Patents by Inventor Carsten Cohrs

Carsten Cohrs 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: 11692052
    Abstract: Copolymers prepared by the free-radical copolymerization of the following components: a) cationic monomers selected from the group consisting of cationic (meth)acrylamide monomers and diallyldimethylammonium chloride, b) polyethylene glycol macromonomers, and c) uncharged acrylamide monomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: CLARIANT INTERNATIONAL LTD
    Inventors: Hannah Benson, Carsten Cohrs, Mike Sahl
  • Patent number: 11649310
    Abstract: What are described are copolymers containing cationic structural units and macromonomeric structural units. The copolymers are, for example, advantageously suitable for use in detergent compositions and lead to advantageous shine results, for example, after application on hard surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: CLARIANT INTERNATIONAL LTD
    Inventors: Hannah Benson, Carsten Cohrs, Mike Sahl
  • Patent number: 11530373
    Abstract: What are described are detergent compositions comprising one or more copolymers containing cationic structural units and macromonomeric structural units, and also one or more surfactants and water. The detergent compositions are especially suitable, in an advantageous manner, for producing shine on and imparting hydrophilic properties to the surface which has been treated with the detergent compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: CLARIANT INTERNATIONAL LTD
    Inventors: Hannah Benson, Carsten Cohrs, Natascha Katharina Schelero, Mike Sahl
  • Patent number: 11421187
    Abstract: What are described are detergent compositions comprising one or more copolymers containing cationic structural units and macromonomeric structural units, and also one or more surfactants and water. The detergent compositions are especially suitable, in an advantageous manner, for producing shine on and imparting hydrophilic properties to the surface which has been treated with the detergent compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Clariant International Ltd.
    Inventors: Hannah Benson, Carsten Cohrs, Natascha Katharina Schelero, Mike Sahl
  • Publication number: 20210189290
    Abstract: Alkoxylates are described that are obtainable by (i) in a first step reacting a) one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of phenols that are substituted with one substituent, wherein the one substituent is in the ortho-, meta- or para-position to the OH group of the phenol and is selected from the group consisting of OH, R8, OR8, F, Cl, Br, I, CN, NO2 or COOR9, wherein R8 is a linear or branched alkyl group with 1 to 4 C-atoms and R9 is a linear or branched alkyl group comprising 1 to 22 C-atoms or a linear or branched mono- or polyunsaturated alkenyl group comprising 2 to 22 C-atoms with b) an aryl-substituted linear or branched C1-C3 alkyl alcohol or an aryl-substituted linear or branched C2- or C3-alkene, and (ii) in a second step alkoxylating the reaction product of the first step and (iii) in an optional third step reacting the reaction product of step (ii) with an alkylating agent providing a C1-C4 alkyl group, with a carboxymethylating agent, with a sulfating agent, with a phosph
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Clariant International Ltd.
    Inventors: Carsten COHRS, Jan DIEDERICHS, Dirk LEINWEBER, Kevin MUTCH, Steffen ROMANSKI, Stephen Norman BATCHELOR, Jayne Michelle BIRD
  • Publication number: 20210188759
    Abstract: Alkoxylates according to the following formula (I) are described, wherein X is selected from ethoxy and mixtures of ethoxy and propoxy groups, T is selected from the group consisting of H, C1-C4 alkyl, SO3?, CH2—COO?, sulfosuccinate and PO32?, R1, R2 and R4 are H, CO—NR8R3 or COO—[X1]v—R3, whereby two of the substituents R1, R2 and R4 are H and the third of these substituents is CO—NR8R3 or COO—[X1]v—R3, R8 is H or a linear or branched alkyl group with 1 to 4 C-atoms, R3 is a linear or branched saturated alkyl group with 6 to 30 carbon atoms, a linear or branched mono- or polyunsaturated alkenyl group with 6 to 30 carbon atoms, an aryl group with 6 to 10 carbon atoms, a group (CH2CH2O)maryl, wherein the aryl group comprises 6 to 10 carbon atoms and m, on a molar average, is a number from 1 to 100, or an aryl-substituted linear or branched C1-C3 alkyl group wherein the aryl group comprises 6 to 10 carbon atoms, but in the case, that R1 and R4 are H and R2 is COOR3, R3 can only be an alkyl group, an alkeny
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Clariant International Ltd.
