Patents Examined by Necholus Ogden
  • Patent number: 11242500
    Abstract: The invention discloses cleaning compositions which employ a synergistic combination of an ester solvent, preferably a fatty acid methyl ester in combination with one or more linear alkyl amines. The alkyl amines act as to remove and suspend organic oils which have been burnt or adhered to a surface with heat and may even be used alone as a soil removal agent. The cleaning compositions have particular use in cleaning of distillation towers associated with biofuel, and vegetable oil refining, but also find use in cleaning ovens, food cooking surfaces and even dry cleaning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Chris Nagel, Eric Victor Schmidt, Mark D. Levitt, Peter J. Fernholz
  • Patent number: 11236292
    Abstract: Perfumed latex soap is prepared from the following components in parts by weight: 2-5 parts of natural latex, 5-12 parts of glycerin, 8-10 parts of sodium dodecyl sulfate, 5-10 parts of coconut oil, 6-8 parts of palm oil, 1-3 parts of titanium dioxide, 0.8-1.2 parts of ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid, 0.6-0.8 part of sulfur, and 0.8-1.0 part of radix asparagine essential oil. The perfumed latex soap is mild, safe, and non-irritating and has aroma of the natural latex. In addition, the added radix asparagine essential oil can effectively improve the skin condition of a human body without causing the human body to generate dependence. The temperature of the mixing tank in which the perfumed latex soup is prepared is convenient to adjust and materials in a mixing cylinder can be agitated and sheared during agitating, so that the materials are fully mixed and the quality of a product is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Wenzhou Jiabo Latex Products Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Liwen Zhang
  • Patent number: 11220661
    Abstract: A bar soap composition is made from ingredients comprising: at least one cleanser chosen from soap and a first surfactant; and at least one taurate surfactant chosen from a salt of a fatty acid amide of taurine, a salt of a fatty acid amide of N-methyl taurine, and combinations thereof. The taurate surfactant is different than the first surfactant. The composition is in a solid bar form. Other personal care and home care products that include the taurate surfactants are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Shujiang Cheng, Junhong Mao, Zeenat Nabi, Laurence Du-Thumm, Long Pan
  • Patent number: 11207248
    Abstract: A personal care composition includes a structured cleansing phase and two separate benefit phases, wherein the first benefit phase containing a high viscosity benefit agent with an average particle size of about 50 ?m to about 500 ?m, wherein the second benefit phase comprises a low viscosity benefit agent with an average particle size of about 0.5 ?m to about 10 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Karl Shiqing Wei, Scott William Syfert, Shannon Dale Wagers, Brent William Mason
  • Patent number: 11207261
    Abstract: Methods of enhancing deposition of a high viscosity benefit agent can include manufacturing a personal care composition comprising the high viscosity benefit agent and a low viscosity benefit agent by adding the high viscosity benefit agent and the low viscosity benefit agent separately to a cleansing phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Karl Shiqing Wei, Scott William Syfert, Shannon Dale Wagers, Brent William Mason
  • Patent number: 11202746
    Abstract: Methods for enhancing fragrance of a rinse-off cleansing composition prior to use can include combining surfactant, perfume, solvent, and water, to form the composition, wherein the composition is not a ringing gel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Edward Dewey Smith, III, Shawn David McConaughy, Jianjun Justin Li, Marc Adam Flickinger
  • Patent number: 11203733
    Abstract: Compositions for cleaning equipment, preferably paper or carpet making equipment, and methods of cleaning equipment, preferably paper or carpet making equipment using the said composition. The cleaning composition comprises of one or more fatty acid methyl esters, preferably vegetable oil methyl ester, more preferably soybean oil methyl ester, one or more alkene carbonate, preferably propylene carbonate; one of more surfactants, preferably nonionic surfactants; and one or more glycol ether and/or dibasic ester containing solvents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Kemira Oyj
    Inventors: Yong Zou, Frank Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 11193089
    Abstract: Detergents and cleaning agents containing an anionic surfactant of general formula (I), in which n is a number from 5 to 21 and X+ is a charge-balancing cation. Also disclosed are an agent or a use, characterized in that, in the compound of general formula (I), X+ is selected from the group including the proton, alkali metal cations and the group N+R1R2R3, where R1, R2 and R3 are, independently of one another, hydrogen, an alkyl group with 1 to 6 C atoms or a hydroxyalkyl group with 2 to 6 C atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Christian Kropf, Alexander Schulz, Anna Klemmer, Regina Palkovits, Peter Hausoul, Lukas Kipshagen
  • Patent number: 11179304
    Abstract: Described herein, are personal care compositions comprising a cleanser base comprising at least one cleanser selected from a soap and a surfactant; and an effective amount of an antibacterial system comprising a combination of phenoxyethanol and piroctone, or a salt thereof. Methods of making and using these compositions are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Viktor Dubovoy, Jeffrey Mastrull, Daniel Talancon, David Santos, Laurence D. Du-Thumm, Long Pan, Abraham Cazes, Enrique Valencia Garcia
  • Patent number: 11179301
    Abstract: A skin cleansing composition includes surfactant, glycerin, perfume, and water, where at least a portion of the composition is in a lamellar phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventor: Edward Dewey Smith, III
  • Patent number: 11174451
