Abstract: Anti-microbial compositions for cleaning and sanitizing skin are disclosed. The anti-microbial compositions preferably comprises at least one quaternary ammonium chloride active and results in low irritation cleansing and sanitizing products that allow more frequent application.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 15, 2021
Date of Patent:
January 30, 2024
Assignee:
GPCP IP Holdings LLC
Inventors:
Brian Patrick Argo, Varsha Shah, Molly Ryan Callahan
Abstract: The need for a hand-dishwashing composition which is highly effective at removing grease, while also having good suds mileage, and avoiding negatives on physical stability, especially at low temperatures is met by formulating the hand dishwashing composition to comprise a branched alkyl sulfate anionic surfactant having a low degree of alkoxylation, or no alkoxylation, and a co-surfactant, in combination with polypropylene glycol of a defined molecular weight, as described herein.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 17, 2021
Date of Patent:
January 30, 2024
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Jan Julien Marie-Louise Billiauw, Karl Ghislain Braeckman, Katrien Richarde Francoise Decraene, Pieter Jan Maria Saveyn, Bjorn Vanoverstraete
Abstract: The present invention is in the field of fabric cleaning compositions; in particular powder detergent compositions having foaming and cleaning characteristics in the main wash, yet significant foam reduction during rinse. Accordingly the present inventors have investigated ways of improving the defoaming ingredient such that the defoaming ingredient has improving foam-subsiding effects in the rinse stage. However they found that incorporating a monoester of glycerol of unsaturated fatty acids in a cleaning composition has adverse effects on the perfume impact of the cleaning composition. The inventors have found that the disadvantages of the prior art can be overcome, if a monoester of glycerol and unsaturated fatty acid is sorbed by a porous carrier material having a specific pore size and pH ranges. The inventive defoaming ingredient did not masked and/or altered the perfume delivery of the detergent composition.
Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for removing a stain from a surface. A first solution is applied to the stain, wherein the first solution comprises a combination of an ammoniated substance such as ammonium hydroxide and an alcohol such as isopropanol. A second solution is then applied to the stain treated with the first solution, wherein the second solution comprises between approximately 6% and approximately 15% hydrogen peroxide.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 24, 2020
Date of Patent:
January 23, 2024
Assignee:
WOW PRODUCTS LLC
Inventors:
Dale Henn, Gregory Olean, Patrick Schneider
Abstract: An opacified liquid detergent composition includes at least one anionic surfactant, a fatty acid, calcium cations, and water. The fatty acid and calcium cations are present in the opacified liquid detergent composition in a weight ratio of the fatty acid to the calcium cations of from about 1:25 to about 1:150. The opacified liquid detergent composition is free of a microplastic opacifier and has a turbidity value of greater than 250 NTU measured utilizing a turbidity meter at about 24° C.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 29, 2020
Date of Patent:
January 16, 2024
Assignee:
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
Inventors:
Daniel Thomas Piorkowski, Peter Schmiedel, Frank Meier
Abstract: Cleaning compositions and methods of making and using the same are provided. The cleaning composition includes an ethyl or methyl ester of a vegetable oil and an emulsifying agent consisting of isopropylamine alkylbenzene sulfonate. The cleaning compositions of the present invention are useful in a variety of domestic or industrial applications including removal of paint from paint brushes, removal of chewing gum from surfaces, and removal of graffiti from surfaces.
Abstract: Wetting compositions can include water and a silicone-based softening agent. The softening agent can include a structure of: G1 can be —CH2CH2CH2—(CaH2aO)b—H. G2 can be —CH2CH2CH2—OCH2—CH(OH)—CH2—R1. R1 can be selected from the group consisting of: —NH—(CH2)n—NH2, —NH—(CH2)n—NH—(CH2)m—NH2, N-piperidine, and N-3,3,5,5-tetramethyl-piperidine.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 15, 2019
Date of Patent:
January 16, 2024
Inventors:
Corey T. Cunningham, Jeffery R. Seidling, Stacy A. Mundschau, Paige N. Hollmaier, Amy L. Vanden Heuvel, Anthony J. O'Lenick, Jr.