    Inventors: Carsten COHRS, Jan DIEDERICHS, Dirk LEINWEBER, Kevin MUTCH, Steffen ROMANSKI, Stephen Norman BATCHELOR, Jayne Michelle BIRD
  • Patent number: 10961484
    Abstract: What are described are compositions comprising a) one or more sugar amines of the formula (I) in which R1 and R2 are independently H, CH3 or 2-hydroxyethyl and/or one or more corresponding protonated sugar amines with the counterion R—COO— in which R is defined as R from the substances of component b) below, and b) one or more substances selected from the group consisting of fatty acids of the formula R—COOH, fatty acid salts of the formula R—COO-M+ and mixtures thereof, in which R is a linear or branched saturated alkyl radical having 11 to 21 carbon atoms or a linear or branched, mono- or polyunsaturated alkenyl radical having 11 to 21 carbon atoms and M+ is a counterion. The compositions described are very advantageous, for example, for production of liquid washing compositions, and of shower gels, liquid soaps or face cleansers. In addition, the sugar amines are advantageously suitable as neutralizing agents for fatty acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Clariant International Ltd.
    Inventors: Peter Klug, Carsten Cohrs, Ute Back, Kevin Mutch
  • Publication number: 20200080029
    Abstract: What are described are detergent compositions comprising one or more copolymers containing cationic structural units and macromonomeric structural units, and also one or more surfactants and water. The detergent compositions are especially suitable, in an advantageous manner, for producing shine on and imparting hydrophilic properties to the surface which has been treated with the detergent compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: Clariant International Ltd.
    Inventors: Hannah BENSON, Carsten COHRS, Natascha Katharina SCHELERO, Mike SAHL
  • Publication number: 20190382686
    Abstract: What are described are copolymers containing cationic structural units and macromonomeric structural units. The copolymers are, for example, advantageously suitable for use in detergent compositions and lead to advantageous shine results, for example, after application on hard surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: Clariant International Ltd.
    Inventors: Hannah BENSON, Carsten COHRS, Mike SAHL
  • Publication number: 20190375871
    Abstract: What are described are copolymers obtainable from the free-radical copolymerization at least of the following components: a) cationic monomers selected from the group consisting of cationic (meth)acrylamide monomers and diallyldimethylammonium chloride, b) polyethylene glycol macromonomers, and c) uncharged acrylamide monomers. The copolymers are advantageously suitable, for example, for use in detergent compositions and lead to advantageous shine results, for example, after application on hard surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: Clariant International Ltd.
    Inventors: Hannah BENSON, Carsten COHRS, Mike SAHL
  • Patent number: 10351802
    Abstract: The invention relates to liquid laundry detergent compositions comprising a) one or more polyesters comprising two or more of the repeating structural unit (a1), one or more of the repeating structural unit (a2) and either one or two of the terminal group (a3), wherein G1 is one or more of (OCnH2n) with n being a number of from 2 to 10, R1 is a C1-30 alkyl, p is based on a molar average, a number of from 0 to 60, q is based on a molar average, a number of from 0 to 50, whereby the (OC3H6)— and (OC2H4)— groups of the terminal group (a3) may be arranged blockwise, alternating, periodically and/or statistically and wherein the connections of the groups (OC3H6)— and (OC2H4)— to R1— and —NH are free to vary, adjacent structural units (a1) are connected by the structural unit (a2), in the case that only one terminal group (a3) is present in the polymer, the other terminal group is selected from the group consisting of OH, OCH3, and G1OH, and both terminal groups may only be linked to the structural unit (a1), and b
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Clariant International Ltd.
