Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Hofer

Wolfgang Hofer 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: 9920255
    Abstract: Method for the depolymerization of plastics material (1), in particular pre- or post-consumer plastics wastes, by means of heat introduction, wherein the plastics material (1) is molten to form a plastics melt and degassed before being passed to a depolymerization reactor (3), adding a fraction obtained from crude oil as a solvent (6) to the plastics melt, thereby lowering the viscosity of the plastics melt solution supplied to the depolymerization reactor (3) relative to the viscosity of the plastics melt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: OMV REFINING & MARKETING GMBH
    Inventor: Wolfgang Hofer
  • Publication number: 20140114098
    Abstract: Method for the depolymerisation of plastics material (1), in particular pre- or post-consumer plastics wastes, by means of heat introduction, wherein the plastics material (1) is molten to form a plastics melt and degassed before being passed to a depolymerisation reactor (3), adding a fraction obtained from crude oil as a solvent (6) to the plastics melt, thereby lowering the viscosity of the plastics melt solution supplied to the depolymerisation reactor (3) relative to the viscosity of the plastics melt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: OMV REFINING & MARKETING
    Inventor: Wolfgang Hofer
  • Patent number: 8459074
    Abstract: A strip has a strip head and a strip leg. It is rolled, beginning at the strip head, in a roll stand of a rolling device between an upper and a lower roller arrangement of the roll stand. It is monitored whether the strip foot reaches a switching point located, viewed in the rolling direction, in front of the roll stand. From the time the strip leg reaches the switching point, the roller arrangements are subjected to a bending force expanding the roller arrangements by means of an adjusting device, the force being at least as high as a minimal force. The minimal force is at least as high as a balancing force of the upper roller arrangement. The minimal force is determined as a function of the parameters of the strip and/or the operating parameters of the rolling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wolfgang Hofer, Markus Martini
  • Publication number: 20100031723
    Abstract: A strip has a strip head and a strip leg. It is rolled, beginning at the strip head, in a roll stand of a rolling device between an upper and a lower roller arrangement of the roll stand. It is monitored whether the strip foot reaches a switching point located, viewed in the rolling direction, in front of the roll stand. From the time the strip leg reaches the switching point, the roller arrangements are subjected to a bending force expanding the roller arrangements by means of an adjusting device, the force being at least as high as a minimal force. The minimal force is at least as high as a balancing force of the upper roller arrangement. The minimal force is determined as a function of the parameters of the strip and/or the operating parameters of the rolling device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Wolfgang Hofer, Markus Martini
  • Patent number: 6497907
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for producing bakery products (2). It has an oven (4) closed off by a door (5) and a heating device (7) which heats the oven (4). A delivery device (10,31) is also provided for a fluid (11), along with a discharge element (12) arranged in the oven (4), a storage container (22) and a conveyor device (20) for the fluid (11). A sensor (8, 9) is arranged in the oven (4) for detecting at least one actual value for a temperature in the oven (4) and which is connected to a control device (16). The latter is also connected to the heating device (7), the delivery device (10,31) for the fluid (11) and an energy source (21). At least one other sensor (8, 9) is provided in the oven (4) for detecting an actual value of the humidity and is connected, along with a clock timer (30), to the control device (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Inventor: Wolfgang Hofer
  • Publication number: 20010051202
