ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 11 -- BASF, Ludwigshafen, Germany, has been assigned a patent (8,012,725) developed by five co-inventors for a "method for the production of optically-active alcohols." The co-inventors are Rainer Sturmer, Rodersheim-Gronau, Germany, Bernhard Hauer, Fu.beta.goheim, Germany, Dejana Drew, Mannheim, Germany, Michael Breuer, Darmstadt, Germany, and Hartwig Schroder, Nu.beta.loch, Germany. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 11 -- BASF, Ludwigshafen, Germany, has been assigned a patent (8,012,602) developed by four co-inventors for an electroluminescent device. The co-inventors are Thomas Schafer, Basel, Switzerland, Patrice Bujard, Courtepin, Switzerland, Jonathan Rogers, White Plains, N.Y., and Kristina Bardon, Waldshut, Germany. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed are electroluminescent devices that comprise organic layers that   more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 11 -- BASF, Ludwigshafen, Germany, has been assigned a patent (8,012,672) developed by Pascal Hayoz, Hofstetten, Switzerland, Jean-Luc Birbaum, Binningen, Switzerland, and Stephan Ilg, Giebenach, Switzerland, for a sulphonium salt photoinitiators. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Compounds of the formula (I), wherein L.sub.1, L.sub.2, L.sub.3 and L.sub.4 independently of one another are hydrogen or an organic substitu  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 11 -- BASF Fuel Cell, Frankfurt, Germany, has been assigned a patent (8,012,647) developed by five co-inventors for a "membrane-electrode unit and fuel elements with increased service life." The co-inventors are Jurgen Pawlik, Battenberg, Germany, Oemer Uensal, Mainz, Germany, Thomas Schmidt, Frankfurt, Germany, Christoph Padberg, Wiesbaden, Germany, and Glen Hoppes, Frankfurt, Germany. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states:  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Pennsylvania. *** Oberon Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- Oberon, State College, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,013,466) developed by Scott D. Thompson, State College, Pa., and David E. Young, Pennsylvania Furnace, Pa., for a "POE power tapping device and method of use." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A POE tapping device for extractin  more