    Inventors: Carsten Cohrs, Dirk Fischer, Henricus Peerlings, Kevin Mutch
  • Patent number: 10336968
    Abstract: Storage-stable compositions comprising soil release polymers. Compositions are described comprising A) of from 45 to 55% by weight of one or more polyesters according to the following formula (I) wherein R and R2 independently of one another are X—(OC2H4) n—(OC3H6)m wherein X is C1-4alkyl, the —(OC2H4) groups and the —(OC3H6) groups are arranged block-wise and the block consisting of the —(OC3H6) groups is bound to a COO group or are HO—(C3H6) n is based on a molar average a number of from 12 to 120, m is based on a molar average a number of from 1 to 10, and a is based on a molar average a number of from 4 to 9, and B) of from 10 to 30% by weight of one or more alcohols selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol, 1,2-propylene glycol, 1,3 -propylene glycol, 1,2 -butylene glycol, 1,3 -butylene glycol, 1,4 -butylene glycol and butyl glycol and C) of from 24 to 42% by weight of water, the amounts in each case being based on the total weight of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert John Carswell, Carsten Cohrs, Richard Michael Craven, David Philip Jones, Peter Eugen Klug, Helen Elspeth Lyon, Peter Helmut Erich Naumann, Alyn James Parry, Henricus Wilhelmus Ida Peerlings, Alastair Richard Sanderson, Andrew Wynne
  • Patent number: 10240107
    Abstract: The invention relates to liquid laundry detergent compositions comprising a) one or more polyesters comprising one or more of the repeating structural unit (a1) and one or more of the repeating structural unit (a2) wherein G1 is one or more of (CnH2nO) with n being a number of from 2 to 10, R1 is H or COR2, R2 is X—(C3H6O)p—(C2H4O)q—Y wherein X is NH or O, Y is a C1-30 alkyl, the (C3H6O)— and (C2H4O)-groups may be arranged blockwise, alternating, periodically and/or statistically and wherein the connections of the groups (C3H6O)— and (C2H4O)— to X— and —Y are free to vary, or O-G1-H, p is based on a molar average, a number of from 0 to 60, q is based on a molar average, a number of from 1 to 300, and b) one or more surfactants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Clariant International Ltd.
    Inventors: Carsten Cohrs, Dirk Fischer, Henricus Peerlings, Kevin Mutch
  • Publication number: 20180282664
    Abstract: What are described are compositions comprising a) one or more sugar amines of the formula (I) in which R1 and R2 are independently H, CH3 or 2-hydroxyethyl and/or one or more corresponding protonated sugar amines with the counterion R—COO— in which R is defined as R from the substances of component b) below, and b) one or more substances selected from the group consisting of fatty acids of the formula R—COOH, fatty acid salts of the formula R—COO-M+ and mixtures thereof, in which R is a linear or branched saturated alkyl radical having 11 to 21 carbon atoms or a linear or branched, mono- or polyunsaturated alkenyl radical having 11 to 21 carbon atoms and M+ is a counterion. The compositions described are very advantageous, for example, for production of liquid washing compositions, and of shower gels, liquid soaps or face cleansers. In addition, the sugar amines are advantageously suitable as neutralizing agents for fatty acids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: Clariant International Ltd.
    Inventors: Peter KLUG, Carsten COHRS, Ute BACK, Kevin MUTCH
  • Patent number: 10087400
    Abstract: Compositions are described comprising A) of from 45 to 55% by weight of one or more polyesters according to the following formula (I) wherein R1 and R2 independently of one another are X—(OC2H4)n—(OC3H6)m wherein X is C1-4 alkyl, the —(OC2H4) groups and the —(OC3H6) groups are arranged blockwise and the block consisting of the —(OC3H6) groups is bound to a COO group or are HO—(C3H6), n is based on a molar average a number of from 12 to 120, m is based on a molar average a number of from 1 to 10, and a is based on a molar average a number of from 4 to 9 and B) of from 10 to 30% by weight of one or more alcohols selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol, 1,2-propylene glycol, 1,3-propylene glycol, 1,2-butylene glycol, 1,3-butylene glycol, 1,4-butylene glycol and butyl glycol and C) of from 24 to 42% by weight of water, the amounts in each case being based on the total weight of the composition. The compositions may advantageously be used in laundry detergent and fabric care products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Clariant International Ltd.
    Inventors: Peter Klug, Peter Naumann, Carsten Cohrs, Henricus Peerlings
  • Publication number: 20170327773
    Abstract: The invention relates to liquid laundry detergent compositions comprising a) one or more polyesters comprising two or more of the repeating structural unit (a1), one or more of the repeating structural unit (a2) and either one or two of the terminal group (a3), wherein G1 is one or more of (OCnH2n) with n being a number of from 2 to 10, R1 is a C1-30 alkyl, p is based on a molar average, a number of from 0 to 60, q is based on a molar average, a number of from 0 to 50, whereby the (OC3H6)— and (OC2H4)— groups of the terminal group (a3) may be arranged blockwise, alternating, periodically and/or statistically and wherein the connections of the groups (OC3H6)— and (OC2H4)— to R1— and —NH are free to vary, adjacent structural units (a1) are connected by the structural unit (a2), in the case that only one terminal group (a3) is present in the polymer, the other terminal group is selected from the group consisting of OH, OCH3, and G1OH, and both terminal groups may only be linked to the structural unit (a1), and b
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: Clariant International Ltd.