Abstract: Fabric care compositions that include perfume encapsulates and a quaternary ammonium ester compound, where the shell of the encapsulates include an acrylate or methacrylate material. Related methods of using and making such compositions.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 22, 2020
Date of Patent:
January 9, 2024
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Conny Erna Alice Joos, Johan Smets, Marc Johan Declercq, Pierre Daniel Verstraete, Linsheng Feng, Fadi Selim Chakar, Robert Stanley Bobnock
Abstract: A non-caustic solid powder cleaner composition is disclosed herein, as well as a method of making and using the same. A benefit of the powder cleaner composition can be providing a compact, lightweight powder composition that can be easily and efficiently transported, stored, dispensed, and used for safely cleaning grill and oven surfaces.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 24, 2022
Date of Patent:
December 26, 2023
Assignee:
MAGNUS PROCUREMENT AND LOGISTIC SOLUTIONS, INC.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid composition comprising, based on the total weight of the composition, at least 50 wt. % of an ethoxylated alcohol having a melting point higher than 20° C. It also relates to a product comprising said solid composition in the form of a powder and a container, wherein said solid composition is comprised in said container. It also relates to product comprising said solid composition and a cage, wherein said solid composition is contained in said cage. It further relates to a product comprising said solid composition and a porous solid support, wherein said solid composition is attached to said porous solid support. It further relates to a method for the controlled release of one or more actives in an automatic washing operation by providing said solid composition or any of the products to the machine in which said automatic washing operation is performed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 12, 2021
Date of Patent:
December 26, 2023
Assignee:
Reckitt Benckiser Finish B.V.
Inventors:
Souhila Aissani, Natalia Fragoso, Patrick Illert, Torsten Roth, Pavlinka Roy, Itahisa Suarez, William Whittaker
Abstract: Sanitizing and disinfecting compositions with relatively low levels of free available chlorine, with good effectiveness against microbes, included in a burstable pouch of a system also including a plurality of initially undosed (e.g., dry) wipes in a resealable package thereof. The composition may include less than 0.5% by weight hypochlorite or other free available chlorine level, with a pH less than 12. The composition is long term stable in the pouch, but upon bursting of the pouch and dosing of the wipes, exhibits only short-term stability. Because of the low level of hypochlorite, the dosed wipes exhibit improved surface compatibility and negligible “bleach” odor, while providing at least a 3-log reduction in C. diff population within 10 minutes.
Abstract: Low molecular weight silicone copolymers prepared by reacting an oxamido ester-terminated silicone with a polyetheramine and a primary or secondary amine are useful in treating fabrics to obtain a soft hand and also hydrophilicity, and can be prepared without the use of highly toxic reagents.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 13, 2017
Date of Patent:
December 19, 2023
Assignee:
Wacker Chemie AG
Inventors:
Thomas Lehotkay, Walter Eichberger, Oliver Schaefer, Inge Seeger-Feichtinger
Abstract: A composition for use in scent booster beads comprises a dispersant, a first solubility agent, a fragrance, and a second solubility agent, all of these ingredients being present in varied amounts by weight of the composition.
Abstract: A laundry product comprising; polyethylene glycol having a molecular weight of 2 000 to 30 000; and free oil perfume comprising phenolic aldehyde, characterised in that the composition further comprises at least 1 w.t. % of starch or starch derivative.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 20, 2016
Date of Patent:
November 21, 2023
Assignee:
Conopco, Inc.
Inventors:
Helen Angela Barr, Karl Burgess, Hugh Rieley, Shaun Charles Walsh
Abstract: Method for softening knitted cotton, wherein knitted cotton is treated with an ancillary laundry composition comprising: a. Soil release polymer b. Silicone c. less than 4 w.t. % surfactant; and d. Water wherein the method comprises delivering the ancillary laundry composition into the wash or rise stage and comprises the steps of: a. Pouring a laundry product into a washing receptacle, a washing machine drawer, or a dosing shuttle b. Pouring the ancillary laundry composition on top of the laundry product. Use of the method for softening knitted cotton.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 19, 2019
Date of Patent:
November 14, 2023
Assignee:
Conopco, Inc.
