Patents Examined by Brian P. Mruk
  • System and a process of a fabric material
    Patent number: 10844330
    Abstract: A water-soluble antimicrobial liquid delivery, quality control tracking and monitoring system and method can be directly integrated into commercial laundry equipment and operational systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Inventors: Joe Amato, Les Bridwell, Howard Nemovitz
  • Composition for post chemical-mechanical-polishing cleaning
    Patent number: 10844325
    Abstract: A post chemical-mechanical-polishing (post-CMP) cleaning composition including: (A) polyethylene glycol (PEG) with a mass average molar mass (Mw) in the range of from 400 to 8,000 g/mol, (B) an anionic polymer selected from poly(acrylic acid) (PAA), acrylic acid-maleic acid copolymers, polyaspartic acid (PASA), polyglutamic acid (PGA), polyvinylphosphonic acid, polyvinylsulfonic acid, poly(styrenesulfonic acid), polycarboxylate ethers (PCE), PEG-phosphorous acids, and copolymers of the polymers thereof, and (C) water, where the pH of the composition is from 7.0 to 10.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Christian Daeschlein, Max Siebert, Michael Lauter, Peter Przybylski, Julian Proelss, Andreas Klipp, Haci Osman Guevenc, Leonardus Leunissen, Roelf-Peter Baumann, Te Yu Wei
  • Formulations, the production and use thereof, and suitable components
    Patent number: 10844323
    Abstract: Described herein is a formulation including (A) citric acid or an alkali metal salt of citric acid, (B) at least one graft copolymer formed from (a) at least one graft base selected from nonionic monosaccharides, disaccharides, oligosaccharides and polysaccharides, and side chains, obtainable by grafting of (b) at least one ethylenically unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acid and (c) at least one compound of the general formula (I) where the variables are defined as follows: R1 is selected from methyl and hydrogen, A1 is selected from C2-C4-alkylene, R2 are the same or different and are selected from C1-C1-alkyl, X? is selected from halide, mono-C1-C4-alkylsulfate and sulfate, (C) a total of zero to 0.5% by weight of methylglycinediacetic acid (MGDA) and glutaminediacetic acid (GLDA) and alkali metal salts of MGDA and GLDA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Heike Weber, Holger Tuerk, Gazi Tuerkoglu
  • Detergent compositions
    Patent number: 10844142
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to compositions comprising a polysaccharide derivative. The polysaccharide derivative is a polysaccharide polymer wherein the polymer is substituted with at least one polyether group and/or polyamine group. Compositions comprising the polysaccharide derivative are useful as detergent compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: DUPONT INDUSTRIAL BIOSCIENCES USA, LLC
    Inventors: Helen S M Lu, Robert Dicosimo, Rong Guan, Weiming Qui
  • Cleaning product comprising an inverted container assembly and a viscous cleaning composition
    Patent number: 10844336
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cleaning product including an inverted container assembly comprising an inverted container and a liquid dispenser attached to a bottom surface of the inverted container, and a viscous cleaning composition contained in the inverted container assembly. The present invention also relates to the use of the cleaning product for cleaning dishware.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Katrien Brouwers, Karl Ghislain Braeckman, Robby Renilde Francois Keuleers, Deepak Ahirwal, Greta Annie Renata Sanders
  • Glucan fiber compositions for use in laundry care and fabric care
    Patent number: 10844324
    Abstract: An enzymatically produced ?-glucan oligomer/polymer compositions is provided. The enzymatically produced ?-glucan oligomer/polymers can be derivatized into ?-glucan ether compounds. The ?-glucan oligomers/polymers and the corresponding ?-glucan ethers are cellulose and/or protease resistant, making them suitable for use in fabric care and laundry care applications. Methods for the production and use of the present compositions are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: DUPONT INDUSTRIAL BIOSCIENCES USA, LLC
    Inventors: Robert DiCosimo, Qiong Cheng, Rakesh Nambiar, Jayme L Paullin, Mark S Payne, Jahnavi Chandra Prasad, Zheng You
  • Formulations and production and use thereof
    Patent number: 10844326
    Abstract: Described herein is a formulation including (A) at least one nonionic surfactant, (B) at least one graft copolymer formed from (a) at least one graft base selected from nonionic monosaccharides, disaccharides, oligosaccharides and polysaccharides, and side chains; and (C) a total of zero to 0.5% by weight of methylglycinediacetic acid (MGDA) and glutaminediacetic acid (GLDA) and alkali metal salts of MGDA and GLDA and a total of zero to 0.5% by weight of citric acid or an alkali metal salt of citric acid, where figures in % by weight are based in each case on a solids content of the formulation in question.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Holger Tuerk, Heike Weber, Ditmar Kischkel, Juergen Franke
  • Washing- and cleaning-active polymer films, process for the production thereof and use thereof
