Patents by Inventor Joachim Schoelkopf

Joachim Schoelkopf 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).

  • Publication number: 20200155458
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dosage form comprising at least one functionalized calcium carbonate-comprising material (FCC) and at least one hot melt extruded polymer resin, a method for producing same, a pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, cosmetic, home and personal care product comprising the dosage form and the uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Leonie Wagner-Hattler, Maxim Puchkov, Jörg Huwyler, Laura De Miguel, Carolina Diaz Quijano, Joachim Schoelkopf
  • Patent number: 10633796
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing structured material by providing cellulose fibres and at least one filler and/or pigment, combining the cellulose fibres and the at least one filler and/or pigment, fibrillating the cellulose fibres in the presence of the at least one filler and/or pigment until a gel is formed, subsequently providing additional non-fibrillated fibres, and combining the gel with the additional non-fibrillated fibres.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: FiberLean Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Patrick A. C. Gane, Michel Schenker, Ramjee Subramanian, Joachim Schoelkopf
  • Patent number: 10617648
    Abstract: The present invention provides for method of improving flowability and loose bulk density of functionalized natural- and/or synthetic calcium carbonate comprising material, to the use of such improved material in ready to use granules and thereof produced dispersible dosage forms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Omya International AG
    Inventors: Leonie Wagner-Hattler, Maxim Puchkov, Jörg Huwyler, Tanja Stirnimann, Carolina Diaz Quijano, Joachim Schoelkopf, Patrick A. C. Gane, Daniel E. Gerard
  • Patent number: 10618330
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for creating a hidden pattern on a substrate, wherein a liquid treatment composition comprising at least one acid is deposited by inkjet printing onto a substrate, which comprises at least one external surface comprising a salifiable alkaline or alkaline earth compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Omya International AG
    Inventors: Roger Bollström, Joachim Schoelkopf, Patrick A. C. Gane
  • Patent number: 10589556
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a substrate with an embedded, UV-visible pattern, wherein a liquid treatment composition comprising at least one acid is deposited onto a substrate, which comprises at least one optical brightener and optionally a filler, wherein the filler comprises 0 to 60 wt.-% of a salifiable alkaline or alkaline earth compound, based on the total weight of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Omya International AG
    Inventors: Roger Bollström, Patrick A. C. Gane, Joachim Schoelkopf
  • Publication number: 20200060281
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a loaded particulate carrier comprising surface-reacted calcium carbonate loaded with an active ingredient, characterized in that the loaded particulate carrier is used for preparing an aqueous system comprising said active ingredient in dissolved form, wherein the mass concentration of dissolved active ingredient in said aqueous system corresponds to a supersaturated state. The surface-reacted calcium carbonate is a reaction product of calcium carbonate treated with CO2 and one or more H3O+ ion donors, wherein the CO2 is formed in situ by the H3O+ ion donors treatment and/or is supplied from an external source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Carolina Diaz Quijano, Michel Schenker, Joachim Schoelkopf, Patrick A.C. Gane
  • Publication number: 20200061105
    Abstract: The present invention relates to surface-reacted calcium carbonate, wherein the surface-reacted calcium carbonate is a reaction product of natural or synthetic calcium carbonate with carbon dioxide and at least one acid. Said calcium carbonate 5 and oral compositions containing the same can be used as a medicament, and especially in treating dentine hypersensitivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Daniel E. Gerard, Tanja Budde, Joachim Schoelkopf, Patrick A.C. Gane
  • Patent number: 10519307
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a process for preparing self-binding pigment particles from an aqueous suspension of calcium carbonate containing material, wherein an anionic binder and at least one cationic polymer are mixed with the suspension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Omya International AG
    Inventors: Daniel Gantenbein, Joachim Schoelkopf, Patrick A. C. Gane
  • Patent number: 10463693
    Abstract: The present invention relates to surface-reacted calcium carbonate, wherein the surface-reacted calcium carbonate is a reaction product of natural or synthetic calcium carbonate with carbon dioxide and at least one acid. Said calcium carbonate and oral compositions containing the same can be used as a medicament, and especially in treating dentine hypersensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Omya International AG
    Inventors: Daniel E. Gerard, Tanja Budde, Joachim Schoelkopf, Patrick A. C. Gane
  • Publication number: 20190328668
    Abstract: A method is described for producing a dosage form. Also described, are granules and tablets obtained by the method. The use of a surface-reacted calcium carbonate in such a method, a dosage form comprising the granules, the use of the granules, or the tablets and/or capsules, or the dosage form in a pharmaceutical product, a nutraceutical product, an agricultural product, a cosmetic product, a home product, a food product, a packaging product and a personal care product as well as pharmaceutical product, a nutraceutical product, an agricultural product, a cosmetic product, a home product, a food product, a packaging product and a personal care product including such granules, or the tablets and/or capsules, or the dosage form are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Carolina DIAZ QUIJANO, Laura DE MIGUEL, Joachim SCHÖLKOPF