    Abstract: An anionic surfactant of general formula (I) in which n and m are, independently of one another, numbers from 0 to 17 and 2<n+m<20, and X+ is a charge-balancing cation. The invention also relates to a production method by way of: the acid-catalysed reaction of 2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl) tetrahydrofuran with an alkene having 5 to 22 C atoms in equimolar amounts, at an increased temperature; subsequent sulphation with a sulphating agent; and optional neutralisation by a subsequent reaction with X+OH? or X+2 CO2?3, where X+ is an alkali metal cation or a group N+R1R2R3, in which R1, R2 and R3 are, independently of one another, hydrogen, an alkyl group with 1 to 6 C atoms, or a hydroxyalkyl group with 2 to 6 C atoms. Detergents or cleaning agents containing—the surfactant, and the use of same to improve the performance of the detergents or cleaning agents, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Christian Kropf, Alexander Schulz, Anna Klemmer, Regina Palkovits, Peter Hausoul, Lukas Kipshagen
  • Patent number: 11166905
    Abstract: A skin cleansing composition has from about 0.05% to about 15%, by weight of the composition, of a plurality of color stable abrasive particles comprising a non-oxide colorant; and an antioxidant selected from the group consisting of tocopherol acetate (Vitamin E Acetate), butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA), butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), sodium benzotriazolyl butylphenol sulfate, Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) and combinations thereof. The abrasive particles are sustainable. The skin cleansing composition has a pH of <6 or from about 4 to about 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gerald John Guskey, Shannon Dale Wagers, Somil Manjul Shah
  • Patent number: 11168284
    Abstract: Fatty acid based surfactants and methods for producing fatty acid based surfactants are described. The method includes reacting a fatty acid ester epoxide with a hydroxy acid, a hydroxy ester, a polyoxyalkyl diol, or a polyamine. Any remaining esters from the original fatty acid ester epoxide or hydroxy ester can optionally be hydrolyzed. Methods for making citric acid derived surfactants are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Daniel B. Garbark, Jeffrey T. Cafmeyer, Ramanathan S. Lalgudi
  • Patent number: 11160741
    Abstract: Described herein, a personal care composition and its uses, wherein the personal care composition comprises a surfactant system, wherein the surfactant system comprises: from 3% to 15% of an anionic surfactant by weight of the composition, wherein the anionic surfactant is sodium laureth(1) sulfate SLE1S, from 1% to 15% of one or more cosurfactants by weight of the composition; from 0.10% to 5.0%, from 0.20% to 2.5%, from 0.25% to 1.75%, from 0.50% to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gerald John Guskey, Shannon Dale Wagers, Edward Dewey Smith, III
  • Patent number: 11162744
    Abstract: A heat sink may comprise a core body having a phase change material cavity enclosed therein; and a phase change material disposed within the phase change material cavity comprising a paraffin wax and/or a fatty acid ester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory John Quinn, Daniel J Kehoe
  • Patent number: 11154472
    Abstract: Compositions are provided for removing nail polish that include a co-mixture of monoalcohol, glycerin, and solvent consisting of C2-C3 monoalcohol, glycerin, and a solvent selected from acetone, a C2-C4 alkyl acetate, and combinations thereof. The composition for includes a co-mixture of monoalcohol, glycerin, and solvent that consists of C2-C3 monoalcohol; glycerin; and less than 55% by weight of solvent selected from acetone, a C2-C4 alkyl acetate, and combinations thereof. The glycerin and the C2-C3 monoalcohol are present in a glycerin to C2-C3 monoalcohol weight ratio of greater than about 0.6. If the solvent includes C2-C4 alkyl acetate then the concentration of C2-C4 alkyl acetate is less than 30% by weight. The composition further includes polyacrylamide and water. The concentration by weight of water in the composition is less than the concentration by weight of glycerin. Methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Andrea E. Schott, Aline Guimont, Daniella Gonzalez-Toro
  • Patent number: 11149237
    Abstract: A detergent bar comprising from 0.01 to 1 wt % polyethylene glycol having a molecular weight of at least 100,000 and at least one of: (a) from 0.01 to 5 wt % polyacrylic acid having a molecular weight from 1,000 to 20,000; (b) from 0.01 to 1 wt % hydroxypropyl methylcellulose; and (c) from 0.01 to 1 wt % hydroxyethyl cellulose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Saugata Nad, Ravi Rao, Robert Krasnansky
  • Patent number: 11149238
    Abstract: A method of producing a solid soap containing at least one image embedded within the solid soap includes printing a printed image on a base layer of solid soap, applying molten soap to the printed base layer, and allowing the soap to harden so as to embed the image within the solid soap. The image can be a high-resolution image and can be printed on the base layer of solid soap using a flatbed printer. The soap can include a background layer against which the image is visible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Inventor: Patrick Commisso
  • Patent number: 11142729
    Abstract: Detergents useful for cold-water cleaning and mid-chain headgroup and alkylene-bridged surfactants useful therein are disclosed. The mid-chain headgroup surfactant has a C14-C30 alkyl chain and a polar group bonded to a central zone carbon of the alkyl chain. The alkylene-bridged surfactant has a C12-C18 alkyl chain, a polar group, and a C1-C2 alkylene group bonded to the polar group and a central zone carbon of the C12-C18 alkyl chain. Preferred surfactants in these classes are alcohol sulfates, alcohol ethoxylates, ether sulfates, sulfonates, arylsulfonates, alcohol phosphates, amine oxides, quaterniums, betaines, and sulfobetaines. Surprisingly, detergents formulated with the surfactants provide outstanding cold-water performance in removing greasy stains such as bacon grease, butter, cooked beef fat, or beef tallow from soiled articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: STEPAN COMPANY
    Inventors: Brian Holland, Randal J. Bernhardt, Branko Sajic, Rick Tabor
  • Patent number: 11142723
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid fabric softener compositions comprising a quaternary ammonium ester softening active, cellulose fibers, and benefit agent capsules comprising a core and a shell encapsulating said core, wherein said shell comprises polyacrylate polymer, as well as methods of treating fabric and using same. Such liquid fabric softener compositions provide similar deposition of different types of fabric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Susana Fernandez Prieto, Johan Smets, Pieter Jan Maria Saveyn, Laura Orlandini