    Inventors: Carsten COHRS, Dirk FISCHER, Henricus PEERLINGS, Kevin MUTCH
  • Publication number: 20170321154
    Abstract: The invention relates to liquid laundry detergent compositions comprising a) one or more polyesters comprising one or more of the repeating structural unit (a1) and one or more of the repeating structural unit (a2) wherein G1 is one or more of (CnH2nO) with n being a number of from 2 to 10, R1 is H or COR2, R2 is X—(C3H6O)p—(C2H4O)q—Y wherein X is NH or O, Y is a C1-30 alkyl, the (C3H6O)— and (C2H4O)-groups may be arranged blockwise, alternating, periodically and/or statistically and wherein the connections of the groups (C3H6O)— and (C2H4O)— to X— and —Y are free to vary, or O-G1-H, p is based on a molar average, a number of from 0 to 60, q is based on a molar average, a number of from 1 to 300, and b) one or more surfactants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: Clariant International Ltd.
    Inventors: Carsten COHRS, Dirk FISCHER, Henricus PEERLINGS, Kevin MUTCH
  • Publication number: 20170145348
    Abstract: Compositions are described comprising A) of from 45 to 55% by weight of one or more polyesters according to the following formula (I) wherein R1 and R2 independently of one another are X—(OC2H4)n—(OC3H6)m wherein X is C1-4 alkyl, the —(OC2H4) groups and the —(OC3H6) groups are arranged blockwise and the block consisting of the —(OC3H6) groups is bound to a COO group or are HO—(C3H6), n is based on a molar average a number of from 12 to 120, m is based on a molar average a number of from 1 to 10, and a is based on a molar average a number of from 4 to 9 and B) of from 10 to 30% by weight of one or more alcohols selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol, 1,2-propylene glycol, 1,3-propylene glycol, 1,2-butylene glycol, 1,3-butylene glycol, 1,4-butylene glycol and butyl glycol and C) of from 24 to 42% by weight of water, the amounts in each case being based on the total weight of the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: Clariant International Ltd.
    Inventors: Peter KLUG, Peter NAUMANN, Carsten COHRS, Henricus PEERLINGS
  • Publication number: 20170137755
    Abstract: Storage-stable compositions comprising soil release polymers. Compositions are described comprising *A) of from 45 to 55% by weight of one or more polyesters according to the following formula (I) wherein * R and R2 independently of one another are X—(OC2H4)n—(OC3H6)m wherein X is C1-4alkyl, the —(OC2H4) groups and the —(OC3H6) groups are arranged block-wise and the block consisting of the —(OC3H6) groups is bound to a COO group or are HO—(C3H6), *n is based on a molar average a number of from 12 to 120, * m is based on a molar average a number of from 1 to 10, and *a is based on a molar average a number of from 4 to 9, and * B) of from 10 to 30% by weight of one or more alcohols selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol, 1,2-propylene glycol, 1,3 -propylene glycol, 1,2 -butylene glycol, 1,3 -butylene glycol, 1,4 -butylene glycol and butyl glycol and *C) of from 24 to 42% by weight of water, the amounts in each case being based on the total weight of the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Robert John CARSWELL, Carsten COHRS, Richard Michael CRAVEN, David Philip JONES, Peter Eugen KLUG, Helen Elspeth LYON, Peter Helmut Erich NAUMANN, Alyn James PARRY, Henricus Wilhelmus Ida PEERLINGS, Alastair Richard SANDERSON, Andrew WYNNE
  • Publication number: 20160040098
    Abstract: The present invention relates to automatic dishwashing detergent compositions comprising a) one or more compounds of the formula (I) RO—(CH2CH2O—)nCH2-COOM??(I), wherein R is a linear or branched saturated alkyl group comprising from 8 to 30 carbon atoms or a linear or branched unsaturated alkenyl group with one or more double bonds and comprising from 8 to 30 carbon atoms, n is a number from 1 to 20, and M is a counter ion, and b) one or more nonionic surfactants having a cloud point of 30° C. or more, c) one or more builder substances, and d) one or more bleaching agents, wherein the automatic dishwashing detergent composition contains no chloride ions or wherein the total amount of chloride ions in the automatic dishwashing detergent composition is below 0.5% by weight, referring to the total composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: CLARIANT INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventors: George Italo Pitombeira NUNES, Carsten COHRS