent number: 7872061
    Abstract: The present invention provides a continuous process for preparing additive mixtures for mineral oils and mineral oil distillates, comprising A) a cold flow improver for middle distillates, and at least one further component selected from B) and C): B) a further cold flow improver, C) an organic solvent, which comprises mixing cold flow improver and optionally solvent by means of a static mixer, the temperature of the additive mixture at the outlet of the static mixer being from 0° C. to 100° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Krull, Gerhard Bettermann, Curd-Werner Adams, Werner Reimann
  • Patent number: 7815698
    Abstract: The invention provides fuel oils comprising a major proportion of a mixture of A) a middle distillate fuel oil and B) a biofuel oil, and also a minor proportion C) of an oil-soluble, crosslinked block copolymer composed of C2- to C4-alkylene oxides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH
    Inventors: Bettina Siggelkow, Werner Reimann, Dirk Leinweber, Ulrike Neuhaus, Renate Braun
  • Publication number: 20100170146
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of at least one oil-soluble compound B) which acts as a nucleating agent for paraffin crystallization and which is selected from substantially linear hydrocarbons with at least 22 C atoms, for improving the response of cold flow improvers for mineral oils C) in middle distillates that contain at least one ashless, nitrogenous detergent additive A), which is an oil-soluble, amphiphilic compound that comprises at least one alkyl or alkenyl group bound to a polar group, said alkyl or alkenyl group having 10 to 500 C atoms and the polar group having 2 or more nitrogen atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: CLARIANT FINANCE (BVI) LIMITED
    Inventors: Matthias Krull, Werner Reimann, Robert Janssen
  • Patent number: 7713315
    Abstract: The invention provides mineral oil distillates having a water content of less than 150 ppm and a conductivity of at least 50 pS/m, which comprise from 0.1 to 200 ppm of at least one alkylphenol-aldehyde resin and from 0.1 to 200 ppm of at least one nitrogen-containing polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Krull, Werner Reimann
  • Publication number: 20090184285
    Abstract: The present invention provides a continuous process for preparing additive mixtures for mineral oils and mineral oil distillates, comprising A) a cold flow improver for middle distillates, and at least one further component selected from B) and C): B) a further cold flow improver, C) an organic solvent, which comprises mixing cold flow improver and optionally solvent by means of a static mixer, the temperature of the additive mixture at the outlet of the static mixer being from 0° C. to 100° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2008
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: CLARIANT PRODUKTE (DEUTSCHLAND) GMBH
    Inventors: Matthias KRULL, Gerhard BETTERMANN, Curd-Werner ADAMS, Werner REIMANN
  • Patent number: 7563291
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the preparation of ?-(dimethylisopropenylbenzylurethane) polyalkylene glycols with ?-alkoxy or ?-dihydroxy groups and to the use thereof as hydrolysis-stable macromonomers for the dispersion and crosslinking of polymers in which, A is C2-C4-alkylene, m is an integer from 5 to 900, and R is C1-C20-alkyl, C6-C18-aryl or a radical according to formula 2a, 2b, 2c, 3a, 3b or 3c which is bonded to the terminal oxygen atom of the alkoxy group (A-O) in formula 1 via the valence denoted by *, and in which A is not exclusively C3- or C4-alkylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH
    Inventors: Bettina Siggelkow, Dirk Leinweber, Werner Reimann, Ulrike Neuhaus, Renate Braun
  • Patent number: 7435271
