Patents Assigned to Innospec Limited
  • Personal care composition and method of use thereof
    Patent number: 9877905
    Abstract: A solid personal care composition comprising at least 60 wt % of one or more solid surfactants of which at least 10 wt % comprises one or more compounds of formula (I) wherein R1 represents a C4-36 substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbyl group; each of R2, R3, R4 and R5 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-4 alkyl group and wherein at least one of R2, R3, R4 and R5 is not hydrogen; and M+ represents a cation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: INNOSPEC LIMITED
    Inventors: Nicholas John Dixon, Amy Helena Rigby, Debbie Lorraine Timmerman
  • Personal care composition
    Patent number: 9833396
    Abstract: An aqueous shear-thinning personal care composition comprises: (a) at least 3 wt % of a sulfonate compound of general formula (I): where R1 represents a C8-22 alkyl group alkyl group; R2 represents a C1-4 alkyl group; each of R3, R4 and R5 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-4 alkyl group; and M+ represents a sodium or potassium cation; (b) at least 3 wt % of an amphoteric or zwitterionic surfactant; (c) at least 10 wt % of water; and (d) at least 0.5 wt % of an additional component in the form of particles or droplets suspended in the composition. The composition is stable in an aqueous environment and can be formulated with a wide range of additional components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: INNOSPEC LIMITED
    Inventor: Philip Cotrell
  • QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS AND THEIR USE AS FUEL OR LUBRICANT ADDITIVES
    Publication number: 20170218291
    Abstract: A quaternary ammonium salt of formula wherein each of R1, R2, R3 and R4 is independently selected from an optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl or aryl group having less than 8 carbon atoms and R5 is hydrogen or an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Innospec Limited
    Inventors: Jacqueline Reid, Stephen L. Cook
  • GASOLINE COMPOSITION, METHOD AND USE
    Publication number: 20170121622
    Abstract: A gasoline composition comprising, as an additive, one or more quaternary ammonium salt(s) (i) formed by the reaction of a compound of formula (A): and a compound formed by the reaction of a hydrocarbyl-substituted acylating agent and an amine of formula (B1) or (B2): wherein R is an optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, aryl or alkylaryl group; R1 is an alkyl, aryl or alkylaryl group having up to 36 carbon atoms; R2 and R3 are the same or different alkyl groups having from 1 to 36 carbon atoms; X is an alkylene group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms; n is from 0 to 20; m is from 1 to 5; and R4 is hydrogen or a C1 to C36 alkyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: Innospec Limited
    Inventors: Vincent Burgess, Jacqueline Reid, Simon Mulqueen
  • PERSONAL CARE COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20170095411
    Abstract: An aqueous shear-thinning personal care composition comprises: (a) at least 3 wt % of a sulfonate compound of general formula (I): where R1 represents a C8-22 alkyl group alkyl group; R2 represents a C1-4 alkyl group; each of R3, R4 and R5 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-4 alkyl group; and M+ represents a sodium or potassium cation; (b) at least 3 wt % of an amphoteric or zwitterionic surfactant; (c) at least 10 wt % of water; and (d) at least 0.5 wt % of an additional component in the form of particles or droplets suspended in the composition. The composition is stable in an aqueous environment and can be formulated with a wide range of additional components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Applicant: Innospec Limited
    Inventor: Philip Cotrell
  • Composition comprising fatty acyl isethionate and synthetic wax and method producing the same
    Patent number: 9593298
    Abstract: A method of preparing a component of a personal care bar, the method comprising: (a) providing a composition comprising an isethionate surfactant at a temperature of at least 20° C.; (b) combining the composition comprising the isethionate surfactant with a synthetic 5 wax and optional further components at a temperature of at least 120° C.; and (c) cooling the mixture obtained in step (b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Innospec Limited
    Inventors: Phillip Loraine Cotrell, Philip Arie Matena, Stephen Moss O'Connor
  • Automatic dishwashing composition
    Patent number: 9506020
    Abstract: An automatic dishwashing composition offering good performance especially in the removal of stubborn stains, such as tea stains, comprises a chelating agent selected from hydroxyethyliminodiacetic acid, glucoheptonic acid, hydroxyethylethylenediaminetriacetic acid, poly(acrylic acid-co-hypophosphite), and salts, complexes and mixtures thereof; wherein the composition is substantially free of phosphate containing builders and substantially free of bleaching compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Innospec Limited
    Inventors: Matthew Robert Giles, Nicholas John Dixon
  • Gasoline composition, method and use
    Patent number: 9493720
    Abstract: A gasoline composition comprising, as an additive, one or more quaternary ammonium salt(s) (i) formed by the reaction of a compound of formula (A): and a compound formed by the reaction of a hydrocarbyl-substituted acylating agent and an amine of formula (B1) or (B2): wherein R is an optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, aryl or alkylaryl group; R1 is an alkyl, aryl or alkylaryl group having up to 36 carbon atoms; R2 and R3 are the same or different alkyl groups having from 1 to 36 carbon atoms; X is an alkylene group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms; n is from 0 to 20; m is from 1 to 5; and R4 is hydrogen or a C1 to C36 alkyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Innospec Limited
    Inventors: Vincent Burgess, Jacqueline Reid, Simon Mulqueen
  • Fuel composition with enhanced low temperature properties
    Patent number: 9493716
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a fuel oil composition comprising a renewable fuel or a blend of petroleum based fuels with renewable fuels, also containing an additives composition to enhance the base and combined fuel's resistance to forming insoluble particulates upon storage at diminished operating temperatures. Further described is the additive package used to inhibit particulate formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Innospec Limited