  • Publication number: 20190309189
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising hedgehog shaped particles, at least one binder, and at least one hydrophobizing agent and/or at least one hydrophilizing agent, a method for controlling the wettability of substrate surfaces using these compositions, as well as a material comprising these compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Joachim Schoelkopf, Hans-Joachim Weitzel
  • Patent number: 10422080
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing self-binding pigment particle suspensions, to a self-binding pigment particle suspension as well as to a paper product comprising self-binding pigment particles and to the use of the self-binding pigment particle suspension in paper applications, such as in paper coating or as filler material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Inventors: Armelle Senti-Wenk, Patrick A. C. Gane, Joachim Schoelkopf
  • Publication number: 20190276672
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of nano-fibrillar cellulose gels by providing cellulose fibres and at least one filler and/or pigment; combining the cellulose fibres and the at least one filler and/or pigment; and fibrillating the cellulose fibres in the presence of the at least one filler and/or pigment until a gel is formed, as well as the nano-fibrillar cellulose gel obtained by this process and uses thereof
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: FiberLean Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Patrick A.C. Gane, Joachim Schoelkopf, Daniel Gantenbein, Michel Schenker
  • Patent number: 10406842
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing an inkjet-printed substrate, wherein a liquid treatment composition comprising at least one acid and an ink are deposited onto a substrate simultaneously or consecutively by inkjet printing, wherein the substrate comprises a coating layer comprising a salifiable alkaline or alkaline earth compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Omya International AG
    Inventors: Roger Bollström, Joachim Schoelkopf, Patrick A. C. Gane
  • Publication number: 20190270890
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing surface-reacted calcium carbonate, wherein a calcium carbonate-comprising material is treated with phosphoric acid, carbon dioxide, and specific dicarboxylic acids, in an aqueous medium to form an aqueous suspension of surface-reacted calcium carbonate. Furthermore, the present invention relates to surface-reacted calcium carbonate obtained by said process and its use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Daniel E. Gerard, Patrick A.C. Gane, Joachim Schoelkopf
  • Publication number: 20190256377
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the reduction of pitch in an aqueous medium generated in a papermaking or pulping process, comprising the following steps: a) providing an aqueous medium comprising pitch generated in a papermaking or pulping process; b) providing a ground calcium carbonate and/or a precipitated calcium carbonate; c) providing a hydrophobising agent selected from an aliphatic carboxylic acid having between 5 and 24 carbon atoms; d) contacting the ground calcium carbonate and/or the precipitated calcium carbonate of step b) with the hydrophobising agent of step c) for obtaining a hydrophobised ground calcium carbonate and/or a hydrophobised precipitated calcium carbonate; and e) contacting the aqueous medium provided in step a) with the hydrophobised ground calcium carbonate and/or the hydrophobised precipitated calcium carbonate obtained in step d), to the use of a hydrophobised ground calcium carbonate and/or a hydrophobised ground calcium carbonate for reducing the amount of pi
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Daniel Gantenbein, Joachim Schoelkopf, Patrick A.C. Gane
  • Publication number: 20190249368
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing self-binding pigment particle suspensions, to a self-binding pigment particle suspension as well as to a paper product comprising self-binding pigment particles and to the use of the self-binding pigment particle suspension in paper applications, such as in paper coating or as filler material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Armelle Senti-Wenk, Patrick A.C. Gane, Joachim Schoelkopf
  • Patent number: 10377920
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising hedgehog shaped particles, at least one binder, and at least one hydrophobizing agent and/or at least one hydrophilizing agent, a method for controlling the wettability of substrate surfaces using these compositions, as well as a material comprising these compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Omya International AG
    Inventors: Joachim Schoelkopf, Hans-Joachim Weitzel
  • Publication number: 20190234017
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of suspensions of nano-fibrillar cellulose by providing cellulose fibres and at least one filler and/or pigment; combining the cellulose fibres and the at least one filler and/or pigment; and fibrillating the cellulose fibres in the presence of at least one filler and/or pigment, as well as the suspensions of nano-fibrillar cellulose obtained by this process and their uses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: FiberLean Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Patrick A.C. Gane, Joachim Schoelkopf, Daniel Gantenbein, Michel Schenker, Michael Pohl, Beat Kübler
  • Publication number: 20190225849
    Abstract: A method is described for increasing the slip resistance of a substrate. In embodiments, the method deposits a liquid treatment composition including at least one acid on a substrate that has at least one external surface that includes a salifiable alkaline or alkaline earth compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Roger BOLLSTRÖM, Joachim SCHÖLKOPF