    Abstract: The invention relates to additives for improving cold-flow and lubricating properties of fuel oils, comprising A) 5-95% by weight of at least one oil-soluble amphiphile of the formula ?in which R1 is an alkyl, alkenyl, hydroxyalkyl or aromatic radical having 1 to 50 carbon atoms, X is NH, NR3, O or S, y is 1, 2, 3 or 4, R2 is hydrogen or an alkyl radical carrying hydroxyl groups and having 2 to 10 carbon atoms and R3 is an alkyl radical carrying nitrogen and/or hydroxyl groups and having 2 to 10 carbon atoms or C1-C20-alkyl, and B) 5 to 95% by weight of a terpolymer containing from 10 to 35 mol % of structural units derived from the vinyl ester of a carboxylic acid having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, from 1 to 15 mol % of structural units derived from the vinyl ester of a neocarboxylic acid having 8 to 15 carbon atoms, and structural units of ethylene to 100 mol %, having a melt viscosity, measured at 140° C., of from 20 to 10,000 mPas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Krull, Werner Reimann
  • Publication number: 20080178522
    Abstract: The invention provides a fuel oil composition comprising a fuel oil of animal or vegetable origin, in which a total of more than 6% by weight of palmitic acid methyl ester and stearic acid methyl ester are present, and, as an additive, A) at least one copolymer which contains 10-20 mol % of structural units of at least one vinyl ester and 80-90 mol % of structural units of ethylene, and B) at least one comb polymer containing structural units formed from B1) at least one olefin as monomer 1, which bears at least one C8-C18-alkyl radical on the olefinic double bond, and B2) at least one ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid as monomer 2, which bears at least one C8-C16-alkyl radical bonded via an amide and/or imide group, in which the parameter Q Q = ? i ? ? w 1 ? i · n 1 ? i + ? j ? ? w 2 ? j · n 2 ? j in which w1 is the molar proportion of the individual chain lengths n1 in the alkyl radicals of monomer 1, w2 is the molar proportion of the individ
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventors: Bettina Siggelkow, Werner Reimann, Ulrike Neuhaus, Markus Kupetz
  • Publication number: 20080016754
    Abstract: The invention provides additive mixtures comprising A) at least one terpolymer of ethylene, propene and at least one ethylenically unsaturated ester, which i) contains from 6.0 to 12.0 mol % of structural units derived from at least one ethylenically unsaturated ester having a C1- to C3-alkyl radical, ii) contains from 0.5 to 4.0 methyl groups derived from propene per 100 aliphatic carbon atoms, iii) has fewer than 8.0 methyl groups stemming from chain ends per 100 CH2 groups, and B) from 0.5 to 20 parts by weight, based on A), of at least one further component which is effective as a cold additive for mineral oils and is selected from B1) copolymers of ethylene and ethylenically unsaturated compounds whose content of ethylenically unsaturated compounds is at least 2 mol % higher than the content of ethylenically unsaturated esters in the terpolymer defined under A), B2) comb polymers, and B3) mixtures of B1) and B2), and also their use as a cold additive for middle distillates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventors: Bettina Siggelkow, Werner Reimann, Matthias Krull, Ulrike Neuhaus, Markus Kupetz, Andre Graf
  • Publication number: 20080016753
    Abstract: The invention provides terpolymers of ethylene, at least one ethylenically unsaturated ester and propene, which a) contain from 12.0 to 16.0 mol % of structural units derived from at least one ethylenically unsaturated ester, b) contain from 1.0 to 4.0 methyl groups derived from propene per 100 aliphatic carbon atoms, and c) have fewer than 6.5 methyl groups stemming from chain ends per 100 CH2 groups. and also their use as cold additives for middle distillates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventors: Bettina Siggelkow, Werner Reimann, Matthias Krull, Markus Kupetz
  • Patent number: RE40758
    Abstract: The invention relates to low-temperature-stabilized additives for fuel oils having a sulfur content of up 0.05% by weight, comprising fatty acid mixtures of A1) from 1 to 99% by weight of at least one saturated mono- or dicarboxylic acid having from 6 to 50 carbon atoms, A2) from 1 to 99% by weight of at least one unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acid having from 6 to 50 carbon atoms, and B) at least one polar nitrogen-containing compound which is effective as paraffin dispersant in middle distillates, in an amount of from 0.01 to 90% by weight, based on the total weight of A1), A2) and B); and to the use of said mixtures for improving the lubrication properties of low-sulfur middle distillates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Krull, Werner Reimann