Patents Examined by Brian P. Mruk
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Patent number: 12084631Abstract: This invention provides a multilayer dissolvable solid article, which comprises two or more flexible, dissolvable, porous sheets. Each of such two or more sheets is characterized by a Percent Open Cell Content of from about 80% to 100% and an Overall Average Pore Size of from about 100 ?m to about 2000 ?m and comprises a water-soluble polymer. At least two adjacent sheets in such dissolvable solid article are characterized by an Adhesion Score (AdS) of no less than 1, while the contacting surfaces of said at least two adjacent sheets are essentially free of adhesives. Preferably, the multilayer dissolvable solid article is essentially free of adhesives.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2020Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Hongsing Tan, Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr., Carl David MacNamara, Ming Tang, Toshiyuki Okada, Hongling Chen, Xu Huang, Gabrielle Alejandro Nogueira Meza, Min Jiang
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Patent number: 12084629Abstract: The disclosure relates a surfactant package for use in hard surface cleaning compositions, preferably floor cleaning compositions which pair an anionic linear alkyl sulfonate surfactant and a nonionic surfactant in a ratio of 1:1 to 9:1. This combination provides for synergistic cleaning of both proteinaceous food soils (red soils) and hydrocarbon-based oily soils (black soils) while also reducing foam produced by the composition. Synergistic nonionic surfactants include EO/PO alcohol alkoxylates or EO/PO fatty alcohol surfactants with a propylene oxide to ethylene oxide to ratio of greater than 1.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2023Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: ECOLAB USA INC.Inventors: Erin Jane Dahlquist Howlett, Renee Elizabeth Mueggenborg, Matthew Paul Molinaro
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Patent number: 12077731Abstract: A method of improving or stabilizing foaming of a hand dishwashing detergent composition when combined with water is achieved by providing one or more of polyethyleneimine ethoxylate and polyethylene glycol to a hand dishwashing detergent composition comprising an amine oxide. Hand dishwashing detergent compositions to reduce amine oxide content contain water, surfactant base, and foaming booster consisting of amine oxide, and one or more of polyethyleneimine ethoxylate and polyethylene glycol. A foaming booster consisting of polyethyleneimine ethoxylate and polyethylene glycol can eliminate use of amine oxides.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2021Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Michelle A. Piombino, Daniel Thomas Piorkowski
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Patent number: 12077729Abstract: A unit dose detergent pack is disclosed. The unit dose detergent pack includes a pouch formed from a water-soluble film and an opacified liquid detergent composition releasably disposed within the pouch. The opacified liquid detergent composition includes a plurality of neutralizing agents including more than 50 mole percent of sodium hydroxide and a remainder alkanolamine based on a total of 100 mole percent of the sodium hydroxide and the alkanolamine together. The composition further includes a fatty acid and water. A weight ratio of the sodium hydroxide and the fatty acid is from about 0.3:1 to about 0.8 to 1. The opacified liquid detergent composition is free of a microplastic opacifier and has a turbidity of at least 250 NTUs measured utilizing a turbidity meter at about 24° C. Also disclosed is an opacified liquid detergent composition and a method of making the same.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2020Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventor: Daniel Thomas Piorkowski
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Patent number: 12054693Abstract: The invention meets the needs above by providing a surfactant system, mixture or blend that can be used as a part of a soaking composition. The surfactant system is capable of forming emulsions with, and thus removing, oily and greasy stains. In a preferred embodiment the surfactant compositions of the invention can remove non-trans fat and fatty acid stains. The invention involves foaming soaking compositions that have some or part of the anionic surfactant present in the same replaced with an extended chain anionic surfactant.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2023Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: ECOLAB USA INC.Inventors: Victor Fuk-Pong Man, Yvonne Marie Killeen, Derrick Richard Anderson
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Patent number: 12054695Abstract: A cleaning solution for produce includes Himalayan pink crystal salt, turmeric powder, and water. In an embodiment, the turmeric powder is Alleppey finger turmeric powder. The cleaning solution can include equal concentrations of Himalayan crystal salt and Alleppey finger turmeric powder. The cleaning solution for produce can be particularly effective for detoxifying fruits and vegetables of pesticide residues and bacterial contamination.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2024Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: KING FAISAL UNIIVERSITYInventor: Sivakumar Joghi Thatha Gowder