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for producing bakery products (2). It has an oven (4) closed off by a door (5) and a heating device (7) which heats the oven (4). A delivery device (10, 31) is also provided for a fluid (11), along with a discharge element (12) arranged in the oven (4), a storage container (22) and a conveyor device (20) for the fluid (11). A sensor (8, 9) is arranged in the oven (4) for detecting at least one actual value for a temperature in the oven (4) and which is connected to a control device (16). The latter is also connected to the heating device (7), the delivery device (10, 31) for the fluid (11) and an energy source (21). At least one other sensor (8, 9) is provided in the oven (4) for detecting an actual value of the humidity and is connected, along with a clock timer (30), to the control device (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 1999
    Publication date: December 13, 2001
    Inventor: WOLFGANG HOFER
  • Patent number: 4833243
    Abstract: Novel substituted carboxylic acid amide herbicides of the formula ##STR1## wherein n is an integer from 1 to 4each R is independently selected from hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, alkylthio, haloalkylthio, amino, alkylamino, dialkylamino, nitro cyano and alkoxycarbonyl; and two R radicals taken together can represent methylenedioxy, dichloromethylenedioxy or difluoromethylenedioxy,R.sup.1 is hydrogen or alkyl,R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are individually selected from hydrogen or a radical selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aralkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl and nitrogen-containing heterocycles, each of which radicals may be substituted and each of which radicals may, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, form an optionally substituted, optionally partially unsaturated and optionally benzo-fused monocyclic or bicyclic radical, which may contain one or more further hetero-atoms, andX is oxygen or sulfur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1989
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Heinz Forster, Wolfgang Hofer, Volker Mues, Ludwig Eue, Robert R. Schmidt
  • Patent number: 4756741
    Abstract: Azolyloxy-carboxylic acid amides of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is a five-membered hetero-aromatic monocyclic radical which contains an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom and 1 to 3 nitrogen atoms; orR is said monocyclic radical substituted by halogen, nitro, cyano, amino, alkylamino, dialkylamino, arylamino, alkylcarbonylamino, alkylcarbonyl, carboxyl, alkoxycarbonyl, carbamoyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, arylaminocarbonyl substituted arylaminocarbonyl wherein the substituents are halogen, nitro or alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl wherein the substituents are halogen, nitro, cyano, alkyl, halogenoalkyl or alkoxy, aralkyl, haloaralkyl, alkoxy, halo-alkoxy, alkenoxy, alkynoxy, alkoxycarbonylalkoxy, aralkoxy or aryloxy, optionally halogen-substituted alkylthio, alkenylthio, alkynylthio, alkoxycarbonylalkylthio, aralkylthio, arylthio, alkylsulphinyl or alkylsulphonyl, optionally halogen-substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxyalkyl, aralkoxyalkyl, aryloxyalkyl, alkylthioalkyl, alkylsulphinylalkyl, al
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1988
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Heinz Forster, Wolfgang Hofer, Volker Mues, Ludwig Eue, Robert R. Schmidt
  • Patent number: 4645525
    Abstract: Azolyloxy-carboxylic acid amides of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is a five-membered hetero-aromatic monocyclic radical which contains an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom and 1 to 3 nitrogen atoms; orR is said monocyclic radical substituted by halogen, nitro, cyano, amino, alkylamino, dialkylamino, arylamino, alkylcarbonylamino, alkylcarbonyl, carboxyl, alkoxycarbonyl, carbamoyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, arylaminocarbonyl substituted arylaminocarbonyl wherein the substituents are halogen, nitro or alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl wherein the substituents are halogen, nitro, cyano, alkyl, halogenoalkyl or alkoxy, aralkyl, haloaralkyl, alkoxy, halo-alkoxy, alkenoxy, alkynoxy, alkoxycarbonylalkoxy, aralkoxy or aryloxy, optionally halogen-substituted alkylthio, alkenylthio, alkynylthio, alkoxycarbonylalkylthio, aralkylthio, arylthio, alkylsulphinyl or alkylsulphonyl, optionally halogen-substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxyalkyl, aralkoxyalkyl, aryloxyalkyl, alkylthioalkyl, alkylsulphinylalkyl, al
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1987
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Heinz Forster, Wolfgang Hofer, Volker Mues, Ludwig Eue, Robert R. Schmidt
