Patents Examined by Brian P. Mruk
  • Aqueous light duty liquid detergent formulation
    Patent number: 11352590
    Abstract: An aqueous light duty liquid detergent formulation is provided including a water; an essential oil; a derivative of castor oil having a formula selected from formula I and formula II; an ethoxylated phenol having formula III; an anionic surfactant and a zwitterionic surfactant. Also provided is a method of cleaning an article using the aqueous light duty liquid detergent formulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Randara Pulukkody, Akanksha Agrawal, Daniel S. Miller, Andrea C. Keenan, Jan E. Shulman
  • Antimicrobial hard surface cleaners comprising alkylpyrrolidones
    Patent number: 11339352
    Abstract: The need for an antimicrobial hard surface cleaning composition which provides improved removal of greasy residues, especially greasy soap scum, is met by formulating the antimicrobial hard surface cleaning composition with an alkyl pyrrolidone surfactant and additional nonionic surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Raphael Angeline Alfons Ceulemans, Stefanos Kantaridis, Eva Maria Perez Prat Vinuesa
  • Antimicrobial nonwoven wet wipe bonded with a nonionic binder
    Patent number: 11326132
    Abstract: An antimicrobial nonwoven wet wipe includes i) a fibrous nonwoven substrate bonded with a cross-linkable VAE dispersion stabilized with one or more nonionic colloidal stabilizers and one or more nonionic surfactants, and ii) absorbed in the nonwoven substrate, an aqueous lotion including one or more cationic disinfectants. No anionic surfactants are present in the antimicrobial nonwoven wet wipe. A method of producing the antimicrobial nonwoven wet wipe includes a) applying a first aqueous composition including a crosslinkable VAE dispersion stabilized with one or more nonionic colloidal stabilizers and one or more nonionic surfactants to a nonwoven substrate; b) drying the composition; and c) applying a second aqueous composition to the product of step b). At least one of the first and second aqueous compositions includes one or more cationic disinfectants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Wacker Chemie AG
    Inventors: John Richard Boylan, Dennis Sagl
  • Compositions for cleaning and decontamination
    Patent number: 11326128
    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: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Novaflux, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohamed Emam Labib, Stanislav S. Dukhin, Yacoob Tabani, Ching-Yue Lai, James L. Manganaro, Peter Materna, Jeffrey C. Robertson
  • Natural edible cleaning composition
    Patent number: 11319512
    Abstract: A cleaning solution, composition, and portable cleaner are provided that is all natural, safe, non-toxic, edible, anti-bacterial, anti-viral, 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 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Inventors: Jessica Adelle Gore, Corby Lucious Frazier
  • Compositions comprising encapsulates
    Patent number: 11319511
    Abstract: Compositions that include encapsulates, the encapsulates having a core and a shell encapsulating the core, the shell including certain acrylate-based polymers. Processes for making and using such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Johan Smets, Conny Erna Alice Joos, Pierre Verstraete, Linsheng Feng, Fadi Selim Chakar, Robert Stanley Bobnock
  • Cleaning compositions employing extended chain anionic surfactants
    Patent number: 11312923
    Abstract: The invention discloses synergistic combinations of surfactant blends and cleaning compositions employing the same. In certain embodiments a surfactant system is disclosed which includes an extended anionic surfactant with novel linker surfactants including one or more of an alkyl glycerol ether, an ethoxylated alkyl glycerol ether, an alcohol ethoxylate and/or a Gemini surfactant. This system forms emulsions with, and can remove greasy and oily stains, even those comprised of non-trans fats. The compositions may be used alone, as a pre-spotter or other pre-treatment or as a part of a soft surface or hard surface cleaning composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Victor Fuk-Pong Man, Derrick Richard Anderson, Yvonne Marie Killeen
  • Detergent composition containing a tetrapolymer
    Patent number: 11306276
    Abstract: Detergent compositions effective for controlling hard water scale accumulation are described herein. In particular, the compositions combine a tetrapolymer with an alkaline composition to effectively prevent or remove calcium carbonate scale formations. Methods of employing the detergent compositions and of preventing scale accumulation are provided for use in alkaline warewash and other applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: ECOLAB USA INC.
    Inventors: Kelly Anne Rightmire, Carter M. Silvernail
  • High performance dishwasher compositions
    Patent number: 11299693
    Abstract: A dishwasher composition includes at least one strong chelant, at least one weak chelant, at least one surfactant, and at least one enzyme. The dishwasher composition can be a liquid or a gel and has a pH of from 7.0 to 9.5 and may contain less than 1 wt. % silicates based on the total weight of the dishwasher composition. 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: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: KOREX CANADA COMPANY
    Inventor: Douglas Robert Watson
  • Pressed manual dish detergent
    Patent number: 11268045
    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: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: ECOLAB USA INC.
