Patents Examined by Lorna M. Douyon
  • Patent number: 12146119
    Abstract: A dissolvable toilet cleaning solid tablet includes an anionic surfactant; virgin soap pellets; and borax, and desirably, a carbonate or bicarbonate salt; and an acid. The borax comprises about 0.5% to about 10% by weight of the composition, and the virgin soap pellets comprise about 12% to about 25% by weight of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Daniel Thomas Piorkowski, Christopher Michael Rodriguez, John Daniel Konikowski
  • Patent number: 12134749
    Abstract: The application relates to a shaped detergent product comprising 10-100 wt. % of a solid amorphous phase and 0-90 wt. % of one or more other solid phases, wherein the solid amorphous phase comprises 25-88 wt. % free acid equivalent of aminopolycarboxylate, 10-60 wt. % free acid equivalent of an acid, wherein the acid is not an aminopolycarboxylate and 2-30 wt. % water and wherein the shaped detergent product contains at least 0.5 wt. % surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Conopco Inc.
    Inventors: Hélène Julie Marie Arlabosse, Robert Jan Moll
  • Patent number: 12129451
    Abstract: A dissolvable solid article that is formed by a homogeneous mixture. The mixture includes from about 10% to about 50% of a water soluble polymer, from about 5% to about 80% of a surfactant; and from about 0.1% to about 40%, of a silicone. The silicone can have a particle size of from about 50 nm to about 25 micron. The silicone can have the article contains up to 0.2% nitrogen coming from the silicone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mui Siang Soh, Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr., Todd Ryan Thompson
  • Patent number: 12129447
    Abstract: A cleaning wipe having a nonwoven substrate impregnated with a dispersal composition including at least one of a polar solvent and a water-in-oil emulsion is disclosed. The dispersal composition provides an enhancement to the dispersion of the nonwoven substrate including a binder when placed within a waste water stream after use, thereby more effectively disposing of the wipe after use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Rockline Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas B. Cole, Shankar Krishnamoorthy
  • Patent number: 12129450
    Abstract: A liquid laundry detergent formulation is provided, comprising: a liquid carrier; a cleaning surfactant; and a cleaning booster polymer, wherein the cleaning booster polymer has structural units of a monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer; structural units of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer of formula (I) and, optionally, structural units of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer of formula (II)
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Asghar A. Peera, Stephen J. Donovan, Roy Roberts
  • Patent number: 12129448
    Abstract: Water-soluble unit dose article containing a laundry detergent composition containing a capsule having a core and a shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Andre Martim Barros, Mariana B. T. Cardoso, Johan Smets, Steven Daryl Smith, Pierre Daniel Verstraete, Valerie Wong, Robby Renilde François Keuleers
  • Patent number: 12129452
    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) wherein x is an average of 0 to 20, wherein y is an average of 0 to 30 and wherein x+y is at least 1; and, optionally, structural units of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer of formula (II) wherein R1 is independently selected from a —C1-4 alkyl, and wherein R2 is independently selected from H and methyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Asghar A. Peera, Stephen J. Donovan, Roy Roberts
  • Patent number: 12129454
    Abstract: A method of making a non-fibrous laundry detergent sheet can include dispensing a microcapsule onto a precursor non-fibrous laundry detergent sheet, wherein the precursor non-fibrous laundry detergent sheet can include: (a) at least one surfactant; (b) at least one film former; and (c) a thickness ranging from 0.1 mm to 10 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Hongsing Tan, Ming Tang, Mark Robert Sivik, Frank William Denome
  • Patent number: 12122979
    Abstract: A cleaning article for cleaning a target surface is provided that includes a substrate having a first surface and second surface and a rheological solid composition comprising a crystallizing agent and an aqueous phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Matthew Lawrence Lynch, Scott Kendyl Stanley, Brandon Philip Illie, Taotao Zhu, Jamie Lynn Dria
  • Patent number: 12116465
    Abstract: To obtain a water-soluble film that is excellent in cold water solubility and is useful as a chemical agent package, provided is a water-soluble film, which is a polyvinyl alcohol water-soluble film including a maleic acid-modified polyvinyl alcohol resin (A) as a main component, wherein a lactonization rate of a maleic acid modifying group in the maleic acid-modified polyvinyl alcohol resin (A) is from 20% to 70%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro Hiura
  • Patent number: 12104141
    Abstract: A dissolvable surfactant composite according to the present technology is configured to provide a waste-free flexible and durable composite article useful for various single use applications, including as a single-use image bearing article. The dissolvable surfactant composite may have at least a dual capability, such that when the composite article is no longer needed, the dissolvable surfactant composite may readily dissolve and wash away upon application of water or other liquid solution, such that generation of waste that must be disposed of as trash or through traditional recycling processes is avoided. In some aspects the dissolvable surfactant composite may be adapted to provide cleaning compositions for different applications upon dissolution. Thus, in such aspects, the dissolvable surfactant composite not only avoids waste generation, but may also provide dual utility as both a composite article, as well as a cleaning solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Vitiprints, LLC
