Patents Examined by Gregory R. Delcotto
  • Patent number: 11952560
    Abstract: Fabric treatment compositions that include benefit agent capsules and biphenyl brightener. Methods of using the same. Wash water that includes such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Johan Smets, Conny Erna Alice Joos, Pascale Claire Annick Vansteenwinckel
  • Patent number: 11952555
    Abstract: Fabric treatment compositions that include benefit agent capsules and diaminostilbene brightener. Methods of using the same. Wash water containing such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Johan Smets, Conny Erna Alice Joos, Pascale Claire Annick Vansteenwinckel
  • Patent number: 11946021
    Abstract: A method and composition for removing contaminant material from industrial equipment are disclosed herein. The method includes providing a solvent composition having methyl soyate, an aprotic solvent such as dimethyl sulfoxide, an additional solvent, and a cationic surfactant. The method also includes contacting the contaminant material with the solvent composition and allowing the solvent composition to react with the contaminant material such that at least a portion of the contaminant material is no longer attached to the industrial equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: United Laboratories International, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen D. Matza, Dana M. Archuleta
  • Patent number: 11931442
    Abstract: Disclosed are water-based personal cleansing compositions having an isotropic surfactant phase, the compositions containing (a) an amidoamine surfactant, (b) cleansing surfactant, (c) water, and (d) protonating agent, the cleansing surfactant containing 85 to 100% by weight of a combination of betaine surfactant and taurate surfactant in particular ratios; also disclosed are methods of thickening such compositions by the addition of electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: CONOPCO, INC.
    Inventors: Massimiliano Trentini, Helen Diane Thompson, Christopher David Bentley, Lynsey Joanne Coan
  • Patent number: 11926807
    Abstract: A cleaning composition for removing post-etch or post-ash residues from a semiconductor substrate, and a cleaning method using the same are disclosed. The cleaning composition can comprise water; a fluorine compound; an alkanolamine compound; and a corrosion inhibitor. The corrosion inhibitor is a mixture of a first corrosion inhibitor and a second corrosion inhibitor. When using the cleaning composition, it is possible to efficiently remove the residues of various aspects existing on a surface of the substrate or the semiconductor device without damage to a substrate or a semiconductor device including various metal layers, insulating layers, etc. Accordingly, when a highly integrated and miniaturized semiconductor device is manufactured, it may be advantageously applied to the removal of residues generated on the surface of the substrate or the semiconductor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: ENF TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Her, Na Rae Yim, Hyun Jin Jung, Myung Ho Lee, Myung Geun Song
  • Patent number: 11926806
    Abstract: A method of cleaning soiled ware in a dishwasher the method having the step of using a water-soluble pouch, the pouch comprising a phosphate-free cleaning composition wherein the cleaning composition comprises loose powder and the composition comprises bleach, metal bleach catalyst and a complexing agent and wherein the complexing agent is slowly released as compared to the bleach catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Nevena Lukic, Nilgun Esin Aksoy Abaci, Patrick Firmin August Delplancke, Serdar Acikalin
  • Patent number: 11926805
    Abstract: An aqueous cleaning composition comprising: a) from 0.01 to 0.5% by weight of the composition of a controlled-emulsification system having a turbidity of less than 500, as measured in a homogenized aqueous solution comprising 0.003% by weight of the solution of canola oil and 0.5% by weight of the solution of the controlled-emulsification system; b) a shine polymer comprising at least one monomer comprising a substantially planar 5-7 membered ring, said monomer preferably being selected from the group consisting of vinylpyrrolidone, vinylimidazoline, maleimide, styrene sulfonate and vinylcaprolactam; and c) optionally an antimicrobial agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Alan Edward Sherry, Nicola John Policicchio
  • Patent number: 11920110
