Patents Examined by Brian P. Mruk
  • Patent number: 11746304
    Abstract: A solid block detergent composition is described which can be dispensed with a water spray to form an aqueous detergent for cutting and removing grease, removing and suspending soils and rinsing easily leaving cleaned ware. The solid block detergent contains a neutralized sulfonated anionic surfactant in combination with various processing aids to optimize soil removal in a formulation that can be pressed for form a solid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Wendy Lo, Erik C. Olson, Thomas Muller, Jeffrey John Biggs, Angela Sivanich, Katherine Molinaro, Kelsey West, Matthew Paul Molinaro
  • Patent number: 11746309
    Abstract: Detergent compositions designed to prevent or inhibit build up of calcium carbonate while providing high cleaning performance on soils including inhibition of protein foaming, filming and redeposition on hard surfaces are disclosed. Methods of using the detergent compositions are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: David Alexander Riehm, Carter Martin Silvernail, Kelly Anne Gilmore, John Matthew Chudomel
  • Patent number: 11740557
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a chemical liquid having excellent developability and excellent defect inhibition performance. Another object of the present invention is to provide a chemical liquid storage body, a chemical liquid filling method, and a chemical liquid storage method. The chemical liquid according to an embodiment of the present invention is a chemical liquid containing an organic solvent, a metal impurity, and an organic impurity, in which the metal impurity contains metal atoms, a total content of the metal atoms in the chemical liquid with respect to a total mass of the chemical liquid is equal to or smaller than 50 mass ppt, a total content of the organic impurity in the chemical liquid with respect to the total mass of the chemical liquid is 0.1 to 10,000 mass ppm, the organic impurity contains an alcohol impurity, and a mass ratio of a content of the alcohol impurity to the total content of the organic impurity is 0.0001 to 0.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kamimura, Satomi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11739286
    Abstract: The invention provides a polymer providing soil release properties (also termed a “soil release polymer” or SRP) when incorporated in a laundry detergent composition, the polymer comprising a capped polyoxyalkylene end block connected to a polyester segment; the polyester segment comprising alternating —B1-A-B2— and —R— units; in which B1 and B2 are each independently selected from —OC(O)— and —C(O)O— groups; A is a 2,5-furanylene ring and R is a divalent alkylene radical. The polymer provides good compatibility, stability and cleaning performance when incorporated into a laundry detergent composition, preferably a liquid laundry detergent composition, comprising one or more detersive surfactants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew David Green, Alyn James Parry, Susanne Henning Rogers
  • Patent number: 11732219
    Abstract: A liquid laundry additive is provided, comprising a cleaning booster polymer having 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: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignees: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY
    Inventors: Asghar A. Peera, Stephen J. Donovan, Marianne Creamer
  • Patent number: 11732215
    Abstract: A gellable vehicle surface cleaning composition is provided that includes a non-ionic surfactant combined with gelling components of an inorganic gel forming substance and at least one water soluble polymer in a ratio of the inorganic gel forming substance to the hydrophilic polymer of between 0.1-1:1. The non-ionic surfactant and the gelling components are provided in an aqueous solvent system. The aqueous solvent system includes a first solvent having a Kamlet-Taft solvent polarity ? (K-T ?) value of zero, a second solvent having a K-T ? 0.6-0.85 value, and water present at more than 50 total weight percent. A process of for cleaning a vehicle surface with a stain is also provided that includes the composition to the stain on the vehicle surface a composition and after allowing sufficient time for the composition to lift the stain, the stain and the composition are removed from the vehicle surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Chi Quang Nguyen, John Isidoro Escoto, Jr., John Nemec
  • Patent number: 11731937
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides derivatives of amino acids that have surface-active properties. The amino acid can be naturally-occurring or synthetic, or they may be obtained via a ring-opening reaction of a lactam, such as caprolactam. The amino acid may be functionalized to form a compound that is surface-active and have advantageous surfactant characteristics. The compounds of the present disclosure have low critical micelle concentrations (CMC) as well as superior ability to lower the surface tension of a liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: AdvanSix Resins & Chemicals LLC.
