Patents Assigned to Hercules Incorporated
  • Patent number: 9561166
    Abstract: A personal or household care product includes cationic, nonionic or cationic/nonionic derivatized polysaccharide in combination with a phosphate ester surfactant. The derivatized polysaccharide polymer is formed by reacting the polysaccharide ester surfactant for a sufficient time and at a sufficient temperature in the presence of water, caustic, and at least one surfactant. The polysaccharide polymer may optionally be reacted with an oxidizing agent, hydrolytic or proteolytic enzymes, molecular weight reducing agents and a cationizing agent and nonionic agent. The formed derivatized polysaccharide has a lower clarity in water than in an aqueous surfactant system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: HERCULES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Anita N. Chan, Louis Patrick Dziuk, Jr., Paquita Erazo-Majewicz, Jashawant J. Modi, M. Olaf Michelson, Bruce Kevin Fillipo, Nabil Naouli
  • Publication number: 20170015588
    Abstract: The presently disclosed and/or claimed inventive process concept(s) relates generally to a water soluble or water dispersible composition comprising a copolymer and use in oil field. More particularly, the presently disclosed and/or claimed inventive concept(s) relates to the copolymers comprising allyloxy linkage and its function derivatives and its use in oil field such as a high temperature cement retarder composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicant: HERCULES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Mohand MELBOUCI, Janice Jianzhao WANG
  • Publication number: 20170007518
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of strengthening hair fibers using a hair composition comprising an amide and/or an alkyl ammonium carboxylate salt. The amide can be a monoamide and/or a bisamide. A method of protecting dyed hair color from fading or wash-out using the hair composition is also included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: HERCULES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Emmanuel Paul Jos Marie EVERAERT, Gijsbert Kroon, Xiaochun Zhang
  • Publication number: 20160376380
    Abstract: The presently disclosed and claimed inventive concept(s) relates to a polymer for enhancing drug performance and improving processability. Specifically, the polymer comprises hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose acetate succinate (HPMC-AS). On the HPMC-AS, the percentage of total succinoyl degree of substitution is less than 12% at C6-OH position and greater than 53% at C3-OH, and the percentage of total acetyl degree of substitution is greater than 32% at C6-OH position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: HERCULES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Todd A. BRUGEL, Tuyen T. NGUYEN
  • Publication number: 20160264836
    Abstract: The present application relates to an oil and gas treatment composition comprising (i) a blend of hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC) and crosslinked polyvinylpyrrolidone, (ii) an aqueous based continuous phase, (iii) a reactive clay or shale material, and (iv) at least one drilling fluid additive. The present application also relates to a method for inhibiting hydration of clays or shale materials in drilling a subterranean well using the composition. A different embodiment of the application discloses that the composition additionally comprises organophilic clay, a stabilizer and white medicinal oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: HERCULES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jianzhao WANG, Mohand MELBOUCI
  • Patent number: 9441118
    Abstract: The presently disclosed and claimed inventive concept(s) relates to a dry powder composition comprising water soluble polymer powders, and a component in powder form. The dry powder composition shows improved water dispersibility compared to the water soluble polymer powders. The presently disclosed and claimed inventive concept(s) further relates to an aqueous protective coating composition comprising the dry powder composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Hercules Incorporated
    Inventors: Prachur Bhargava, Michael A. Tallon, Konstantin A. Vaynberg
  • Patent number: 9403997
    Abstract: Paint formulations are neutralized with a non-VOC neutralizing agent. The neutralizing agent is a neutralized amino acid or intermediate, an amino phosphate, an amino phosphonate, amino sulfate, or amino sulfonate wherein the neutralizing agent has a pKa2 of at least 9. These neutralizing agents can be used to provide a paint formulation within a pH range of 8 to 10 and do not add any volatile organic compounds to the paint formulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: HERCULES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Bruce K. Fillipo, Margaret K. Oplinger, Jeffrey K. Politis
  • Patent number: 9353003
    Abstract: The presently disclosed and claimed inventive concept(s) relates generally to a hydraulic composition with a prolonged open time. More particularly, the composition comprises at least one cement retarder and at least one accelerator. The presently disclosed and claimed inventive concept(s) further relates to a dry mortar composition comprising the hydraulic composition having prolonged open time without deterioration of the other cement tile adhesive properties such as workability, setting time, strength development and sag resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Hercules Incorporated
    Inventors: Wilfried Adolf Hohn, Stefan Hucko, Alexander Adolphe Kindler, Vera Louise Nilles, Martin Wunderlich
  • Publication number: 20160113854
    Abstract: The presently disclosed and/or claimed inventive concept(s) relates generally to the use of nonionic hydrophobically modified polysaccharides in personal care and household care compositions. More specifically, but not by way of limitation, the presently disclosed and/or claimed inventive concept(s) relates to the use of hydrophobically-modified cellulose ethers, such as hydrophobically-modified hydroxyethylcellulose (HMHEC) polymers in personal care and household care compositions. These compositions show pronounced syneresis in aqueous solutions or in the presence of surfactants, including nonionic surfactants and anionic surfactants such as lauryl sulfate (LS) and lauryl ether sulfate (LES). It is also contemplated that the surfactants used in the compositions be sulfate free and/or multi-tailed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: Hercules Incorporated
    Inventors: Stephen Hugo HURKENS, Gijsbert Kroon, Thi Hong Lan Le-Pham
  • Patent number: 9321908
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a method for dispersing a dry cellulose ether powder in an aqueous solution without forming lumps using powder handling and mixing devices. The cellulose ethers can be cross-linked with an aldehyde cross-linker. An acid or partially neutralized acid is used to improve the solubility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: HERCULES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Prachur Bhargava, Konstantin A. Vaynberg
  • Patent number: 9321851