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Patent number: 12049603Abstract: The need for a hand-dishwashing composition which is highly effective at removing grease, while also having good suds mileage, and avoiding negatives on physical stability, especially at low temperatures is met by formulating the hand dishwashing composition to comprise a surfactant system, the surfactant system comprising an alkyl sulfate anionic surfactant comprising little or no branching and having a low degree of alkoxylation, or no alkoxylation, and a co-surfactant, in combination with polypropylene glycol of a defined molecular weight, as described herein.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2021Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Jan Julien Marie-Louise Billiauw, Karl Ghislain Braeckman, Katrien Richarde Francoise Decraene, Pieter Jan Maria Saveyn, Bjorn Vanoverstraete
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Patent number: 12049608Abstract: A laundry care composition including: (a) at least one laundry care ingredient and (b) a leuco composition. The laundry care composition has a ?HA of at least 10. Methods of treating textiles with such laundry care compositions.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Gregory Scot Miracle, Daniel Dale Ditullio, Dominick Joseph Valenti, Sanjeev Kumar Dey, Haihu Qin
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Patent number: 12049602Abstract: Disclosed is a system for removal of limescale from a surface, which provides a sheet infused with a descaling agent and a binding agent comprising a polyacrylate salt, wherein the polyacrylate salt causes the sheet to bind to a surface to effectuate removal of the limescale. In embodiments, the sheet may bind to a vertical surface for treatment of limescale.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2021Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Inventor: Johnny Jesse Madrid
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Patent number: 12046464Abstract: A substrate cleaning composition, a method of cleaning a substrate using the same, and a method of fabricating a semiconductor device using the same, the substrate cleaning composition including a styrene copolymer including a first repeating unit represented by Formula 1-1a and a second repeating unit represented by Formula 1-1b; an additive represented by Formula 2-1; and an alcoholic solvent having a solubility of 500 g/L or less in deionized water,Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2022Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., DONGJIN SEMICHEM CO., LTD.Inventors: Ga Young Song, Mi Hyun Park, Jong Kyoung Park, Jung Youl Lee, Hyun Jin Kim, Hyo San Lee, Han Sol Lim, Hoon Han
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Patent number: 12031108Abstract: Acidic liquid fabric care compositions that include citric acid and/or a salt thereof, fragrance material that includes certain aldehydic perfume raw materials, and water. Related methods of using and making such compositions.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2022Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Rachel Morgan Roeder, Jennifer Lea Rinker, Marc Johan Declercq
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Patent number: 12024691Abstract: Described herein is a fabric care composition including at least one hydrophobically modified polyalkyleneimine as dye fixative polymer. Also described herein is a method for providing an improved color care effect during washing or treatment of colored fabric, the method including use of the hydrophobically modified polyalkyleneimine as dye fixative polymer.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2019Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Yan Kang, Ya Jing Liu, Yungi Lee, Helmut Witteler, Alexandros Lamprou
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Patent number: 12024689Abstract: A solid cleansing product including at least a first surfactant and a second surfactant present in a combined surfactant weight amount; at least a first buffering agent and a second buffering agent a present in a combined buffering agent weight amount; and magnesium sulfate; where the combined buffering agent weight amount is greater than the combined surfactant weight amount.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2019Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.Inventors: Donald L. Harper, Hima Sadavrati, Shailendra Singh, Thomas Joseph, Marcee Martinez, Anthony Geonnotti, III, Aliaksandr Zhuk
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Patent number: 12006490Abstract: A liquid laundry detergent formulation is provided, comprising: a liquid carrier; a cleaning surfactant; and a cleaning booster polymer, wherein the cleaning booster polymer has structural units of a monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer; structural units of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer of formula (I) optionally, structural units of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer of formula (III) and optionally, structural units of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer of formula (IV)Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2020Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Asghar A. Peera, Stephen J. Donovan, Marianne Creamer