    Abstract: An automatic dishwashing composition is provided including a builder; a phosphonate; a nonionic surfactant; and a dispersant polymer, comprising: structural units of formula I wherein each R1 is independently selected from a hydrogen and a —C(O)CH3 group; and structural units of formula II wherein each R2 is independently selected from a hydrogen and a —CH3 group; and wherein the automatic dishwashing composition contains ?0.1 wt % of dispersant polymer having a lactone end group and wherein the dispersant polymer has a weight average molecular weight of 1,500 to 10,000 Daltons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Scott Backer, Marianne Creamer, Randara Pulukkody, Severine Ferrieux
  • Patent number: 11912964
    Abstract: The present invention is a contact lens treatment solution containing the following copolymer A and copolymer B in a ratio of A/B=1000/1 to 2/1 (by weight). According to the present invention, there can be provided a contact lens treatment solution capable of removing dirt having adhered to contact lens surfaces and capable of imparting persisting hydrophilicity to contact lens surfaces, by simple immersion treatment. Copolymer A: a copolymer obtained by copolymerization of a monomer (a) represented by formula (1) and a monomer (b) represented by formula (2), in which the copolymerization ratio of the monomer (a) to the monomer (b), a/b=7/3 to 9/1 (by mol), and having a weight-average molecular weight of 400,000 to 700,000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: NOF CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotaka Suzuki, Hiroko Kawasaki, Shunsuke Sakurai
  • Patent number: 11905498
    Abstract: Stabilized peroxide-containing compositions stabilized with urea and urea/chelator stabilizer blends are provided. The compositions are particularly suitable for, but not limited to, cleaning applications on surfaces within food and beverage industries which may require the use of materials that are acceptable for incidental food/food products/feed contact. Further, the stabilized compositions are particularly suitable for applications requiring materials that are generally regarded as safe (GRAS) or for applications where non-GRAS materials must be minimized. Methods of stabilizing peroxide-containing compositions and methods of using the compositions are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: ECOLAB USA INC.
    Inventors: Chris Nagel, Junzhong Li
  • Patent number: 11905495
    Abstract: Treatment compositions, such as fabric care or dish care compositions, that include poly alpha-1,6-glucan ether compounds, which include poly alpha-1,6-glucans substituted with at least one positively charged organic group, the compounds being characterized by, for example, a degree of substitution of about 0.001 to about 3.0, and optionally, where about 3% or more of the backbone glucose monomer units have branches via alpha-1,2- and/or alpha-1,3-glycosidic linkages. Methods related to making and using such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark Robert Sivik, Carola Barrera, Kristine Lynn Fliter, Karel Jozef Maria Depoot, Wouter Walravens, Cedric Joseph Volont, Claire Rebecca Yates, Julie Ann Menkhaus, David Good, Gang Si, Ruth Chilton, Michael D. Gagnon, Brandon J. Burkhart, Helen Lu, Weiming Qiu, Kathleen Mary McDonough
  • Patent number: 11898124
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cleaner composition having excellent cleaning properties and appropriate drying properties. The present invention is a cleaner composition including: (A) a hydrofluoroolefin having a boiling point of 30° C. or more and less than 100° C.; and (B) at least one of a perfluoropolyether having a boiling point of 100° C. or more and a hydrofluoroolefin having a boiling point of 100° C. or more, where a mass ratio of the component (A) and the component (B) is 99:1 to 55:45.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: THREEBOND CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroaki Ito
  • Patent number: 11891588
    Abstract: General purpose liquid deliming compositions are disclosed. The compositions include acids, surfactants, and pH modifiers and are adjusted to a pH of 2 to 7. The composition may be used without personal protective wear or transportation restriction and demonstrate similar lime removal to other traditional lime removal compositions which are extremely low in pH and require protective gear by the user. The compositions also do not require the use of chelants, or builders for effective cleaning. Methods of using the deliming compositions are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: ECOLAB USA INC.
