Patents Assigned to Lonza Inc.
  • Patent number: 5855817
    Abstract: Polyhydroxyl and polyether hydroxyl esters of fatty acids and polyether hydroxides are provided as waterproofers. These waterproofers are also combined with quaternary ammonium compositions and a solvent in waterproofing, wood preservative systems. Preferred quaternary ammonium compounds have chloride, hydroxide, carbonate, carboxylate, or borate counter ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: Lonza, Inc.
    Inventor: Leigh E. Walker
  • Patent number: 5833741
    Abstract: The present invention provides a waterproofing wood preservative system comprising a waterproofer selected from the group consisting of an alkyl amine oxide, an alkyl acetoacetate, and a waterproofing quaternary ammonium compound and a biocide comprising at least one biocidal quaternary ammonium compound wherein said waterproofing quaternary ammonium compound is a C.sub.12 -C.sub.30 alkyl or C.sub.6 -C.sub.20 aryl-substituted alkyl, C.sub.12 -C.sub.30 alkyl quaternary ammonium composition and said biocidal quaternary ammonium compound is a C.sub.8 -C.sub.12 alkyl or C.sub.6 -C20 aryl-substituted alkyl, C.sub.8 -C.sub.10 alkyl quaternary ammonium composition. Said wood preservative system offers protection against both biological and physical decomposition of wood, as for example, that occurring in long term-weathering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Assignee: Lonza Inc.
    Inventor: Leigh E. Walker
  • Patent number: 5785963
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a class of novel polymeric hydantoin quaternary compounds, obtained either via a reaction of a hydantoin diamine and an organic dihalide or epichlorohydrin or via a reaction of hydantoin dichloride with an organic diamine. These polymeric hydantoin quaternary compounds have unexpected properties which make them very useful as low foaming biocidal, fungicidal and algicidal agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Assignee: Lonza, Inc.
    Inventor: Chuen-Ing J. Tseng
  • Patent number: 5760088
    Abstract: A high yield method for the preparation of C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkyl or aryl-substituted alkyl, C.sub.8 -C.sub.16 alkyl quaternary ammonium hydroxide is provided whereby two reactants, a corresponding quaternary ammonium chloride and a metal hydroxide, are reacted in a solvent comprising a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 normal alcohol. The amount of metal hydroxide reactant is that amount sufficient to yield the quaternary ammonium hydroxide and a metal chloride.Also provided are wood preservative systems which include (a) a biocidal effective amount of at least one di C.sub.8 -C.sub.12 alkyl quaternary ammonium hydroxide and (b) a solvent, as well as a method for preserving a wood substrate whereby the substrate is treated with the preservative system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: Lonza Inc.
    Inventor: Leigh E. Walker
  • Patent number: 5750061
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for producing solid halogenated hydantoin products using the process of melt extrusion. The form of the products which can be produced includes tablets, briquettes, pucks, dispensers, "designer" forms such as Christmas ornaments, pellets, and granules. The halogenated hydantoin compounds used in the forms contain methylethylhydantoin or an admixture of methylethylhydantoin and dimethylhydantoin. The halogenated hydantoin compositions used to make the forms can also include additives such as solubility modifiers, compaction aids, fillers, surfactants, dyes, fragrances, dispersants, lubricants, mold releases, detergent builders, corrosion inhibitors, chelants, stabilizers, biocides, bromide sources, or oxidizing halogen compositions. The present invention is also the product which is made via the melt extrusion method. The invention also is a method of obtaining an improved feedstock via melt extrusion and the improved feedstock product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Assignee: Lonza Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Edward Farina, Kenneth Scott Geick, Julia Anne Falter
  • Patent number: 5700841
    Abstract: Wood preservative systems comprising (a) a biocidal effective amount of (i) at least one di C.sub.8 -C.sub.12 alkyl quaternary ammonium carboxylate having the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are a C.sub.8 -C.sub.12 alkyl group; R.sup.3 is a substituted or unsubstituted, interrupted or uninterrupted C.sub.1 -C.sub.100 group; l and q independently are 1, 2 or 3 and (l) (q) is 1, 2, or 3; and n is 0 or an integer from 1 to 50; (ii) at least one di C.sub.8 14 C.sub.12 alkyl quaternary ammonium borate having the formula ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are defined as above, and a is 2 or 3, but when a is 2, b is 0 or 1, and when a is 3, b is 0, 1, or 2; or (iii) a combination of (i) and (ii); and (b) a solvent are provided. These carboxylate quats as well as carboxylate quats wherein R.sup.1 is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkyl or aryl-substituted alkyl group and R.sup.2 is a C.sub.8 -C.sub.20 alkyl group are preferably prepared by an indirect or a direct synthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1997
    Assignee: Lonza Inc.
    Inventor: Leigh E. Walker
  • Patent number: 5679633
    Abstract: An amine oxide having the formula: ##STR1## wherein the R.sub.1 groups are independently selected from C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl or alkoxy groups and R.sub.2 is a branched chain C.sub.11 -C.sub.16 alkyl group; a detersive composition containing such amine oxide with amphoteric surfactants and/or alkalizing agent; and the use of said composition for cleaning hard surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1997
    Assignee: Lonza Inc.