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Patent number: 12006489Abstract: The disclosure relates to compositions comprising a polysaccharide derivative, wherein the polysaccharide derivative comprises a polysaccharide substituted with a) at least one hydrophobic group, and b) at least one hydrophilic group, wherein the polysaccharide is poly alpha-1,3-glucan, poly alpha-1,6-glucan, or poly alpha-1,3-1,6-glucan.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2021Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Zhengzheng Huang, Helen Lu, Weiming Qiu, Mukesh C. Shah, Steven W. Shuey, Mark Robert Sivik, Kristi Lynn Fliter
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Patent number: 11998626Abstract: A non-antimicrobial cleansing composition is disclosed comprising from about 10.0 wt. % to less than about 40 wt. % of one or more C1-C8 alcohols; about 0.5 wt. % to about 10.0 wt. % of at least one primary surfactant; 0 wt. % to about 10.0 wt. % of at least one secondary surfactant, with the primary and secondary surfactants having an HLB value greater than 8; a pH adjusting agent; and water. The composition does not achieve a microbial kill level greater than 2.0 log.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2023Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: GOJO Industries, Inc.Inventors: Amanda Jo Copeland, Venkatesan Padyachi, James Bingham, Nick Ciavarella, Kayla Elise Ivey, Carey Jaros, Daniel Willis, Jessica Rae Tittl, Srini Venkatesh
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Patent number: 11999925Abstract: A plastic cleaning method for cleaning a plastic article in an automatic dishwashing machine is provided, comprising: selecting an automatic dishwashing composition for cleaning plastic, wherein the automatic dishwashing composition, comprises: a builder; a phosphonate a nonionic surfactant; and a dispersant polymer comprising: (a) 60 to 98 wt % of structural units of formula I wherein each R1 is independently selected from a hydrogen and a —CH3 group; and (b) 2 to 40 wt % of structural units of formula II wherein each R2 is independently selected from an alkyl group with at least 4 carbon atoms and wherein each R3 is independently selected from a hydrogen and a methyl group.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2019Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Scott Backer, Paul Mercando
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Patent number: 11993761Abstract: The invention is a system and method for transforming food waste into a commercial cleaning product. The system is containable in an enclosed facility and installable in urban environments. Food waste is sorted and ground into uniformly sized particles, heated to an acceleration temperature, inoculated with an inoculant including lactic acid bacteria, which is mixed into the ground waste. The waste then undergoes sedentary fermentation for times as short as 24 hours or less. The fermented waste is separated into liquids and solids, and liquids are further separated into at least one distillation stream. Solids are dried to obtain a second distillation stream.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2020Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: RECYCLE TRACK SYSTEMS INC.Inventors: Amanda Weeks, Brett Van Aalsburg, Stephen Turek, Emilie Benoit, Jr.
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Patent number: 11987772Abstract: One of the problems is to provide a solvent composition which has a little adverse effect on the global environment and has excellent stability when a compound having a perfluoropolyether (PFPE) group is in a solution state. In an embodiment, the problem is solved by providing a solvent composition for dissolving a compound having a perfluoropolyether (PFPE) group includes Z-1,2-dichloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene (1223xd(Z)) as a main component.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2021Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: CENTRAL GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Kanako Osafune, Fuyuhiko Sakyu, Michitaka Ootani
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Patent number: 11981881Abstract: An absorbent substrate such as a wool dryer ball is imbued with a fragrance or treatment composition. The fragrance or treatment composition comprises an aqueous carrier, free fragrance, and encapsulated fragrance. The composition includes about 0.1 wt. % to about 5 wt. % free fragrance and about 0.1 wt. % to about 10 wt. % encapsulated fragrance. A kit includes absorbent balls, the fragrance or treatment composition, and an applicator for applying the fragrance or treatment composition onto or within the absorbent balls.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Anna Larracuente, Maxime Pelletier