    Patent number: 10822443
    Abstract: A washing- and cleaning-active polymer film is disclosed. The washing- and cleaning-active polymer film includes a polymer composition obtainable by a free-radical polymerization of a monomer composition. The monomer composition includes at least one ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid or acid salt. The monomer composition is subjected to a free-radical polymerization in the presence of at least one polyether component. A process for producing the washing- and cleaning-active polymer film is further disclosed. A use of the polymer film and a covering or coating for a detergent or cleaner portion including the polymer film is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Yannick Fuchs, Juergen Detering, Markus Meise, Benjamin Schmidt-Hansberg, Claudia Esper
  • Automotive finish protection formulation
    Patent number: 10800995
    Abstract: Potassium carbonate, Cocoglucoside, a Preservative, Sodium gluconate, and Demineralized water. The formulation is intended to be dispensed and/or applied from a spray bottle or wet wipe. Demineralized water is used as a solvent and has a concentration of approximately up to approximately 99 percent of the weight by percentage. Potassium carbonate is the uric acid remover, and has a concentration of approximately 1-25 percent of the formulation. Cocoglucoside or Coco Glucoside is a natural, non-ionic, surfactant and acts as a cleaner and has a concentration of approximately 0.1-15 percent. Sodium gluconate is used as a chelating agent and has a concentration of approximately 0.1-25 percent. A chemical preservative may be added the formulation in any amount or percentage as desired or in any amount or sufficient quantity desired for the preservation or shelf life of the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Inventors: Joshua Sahley, Krzysztof Zając
  • Cationic poly alpha-1,3-glucan ethers
    Patent number: 10800860
    Abstract: Poly alpha-1,3-glucan ether compounds are disclosed herein comprising positively charged organic groups. The degree of substitution of the ether compounds is about 0.05 to about 3.0. Also disclosed are methods of producing poly alpha-1,3-glucan ether compounds having positively charged organic groups, as well as methods of using these ether compounds for increasing the viscosity of a aqueous compositions. Hydrocolloids and aqueous solutions comprising the ether compounds are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: DUPONT INDUSTRIAL BIOSCIENCES USA, LLC
    Inventors: T. Joseph Dennes, Andrea M. Perticone, Jayme L. Paullin
  • Structured washing agent or cleaning agent with a flow limit
    Patent number: 10781401
    Abstract: A structured liquid washing agent or cleaning agent with a flow limit, containing a surfactant system of anionic surfactants, nonionic surfactants and co-surfactants, inorganic salt and an amphiphilic compound, as well as a washing method in which the washing agent or cleaning according to the invention is used, and corresponding uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Anna Klemmer, Olga Morozova, Peter Schmiedel, Dieter Nickel, Lars Janzen, Bent Rogge
  • Additive for controlling spotting in automatic dishwashing systems
    Patent number: 10781399
    Abstract: An automatic dishwashing detergent composition comprising: (a) 0.5 to 8 wt % of a polymer comprising polymerized units of: (i) 5 to 75 wt % itaconic acid, (ii) 10 to 60 wt % of vinyl acetate; and (iii) 10 to 50 wt % (meth)acrylic acid; and having Mw from 5,000 to 100,000; (b) 2 to 50 wt % of an aminocarboxylate builder; (c) 1 to 10 wt % of a nonionic surfactant; (d) 20 to 75 wt % of carbonate, citrate, silicate or a combination thereof; and (e) 5 to 25 wt % of a bleaching agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Scott Backer, Marianne P. Creamer, Severine Ferrieux, Paul Mercando, Eric P. Wasserman
  • Polyetheramine compositions for laundry detergents
    Patent number: 10781405
    Abstract: Detergent compositions comprising one or more surfactants and a polyetheramine composition are disclosed. The polyetheramine composition comprises a compound having a polyglycerol core and an aminoalkyl group or an oxidized aminoalkyl group that is bonded directly or indirectly to each available oxygen of the polyglycerol core. Optionally, oxyalkylene groups link available oxygens of the polyglycerol core to the aminoalkyl or oxidized aminoalkyl groups. Methods for laundering textile articles and other cleaning methods using the detergent compositions are also disclosed. The polyetheramines can use diglycerol, a convenient plant-based starter. Laundry detergents comprising the polyetheramines provide enhanced cold-water cleaning performance for greasy or oily stains compared with similar detergents formulated without the polyetheramines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: STEPAN COMPANY
    Inventors: Dennis S. Murphy, Franz J. Luxem, Patrick Shane Wolfe
  • Compositions and method for floor cleaning or restoration
    Patent number: 10774292
