Patents Examined by Brian P. Mruk
  • Patent number: 10472594
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mixture of sulfonated copolymers for detergent compositions which mixture of copolymers offer chelating capability as well as the ability to remain soluble in aqueous environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Itaconix Corporation
    Inventors: Bo Jiang, Yvon Durant, John Shaw
  • Patent number: 10472438
    Abstract: A warewashing detergent composition is provided for use for in cleaning of alkaline sensitive metals such as aluminum or aluminum containing alloys. The compositions include alternatives to sodium tripolyphosphate and/or other phosphorous containing raw materials, while retaining cleaning performance and corrosion prevention. According to the invention, high molecular weight polyacrylates (polyacrylic acid homopolymers) with a molecular weight of at least about 5000 are used as corrosion inhibitors and can be included for aluminum protection in a number of different detergent compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Erik C. Olson, Devon Beau Hammel
  • Patent number: 10472595
    Abstract: A leuco polymer comprising a polyethylenimine and at least one leuco moiety covalently bound to the polyethylenimine, wherein the polyethylenimine comprises three or more amine nitrogen atoms and 1 mol. % or more of amine hydrogen atoms in the polyethylenimine are replaced with a moiety selected from the group consisting of 2-hydroxypropyl, 1-hydroxypropane-2-yl, and polyalkoxy groups. Methods of making the leuco polymer, laundry care compositions comprising the leuco polymer and methods of treating textiles with such laundry care compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gregory Scot Miracle, Sanjeev Kumar Dey
  • Patent number: 10472593
    Abstract: A liquid detergent of the present invention contains: component (a): a nonionic surfactant which contains compounds represented by the following formula (1) wherein an average value of m in formula (1) ranges from 5 to 20; and in which a ratio of the compound wherein R1 is a double bond-containing unsaturated hydrocarbon group is equal to or greater than 45% by mass with respect to a total amount of the component (a), and a ratio of the compound wherein R1 is an unsaturated hydrocarbon group having two or more double bonds is equal to or greater than 4% by mass with respect to a total amount of the compounds of formula (1) wherein R1 is an unsaturated hydrocarbon group; and component (b): an anionic surfactant. R1CO(EO)mOR2??(1) wherein R1 is a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group having 15 to 17 carbon atoms; EO is an oxyethylene group; m is a positive integer; and R2 is an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Lion Corporation
    Inventors: Yuka Morimoto, Takayasu Kubozono, Akinori Joko, Atsunori Morigaki
  • Patent number: 10465150
    Abstract: A cleaning composition comprising a particle said particle comprising: (a) from 30 to 70% by weight thereof of a polymer having a softening point in the range from about 20° C. to about 60° C.; (b) from 20 to 60% by weight thereof of a first material having a BET surface area greater than 100 m2/g and a D50 from about 5 to about 20 ?m; (c) from 3 wt % to 15% by weight thereof of a second material having a BET surface area from about 0.01 to about 5 m2/g and a D50 from about 30 to about 100 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Nigel Patrick Somerville Roberts, Julie Ellis
  • Patent number: 10465145
    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: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: William Coffin Shearouse, Daniele Lynn Hibbard
  • Patent number: 10457898
    Abstract: Liquid laundry detergent compositions comprising a first and a second cellulosic polymer and a cellulase. Related methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Carly Pickering, Alan Thomas Brooker, Nigel Patrick Somerville Roberts, Colin Ure
  • Patent number: 10457895
    Abstract: A washing or cleaning agent that has MOFs (metal organic frameworks) in order to reduce offensive odor, a method for reducing malodors, and the use of MOFs to reduce malodors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignees: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Technische Universität Dresden Fachbereich Anorganische Chemie I
    Inventors: Christian Kropf, Matthias Sunder, Ursula Huchel, Peter Schmiedel, Marc Weyhe, Stefan Kaskel, Anja Guenther, Steffen Hausdorf
  • Patent number: 10457897
    Abstract: Liquid laundry detergent compositions comprising a first and second polymer. Water-soluble unit dose articles containing such compositions. Related methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: The PRocter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Carly Pickering, Alan Thomas Brooker, Nigel Patrick Somerville Roberts, Colin Ure
  • Patent number: 10435653
    Abstract: A cleaning solution, composition, and portable cleaner are provided that is all natural, safe, non-toxic, edible, anti-bacterial, anti-microbial, deodorizing, and further includes a pleasant fragrance and taste. In addition, the cleaning composition can be free from sugar, alcohol, surfactants, and other harmful or harsh ingredients. In addition, the cleaning composition allows for quick cleaning of any type of object that may be placed in the mouth, such as pacifiers, toys, candy, eating utensils, musical instruments, and mouth-pieces, among others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Inventors: Jessica Adelle Gore, Corby Lucious Frazier
  • Patent number: 10414941
    Abstract: Compositions include a water-soluble copolymer, a hydrophilic silane compound, and in some embodiments surfactant dispersed in a liquid phase. Methods of using the compositions to coat and optionally clean a substrate are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Yifan Zhang, Alexandra L. Sevenich, Lylien Tan, Yu Yang
  • Patent number: 10407649