    Inventors: Jack Burgazli, Jerry Burton, David A. Daniels
  • DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20160264561
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I) wherein R1 is a C5 to C39 alkyl or alkenyl group and R2 is (c) wherein A is an anion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: Innospec Limited
    Inventor: Matthew Robert Giles
  • DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20160264542
    Abstract: A surfactant component comprising a compound of formula (I): (I) wherein R1 is a C5 to C39 alkyl or alkenyl group and R2 is a group of formula (a) wherein one of W, X, Y and Z is a covalent bond and the remaining groups are independently selected from H, M, SO3M and a further group of formula R1CO provided at least one of W, X, Y and Z is SO3M; and each M is independently a hydrogen ion, an ammonium ion or a metal ion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: Innospec Limited
    Inventor: Matthew Robert Giles
  • Methods relating to fuel compositions
    Patent number: 9394499
    Abstract: A method of removing deposits from a diesel engine, the method comprising combusting in the engine a diesel fuel composition comprising an engine cleaning additive, wherein the engine cleaning additive is the product of a Mannich reaction between: (a) an aldehyde; (b) ammonia, hydrazine or an amine; and (c) an optionally substituted phenol; wherein the or each substituent of the phenol component (c) has an average molecular weight of less than 400.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Innospec Limited
    Inventor: Jacqueline Reid
  • Diesel fuel compositions
    Patent number: 9365787
    Abstract: A diesel fuel composition comprising a quaternary ammonium salt additive which additive is formed by the reaction of (1) a quaternising agent and (2) a compound formed by the reaction of a hydrocarbyl-substituted acylating agent and at least 1.4 molar equivalents of an amine of formula (B1) or (B2), wherein R2 and R3 are the same or different alkyl, alkenyl or aryl groups having from 1 to 22 carbon atoms; X is a bond or alkylene group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms; n is from 0 to 20; m is from 1 to 5; and R4 is hydrogen or a C1 to C22 alkyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Innospec Limited
    Inventors: Jacqueline Reid, Stephen Leonard Cook
  • QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS AS FUEL OR LUBRICANT ADDITIVES
    Publication number: 20160160142
    Abstract: A quaternary ammonium compound of formula (X), wherein R0, R, R2 and R3 is each individually an optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl or aryl group and R includes an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl moiety having at least 5 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: Innospec Limited
    Inventors: Jacqueline REID, Stephen L. COOK
  • DIESEL FUEL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20160152912
    Abstract: A method of combating internal diesel injector deposits caused by carboxylate residues and/or lacquers in the injectors of a diesel engine, the method comprising combusting in the engine a diesel fuel composition comprising (a) the reaction product of a carboxylic acid-derived acylating agent and an amine and (b) a quaternary ammonium salt additive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: Innospec Limited
    Inventor: Simon Mulqueen
  • QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS AS FUEL OR LUBRICANT ADDITIVES
    Publication number: 20160152910
    Abstract: A quaternary ammonium compound which is the reaction product of: (a) a tertiary amine having a molecular weight of less than 1000; (b) an acid-activated alkylating agent; and (c) a diacid including an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl moiety having at least (5) carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: Innospec Limited
    Inventors: Jacqueline Reid, Stephen L. Cook
  • Diesel fuel compositions
    Patent number: 9315753
    Abstract: A diesel fuel composition comprising, as an additive, the product of a Mannich reaction between: (a) an aldehyde; (b) an amine; and (c) a substituted phenol; wherein the phenol is substituted with at least one branched hydrocarbyl group having a molecular weight of between 200 and 3000; and wherein in the Mannich reaction used to form the additive the molar ratio of component (a) to component (b) is 2.2-1.01:1; the molar ratio of component (a) to component (c) is 1.99-1.01:1 and the molar ratio of component (b) to component (c) is 1:1.01-1.99.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Innospec Limited
    Inventor: Jacqueline Reid
  • Fuel compositions
    Patent number: 9315752
    Abstract: A diesel fuel composition comprising a performance enhancing additive, wherein the performance enhancing additive is the product of a Mannich reaction between: (a) an aldehyde; (b) a polyamine; and (c) an optionally substituted phenol; wherein the molar ratio of component (c) to component (b) in the reaction mixture used to prepare the performance enhancing additive is at least 1.5:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Innospec Limited
    Inventor: Jacqueline Reid
  • Use of EDDS and calcium ions as enchancers of molluscicidal activity
    Patent number: 9282735
    Abstract: A molluscicidal composition, comprising: a molluscicidal activity promoting additive comprising a calcium-containing salt of ethylene disuccinic acid or calcium ions and ethylenediamine disuccinic moieties, having at least 1 mole of calcium per mole of ethylenediamine disuccinic acid; and a carrier material edible to molluscs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignees: Innospec Limited, W. Neudorff GMBH KG
    Inventors: Nicholas John Dixon, Derek Bassett, Reinhard Arndt, Andreas Prokop, Diana Parker, Tianye Chen
  • Fuel additive compositions
    Patent number: 9255233
    Abstract: The invention provides the use of an organic compound selected from a bicyclic monoterpene, substituted bicyclic monoterpene, adamantane, propylene carbonate and mixtures thereof, to improve the solubilization of a solid, fuel-soluble iron compound in a fuel composition or in a precursor liquid to be added to fuel composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Innospec Limited
    Inventors: Wolfgang Bulla, Werner Nadolny, Hubert Jungbluth, Werner Kalischewski, Gabriele Lohmann