Patents by Inventor Aaron Flores-Figueroa

Aaron Flores-Figueroa 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: 11834631
    Abstract: A fabric treatment composition having a polymer and a fabric softening active. The polymer includes a cationic repeating unit and a non-cationic repeating unit. The polymer has a weight-average molecular weight of from about 40,000 to about 600,000 Daltons. The polymer has a calculated cationic charge density of from about 0.05 to about 2 meq/g at a pH of between about 2 and about 8. The polymer includes less than about 0.1% by mole of a cross-linking agent. The fabric softening active includes a quaternary ammonium compound. The composition has less than about 5% by weight of the composition of an anionic surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Renae Dianna Fossum, Gledison Fonseca, Aaron Flores-Figueroa
  • Publication number: 20230242842
    Abstract: The present invention relates to treatment compositions containing polymer systems that provide stability and benefit agent deposition as well as methods of making and using same. Such treatment compositions may be used for example as through the wash and/or through the rinse fabric enhancers as well as unit dose treatment compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Mark Robert SIVIK, Travis Kyle HODGDON, Stephanie Ann URBIN, Alessandro (NMN) CORONA, III, Jocelyn Michelle MCCULLOUGH, Robert Richard DYKSTRA, Denise Malcuit BELANGER, Richard Timothy HARTSHORN, Nicholas David VETTER, Tessa XUAN, Renae Dianna FOSSUM, Reinhold Joseph LEYRER, Gledison FONSECA, Volodymyr BOYKO, Aaron FLORES-FIGUEROA
  • Patent number: 11643618
    Abstract: The present invention relates to treatment compositions containing polymer systems that provide stability and benefit agent deposition as well as methods of making and using same. Such treatment compositions may be used for example as through the wash and/or through the rinse fabric enhancers as well as unit dose treatment compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark Robert Sivik, Travis Kyle Hodgdon, Stephanie Ann Urbin, Alessandro Corona, III, Jocelyn Michelle McCullough, Robert Richard Dykstra, Denise Malcuit Belanger, Richard Timothy Hartshorn, Nicholas David Vetter, Tessa Xuan, Renae Dianna Fossum, Reinhold Joseph Leyrer, Gledison Fonseca, Volodymyr Boyko, Aaron Flores-Figueroa
  • Patent number: 11634654
    Abstract: An olefin-carboxylic acid copolymer, containing at least one free carboxylic acid side group, or a nitrogen compound quaternized with epoxide in the presence of an olefin-carboxylic acid copolymer, containing at least one free carboxylic acid side group, can be used as a fuel additive or lubricant additive. Processes can be used for preparing additives of this kind and fuels and lubricants additized therewith, such as a detergent additive. These additives, fuels, and lubricants can be used for reduction or prevention of deposits in injection systems of direct injection diesel engines, especially in common rail injection systems; for reduction of fuel consumption of direct injection diesel engines, especially of diesel engines with common rail injection systems; and for minimization of power loss in direct injection diesel engines, especially in diesel engines with common rail injection systems. The additives can also be used for gasoline fuels, especially for operation of DISI engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Maxim Peretolchin, Harald Böhnke, Wolfgang Grabarse, Ludwig Völkel, Markus Hansch, Günter Oetter, Aaron Flores-Figueroa, Klaus Mühlbach, Ivette Garcia Castro
  • Patent number: 11566196
    Abstract: A method minimizes power loss in a direct injection diesel engine by adding a copolymer to a diesel fuel composition. The copolymer contains, in a copolymerized form, (A) maleic anhydride, (B) an ?-olefin having from 12 to 30 carbon atoms, (C) optionally an additional aliphatic or cycloaliphatic olefin which has at least 4 carbon atoms and is different from monomer (B), and (D) optionally an additional copolymerizable monomer other than monomers (A), (B) and (C). Monomer (D) can be a vinyl ester, a vinyl ether, a (meth)acrylic ester of an alcohol having at least 5 carbon atoms, an allyl alcohol or an ester thereof, a N-vinyl compound, an ethylenically unsaturated aromatic, an ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated nitrile, a (meth)acrylamide, or an allylamine. Anhydride functionalities present in the copolymer are partly reacted with at least one compound (E) comprising an alcohol group and/or an amino group, and the anhydride functionalities present are hydrolyzed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Maxim Peretolchin, Ivette Garcia Castro, Aaron Flores-Figueroa
