Patents Assigned to Working Bugs, LLC
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Patent number: 9737087Abstract: A composition that is a substitute for food grade sodium chloride includes crystalline particles containing both potassium chloride and lysine monohydrochloride such that the potassium chloride and lysine monohydrochloride are not susceptible to separation. A process for making the composition includes steps of providing a supersaturated water solution of potassium chloride and lysine monohydrochloride at a temperature of from about 10 to about 70° C., adding ethanol to the solution in an amount sufficient to precipitate crystalline particles containing a combination of potassium chloride and lysine monohydrochloride, separating the crystalline particles from the solution, and drying the crystalline particles.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2015Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: Working Bugs, LLCInventors: Kris A. Berglund, Erik A. Berglund
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Patent number: 9456602Abstract: A hand sanitizer composition that provides effective skin sanitization and exhibits low flammability, while containing sufficient humectant for moisturization of the skin includes an alcohol selected from the group consisting of alcohol(s) containing 4 to 6 carbon atoms in an amount of from about 10% to about 60% by volume, and one or more humectants present in an amount of from about 10% to about 80% by volume.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2012Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: Working Bugs, LLCInventors: Cordell DeMattei, Dianne Holman, Peter K. Rossman, Thomas A. Auchtung
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Publication number: 20160037813Abstract: A composition that is a substitute for food grade sodium chloride includes crystalline particles containing both potassium chloride and lysine monohydrochloride such that the potassium chloride and lysine monohydrochloride are not susceptible to separation. A process for making the composition includes steps of providing a supersaturated water solution of potassium chloride and lysine monohydrochloride at a temperature of from about 10 to about 70° C., adding ethanol to the solution in an amount sufficient to precipitate crystalline particles containing a combination of potassium chloride and lysine monohydrochloride, separating the crystalline particles from the solution, and drying the crystalline particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2015Publication date: February 11, 2016Applicant: Working Bugs, LLCInventors: Kris A. Berglund, Erik A. Berglund
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Patent number: 9204663Abstract: A composition that is a substitute for food grade sodium chloride includes crystalline particles containing both potassium chloride and lysine monohydrochloride such that the potassium chloride and lysine monohydrochloride are not susceptible to separation. A process for making the composition includes steps of providing a supersaturated water solution of potassium chloride and lysine monohydrochloride at a temperature of from about 10 to about 70° C., adding ethanol to the solution in an amount sufficient to precipitate crystalline particles containing a combination of potassium chloride and lysine monohydrochloride, separating the crystalline particles from the solution, and drying the crystalline particles.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2012Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: Working Bugs, LLCInventors: Kris A. Berglund, Erik A. Berglund, Dianne Holman
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Patent number: 9138391Abstract: A nail polish remover that is safer and more environmentally friendly than conventional acetone-based and petrochemical-based nail polish removers containing a mixture of water and at least one lower alkyl acetate, and an amount of an emulsifier that is sufficient to emulsify the alkyl acetate to prevent phase separation of the mixture. Exemplary compositions include, as the lower alkyl acetate, n-butyl acetate in an amount of from 10% to 60% by volume, ethanol, as the emulsifier, in an amount of from 0 to 20% by volume, and the balance being water.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2012Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: Working Bugs, LLCInventors: Dianne Holman, Peter K. Rossman
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Patent number: 8981166Abstract: An improved process for extracting fusel alcohols and/or fusel alcohol esters from an ethanol fermentation product involves adding to the fermentation product an extractant solvent selected from amyl alcohols, amyl acetates, and mixtures thereof to produce a two-phase system including a water and alcohol phase, and an immiscible second phase comprised of amyl alcohols, amyl acetates or a mixture thereof. Thereafter, the first and second phases can be separated to obtain a first phase depleted of fusel alcohols and/or esters of fusel alcohols and a second phase containing fusel alcohols and/or esters of fusel alcohols extracted from the first phase.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2012Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Working Bugs, LLCInventors: Kris A. Berglund, Peter K. Rossman
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Publication number: 20140315773Abstract: A nail polish remover that is safer and more environmentally friendly than conventional acetone-based and petrochemical-based nail polish removers containing a mixture of water and at least one lower alkyl acetate, and an amount of an emulsifier that is sufficient to emulsify the alkyl acetate to prevent phase separation of the mixture. Exemplary compositions include, as the lower alkyl acetate, n-butyl acetate in an amount of from 10% to 60% by volume, ethanol, as the emulsifier, in an amount of from 0 to 20% by volume, and the balance being water.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2012Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicant: Working Bugs, LLCInventors: Dianne Holman, Peter K. Rossman
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Publication number: 20140296350Abstract: A hand sanitizer composition that provides effective skin sanitization and exhibits low flammability, while containing sufficient humectant for moisturization of the skin includes an alcohol selected from the group consisting of alcohol(s) containing 4 to 6 carbon atoms in an amount of from about 10% to about 60% by volume, and one or more humectants present in an amount of from about 10% to about 80% by volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2012Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: Working Bugs, LLCInventors: Cordell DeMattei, Dianne Holman, Peter K. Rossman, Thomas A. Auchtung
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Publication number: 20140234525Abstract: A composition that is a substitute for food grade sodium chloride includes crystalline particles containing both potassium chloride and lysine monohydrochloride such that the potassium chloride and lysine monohydrochloride are not susceptible to separation. A process for making the composition includes steps of providing a supersaturated water solution of potassium chloride and lysine monohydrochloride at a temperature of from about 10 to about 70° C., adding ethanol to the solution in an amount sufficient to precipitate crystalline particles containing a combination of potassium chloride and lysine monohydrochloride, separating the crystalline particles from the solution, and drying the crystalline particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2012Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: WORKING BUGS, LLCInventor: Dianne Holman
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Publication number: 20140221701Abstract: An improved process for extracting fusel alcohols and/or fusel alcohol esters from an ethanol fermentation product involves adding to the fermentation product an extractant solvent selected from amyl alcohols, amyl acetates, and mixtures thereof to produce a two-phase system including a water and alcohol phase, and an immiscible second phase comprised of amyl alcohols, amyl acetates or a mixture thereof. Thereafter, the first and second phases can be separated to obtain a first phase depleted of fusel alcohols and/or esters of fusel alcohols and a second phase containing fusel alcohols and/or esters of fusel alcohols extracted from the first phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2012Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: Working Bugs, LLCInventors: Kris A. Berglund, Peter K. Rossman