  • Patent number: 4509971
    Abstract: Novel substituted carboxylic acid amide compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein n is an integer from 1 to 4each R is independently selected from hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, alkylthio, haloalkylthio, amino, alkylamino, dialkylamino, nitro, cyano and alkoxycarbonyl; and two R radicals taken together can represent methylenedioxy, dichloromethylenedioxy or difluoromethylenedioxy,R.sup.1 is hydrogen or alkyl,R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are individually selected from hydrogen or a radical selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aralkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl and nitrogen-containing heterocycles, each of which radicals may be substituted and each of which radicals may, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, form an optionally substituted, optionally partially unsaturated and optionally benzofused monocyclic or bicyclic radical, which may contain one or more further hetero-atoms, and X is oxygen or sulfur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1985
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Heinz Forster, Wolfgang Hofer, Volker Mues, Ludwig Eue, Robert R. Schmidt
  • Patent number: 4399285
    Abstract: Tetrazolyloxycarboxylic acid amide compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is an optionally substituted radical selected from the group consisting of alkyl or aryl,R.sup.1 is hydrogen or alkyl,n is 0 or 1, andR.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are individually selected from hydrogen or optionally substituted radicals selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, aralkyl and aryl, with the proviso that when n is 0,R.sup.2 and R.sup.3, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are bonded, form an optionally substituted, optionally partially unsaturated and optionally benzo-fused monocyclic or bicyclic radical which optionally contains one or more further hetero-atomsare effective herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1980
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1983
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Heinz Forster, Wolfgang Hofer, Fritz Maurer, Volker Mues, Ludwig Eue, Robert R. Schmidt
  • Patent number: 4345078
    Abstract: O-Alkyl-O-[5-carbalkoxy-7-alkyl-pyrazolo-(1,5-.alpha.)-pyrimidin-2-yl]-(thi ono) (thiol)-phosphoric (phosphonic) acid esters of the formula ##STR1## in which R, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 each independently is alkyl,R.sup.1 is hydrogen or alkyl,R.sup.4 is alkoxy, alkylthio, alkyl or phenyl, andX is oxygen or sulphurwhich possess arthropodicidal properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1977
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1982
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wolfgang Hofer, Fritz Maurer, Hans-Jochem Riebel, Rolf Schroder, Ingeborg Hammann, Wilhelm Stendel
  • Patent number: 4342479
    Abstract: A hanging implement is attached to a garment bag for facilitating handling the garmet bag during hanging the garment bag upon a support and removal of the garment bag from the support, the hanging implement having a handle with a handgrip portion and a flange portion, the flange portion including a stop shoulder for providing an abutment for a hand when the hand is placed upon the handgrip portion for lifting the garment bag during hanging and removal, the flange portion further providing a display surface for displaying information capable of being viewed readily when the garment bag is hung upon the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1980
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1982
    Inventor: Wolfgang Hofer
  • Patent number: 4227918
    Abstract: A halogenoethyl sulphone of the formula ##STR1## wherein Hal represents halogen; andR represents hydrogen or an alkyl group of 1 to 6 carbon atoms,the use of such halogenoethyl sulphone as plant growth regulants and a process for regulating the growth of a crop by applying to the crop or a habitat thereof a composition comprising such halogenoethyl sulphone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1980
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wolfgang Hofer, Klaus Lurssen
  • Patent number: 4190652