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods of using the compositions for treating a floor surface. The disclosed compositions clean the floor surface, repair damage, or maintain the original look of the floor. The disclosed compositions also do not provide a permanent finish on the floor, are temporary coatings, or do not significantly change the gloss of the floor after application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Robert Leafblad, Grant Daniel Lindh, Avila M. Hoffman, Traci Lynn Gioino, Dale Curtis Larson
  • Automatic dishwashing compositions with spot prevention surfactant
    Patent number: 10774291
    Abstract: An automatic dishwashing composition is provided including a dispersant polymer; a builder; and a surfactant, wherein the surfactant is a fatty alcohol alkoxylate of formula I: wherein R1 is a linear or branched, saturated C8-24 alkyl group; R2 is a linear saturated C2-8 alkyl group; m has an average value of 22 to 42; n has an average value of 4 to 12; wherein m+n is an average value of 26 to 54; wherein the fatty alcohol alkoxylate has an average ethyleneoxy unit concentration per molecule, X, of >45 wt %; and, wherein the fatty alcohol alkoxylate has a ratio, Z, equal to X divided by n, wherein the ratio, Z, is <9.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Sara B. Klamo, Edward D. Daugs, Scott Backer, Severine Ferrieux, Paul Mercando, Eric P. Wasserman
  • High performance dishwasher compositions for short dishwasher cycles and methods of making the same
    Patent number: 10767140
    Abstract: A dishwasher composition includes at least one strong chelant, at least one weak chelant, a structural constituent, at least one surfactant, and a primary polymer. The primary polymer includes a copolymer having sulfonic acid monomer units and monomer units comprising one or more supplemental monomers, wherein the primary polymer comprises from 10 wt. % to 50 wt. % sulfonic acid monomer units and has a weight average molecular weight of less than or equal to 20,000 g/mol. The dishwasher composition can be a liquid or a gel and has a pH of from 7.0 to 9.5. Methods of washing articles include preparing a wash solution that includes water and the dishwasher composition, and contacting at least one article with the washing solution during at least a portion of a wash cycle of a commercially-available dishwasher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Korex Canada Company
    Inventor: Douglas Robert Watson
  • Proteases with improved enzyme stability in detergents
    Patent number: 10767142
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to proteases having an amino acid sequence with at least about 70% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence given in SEQ ID NO:2, over the entire length thereof, and comprising an amino acid substitution at at least one of the positions P9, Q62, D101, N130, G166, N187, 5216, N238 or Q271, based in each case on the numbering according to SEQ ID NO:2. The present disclosure also relates to the production and use thereof. Such proteases exhibit very good stability, in particular storage stability, while at the same time having a good cleaning performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Nina Mussmann, Timothy O'Connell, Daniela Herbst, Inken Prueser, Christian Degering, Sabine Griemert, Thorsten Eggert, Christian Leggewie
  • Single dose saccharide-based scent boosting packs
    Patent number: 10767145
    Abstract: A single dose pack includes a container including a water-soluble film and a single dose scent boosting composition encapsulated within the container. The single dose scent boosting composition includes about 0.1 to about 10 weight percent of a fragrance based on a total weight of the scent-boosting composition, about 45 to about 75 weight percent of a saccharide based on a total weight of the scent-boosting composition, about 0.1 to about 6 weight percent of a surfactant based on a total weight of the scent-boosting composition; and about 10 to about 25 weight percent of water based on a total weight of the scent-boosting composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Henkel IP & Holding GmbH
    Inventor: Daniel T Piorkowski
  • Detergents and cleaning products containing a polymer active ingredient
    Patent number: 10760035
    Abstract: The aim of the invention is to improve the primary detergent power of detergents and cleaning products, in particular with respect to soiling containing oil and/or grease. For this purpose, copolymers including ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid-derived sulfobetaine units and hydroxyalkyl(meth)acrylic acid esters are incorporated into the products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignees: Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Hendrik Hellmuth, Benoit Luneau, Nicole Bode, Alexander Schulz, Andreas Buhl, Yvonne Willemsen, Andre Laschewsky, Erik Wischerhoff, Michael Paech
  • Laundry detergent compositions comprising renewable components
    Patent number: 10738265
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to detergent compositions that comprise renewable components and exhibit good performance, as compared to both traditional detergent formulations that contain non-renewable ingredients and known detergent formulations that contain renewable components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: William Coffin Shearouse, Daniele Lynn Hibbard