    Inventors: Terrance Kaiserman, Andrew Ferber, John Gentile, Bao Tran, Clifton Fearon, Dmytro Konovalov, Maria Colli
  • Patent number: 12091643
    Abstract: A process of removing microorganism from an article of clothing is provided in which the process comprises the steps of a) providing an article of clothing in a washing machine; and b) contacting the article of clothing during a wash sub-cycle of the washing machine with a liquid detergent composition comprising a surfactant system and an organic acid, wherein the composition has a neat pH of from 1.5 to 5.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Haiyan Huang, Ryohei Ohtani, Yijia Cao, Yuxiang Liu
  • Patent number: 12077728
    Abstract: Laundry care additive particles and a dryer sheet that include a water soluble carrier and capsules characterized by substantially inorganic shells, for example silica-based shells. The present disclosure further relates to methods of making and using such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Andre Martim Barros, Mariana B. T. Cardoso, Johan Smets, Steven Daryl Smith, Pierre Daniel Verstraete, Valerie Wong
  • Patent number: 12071600
    Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to surfactants for use in the formulation of detergents, foaming agents, emulsifiers, and degreasers. Some aspects of the invention include formulations suitable for cleaning and/or condition fabrics including upholstery. Some formulations are suitable for in home or commercial dry cleaning. Some of the formulations may be suitable for cleaning hard surfaces including plastic surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: AdvanSix Resins & Chemicals LLC
    Inventor: Edward Asirvatham
  • Patent number: 12049605
    Abstract: A washing and/or cleaning agent portion which includes at least one chamber and a water-soluble wrapping, characterized in that it includes at least one particulate phase. The at least one particulate phase being brought into direct contact with at least one liquid composition, and to corresponding preparation methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Matthias Sunder, Luca Bellomi, Oliver Kurth, Robert Stephen Cappleman
  • Patent number: 12037566
    Abstract: A cleaning wipe having a nonwoven substrate impregnated with a dispersal composition including at least one of a polar solvent and a water-in-oil emulsion is disclosed. The dispersal composition provides an enhancement to the dispersion of the nonwoven substrate including a binder when placed within a waste water stream after use, thereby more effectively disposing of the wipe after use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Rockline Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas B. Cole, Shankar Krishnamoorthy
  • Patent number: 12031111
    Abstract: The cleaning performance of washing agents when washing textiles, in particular against antiperspirant stains, was to be increased. This was substantially achieved by the use of xylan carbamates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Christian Kropf, Antje Gebert-Schwarzwaelder, Christa Junkes, Thomas Heinze, Lars Gabriel
  • Patent number: 12018232
    Abstract: A dissolvable solid article which can include multiple layers of flexible, dissolvable, porous sheets, in which a coating composition including solid particles is present on at least one internal surface of at least one sheet and a process for making such solid articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Carl David MacNamara, HongSing Tan, Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr., Wenhu Pang, Kejing Du, Yuxiang Liu
  • Patent number: 12018234
    Abstract: A liquid laundry detergent formulation is provided, comprising: a liquid carrier; a cleaning surfactant; and a cleaning booster polymer, wherein the cleaning booster polymer has structural units of a monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer; structural units of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer of formula (I) and, optionally, structural units of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer of formula (II) wherein x is an average of 0 to 20; wherein y is an average of 0 to 30; wherein x+y>1; wherein R1 is a —C1-4 alkyl group; and wherein R2 is selected from hydrogen and a methyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Asghar A. Peera, Stephen J. Donovan, Roy Roberts
  • Patent number: 12006494
    Abstract: The invention relates to bar composition comprising minimum floor levels of C10 soap while minimizing ratio of unsaturated C18 soap to caprate. Such bars provide enhanced rapid, antibacterial activity. Disclosed is a soap bar composition comprising: a) 25 to 85%, preferably 35 to 75% by weight of C8 to C24 fatty acid soap comprising: (i) C10 soap at 8% or 15% or greater, more preferably 16 to 32% by weight of total bar composition; and, (ii) unsaturated C18 soap, wherein weight ratio of said unsaturated C18 soap to C10 (caprate) soap is 1.2 to 0.1. b) 1 to 45% organic and inorganic adjuvant materials by weight of the composition; and, c) 5 to 30%, preferably 13 to 28% water by weight of the composition, wherein excess of C10 soap to unsaturated C18 soap is at least 6%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: CONOPCO, INC.
    Inventors: Ajit Manohar Agarkhed, Prem Chandar, Nitish Kumar, Connor Patrick Walsh, Guohui Wu