    Inventor: Chuen-Ing Jeannie Tseng
  • Patent number: 5641726
    Abstract: Wood preservative systems comprising (a) a biocidal effective amount of (i) at least one di C.sub.8 -C.sub.12 alkyl quaternary ammonium carboxylate having the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are a C.sub.8 -C.sub.12 alkyl group; R.sup.3 is a substituted or unsubstituted, interrupted or uninterrupted C.sub.1 -C.sub.100 group; l and q independently are 1, 2 or 3 and (l)(q) is 1, 2, or 3; and n is 0 or an integer from 1 to 50; (ii) at least one di C.sub.8 -C.sub.12 alkyl quaternary ammonium borate having the formula ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are defined as above, and a is 2 or 3, but when a is 2, b is 0 or 1, and when a is 3, b is 0, 1, or 2; or (iii) a combination of (i) and (ii); and (b) a solvent are provided. These carboxylate quats as well as carboxylate quats wherein R.sup.1 is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkyl or aryl-substituted alkyl group and R.sup.2 is a C.sub.8 -C.sub.20 alkyl group are preferably prepared by an indirect or a direct synthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1997
    Assignee: Lonza, Inc.
    Inventor: Leigh E. Walker
  • Patent number: 5603941
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there are provided stable, solid compositions which include (a) a biodispersant, including surfactants; (b) a biocide, including halogenated hydantoins; and (c) optionally, a halogen scavenger, including a hydantoin; In a further embodiment, these compositions are added to a substrate in order to remove or to inhibit the formation of a biofilm and to prevent or to inhibit the growth of or to kill microorganisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1997
    Assignee: Lonza, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas E. Farina, Frank J. Himpler, J. Steven Colby
  • Patent number: 5585506
    Abstract: A semi-batch process for the manufacture of polyglycerol esters by direct fatty acid esterification of a polyglycerol. Molten fatty acid is fed slowly into polyglycerol at a rate which maintains the reaction mixture substantially homogeneous. Improved quality of the resultant polyglycerol esters and shorter reaction cycles are thereby realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1996
    Assignee: Lonza Inc.
    Inventors: Scott B. Harvey, Shilan Shen
  • Patent number: 5565576
    Abstract: N-halohydantoins are advantageously compacted with saturated, normally solid, fatty amides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1996
    Assignee: Lonza Inc.
    Inventors: Larry K. Hall, Julia A. Falter, Thomas E. Farina
  • Patent number: 5565109
    Abstract: Free halogen sources (e.g., sodium hypochlorite and chlorine) added as slimicides in high organic component process streams such as pulp and paper processing are rendered more efficacious by the addition of selected N-hydrogen compounds (namely, 5,5-dimethylhydantoin, 5-ethyl-5-methylhydantoin, cyanuric acid, succinimide, urea, 4,4-dimethyl-2-oxazolidinone, and glycouril) to the process stream. The latter compounds may be added to the process stream before or after the slimicide is added or combined with the slimicide and added directly thereto. The direct use of halogenated hydantoins has also been found to provide improved efficacy relative to free halogen sources. In addition, absorbable organic halogen by-products are reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1996
    Assignee: Lonza Inc.
    Inventor: Philip G. Sweeny
  • Patent number: 5559155
    Abstract: A high yield method for the preparation of C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkyl or aryl-substituted alkyl, C.sub.8 -C.sub.16 alkyl quaternary ammonium hydroxide is provided whereby two reactants, a corresponding quaternary ammonium chloride and a metal hydroxide, are reacted in a solvent comprising a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 normal alcohol. The amount of metal hydroxide reactant is that amount sufficient to yield the quaternary ammonium hydroxide and a metal chloride.Also provided are wood preservative systems which include (a) a biocidal effective amount of at least one di C.sub.8 -C.sub.12 alkyl quaternary ammonium hydroxide and (b) a solvent, as well as a method for preserving a wood substrate whereby the substrate is treated with the preservative system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1996
    Assignee: Lonza Inc.