  • Publication number: 20220306960
    Abstract: Novel compounds can be used as additive packages for improving the cleanliness of direct injection spark ignition (DISI) engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Markus Hansch, Jochen Mezger, Jan Ole Mueller, Aaron Flores-Figueroa
  • Patent number: 11168273
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of an olefin-carboxylic acid copolymer, wherein the copolymer comprises at least one free carboxylic acid side group, or of a nitrogen compound quaternized with epoxide in the presence of an olefin-carboxylic acid copolymer, wherein the copolymer comprises at least one free carboxylic acid side group, as a fuel additive or lubricant additive; to processes for preparing additives of this kind, and to fuels and lubricants additized therewith; such as, more particularly, as a detergent additive; for reduction or prevention of deposits in the injection systems of direct injection diesel engines, especially in common rail injection systems, for reduction of the fuel consumption of direct injection diesel engines, especially of diesel engines with common rail injection systems, and for minimization of power loss in direct injection diesel engines, especially in diesel engines with common rail injection systems; and as an additive for gasoline fuels, especially for operation
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Maxim Peretolchin, Harald Böhnke, Wolfgang Grabarse, Ludwig Völkel, Markus Hansch, Günter Oetter, Aaron Flores-Figueroa, Klaus Mühlbach, Ivette Garcia Castro
  • Patent number: 11098270
    Abstract: A fabric treatment composition having from about 2.5% to about 20% of a cationic polymer, from about 0.1% to about 20% of a perfume, and a surfactant system, the surfactant system having alkyl polyglucoside, and the composition having less than 5% by weight of an anionic surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Julie Ann O'Neil, Renae Dianna Fossum, Gledison Fonseca, Aaron Flores-Figueroa
  • Publication number: 20210222080
    Abstract: An olefin-carboxylic acid copolymer, containing at least one free carboxylic acid side group, or a nitrogen compound quaternized with epoxide in the presence of an olefin-carboxylic acid copolymer, containing at least one free carboxylic acid side group, can be used as a fuel additive or lubricant additive. Processes can be used for preparing additives of this kind and fuels and lubricants additized therewith, such as a detergent additive. These additives, fuels, and lubricants can be used for reduction or prevention of deposits in injection systems of direct injection diesel engines, especially in common rail injection systems; for reduction of fuel consumption of direct injection diesel engines, especially of diesel engines with common rail injection systems; and for minimization of power loss in direct injection diesel engines, especially in diesel engines with common rail injection systems. The additives can also be used for gasoline fuels, especially for operation of DISI engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Maxim Peretolchin, Harald Böhnke, Wolfgang Grabarse, Ludwig Völkel, Markus Hansch, Günter Oetter, Aaron Flores-Figueroa, Klaus Mühlbach, Ivette Garcia Castro
  • Publication number: 20210214635
    Abstract: An olefin-carboxylic acid copolymer, containing at least one free carboxylic acid side group, or a nitrogen compound quaternized with epoxide in the presence of an olefin-carboxylic acid copolymer, containing at least one free carboxylic acid side group, can be used as a fuel additive or lubricant additive. Processes can be used for preparing additives of this kind and fuels and lubricants additized therewith, such as a detergent additive. These additives, fuels, and lubricants can be used for reduction or prevention of deposits in injection systems of direct injection diesel engines, especially in common rail injection systems: for reduction of fuel consumption of direct injection diesel engines, especially of diesel engines with common rail injection systems; and for minimization of power loss in direct injection diesel engines, especially in diesel engines with common rail injection systems. The additives can also be used for gasoline fuels, especially for operation of DISI engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Maxim Peretolchin, Harald Böhnke, Wolfgang Grabarse, Ludwig Völkel, Markus Hansch, Günter Oetter, Aaron Flores-Figueroa, Klaus Mühlbach, Ivette Garcia Castro
  • Publication number: 20210163837