    Inventors: Edward Asirvatham, Andrei Honciuc, Voichita Mihali
  • Patent number: 11732222
    Abstract: Consumer product composition that includes encapsulates, the encapsulates having a core that includes perfume characterized by an acid value of greater than 5.0 mg KOH/g of perfume, the encapsulates also including a shell that includes a (meth)acrylate material. Methods of making and using such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Johan Smets, Rafael Trujillo, Amanda Kiser Jukes, An Pintens
  • Patent number: 11732216
    Abstract: A laundry care or dish care composition can include a poly alpha-1,6-glucan derivative, wherein the poly alpha-1,6-glucan derivative includes: (i) a poly alpha-1,6-glucan backbone of glucose monomer units, wherein greater than or equal to 40% of the glucose monomer units are linked via alpha-1,6 glycosidic linkages, and optionally at least 5% of the backbone glucose monomer units have branches via alpha-1,2 and/or alpha-1,3 glycosidic linkages; and (ii) at least one hydrophobic organic group linked to the poly alpha-1,6-glucan backbone through an ether (—O—) linkage moiety; wherein, the poly alpha-1,6-glucan backbone has a weight average degree of polymerization of at least 5; wherein, the poly alpha-1,6-glucan derivative has a degree of substitution of ether linkage moiety of from 0.20 to 1.00; wherein the poly alpha-1,6-glucan derivative is substantially free from hydrophilic substitution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark Robert Sivik, Kristine Lynn Fliter, Neil Thomas Fairweather, Gang Si, David Good, Helen Lu, Weiming Qiu
  • Patent number: 11725163
    Abstract: An aqueous fabric spray composition, comprising: a. 1-10 w.t. % silicone, wherein the silicone is in the form of an emulsion b. 0.01-1.5 w.t. % setting polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Boardman, Giovanni Francesco Unali
  • Patent number: 11718816
    Abstract: A microplastic-free, in-vitro opacified detergent composition includes a surfactant component present in an amount of about 8 to about 65 weight percent actives and including (1) an alcohol ethoxy sulfate having a C8-C20 backbone that is ethoxylated with from about 1 to about 10 moles of ethylene oxide, (2) at least one non-ionic surfactant having an alkoxylated alcohol, and (3) at least one anionic surfactant having a linear alkylbenzene sulfonate. The detergent composition also includes water present in a total amount of from about 5 to about 90 weight percent, free fatty acids in a total amount from about 1 to 15 weight percent and a magnesium cation in a total amount of from 0.005 to 0.3 weight percent. The composition has a turbidity value of at least 250 NTU at 75° F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Daniel Thomas Piorkowski, Janet Coope-Epstein
  • Patent number: 11718813
    Abstract: Sanitizing cleaning/rinse aid compositions for various applications including institutional machine warewash sanitizing are disclosed. In particular, concentrated and use compositions, such as concentrated liquid rinse aid compositions or ware wash detergents, employing an amine-based surfactant and a defoaming agent are disclosed. In particular, the present disclosure provides compositions and methods for providing a sanitizing rinse with desired antimicrobial efficacy against a broad spectrum of gram-negative microbes, suitable foaming profiles, and beneficial applications of use of the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: ECOLAB USA INC.
