Patents Examined by Gregory R. Delcotto
  • Patent number: 11326049
    Abstract: To provide a composition for surface treatment capable of treating a surface of a polished object to be polished having both of a silicon-silicon bond and a nitrogen-silicon bond by sufficiently removing defects on the surface of the polished object to be polished. The composition for surface treatment contains a nonionic water-soluble polymer (A) having a main chain including only a carbon atom or a main chain consisting of a carbon atom and a nitrogen atom, and an anionic water-soluble polymer (B) having a main chain including only a carbon atom and a side chain having a sulfonic acid group or a group having a salt thereof or a carboxyl group or a group having a salt thereof, and being bonded to the main chain including only a carbon atom, and the composition is used for surface treatment of a polished object to be polished containing a silicon-silicon bond and a nitrogen-silicon bond and a pH of the composition is less than 9.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Inventor: Jingzhi Chen
  • Patent number: 11312924
    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: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Johan Smets, Conny Erna Alice Joos, Pascale Claire Annick Vansteenwinckel
  • Patent number: 11306277
    Abstract: Detergent compositions are disclosed which provide superior cleaning and removal of proteinaceous and starchy soils. Applicants have discovered a surfactant package which acts to enhance and improve the performance of enzymes such as proteases and/or amylases. Compositions for pot and pan warewash detergents and soaks are disclosed, as well as their use in manual or dish machine cleaning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Johnny Zhengrong Liu, Lyndal Jensen, Elena Werst, Charles A. Hodge
  • Patent number: 11299667
    Abstract: Compositions comprising a neutral surfactant or a reaction product thereof and a reaction product of a saccharide polymer and a fatty acid may be obtained in the presence of water and a hydroxide base (optionally in the presence of the neutral surfactant), the saccharide polymer comprising a dextran, a dextrin compound, or any combination thereof. The reaction product of the saccharide polymer and the fatty acid may be present at a concentration effective to lower surface tension of the neutral surfactant. Depending on the fatty acid identity, among other factors, the compositions may promote emulsification or de-emulsification. In addition, the compositions may promote foam formation under appropriate conditions. Treatment fluids comprising the compositions, including foamed treatment fluids, may be introduced into a subterranean formation to perform a treatment operation in which fluid emulsification or de-emulsification may occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Integrity Bio-Chemicals, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher P. Gardner, Stephen William Almond
  • Patent number: 11292992
    Abstract: A polymer comprising a first fraction and a second fraction, wherein the first fraction comprises from 90 to 100 wt % polymerized C3-C6 carboxylic acid monomer units; and the second fraction comprises from 30 to 80 wt % polymerized C3-C6 carboxylic acid monomer units and from 20 to 70 wt % polymerized sulfonic acid monomer units; wherein the first fraction is from 10 to 40 wt % of the polymer and the second fraction is from 60 to 90 wt % of the polymer; the polymer has Mw from 3,000 to 30,000; and monomers are randomly distributed within each fraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Marianne Creamer, Severine Ferrieux, Eric Wasserman
  • Patent number: 11292991
    Abstract: An automatic dishwashing composition is provided including a builder selected from the group consisting of carbonate, bicarbonate, citrate, silicate and mixtures thereof; a nonionic surfactant; and a dispersant polymer comprising: (a) 5 to 75 wt % of structural units of itaconic acid; (b) 10 to 85 wt % of structural units having formula I wherein each R3 is independently selected from a hydrogen and a —C(O)CH3 group; and (c) 10 to 65 wt % of structural units of (meth)acrylic acid; wherein the dispersant polymer has a lactone end group and wherein the dispersant polymer has a weight average molecular weight of 1,500 to 6,000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Lin Wang, Anurima Singh, Scott Backer, Wei Gao, Steven G. Arturo, Ivan A. Konstantinov, Paul Mercando
  • Patent number: 11279901
    Abstract: Treatment compositions that include relatively low levels of an oligoamine. Related methods of use and preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sherri Lynn Randall, Fabrizio Meli, Gregory Scot Miracle, Patrick Christopher Stenger, Kerry Andrew Vetter, Giulia Ottavia Bianchetti
  • Patent number: 11274267
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to cleaning compositions and, more specifically, to cleaning compositions containing an etheramine that is suitable for removal of stains from soiled materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Stefano Scialla, Brian Joseph Loughnane, Karie Marie Henke, Gayle Marie Frankenbach, J. Frank Nash, Jr., Michael Patrick Hayes, Manuel G. Venegas, Bjoern Ludolph, Sophia Rosa Ebert, Christian Eidamshaus, Jan Richard Davis, Neil Thomas Fairweather
  • Patent number: 11274266
    Abstract: Treatment compositions that include a surfactant system and an oligoamine, the surfactant system including linear alkyl benzene sulfonate. Related methods of use and preparation of such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sherri Lynn Randall, Fabrizio Meli, Gregory Scot Miracle, Patrick Christopher Stenger, Giulia Ottavia Bianchetti
  • Patent number: 11268048
    Abstract: The present invention provides granules containing one or more bleaching catalysts selected from the group of manganese salts or manganese complexes and at least one binder selected from the group of acid organic compounds coated with 0.1 to 3% by weight, referring to the total amount of the granules, with a polyvinyl alcohol-containing coating, wherein the coating comprises at least 80% of polyvinyl alcohol or mixtures thereof, in relation to the total weight of the coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: WEYLCHEM WIESBADEN GMBH