    Abstract: A method minimizes power loss in a direct injection diesel engine by adding a copolymer to a diesel fuel composition. The copolymer contains, in a copolymerized form, (A) maleic anhydride, (B) an ?-olefin having from 12 to 30 carbon atoms, (C) optionally an additional aliphatic or cycloaliphatic olefin which has at least 4 carbon atoms and is different from monomer (B), and (D) optionally an additional copolymerizable monomer other than monomers (A), (B) and (C). Monomer (D) can be a vinyl ester, a vinyl ether, a (meth)acrylic ester of an alcohol having at least 5 carbon atoms, an allyl alcohol or an ester thereof, a N-vinyl compound, an ethylenically unsaturated aromatic, an ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated nitrile, a (meth)acrylamide, or an allylamine. Anhydride functionalities present in the copolymer are partly reacted with at least one compound (E) comprising an alcohol group and/or an amino group, and the anhydride functionalities present are hydrolyzed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Maxim PERETOLCHIN, Ivette Garcia Castro, Aaron Flores-Figueroa
  • Patent number: 10947467
    Abstract: A method for minimizing power loss, reducing a fuel consumption and/or for reducing and/or avoiding deposits in a fuel system in the direct injection diesel engines. The method contains adding a copolymer to a fuel composition, wherein the copolymer contains, in a copolymerized form: (A) an ethylenically unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acid or a derivative thereof, (B) an ?-olefin having from 12 to 30 carbon atoms, (C) optionally an additional aliphatic or cycloaliphatic olefin which has at least 4 carbon atoms and is different from monomer (B) and (D) optionally an additional copolymerizable monomers other than monomers (A), (B) and (C), anhydride or carboxylic acid functionalities present in the copolymer are partly reacted with at least one compound (E) comprising an alcohol group and/or an amino group, and the anhydride functionalities present in the copolymer are hydrolysed and/or carboxylic ester functionalities present in the copolymer are partly hydrolyzed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Maxim Peretolchin, Ivette Garcia Castro, Aaron Flores-Figueroa
  • Patent number: 10920001
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for obtaining a cationic polymer by polymerization of at least one cationic monomer, at least one crosslinker and optionally further monomers, such as nonionic monomers, associative monomers and/or chain transfer agents. The cationic polymer has an at least bimodal molecular weight distribution with at least one first peak (P1) and at least one second peak (P2), wherein the first peak has a lower average sedimentation coefficient of ?100 Sved and the second peak has a higher average sedimentation coefficient of ?1000 Sved. The polymerization is carried out in two subsequent steps I) and II). In step II), the crosslinker is either completely absent or present in a very limited amount. Step II) is carried out after the polymerization of step I is finished or vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Reinhold J. Leyrer, Gledison Fonseca, Aaron Flores-Figueroa, Volodymyr Boyko, Robert Richard Dykstra, Mark Robert Sivik
  • Publication number: 20210040416
    Abstract: The present invention relates to treatment compositions containing polymer systems that provide stability and benefit agent deposition as well as methods of making and using same. Such treatment compositions may be used for example as through the wash and/or through the rinse fabric enhancers as well as unit dose treatment compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Mark Robert SIVIK, Travis Kyle HODGDON, Stephanie Ann URBIN, Alessandro CORONA, III, Jocelyn Michelle MCCULLOUGH, Robert Richard DYKSTRA, Denise Malcuit BELANGER, Richard Timothy HARTSHORN, Nicholas David VETTER, Tessa XUAN, Renae Dianna FOSSUM, Reinhold Joseph LEYRER, Gledison FONSECA, Volodymyr BOYKO, Aaron FLORES-FIGUEROA
  • Patent number: 10844321
    Abstract: The present invention relates to treatment compositions containing polymer systems that provide stability and benefit agent deposition as well as methods of making and using same. Such treatment compositions may be used for example as through the wash and/or through the rinse fabric enhancers as well as unit dose treatment compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark Robert Sivik, Travis Kyle Hodgdon, Stephanie Ann Urbin, Alessandro (NMN) Corona, III, Jocelyn Michelle McCullough, Robert Richard Dykstra, Denise Malcuit Belanger, Richard Timothy Hartshorn, Nicholas David Vetter, Tessa Xuan, Renae Dianna Fossum, Reinhold Joseph Leyrer, Gledison Fonseca, Volodymyr Boyko, Aaron Flores-Figueroa