    Inventor: Seth Louis Marquard
  • Patent number: 11884897
    Abstract: Hard surface, in particular glass, cleaners having an ease in wipe-out while providing good cleaning with a streak-free, glossy shine are described. The cleaner includes at least one fluorosurfactant including a fluorinated functional group with 2 to 6 carbon atoms, and a hydrophilic moiety; at least one non-fluorinated surfactant; a combination of solvents; a combination of cleaning agents; and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Colleen M. Merritt, Loretta G. Lynch
  • Patent number: 11879111
    Abstract: Cleaning systems employing detergent compositions in combination with builders comprising alkalinity and chelants are provided. The detergent compositions include amine oxide surfactant and alcohol ethoxylate surfactant blends having a mixture of chain lengths and branching provided. The detergent compositions are particularly efficacious for flexible cleaning systems for cosmetic and other soils as they provide the benefit of separate dosing of surfactants in the detergent from alkalinity sources in a builder composition. Methods of using the detergent compositions and/or the cleaning systems are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: ECOLAB USA INC.
    Inventors: Stephan M. Hubig, Susan Maloney Viall
  • Patent number: 11866677
    Abstract: The present invention relates to copolymer formulations of poly(itaconic acid-co-2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid) for dishwasher detergent compositions with a controlled amount of a second polymeric component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: ITACONIX CORPORATION
    Inventors: James William Gordon, Bo Jiang, Yvon Durant, John Shaw
  • Patent number: 11859156
    Abstract: An automatic dishwashing detergent composition can include an alkoxylated polyalkyleneimine said alkoxylated polyalkyleneimine including a polyalkyleneimine backbone, alkoxy chains and quaternization groups wherein the alkoxylated polyalkyleneimine has a degree of quaternization of from about 40% to about 98% and wherein the polyalkyleneimine backbone represents from about 1% to about 40% by weight of the alkoxylated polyalkyleneimine and the alkoxy chains represent from about 60% to about 99% by weight of the alkoxylated polyalkyleneimine; percarbonate bleach; an amylase and a protease; and wherein the composition is free of bleach activator and bleach catalyst, or wherein the composition is free of bleach activator and includes manganese bleach catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Linsey Sarah Fuller, Robert William John Sterry
  • Patent number: 11859158
    Abstract: A hard surface cleaning composition, methods of cleaning a hard surface with a low hysteresis composition and disposable premoistened pads for cleaning hard surfaces are provided. The hard surface cleaning composition includes from 0.01 wt. % to 7 wt. % of a solvent selected from the group consisting of a propylene glycol phenyl ether, a dipropylene glycol phenyl ethers and mixtures thereof and at least 92% water. The cleaning composition has a pH from about 3.5 to 9.5 and is free of anionic surfactant and alkanolamine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Fernando Ray Tollens, Pauline Cuc Vu, Brian Christopher Groendyke, William Alexander Cynecki, Daniel Ross Mayfield, Anthony Schutz
  • Patent number: 11851637
    Abstract: The invention is directed to adhesive remover compositions and methods of their use. The adhesive remover compositions generally comprise a glycol ether solvent system comprising an aliphatic glycol ether, an aromatic glycol ether, a hydrophobic glycol ether, and a hydrophilic glycol ether, and a surfactant system. In further embodiment of the invention, the surfactant system may comprise three surfactants. In another aspect of the invention, the composition effectively removes medical adhesives from healthcare textiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignees: ECOLAB USA INC., DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Carrie Armstrong, Eddie D. Sowle, Molly Busby
  • Patent number: 11834629
    Abstract: The need for a cleaning product comprising a spray dispenser and a cleaning composition, which provides improved crystalline grease cleaning and good initial sudsing, and hence reduced time to clean the dishes, is met by a cleaning product comprising a spray dispenser and a cleaning composition, the composition is housed in the spray dispenser and wherein the cleaning composition comprises alkyl polyglucoside surfactant, a co-surfactant selected from amphoteric surfactant, zwitterionic surfactant and mixtures thereof, and an organic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robby Renilde Francois Keuleers, Roxane Rosmaninho