    Abstract: O-Phenyl-thionothiolalkanephosphonic acid esters of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is alkyl, halogenoalkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl,R.sup.1 is alkyl, andR.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 each independently is hydrogen, halogen, cyano, alkyl, alkylthio, alkylsulphonyl, alkoxy, nitro, carbalkoxy or phenyl,which possess arthropodicidal and nematicidal properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1978
    Date of Patent: February 26, 1980
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wolfgang Hofer, Fritz Maurer, Hans-Jochem Riebel, Rolf Schroder, Bernhard Homeyer, Ingeborg Hammann, Wilhelm Stendel
  • Patent number: 4163052
    Abstract: O-[3-tert.-butyl-pyrazol(5)yl]-(thiono)(thiol)-phosphoric(phosphonic) acid esters and ester amides of the formula ##STR1## in which R is hydrogen, alkyl, cyanoalkyl, or phenyl optionally carrying at least one halogen, halogenoalkyl, alkyl or alkylthio substituent,R.sup.1 is hydrogen, halogen, alkyl or alkylthio,R.sup.2 is alkoxy, alkyl or phenyl,R.sup.3 is alkoxy, alkylthio or monoalkylamino, andX is oxygen or sulphur, which possess arthropodicidal, nematicidal and fungicidal properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 31, 1979
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wolfgang Hofer, Fritz Maurer, Hans-Jochem Riebel, Rolf Schroder, Wolfgang Behrenz, Ingeborg Hammann, Bernhard Homeyer
  • Patent number: 4146632
    Abstract: N,N-dimethyl-O-[3-tert.-butylpyrazol-5-yl]-carbamic acid esters of the formula ##STR1## in which R represents hydrogen, alkyl or cyanoalkyl andR.sup.1 represents hydrogen, halogen or alkyl which possess arthropodicidal and nematicidal properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1979
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wolfgang Hofer, Fritz Maurer, Hans-Jochem Riebel, Rolf Schroder, Ingeborg Hammann, Wolfgang Behrenz, Bernhard Homeyer, Wilhelm Stendel
  • Patent number: 4125609
    Abstract: O-Alkyl-O-[1,6-dihydro-1-substituted-6-thioxopyridazin(3)yl]-(thiono) (thiol) phosphoric (phosphonic) acid esters and ester-amides of the formula ##STR1## in which R is alkyl with 1 to 6 carbon atoms,R' is alkyl, alkoxy, alkylmercapto or alkylamino with 1 to 6 carbon atoms per alkyl chain, or phenyl,R" is alkyl, cyanoalkyl, carbalkoxyalkyl or alkylcarbonylalkyl with 1 to 4 carbon atoms per alkyl chain, phenyl or phenyl carrying at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of halogen, nitro, alkyl with 1 to 4 carbon atoms and halogenoalkyl with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, andX is oxygen or sulfur,Which possess arthropodicidal properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1977
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1978
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wolfgang Hofer, Fritz Maurer, Hans-Jochem Riebel, Ingeborg Hammann, Wolfgang Behrenz, Bernhard Homeyer
  • Patent number: 4112081
    Abstract: O,O-Di-alkyl-O-(1-6-pyridazinon-3-yl)-(thiono)-phosphoric acid esters of the formula ##STR1## in which R is methyl or ethyl,R.sub.1 is alkyl with 3 to 5 carbon atoms or alkoxyalkyl with 1 to 3 carbon atoms in each alkoxy and alkyl moiety,R.sub.2 is hydrogen, nitro, halogen or alkyl with 1 to 6 carbon atoms, andX is oxygen or sulfur,Which possess insecticidal and acaricidal properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1978
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wolfgang Hofer, Fritz Maurer, Hans-Jochem Riebel, Ingeborg Hammann, Wolfgang Behrenz
  • Patent number: 4112080
    Abstract: O-Alkyl-S-[1,6-dihydro-6-oxo-pyridazin(1)ylmethyl]-(thiono)-(di)-thiolphosp horic(phosphonic) acid esters of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 is alkyl or alkoxyalkyl with 1 to 6 carbon atoms per alkyl chain,R.sub.2 is alkyl, alkylmercapto, alkylamino or alkenylamino with up to 6 carbon atoms per aliphatic chain, amino or phenyl, andR.sub.3 is alkoxy, cyanoalkoxy, carbalkoxy-alkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, alkanoyloxy, dialkylcarbamoyloxy or alkylsulfonyloxy with up to 5 carbon atoms in each aliphatic chain, halogen, hydroxyl, or a (thiono) (thiol)-phosphoric(phosphonic) acid ester or esteramide radical,R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 each independently is hydrogen, alkyl with 1 to 3 carbon atoms or halogen, or R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 conjointly form a fused benzene ring, andX is oxygen or sulfur,Which possess insecticidal, acaricidal and nematocidal properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1978
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wolfgang Hofer, Fritz Maurer, Hans-Jochem Riebel, Lothar Rohe, Ingeborg Hammen, Bernhard Homeyer