    Inventors: Paula Barreleiro, Roman Morschhäuser, Bo Kuhse, Rolf Ludwig
  • Patent number: 11268047
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to cleaning compositions and, more specifically, to cleaning compositions containing an etheramine that is suitable for removal of stains from soiled materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Stefano Scialla, Brian Joseph Loughnane, Karie Marie Henke, J. Frank Nash, Jr., Michael Patrick Hayes, Bjoern Ludolph, Sophia Rosa Ebert, Christian Eidamhaus
  • Patent number: 11261402
    Abstract: The present invention relates to treatment compositions containing polymer systems that provide stability and benefit agent deposition as well as methods of making and using same. Such treatment compositions may be used for example as through the wash and/or through the rinse fabric enhancers as well as unit dose treatment compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark Robert Sivik, Robert Richard Dykstra, Travis Kyle Hodgdon, Alessandro Corona, III, Richard Timothy Hartshorn, Nicholas David Vetter
  • Patent number: 11246821
    Abstract: A personal care composition is provided, comprising: a vehicle; a surfactant; a water-soluble cellulose ether base material substituted with a hydrophobic group having a carbon chain with 8 to 15 carbon atoms; wherein the water-soluble cellulose ether base material has a weight average molecular weight, Mw, of >800,000 Daltons; and, wherein the body wash formulation contains <0.01 wt % alkyl sulfate and <0.01 wt % alkyl ether sulfate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignees: Rohm and Haas Company, Union Carbide Corporation
    Inventors: Katherine R. Davis, Lyndsay M. Leal, Emmett M. Partain, III, Nikhil J. Fernandes, Eric P. Wasserman
  • Patent number: 11246815
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to gentle cleanser compositions, which generally include: (a) a taurate surfactant; (b) salicylic acid; (c) kaolin; d) a betaine (and/or another amphoteric surfactant) and e) an emollient. The cleanser compositions exhibit very good cleansing properties, are particularly effective for removing makeup, and are mild and moisturizing to the skin, with a good deposition of salicylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Meriam Kelada, Carol Ragai Elmasry, Gregory Shmuylovich
  • Patent number: 11236291
    Abstract: The present invention comprises chlorinated and non-chlorinated alkaline cleaning compositions for removal of proteinaceous and fatty soils at low temperature, i.e. less than 120° F., with little or no deleterious affect on cleaning performance. According to the invention, applicants have found that adding additional alkalinity makes protein removal more difficult and reducing the amount of alkalinity actually improves performance. According to the invention optimized combinations of chlorine and alkalinity components for low temperature cleaning as well as a surfactant system optimized for low temperature fatty soil removal are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Xin Sun, Jacquilyne Gandara, Robert J. Ryther, Thomas R. Mohs, Walter D. Cummings
  • Patent number: 11224561
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a skin cleansing composition which can sufficiently exhibit an excellent keratotic plug-removing effect without a burden such as pain and irritation on the skin. A skin cleansing composition comprises 0.08 mass % or more and 35 mass % or less of (X) 2-amino-2-methyl-1,3-propanediol and has a pH of 8.5 or more and 12.5 or less at 25° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keita Abe, Toshiaki Ozawa, Yuri Okutani, Daisuke Sawa
  • Patent number: 11225654
    Abstract: Provided are methods and compositions for self-cleaning that include a lysozyme capable of decomposing a microbe, a substrate applied to a solid surface, and a linker moiety bound to an outer surface of said substrate and an active group of said digestive protein, said linker moiety between said lysozyme and said substrate and covalently linking said lysozyme to a surface of said substrate optionally by an amide bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignees: TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION, THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON
    Inventors: Ping Wang, Minjuan Zhang, Hongfei Jia, Archana H. Trivedi, Masahiko Ishii
  • Patent number: 11214763
    Abstract: The invention relates to solidification of liquid amine oxide, betaine, and/or sultaine surfactants with a carrier to form a solidified surfactant composition. In particular, the invention relates to solidification of liquid surfactants utilizing drying device(s), wherein the feed composition contains at least one liquid surfactant and a carrier to form a solidified surfactant composition. The solidified surfactant compositions can be useful in various cleaning compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Wendy Lo, Erik C. Olson, Jon D. Hansen, Katherine Molinaro, Corey Rosenthal
  • Patent number: 11208375
    Abstract: Process for making solid methylglycine diacetate (MGDA) alkali metal salt (a), said process comprising the steps of (A) providing a 35 to 60% by weight aqueous solution of said MGDA salt having a temperature in the range of from 50 to 90° C., (B) adding 0.01 to 2% by weight of a particulate solid with a pore volume in the range of from 0.25 to 0.75 cm3/g, determined by nitrogen adsorption in accordance with 66134:1998-02 (b), the percentage referring to the content of (a), (C) crystallizing (a), (D) removing said crystalline (a) from the mother liquor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Somnath Shivaji Kadam, Frank Jaekel, Feelly Ruether, Lothar Karrer
  • Patent number: 11198837
    Abstract: The invention relates to compositions, methods of manufacture, and methods for reducing metal corrosion during alkaline cleaning. In particular, the method employs an alkylamino hydroxy acid, secondary amine, or combination thereof in alkaline cleaning of hard surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Stokes, Carter M. Silvernail, Paul Frazer Schacht, Anthony W. Erickson