    Inventor: Leigh E. Walker
  • Patent number: 5547990
    Abstract: It has been found that certain combinations of substituted imidazoline-based amphoterics and quaternary ammonium compounds show markedly reduced irritation profile in addition to providing excellent cleaning detergency. Moreover, it has further been found that certain substituted imidazoline amphoteric surfactants in combination with didecyl dimethyl ammonium chloride (DIDAC) show unexpected synergistic irritation reduction compared to that observed when the quaternary is an ADBAC type. This allows the formulation of disinfectants and sanitizers with the favored antimicrobial agent while at the same time affording the optimum reduction in irritation potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1996
    Assignee: Lonza, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry Hall, Michael Y. Chiang, Judith M. Meyer
  • Patent number: 5525350
    Abstract: Improved animal diets for oral administration are provided which include a quantity of non-hydrolyzed, non-digested, naturally occurring protein supplemented with a minor amount of an additive selected from the group consisting of di- and tripeptides including an essential amino acid residue. The diets commonly include at least about 8% by weight of such intact protein, which may be derived from typical plant or animal sources. The preferred additive includes an essential amino acid residue selected from the group consisting of lysine, methionine, threonine, tryptophan, isoleucine and valine. Use of the di-and tripeptide additives of the invention gives increased nitrogen use by the animal, as compared with feeding of the amino acid constituents of the additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1996
    Assignees: Kansas State University Research Foundation, Lonza, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Hansen, Jim L. Nelssen, Stephen A. Blum, Mike D. Tokach, Robert D. Goodband
  • Patent number: 5523487
    Abstract: Quaternary ammonium carbonates having the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkyl or aryl-substituted alkyl group and R.sup.2 is a C.sub.8 -C.sub.20 alkyl group have been synthesized.These compounds and compositions further comprising the corresponding quaternary ammonium bicarbonate ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1 is the same or a different C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkyl or aryl-substituted alkyl group and R.sup.2 is the same or a different C.sub.8 -C.sub.20 alkyl group and/or the corresponding quaternary ammonium metal carbonate ##STR3## wherein R.sup.1 is the same or a different C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkyl or aryl-substituted alkyl group; R.sup.2 is the same or a different C.sub.8 -C.sub.20 alkyl group and M is a non-coupler metal, are prepared by reacting two reactants, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkyl or aryl-substituted alkyl, C.sub.8 -C.sub.20 alkyl quaternary ammonium chloride and a metal hydroxide, in a solvent comprising a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 normal alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1996
    Assignee: Lonza, Inc.
    Inventor: Leigh E. Walker
  • Patent number: 5486315
    Abstract: An amine oxide having the formula: ##STR1## wherein the R.sub.1 groups are independently selected from C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl or alkoxy groups and R.sub.2 is a branched chain C.sub.11 -C.sub.16 alkyl group; a detersive composition containing such amine oxide with amphoteric surfactants and/or alkalizing agent; and the use of said composition for cleaning hard surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1996
    Assignee: Lonza Inc.
    Inventor: Chuen-Ing J. Tseng
  • Patent number: 5478490
    Abstract: A shampoo formulation containing a polyglyceryl ester as the viscosity builder is disclosed. These polyglyceryl esters have the formula:R.sup.5 OCH.sub.2 --CH(OR.sup.4)--CH.sub.2 --(O--CH.sub.2 CH(OR.sup.3)--CH.sub.2).sub.n --O--CH.sub.2 --CH(OR .sup.2)--CH.sub.2 OR.sup.1wherein n is from 4 to 14 and one or more R groups is an acyl group containing from 8 to 22 carbon atoms and the remaining R groups are hydrogen. Such shampoos may be formulated to meet the criteria for both baby and adult shampoos without the need of using ethylene oxide derivatives. By tailoring the polyglyceryl ester employed, a pearlescent appearance can be created and characteristics such as viscosity and clarity may be affected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1995
    Assignee: Lonza Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas R. Russo, Larry K. Hall, Victor A. Landeryou
  • Patent number: 5476615
    Abstract: A sanitizer composition comprisinga) an amine oxide having the formula: ##STR1## wherein the R.sub.1 groups are independently selected from C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl or alkoxy groups and R.sub.2 is a branched chain C.sub.11 -C.sub.16 alkyl group, andb) a quaternary ammonium compound having the formula: ##STR2## wherein the R.sub.3 groups are independently selected from C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl or alkoxy groups and the R.sub.4 groups are C.sub.8 -C.sub.16 linear or branched alkyl groups wherein at least one of the R.sub.4 groups is a branched C.sub.8 -C.sub.16 alkyl group, and X is chloride, bromide, iodide, carbonate or alkylcarboxylate having a C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkyl radical, and the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1995
    Assignee: Lonza Inc.
    Inventors: Larry K. Hall, Michael Y. Chiang
  • Patent number: 5438034
    Abstract: Quaternary ammonium carbonates having the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkyl or aryl-substituted alkyl group and R.sup.2 is a C.sub.8 -C.sub.20 alkyl group have been synthesized.These compounds and compositions further comprising the corresponding quaternary ammonium bicarbonate ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1 is the same or a different C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkyl or aryl-substituted alkyl group and R.sup.2 is the same or a different C.sub.8 -C.sub.20 alkyl group and/or the corresponding quaternary ammonium metal carbonate ##STR3## wherein R.sup.1 is the same or a different C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkyl or aryl-substituted alkyl group; R.sup.2 is the same or a different C.sub.8 -C.sub.20 alkyl group and M is a non-coupler metal, are prepared by reacting two reactants, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkyl or aryl-substituted alkyl, C.sub.8 -C.sub.20 alkyl quaternary ammonium chloride and a metal hydroxide, in a solvent comprising a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 normal alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1995
    Assignee: Lonza, Inc.
    Inventor: Leigh E. Walker