Patents Examined by Gregory R. Delcotto
  • Personal care composition
    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
  • Moderately alkaline cleaning compositions for proteinaceous and fatty soil removal at low temperatures
    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
  • Skin cleansing composition
    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
  • Biofunctional materials
    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
  • Solidifying liquid amine oxide, betaine, and/or sultaine surfactants with a carrier
    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
  • Process for making solid methylglycine diacetate (MGDA) alkali metal salt, and solid particles
    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
  • Alkaline cleaning compositions comprising an alkylamino hydroxy acid and/or secondary amine and methods of reducing metal corrosion
    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
  • Personal cleansing compositions and methods
    Patent number: 11185486
    Abstract: Rinse-off cleansing compositions can include surfactant, perfume, solvent, thickener, and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kelsey Marie Smyth, Edward Dewey Smith, III
  • Stripper solutions and methods of using stripper solutions
    Patent number: 11175587
    Abstract: Stripping solutions that may replace an etching resist ashing process are provided. The stripping solutions are useful for fabricating circuits and/or forming electrodes and/or packaging/bumping applications on semiconductor devices for semiconductor integrated circuits with good photoresist removal efficiency and with low silicon oxide etch rate and low metal etch rates. Methods for their use are similarly provided. The preferred stripping agents contain polar aprotic solvent, water, hydroxylamine, corrosion inhibitor, quaternary ammonium hydroxide and optional surfactant. Further provided are integrated circuit devices and electronic interconnect structures prepared according to these methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC
    Inventors: Jhih Kuei Ge, Yi-Chia Lee, Wen Dar Liu, Chi-Hsien Kuo
  • Cleaning composition
    Patent number: 11167499
    Abstract: Novel cleaning compositions, usable for removing a cured support material from a printed object obtained by additive manufacturing such as 3D inkjet printing are provided. The cleaning compositions are aqueous alkaline compositions containing a combination of two alkaline substances: an alkali metal hydroxide and an alkali metal silicate, each at a concentration of no more than 3 weight percents of the total weight of the composition. The cleaning compositions are characterized by high and constant dissolution rate, and are particularly useful for removing a cured support material that includes cross-linked polymeric chains such as cross-linked polyacrylate chains. Kits comprising the alkaline substances, and methods of fabricating a three-dimensional model object which utilize the cleaning compositions or the kits, and a three-dimensional model object fabricated thereby, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Stratasys Ltd.
    Inventor: Mariana Pokrass
  • Automatic dishwashing composition with dispersant polymer
    Patent number: 11162054
    Abstract: An automatic dishwashing composition is provided including a builder; a phosphonate; a nonionic surfactant; and a dispersant polymer, comprising: 10 to 65 wt % of structural units of formula I wherein each R1 and R2 is independently selected from a hydrogen and a C1-3 alkyl group; 10 to 80 wt % of structural units of formula II wherein each R3 is independently selected from a hydrogen and a —C(O)CH3 group; and 10 to 65 wt % of structural units of formula III wherein each R4 is independently selected from a hydrogen and a —CH3 group; and wherein at least one of R1 and R2 is a C1-3 alkyl group in at least 1 mol % of the structural units of formula I in the dispersant polymer; 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 Daltons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Scott Backer, Randara Pulukkody, Severine Ferrieux
  • Compounds for a controlled release of active perfuming molecules
    Patent number: 11155772
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of perfumery. More particularly, it concerns compounds comprising at least one ?-thio carbonyl or nitrile moiety capable of liberating an active molecule selected from an ?,?-unsaturated ketone, aldehyde or nitrile. The present invention concerns also the use of said compounds in perfumery as well as the perfuming compositions or perfumed articles comprising the invention's compounds. (I) wherein: a) m represents an integer from 1 to 6; b) Pro represents a hydrogen atom or a group susceptible of generating an odoriferous ?,?-unsaturated ketone, aldehyde or nitrile and is represented by the formulae (II) or (II?) in which the wavy line indicates the location of the bond between said Pro and the sulfur atom S; and at least one of the Pro groups is of the formula (II) or (II?).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Firmenich SA
    Inventors: Peter Fankhauser, Andreas Herrmann, Umberto Maddalena, Alain Trachsel, Youqing Shen
  • Non-corrosive cleaning composition
    Patent number: 11149236