    Inventors: Derrick Richard Anderson, Kelly Anne Rightmire, Erik C. Olson, Jesse Ray Murphy, Carter M. Silvernail
  • Patent number: 11712409
    Abstract: A low-water cleansing composition is provided that includes 5.0 wt. % to less than 40 wt. % of one or more C1-C8 alcohol, at least 10.0 wt. % of a mixture of two or more surfactants, at least 0.05 wt. % of a pH adjuster; and water, the concentrations being based on a total weight of the low-water cleansing composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: GOJO Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Venkatesan Padyachi, Srini Venkatesh, Daniel M. Willis, Nick E. Ciavarella, Dewain Garner
  • Patent number: 11708543
    Abstract: The invention provides an itaconate surfactant having the following formula (I) in which R1 is selected from aliphatic hydrocarbyl groups having 4 to 22 carbon atoms; R2 is selected from hydrogen and aliphatic hydrocarbyl groups having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and n is an integer ranging from 8 to 20. The surfactants of the invention are benign to the skin and to the environment yet can offer a performance that is comparable to that of “traditional” anionic and anionic/nonionic surfactant systems, especially on difficult-to-remove stains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Inventors: Sujoy Bej, Nivedita Jagdish Patil, Saheli Chakraborty, Sumana Roychowdhury, Ramakrishnan Subramanian
  • Patent number: 11692057
    Abstract: A renewably sourced soil release polyester comprising two or more structural units (a1), one or more structural units (a2) and either one or two terminal structural groups (a3) wherein G1 is one or more (OCnH2n) with n being a number of from 2 to 10, preferably from 2 to 6 and more preferably (OC2H4), (OC3H6), (OC4H8) or (OC6H12), R1 is a C1-30 alkyl, preferably C1-4 alkyl and more preferably methyl, p is, based on a molar average, a number of from 1 to 200, preferably from 2 to 150 and more preferably from 3 to 120, q is, based on a molar average, a number of from 0 to 40, preferably from 0 to 30, more preferably from 0 to 20, and most preferably from 0 to 10, where the (OC3H6)— and (OC2H4)-groups of the terminal group (a3) may be arranged blockwise, alternating, periodically and/or statistically, preferably blockwise and/or statistically, either of the groups (OC3H6)— and (OC2H4)— can be linked to R1— and —O, adjacent structural units (a1) are connected by the structural unit (a2), in the case that
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: CLARIANT INTERNATIONAL LTD
    Inventors: Kevin Mutch, Martijn Gillissen
  • Patent number: 11692305
    Abstract: Fabric treatment compositions that include certain polymer systems, such as systems that include a first polymer that is a soil release polymer and a second polymer that is a graft copolymer (e.g., a PEG/vinyl acetate polymer), an alkoxylated polyalkyleneimine polymer, or a mixture thereof. Related processes and uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Rebecca Ann Langevin, Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Brian Joseph Loughnane
  • Patent number: 11680226
    Abstract: Provided among other things is a cleaning composition comprising: a carrier fluid; and Minute Fibrils suspended in the carrier fluid, wherein the composition is protein cleaning effective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Novaflux, Inc..
    Inventors: Mohamed Emam Labib, Stanislav S. Dukhin, Yacoob Tabani, Ching-Yue Lai, James L. Manganaro, Peter Materna, Jeffrey C. Robertson
  • Patent number: 11678663
    Abstract: A natural cleaning and herbicide composition having an quaternary ammonium compound, one or more additional amine-based surfactants, and an herbicidally active limonene component, that synergistically creates an effective COVID-19 disinfectant in wipes, an effective clearer for bulk cleaning applications, as well as an impressive gross soils remover following EPA protocol. The composition may further contain sodium silicate, tetrasodium iminodisuccinate, an ethanolamine, caustic potash, and/or water. A formulation of the present disclosure comprises a mixture of about 74% soft water, about 1% Tetrasodium Iminodisuccinate, about 0.5% Monoethanolamine, about 0.5% Sodium Silicate, about 2% alkali surfactant, about 12% Ethoxylated Amine, about 1% Amine Oxide, about 1% Quaternary Amine, and about 6% Limonene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Inventor: Gregory E. Robinson
  • Patent number: 11674109
    Abstract: A cleaning composition may include at least one amine oxide, at least one fatty alcohol ether sulfate, an active protein of at least one amylase having at least 90% sequence identity with the amino acid sequence recited in SEQ ID NO:1 or SEQ ID NO:2, an active protein of at least one protease having at least 90% sequence identity with the amino acid sequence recited in SEQ ID NO:3 or SEQ ID NO:4, at least one betaine, optional additional substances and/or additives, and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Detlef Buisker, Marianne Schmeling, Susanne Wieland
  • Patent number: 11674111
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: ECOLAB USA INC.
    Inventors: Victor Fuk-Pong Man, Yvonne Marie Killeen, Derrick Richard Anderson