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to water soluble polymer powder formulations, and more particularly, to a cellulose ether formulation which in powder form is suitable for direct addition to water-based systems to produce smooth, lump free solutions. The cellulose ethers are crosslinked with an aldehyde crosslinker and include a dry weak acid which slows hydrolysis of the hermiacetal linkage formed by the crosslinker. The selected acid does not adversely affect solubility stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: HERCULES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Prachur Bhargava, Glen T. Carroll, Tuyen T. Nguyen, Kostantin A. Vaynberg
  • Patent number: 9249280
    Abstract: The viscosity of solutions of nonionic synthetic associative thickeners is controlled by adding organophosphates to the solution of associative thickeners. The associative thickeners are hydrophobically modified polymers and the organophosphates include one or more hydrophobic groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: HERCULES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Bruce K. Fillipo, Tuyen T. Nguyen, Arjun C. Sau
  • Publication number: 20150297496
    Abstract: A personal care conditioning and/or styling composition for a keratin substrate comprising: (i) about 50 wt. % to 95 wt. % of at least one cationic or pseudo-cationic monomer selected from the group consisting of acrylamidopropyl trimethylammonium chloride (APTAC) and/or Vinylpyrrolidone (VP); (ii) about 1 wt. % to 30 wt. % of at least one anionic monomer selected from the group consisting of (a) acrylic acid (AA), (b) acrylamido methylpropyl sulfonate (AMPS), and/or (c) sodium methyl allyl sulfonate (SMAS); and (iii) about 0.1 wt. % to 20 wt. % of at least one hydrophobic monomer selected from the group consisting of (a) polyoxyethylene (PEG)-18-behenylether-methacrylate (BEM) (b) Lauryl-ethoxylated-methacrylate (LEM), (c) stearyl acrylate (SA), (d) Stream-10-allyl-ether, (e) Vinylcaprolactam (V-cap), and/or (f) Hydroxyethyl-pyrrolidone-methacrylate (M06). Also described is a process of preparing said polymer, and its method of use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: HERCULES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Gijsbert Kroon, Michael Franzke, Nathalie Sieverling, Tuttu Maria Nuutinen, Lidia Kulcsar
  • Publication number: 20150251939
    Abstract: This invention pertains to a synergistic blend comprised of a polyamino acid and an anionic carboxylic polymer. The blend is able to effectively stabilize the calcium salts that lead to scale formation in evaporative systems. This blend shows high levels of efficacy in the acidic high conductivity waters found in many evaporative systems such as sugar and biorefining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: HERCULES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Christian Flocken, Jay C. Henderson, Christina Moering
  • Publication number: 20150132405
    Abstract: The present invention provides synergistic combinations of monochlorourea with other biocides for controlling microbial growth in aqueous systems. It also provides synergistic combinations of dimethyl monochlorourea with other biocides for controlling growth in aqueous systems. The synergistic combinations of monochlorourea and dimethyl monochlorourea with other biocides allows for the reduced use of total biocides to provide control of microbial growth in aqueous systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: HERCULES INCORPORATED
    Inventor: John S Chapman
  • Patent number: 8968456
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a film coating composition used for film coating pharmaceutical tablets, nutritional supplements, confectionary forms and the like. The film coating composition comprises a water soluble film former such as hydroxypropylcellulose, hydroxypropylmethylcellulose, hydroxyethylcellulose, starches, modified starches and the like and one or more hydrophobic compounds, such as metal salt of higher fatty acids, higher fatty alcohol, natural wax either from vegetable, animal origin or synthetic wax. Optionally, the film coating composition may include plasticizers, colorants, such as pigments and/or flow aids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Hercules Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas Durig, Divya Tewari
  • Publication number: 20140335204
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of controlling bacterial contamination using synergistic interactions of antimicrobials. The invention consists of combinations of chlorine dioxide and organic acid whose combined antimicrobial effect is greater than the sum of their individual activities, i.e., synergistic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Hercules Incorporated
    Inventors: John S. Chapman, Corinne E. Consalo
  • Publication number: 20140335203
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of controlling bacterial contamination using synergistic interactions of antimicrobials. The invention consists of combinations of chlorine dioxide and organic acid whose combined antimicrobial effect is greater than the sum of their individual activities, i.e., synergistic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: HERCULES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Corinne E. Consalo, John S. Chapman
  • Publication number: 20140328533
    Abstract: A product testing apparatus is described as having one or more imager configured to capture one or more images of a sample having a substrate coating applied to a substrate, a processor in communication with the imager, and a non-transitory processor readable medium, in communication with the processor. The non-transitory processor readable medium stores processor executable instructions that when executed cause the processor to receive the one or more images from the one or more imager. The processor then processes the one or more image by filtering lighting variations in the pixels of the one or more images to identify one or more objects of interest in the one or more images of the cured/uncured substrate coating. The processor quantifies one or more property of the one or more objects of interest. The processor executable instructions then cause the processor to generate one or more signal indicative of the quantification of the one or more objects of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: HERCULES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Bruce K Fillipo, Sowmitri Tarimala
  • Publication number: 20140318728
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for increasing the filler content of paper or paperboard, comprising (a) combining a heterogeneous polymer blend with a ground calcium carbonate filler; (b) combining the resulting mixture with a pulp slurry; and (c) processing the resulting slurry mixture to form a sheet of paper or paperboard. Also disclosed are methods of increasing the filler content of paper or paperboard comprising (1) combining either a heterogeneous polymer blend or a ground calcium carbonate filler with a pulp slurry, (2) combining the remaining component with the pulp slurry; and (c) processing the resulting pulp slurry mixture to form a sheet of paper or paperboard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Hercules Incorporated
    Inventor: Hercules Incorporated