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Franz Merger — 148 Patents

Basf Se: 146 patents #13 of 13,826Top 1%
Bischofswerda, DE: #3 of 447 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #6,389 of 4,157,543Top 1%
148 Patents All Time
Franz Merger has been granted 148 US patents while listed as an inventor at Basf Se. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in March 2001. Franz Merger ranks #6,389 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.15%). Patent records list Franz Merger in Bischofswerda, DE.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1980 to 2001Bar chart with a peak of 12 patents in 1982.peak 121980: 9 patents19801981: 9 patents1982: 12 patents19821983: 9 patents1984: 6 patents19841985: 9 patents1986: 9 patents19861987: 11 patents1988: 9 patents19881989: 9 patents1990: 8 patents19901991: 10 patents1992: 7 patents19921993: 9 patents1994: 6 patents19941995: 6 patents1996: 6 patents19961997: 2 patents1998: 1 patents19982001: 1 patents2001

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 148 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6201160 Preparation of alcohols Martin Brudermuller, Matthias Irgang, Martin Schmidt-Radde, Tom Witzel, Detlef Kratz +5 more 2001-03-13 $262,000
5728317 Polyisocyanate compositions having a long shelf life and obtainable by phosgene-free methods, their preparation and their use Gerhard Laqua, Tom Witzel, Ursula Siebenhaar, David Agar 1998-03-17
5689010 Preparation of higher aldehydes Rocco Paciello, Michael Roper, Heinz-Josef Kneuper 1997-11-18
5616784 Thermal cleavage of carbamic esters Hans Volkmar Schwarz, Andreas Otterbach, Otto Mattner, Wolfgang Schwarz, Eckhardt Brandt +2 more 1997-04-01
5576449 Preparation of 2-substituted but-2-ene-1,4-dial-4-acetals and novel hemiacetals of glyoxal monoacetals J urgen Frank, Johann-Peter Melder, Tom Witzel 1996-11-19
5565583 Preparation of 2-substituted but-2-ene-1, 4-dial-4-acetals and novel hemiacetals of glyoxal monoacetals J urgen Frank, Johann-Peter Melder, Tom Witzel 1996-10-15
5554787 2,2-dialkylpentane 1,5-diisocyanates, 2,2-dialkylpentane 1,5-diurethanes and 2,2-dialkylpentane 1,5-dicarbamoyl chlorides, and their preparation and use Andreas Otterbach, Tom Witzel, Hans Renz 1996-09-10
5536854 Preparation of 2-methyl-1,4-butanediol and 3-methyltetrahydrofuran Hans-Juergen Weyer, Rolf Fischer, Juergen Frank, Jochem Henkelmann, Hardo Siegel +1 more 1996-07-16
5516928 Preparaion of 3.cyano-3,5,5-trimethylcyclohexanone Klaus Mundinger, Gerhard Laqua, Tom Witzel 1996-05-14
5489663 Preparation of polyisocyanates containing isocyanurate groups and use thereof Peter Brandt, Bernd Bruchmann, Gerhard Laqua, Andreas Otterbach, Konrad Stiefenhöfer +3 more 1996-02-06
5434291 Preparation of aminopropionitriles Tom Witzel, Rudolf Kummer, Guido Voit, Martin Brudermueller, Claus-Ulrich Priester +1 more 1995-07-18
5416240 Preparation of poloxy-alkylene glycols Hans-Juergen Weyer, Rolf Fischer, Gerhard Jeschek, Herbert Mueller 1995-05-16
5399705 1,1'-bis(3-aminopropyl)-2,2'-diimidazole Klaus Ebel, Martin Brudermueller 1995-03-21
5386053 Multistep, continuous preparation of organic polyisocyanates Andreas Otterbach, Hans Volkmar Schwarz, Wolfgang Schwarz, Eckhardt Brandt, Peter Magnussen +1 more 1995-01-31
5380919 Preparation of neopentyl glycol hydroxypivalate Martin Schmidt-Radde 1995-01-10
5380918 Preparation of 4-acetoxystyrene Martin Brudermueller 1995-01-10
5371292 Preparation of 3-aminomethyl-3,5,5-trimethyl-cyclohexylamine Claus-Ulrich Priester, Tom Witzel, Gerhard Koppenhoefer, Wolfgang Harder 1994-12-06
5347033 Preparation of 5-cyanovaleramide Tom Witzel, Eberhard Fuchs 1994-09-13
5344983 Selective preparation of linear pentane-1,5-diamines in increased yields Tom Witzel, Eberhard Fuchs, Claus-Ulrich Priester 1994-09-06
5334745 Preparation of 3-aminopropionitriles Martin Brudermueller, Tom Witzel 1994-08-02
5304685 Preparation of 3-(hydroxyphenyl)propionaldehydes and their hydrogenation to 3-(hydroxyphenyl)propanols Martin Schmidt-Radde 1994-04-19
5300678 Preparation of (107 -substituted urethano alkylcarboxylates) Martin Brudermueller 1994-04-05
5268499 Preparation of mixtures of 3-aminopropionitrile and ethylene cyanohydrin Martin Brudermueller, Wolfgang Harder, Juergen Hartig, Dieter Franz 1993-12-07
5256813 3-substituted 2-hydroxy-3-formylpropionic esters, the preparation thereof and the use thereof for preparing 3-substituted 3-formylacrylic esters Juergen Frank 1993-10-26
5254752 Preparation of 4-halobenzyl alcohols Martin Brudermueller, Martin Schmidt-Radde 1993-10-19