  • Patent number: 10815327
    Abstract: A copolymer which comprises, in copolymerized form, (A) 60 to 99% by weight of at least one monoethylenically unsaturated polyalkylene oxide monomer of the formula I (I) in which the variables have the following meanings: X is —CH2— or —CO—, if Y is —O—; is —CO—, if Y is —NH—; Y is —O— or —NH—; R1 is hydrogen or methyl; R2 are identical or different C2-C6-alkylene radicals, which may be arranged blockwise or randomly; R3 is hydrogen or C1-C4-alkyl; n is an integer from 25 to 75, (B) 1 to 40% by weight of at least one quaternized nitrogen-containing monoethylenically unsaturated monomer selected from the group consisting of monomers of formula Ha to IId (Ha-IId) in which the variables have the following meanings: R is C1-C4-alkyl or benzyl; R? is hydrogen or methyl; Y is —O— or —NH—; A is C1-C6-alkylene; X— is halide, C1-C4-alkyl sulfate, C1-C4-alkylsulfonate and Ci-C4-alkyl carbonate, (C) 0 to 10% by weight of anionic monoethylenically unsaturated monomers, and (D) 0 to 30% by weight of other nonionic monoeth
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Aaron Flores-Figueroa, Martin Ruebenacker, Rainer Dobrawa, Markus Brym, Dieter Boeckh, Frank Huelskoetter, Glenn Ward, James Goodwin, Melissa Cuthbertson, Stefano Scialla
  • Publication number: 20200277546
    Abstract: The present invention relates to treatment compositions containing polymer systems that provide stability and benefit agent deposition as well as methods of making and using same. Such treatment compositions may be used for example as through the wash and/or through the rinse fabric enhancers as well as unit dose treatment compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Richard DYKSTRA, Mark Robert SIVIK, Travis Kyle HODGDON, Stephanie Ann URBIN, Alessandro CORONA, III, Jocelyn Michelle MCCULLOUGH, Denise Malcuit BELANGER, Kristi Lynn FLITER, Richard Timothy HARTSHORN, Nicholas David VETTER, Tessa XUAN, Reinhold Joseph LEYRER, Gledison FONSECA, Volodymyr BOYKO, Aaron FLORES-FIGUEROA
  • Patent number: 10745494
    Abstract: Provided herein is a cationic polymer obtainable by polymerization of at least one cationic monomer, at least one crosslinker and optionally further monomers, such as nonionic monomers, associative monomers, and/or chain transfer agents. The cationic polymer has an at least bimodal molecular weight distribution with at least one first peak (P1) and at least one second peak (P2), wherein the first peak has a rather low average sedimentation coefficient of ?10 Sved and the second peak has a rather high average sedimentation coefficient of ?10,000 Sved. The water-soluble polymer components of the cationic polymer are ?25% by weight related to the total amount of cationic polymer. Further provided herein is a process for obtaining such a cationic polymer as well as to an inverse dispersion, a thickener or a deposition aid, including at least one of such cationic polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Reinhold J. Leyrer, Gledison Fonseca, Aaron Flores-Figueroa, Volodymyr Boyko, Robert Richard Dykstra, Mark Robert Sivik
  • Patent number: 10723975
    Abstract: The present invention relates to treatment compositions containing polymer systems that provide stability and benefit agent deposition as well as methods of making and using same. Such treatment compositions may be used for example as through the wash and/or through the rinse fabric enhancers as well as unit dose treatment compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Richard Dykstra, Mark Robert Sivik, Travis Kyle Hodgdon, Stephanie Ann Urbin, Alessandro Corona, III, Jocelyn Michelle McCullough, Denise Malcuit Belanger, Kristi Lynn Fliter, Richard Timothy Hartshorn, Nicholas David Vetter, Tessa Xuan, Reinhold Joseph Leyrer, Gledison Fonseca, Volodymyr Boyko, Aaron Flores-Figueroa
  • Patent number: 10689600
    Abstract: The present invention relates to treatment compositions containing one or more polymers, cationic scavenging agent and an optional structurant as well as methods of making and using same. Such treatment compositions provide stability and benefit agent deposition. Such treatment compositions may be used, for example, as through the wash and/or through the rinse fabric enhancers as well as unit dose treatment compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Richard Dykstra, Mark Robert Sivik, Travis Kyle Hodgdon, Denise Malcuit Belanger, Nicholas David Vetter, Reinhold Joseph Leyrer, Gledison Fonseca, Volodymyr Boyko, Aaron Flores-Figueroa