    Abstract: An aqueous liquid detergent composition for household or industrial use, of a branched or cross-linked polymer is obtained by polymerizing an aqueous solution of one or more monomers by water-in-oil reverse emulsion, at least one of the monomers used being an acrylic monomer and one or more of the monomers used being a monomer carrying at least one weak acid function. The molar percentage of monomers carrying at least one weak acid function relative to the totality of the monomers being used being at least 30%, characterized in that: i) the polymerization is carried out with a concentration of the totality of the monomers in aqueous solution being in the range 1.3 mmol to 3.6 mmol per gram of aqueous solution; ii) during the polymerization, at most 20% of the acid functions present on the monomers having at least one acid function are in the neutralized form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: S.P.C.P. SA
    Inventors: Frédéric Blondel, Lionel Champagnon
  • Patent number: 10400195
    Abstract: A gel composition having high adhesion, high whitening resistance, and high high-temperature stability is provided. The gel composition includes a polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether (A) represented by general formula (1) and water (B). R—O—(PO)m-(EO)n—H??(1) In the formula (1), R is a linear alkyl group having 12 to 22 carbon atoms, PO represents an oxypropylene group, EO represents an oxyethylene group, m and n each represent an average number of moles added, m is a number of 1 to 20, and n is a number of 1 to 80. PO and EO are added in a configuration of block addition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: DAI-ICHI KOGYO SEIYAKU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Natsu Fukuda, Masatake Joyabu
  • Patent number: 10400196
    Abstract: A natural laundry detergent, including an emulsifier in an amount of from about 20% to about 40% by weight of the composition, a natural surfactant in an amount of from about 3.0% to about 23% by weight of the composition, water in an amount of less than about 60% by weight of the composition, a saponified oil in an amount of from about 0.50% to about 10.5% by weight of the composition, an organic chelating agent in an amount of from about 0.10% to about 2.5% by weight of the composition, one or more preservative in an amount of from about 0.10% to about 2.0% by weight of the composition, and a polymeric thickening component in an amount of from about 0.05% to about 1.0% by weight of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: FlashDog LLC
    Inventors: Blaine Burgan, Seth Foster
  • Patent number: 10392503
    Abstract: Provided is a polymer blend in granular form and a process for making the blend. The blend is suitable for use as an additive in a variety of applications, such as in detergent formulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignees: Rohm and Haas Company, Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology LLC
    Inventors: Scott Backer, Eric P. Wasserman, Severine Ferrieux
  • Patent number: 10385292
    Abstract: A liquid laundry detergent composition comprising; an anionic surfactant, wherein the anionic surfactant comprises linear alkylbenzene sulphonate; an ethoxylated alcohol non-ionic surfactant; greater than 5.5% by weight of the composition of water; wherein the weight ratio of total anionic surfactant:non-ionic surfactant is between 5:1 and 23:1; and wherein the weight ratio of linear alkylbenzene sulphonate:non-ionic surfactant is between 5:1 and 10:1; and wherein the weight ratio of total surfactant to water is between 3:1 to 20:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jef Annie Alfons Maes, Johan Maurice Theo De Poortere, Jean-Francois Bodet, Bruno Jean-Pierre Matthys, Alice Michele Boutoille, Lucia Fernandezmartinez
  • Patent number: 10385294
    Abstract: A laundry care composition including (i) from 2 to 70 wt % of a surfactant; and (ii) from 0.0001 to 20.0 wt % of a leuco polymer including an alkoxylated polyethyleneimine covalently bound to a leuco moiety. At least a first portion of nitrogen atoms of the alkoxylated polyethyleneimine have covalently bound thereto a leuco moiety. At least a second portion of nitrogen atoms of the alkoxylated polyethyleneimine have covalently bound thereto a moiety selected from the group consisting of oxyalkylene moieties, polyoxyalkylene moieties, and mixtures thereof; and at least a third portion of nitrogen atoms of the alkoxylated polyethyleneimine have covalently bound thereto a moiety selected from the group consisting of an alkylene chain, an alkylene chain having covalently bound thereto a phenyl or naphthyl group, and mixtures thereof. Methods of making the leuco polymer and methods of treating textiles with such laundry care compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gregory Scot Miracle, Haihu Qin, Sanjeev Kumar Dey
  • Patent number: 10377977
    Abstract: A method of obtaining a laundry care composition, the method comprising the steps of (a) reacting a compound with a polymer to form a leuco polymer and (b) mixing the leuco polymer with at least one laundry care ingredient. The compound includes at least one leuco moiety and at least one electrophilic group. The polymer is comprised of co-monomers of an aryl dicarboxylate, an oxyalkyleneoxy and an oxypolyalkyleneoxy and the polymer comprises at least one moiety selected from the group consisting of hydroxy, sulfhydryl, primary amine and secondary amine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gregory Scot Miracle, Sanjeev Kumar Dey, Wesley A. Freund
  • Patent number: 10377970
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid laundry additive composition and method of use in washing laundry. Not only does the composition reduce laundry odors but it also reduces washing machine drum odor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Zero Odor Co., LLC
    Inventors: Richard Alan Callahan, Bhupendra Chandrashanker Trivedi
  • Patent number: 10377976
    Abstract: A method of obtaining a laundry care composition, the method comprising the steps of (a) reacting a reactive leuco compound with a polymer to form a leuco polymer and (b) mixing the leuco polymer with at least one laundry care ingredient. The reactive leuco compound comprises at least one leuco moiety and at least one nucleophilic group. The polymer comprises at least one group capable of reacting with said nucleophilic group. The leuco moiety has a maximum molar extinction coefficient at a wavelength in the range 400 to 750 nm of less than 1000 M?1 cm?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gregory Scot Miracle, Sanjeev Kumar Dey, Haihu Qin