Inventors:
Martin Charles Crossman, Jonathan Osler
Abstract: A fabric care composition is provided including water; a cleaning surfactant; a fabric softening silicone; and a modified carbohydrate polymer having a weight average molecular weight of <500,000 Daltons and a Kjeldahl nitrogen content corrected for ash and volatiles, TKN, of ?0.5 wt %; wherein the modified carbohydrate polymer is a carbohydrate polymer functionalized with quaternary ammonium moieties; wherein the quaternary ammonium moieties on the modified carbohydrate polymer include: trimethyl ammonium moieties having formula (I) and dimethyl(alkyl) ammonium moieties having formula (II) wherein each R is independently selected from a C8-22 alkyl group.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 15, 2019
Date of Patent:
November 14, 2023
Assignees:
DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Dow Silicones Corporation, ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY
Inventors:
Emmett M. Partain, III, Jan E. Shulman, Leon Marteaux, Michael B. Clark, Jr., Aline Migliore, Yunshen Chen, Randara Pulukkody, Daniel S. Miller, John Hayes, Asghar A. Peera, Peilin Yang, Mariann Clark, Stephen J. Donovan, Jennifer P. Todd, Cynthia Leslie
Abstract: An opacified liquid detergent composition includes at least one anionic surfactant, a fatty acid, magnesium cations, calcium cations, and water. The fatty acid, magnesium cations, and calcium cations are present in the opacified liquid detergent composition in a weight ratio of from about 0.95:0.04:0.01 to about 0.88:0.11:0.01 of fatty acid to magnesium cations to calcium cations. The opacified liquid detergent composition is free of a microplastic opacifier and has a turbidity value of greater than 250 NTU measured utilizing a turbidity meter at about 24° C.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 29, 2020
Date of Patent:
October 17, 2023
Assignee:
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
Inventors:
Daniel Thomas Piorkowski, Peter Schmiedel, Frank Meier
Abstract: Solid detergent compositions designed to maintain solid integrity throughout production of the pressed solid, during mechanical conveying and during ejection from molds, are disclosed. Solid detergent compositions having unexpected immediate block hardness without a curing step are provided by inclusion of a hardness additive composition comprising a synergistic ratio of polycarboxylic acid polymer chelants to aminocarboxylate chelants. Methods of making solid detergent compositions and solid detergent compositions having at least substantially similar cleaning performance to solid detergent compositions without the hardness additive composition are also provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 25, 2022
Date of Patent:
October 17, 2023
Assignee:
ECOLAB USA INC.
Inventors:
Jesus Cabanas, Gerald Phan, Yoshiyuki Sato, Tomoko Nakabayashi, Masahiro Takaoka, John Mansergh, Carter M. Silvernail
Abstract: Esterquats find major applications as fabric softeners. After Tallow fatty acids and Palm oil fatty acids, fatty acids from sustainable sources like Rice bran fatty acids (RBFA) are desired. RBFA is formed as a by-product during refining of Rice bran oil and hence it is contained in the non edible portion of the oil. The production of high quality esterquats from this by-product is challenging, but the invention describes a process to produce high quality esterquats having low odour and a low acid value. This enhances easy formulation of various products and better customer acceptance. Liquid esterquats produced from RBFA enable e.g. cold processing for fabric softener formulations.
Abstract: The present application provides binary azeotrope or azeotrope-like compositions comprising perfluoroheptene and an additional component, wherein the additional component is present in the composition in an amount effective to form an azeotrope composition or azeotrope-like composition with the perfluoroheptene. Methods of using the compositions provided herein in cleaning and carrier fluid applications are also provided.