    Abstract: A cleaning composition, which is self-adhering upon application to a hard surface, is provided. The cleaning composition includes an adhesion promoter, water and a sufficient amount of a basic agent, such that a mixture of the composition with deionized water has a pH of at least about 10. The adhesion promoter typically includes one or more organic compounds, each containing at least one hydrophilic group. The cleaning compositions may also include at least one surfactant selected from the group of: anionic, nonionic, cationic, amphoteric, and/or zwitterionic surfactants; where one or more of the surfactants may serve all or in part as the adhesion promoter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventor: Juan Jose Goncalves Rodrigues
  • Liquid hand dishwashing detergent composition
    Patent number: 11136532
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hand dishwashing detergent composition including a surfactant system and at least one triblock co-polymer of Formula (I): (EO)x-(PO)y-(EO)x wherein each x is independently on average between about 1 and about 40, and y is on average between about 1 and about 15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Patrick Firmin August Delplancke, Robby Renilde Francois Keuleers, Nuray Yaldizkaya
  • Rinse-off cleansing compositions
    Patent number: 11129785
    Abstract: The present invention relates to rinse-off cleansing compositions comprising a surfactant system, in which the surfactant system comprises an alkyl polyglycoside and an acyl glutamate present in specific amounts, for providing compositions that are not only mild on the skin and/or eyes that are stable especially under acidic pH conditions, but also have simpler formulations which have fewer ingredients, good rinse-off property, and preferably more cost effective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventor: Yukari Segawa
  • Detergent composition and methods of preventing aluminum discoloration
    Patent number: 11130928
    Abstract: Detergent compositions designed to prevent aluminum discoloration while providing high cleaning performance on soils and stains are disclosed. Detergent compositions substantially free of nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA) are disclosed. Methods of using the detergent compositions are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: John Mansergh, Lisa M. Sanders, Carter M. Silvernail
  • Antimicrobial composition having efficacy against endospores
    Patent number: 11118143
    Abstract: A sporicidal composition has a moderately low pH and includes a glycosidase and the dissocia-tion product of at least one inorganic oxidizing agent. High effective solute concentrations can enhance the efficacy of the composition. The composition can be applied to a surface and allowed to absorb into an endospore, ultimately killing at least some of those bacteria in mature endospore form. Surfaces to be treated include inanimate (hard) surfaces via cleaning and medical devices such as endoscopes, typically via immersion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Next Science IP Holdings Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Matthew Franco Myntti
  • Use of alkoxylated polyamines to control rheology of unit dose detergent compositions
    Patent number: 11118141
    Abstract: A method for maintaining a consistent, low viscosity profile of a unit dose detergent composition for enhanced hydration and dissolution upon hydration including the steps of: (1) providing a detergent composition including: 0.4 to 9.6 wt. % of an alkoxylated polyamine including an alkoxylated polyamine, an alkyl-ether sulfate, a linear alkylbenzene sulfonate, and a fatty alcohol ethoxylate, wherein the alkyl-ether sulfate, linear alkylbenzene sulfonate, and fatty alcohol ethoxylate are collectively present in an amount of 30 to 70 wt. %, by weight of the detergent composition; and (2) encapsulating the detergent composition in a pouch made of a water soluble film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Henkel IP & Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel T Piorkowski, David S Stott, II, Cynthia L Moser, Patrick Shane Harewood, Camile F de Matos Gomes
  • Pressed, self-solidifying, solid cleaning compositions and methods of making them
    Patent number: 11104869
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of making a solid cleaning composition. The method can include pressing and/or vibrating a flowable solid of a self-solidifying cleaning composition. For a self-solidifying cleaning composition, pressing and/or vibrating a flowable solid determines the shape and density of the solid but is not required for forming a solid. The method can employ a concrete block machine for pressing and/or vibrating. The present invention also relates to a solid cleaning composition made by the method and to solid cleaning compositions including particles bound together by a binding agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Roger L. Stolte, Michael P. Dziuk, Melissa C. Meinke, Matthew C. Porter
  • Automatic flush activated toilet odor prevention tablet
    Patent number: 11104870
    Abstract: A toilet odor prevention tablet and method for automatic flush activation is described, where the toilet odor prevention tablet includes one or more of a plurality of plant-based oils, glycerine, a solid carrier, and one or more of a plurality of essential oils. The method of use for automatic flush activation includes providing a toilet odor prevention tablet, including all natural ingredients, and depositing the toilet bowl odor prevention tablet directly into a toilet tank, where placement of the tablet results in a film that reduces an odor emitting capacity of human excrement and delivers a fresh layer of odor prevention with every flush of a toilet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Inventors: Jonathan Diaz, Daniel Quintana