    Inventors: Wendy Lo, Erik C. Olson, Thomas Muller, Jeffrey John Biggs, Angela Sivanich, Katherine J. Molinaro, Kelsey West, Matthew Paul Molinaro
  • Stabilized compositions comprising leuco compounds
    Patent number: 11261403
    Abstract: A composition comprising: (a) a leuco composition; and (b) a stabilizing amount of an antioxidant composition. The antioxidant composition comprises at least one sterically hindered phenol and at least one substituted diarylamine, and the mole ratio of the hindered phenol to the substituted diarylamine is greater than 1:1. In another embodiment, a composition comprises (a) a leuco composition and (b) an antioxidant composition; and optionally (c) a solvent composition. The combined mass of the leuco compounds and antioxidants present in the composition is 10% or more of the total mass of the composition, and (b) the molar ratio of antioxidants present in the composition to leuco compounds present in the composition is greater than 1:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Milliken & Company
    Inventors: Haihu Qin, Wesley A. Freund, Sanjeev K. Dey, Gregory S. Miracle
  • Viscoelastic, solid-state surfactant composition having a high surfactant content
    Patent number: 11261407
    Abstract: A viscoelastic, solid-state surfactant composition for textile treatment, containing based on the total weight thereof (i) a total amount of 10% to 70% by weight of at least one surfactant, (ii) a total amount of more than 1% by weight of at least one benzylidene alditol compound of formula (I), and (iii) water, constitutes an easily soluble, aesthetically pleasing and storage-stable form of a solid-state composition for providing surfactant-containing liquors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Peter Schmiedel, Filiz Yapici, Boray Torun, Anna Klemmer, Michael Dreja
  • Moldable gel cleanser
    Patent number: 11253440
    Abstract: A moldable gel cleanser comprising a carrageenan, a source of potassium and a glycol is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.
    Inventors: Cameron Ketyer, Joseph James Greco, Bashar Oussama Salah
  • Aqueous surfactant compositions
    Patent number: 11248191
    Abstract: What are proposed are aqueous surfactant compositions comprising one or more of each of alpha-sulfo fatty acid disalts, sulfo ketones, alkyl (ether) sulfates, soaps, inorganic salts of sulfuric acid and water, where the structures of the compounds mentioned and boundary conditions that are to be observed can be found in the patent claims. These compositions have good foaming ability and pleasant sensory properties of the foam and good skin compatibility and they are suitable for cosmetic agents as well as detergents and cleaner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Claudia Brunn, Ansgar Behler
  • Laundry care compositions and methods for determining their age
    Patent number: 11230686
    Abstract: A laundry care composition including (a) at least one laundry care ingredient and (b) a leuco composition. The leuco composition has a first color state and a second color state and the mole ratio of second color state to first color state is from 2:98 to 5:95. Also disclosed are methods of determining the approximate functional age of a laundry care composition comprising the steps of (a) providing a laundry care composition that includes at least one laundry care ingredient and a leuco composition, (b) providing a functional age scale that includes a plurality of distinct colors that correspond to a unique functional age and (c) comparing the color of the laundry care composition with the functional age scale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gregory Scot Miracle, Daniel Dale Ditullio, Jr., Wesley A. Freund, Haihu Qin, Sanjeev Kumar Dey
  • Readily biodegradable alkoxylate mixtures
    Patent number: 11214533
    Abstract: A mixture of octanols, nonanols and decanols is useful for the preparation of alkoxylates, which alkoxylates may be used as surfactants, which surfactants have surprisingly good biodegradability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Sung-Yu Ku, Wanglin Yu, Christopher S. Letko, Stephen W. King, Michael A. Brammer
  • Lavatory cleansing block
    Patent number: 11208618
    Abstract: A lavatory cleansing block including: an alkane sulfonate; a carboxymethylcellulose; a dye; and a hydrophobe; wherein the weight ratio of carboxymethylcellulose to dye in the block is 1.5:1 to 0.8:2 and wherein the block is substantially free of guar gum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Henkel Limited
    Inventors: Russell Norman, Brian Wilson, Clare Lidbetter, Janice Kavaney
  • Perfluoro-free self-foaming facial cleanser composition
    Patent number: 11207255
    Abstract: A self-foaming cleansing compositions are provided. The self-foaming cleansing composition includes a) of one or more volatile silicone oil; b) one or more surfactants; and c) one or more polymers with suspending properties. The self-foaming cleaning composition is free of perfluoro compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Nicholas David Stebbins, Ryuji Hara, Susan Halpern Chirch
  • Cleansing compositions
    Patent number: 11202737
    Abstract: A cleansing composition and method of using a cleansing composition, the cleansing composition including a blend of three different emollients, the emollients including a first stearic ester, a second stearic ester, and a branched hydrocarbon, where the first stearic ester and second stearic ester are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.
    Inventors: Jasmin Figueroa, Diana Johnson, Marcee Martinez, Abhijit Bidaye, Farahdia Edouard
  • Alcohol containing low-water cleansing composition
    Patent number: 11185482
    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: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: GOJO Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Venkatesan Padyachi, Srini Venkatesh, Daniel M. Willis, Nick E. Ciavarella, Dewain Garner