Patents by Inventor Brigitte Giesen

Brigitte Giesen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20190168938
    Abstract: The patent application describes a method for manufacturing water-soluble packaging which contains an agent and a water-soluble wrapping. The water-soluble wrapping contains, at least in part, a bittering agent having a bitterness value between 1,000 and 200,000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Frank Meier, Martina Hermann, Olaf Holtkoetter, Matthias Sunder, Brigitte Giesen
  • Patent number: 10214606
    Abstract: The present invention relates to random copolymers obtainable by polymerization, the use of said random copolymers as soil release agents in laundry processes. Further aspects of the invention are a method for easier releasing soil from textiles in laundry processes and detergents containing said random copolymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Frank O. Pirrung, Huiguang Kou, Miriam Langendörfer, Roland Ettl, Bernhard Ulrich Von Vacano, Paula Barreleiro, Christa Junkes, Johannes Zipfel, Brigitte Giesen, Cornelius Bessler, Martina Hutmacher
  • Patent number: 9790452
    Abstract: Described are block copolymers which have been prepared by controlled free radical polymerization. Also described is the use of said block copolymers as soil release agents in laundry processes and a process to produce said block copolymers. Further described is a method for easier releasing soil from textiles in laundry processes and a detergent containing said block copolymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignees: BASF SE, Henkel AG & Co. KGAA
    Inventors: Huiguang Kou, Frank Pirrung, Roland Ettl, Bernhard Ulrich von Vacano, Dario Perera-Diez, Paula Barreleiro, Christa Junkes, Johannes Zipfel, Brigitte Giesen, Cornelius Bessler, Martina Hutmacher
  • Publication number: 20170174803
    Abstract: The present invention relates to random copolymers obtainable by polymerization, the use of said random copolymers as soil release agents in laundry processes. Further aspects of the invention are a method for easier releasing soil from textiles in laundry processes and detergents containing said random copolymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Frank O. PIRRUNG, Huiguang KOU, Miriam LANGENDÖRFER, Roland ETTL, Bernhard Ulrich VON VACANO, Paula BARRELEIRO, Christa JUNKES, Johannes ZIPFEL, Brigitte GIESEN, Cornelius BESSLER, Martina HUTMACHER
  • Publication number: 20160297586
    Abstract: The invention relates to a water-soluble packaging containing an agent and a water-soluble wrapping. Said water-soluble wrapping contains a bittering agent in a dilution of at least 1:250.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Frank Meier, Martina Hermann, Brigitte Giesen, Leyla Kolling, Matthias Sunder
  • Patent number: 9457944
    Abstract: The invention relates to a water-soluble packaging containing an agent and a water-soluble wrapping. Said water-soluble wrapping contains a bittering agent in a dilution of at least 1:250.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Frank Meier, Martina Hermann, Brigitte Giesen, Leyla Kolling, Matthias Sunder
  • Publication number: 20160032224
    Abstract: Described are block copolymers which have been prepared by controlled free radical polymerization. Also described is the use of said block copolymers as soil release agents in laundry processes and a process to produce said block copolymers. Further described is a method for easier releasing soil from textiles in laundry processes and a detergent containing said block copolymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicants: Basf SE, Henkel AG & Co. KGAA
    Inventors: Huiguang Kou, Frank Pirrung, Roland Ettl, Bernhard Ulrich von Vacano, Dario Perera-Diez, Paula Barreleiro, Christa Junkes, Johannes Zipfel, Brigitte Giesen, Cornelius Bessler, Martina Hutmacher
  • Patent number: 9090733
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of salts of branched fatty acids for catalyzing the reaction between star-shaped alcohols and isocyanates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Benoit Luneau, Lars Zander, Rolf Tenhaef, Nadine Warkotsch, Brigitte Giesen
  • Publication number: 20150158646
    Abstract: The invention relates to a water-soluble packaging containing an agent and a water-soluble wrapping. Said water-soluble wrapping contains a bittering agent in a dilution of at least 1:250.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Frank Meier, Martina Hermann, Brigitte Giesen, Leyla Kolling, Matthias Sunder
  • Publication number: 20150158645
    Abstract: The patent application describes water-soluble packaging which contains an agent and a water-soluble wrapping. The water-soluble wrapping contains, at least in part, a bittering agent having a bitterness value between 1,000 and 200,000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Frank Meier, Martina Hermann, Olaf Holtkotter, Matthias Sunder, Brigitte Giesen
  • Patent number: 8987182
    Abstract: A toilet cleaner composition containing perfume, at least one non-ionic surfactant, at least one alkylbenzene sulfonate, and at least one olefin sulfonate, is sufficiently malleable that it may be shaped into rotationally symmetrical toilet cleaner blocks, and in particular into spherical blocks, using a rolling machine or a press. The resulting rotationally-symmetrical toilet cleaner block may be part of a toilet cleaning system comprising at least one toilet cleaner block and at least one dispenser device for use in a toilet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Nadine Warkotsch, Brigitte Giesen, Anke Ernst, Sascha Schrecker, Christian Reichert, Ralph Butter-Jentsch, Hans-Georg Muhlhausen, Robert Stephen Cappleman, Michael Horn
  • Patent number: 8669218
    Abstract: An adherent gelled or pasty composition for cleaning and/or scenting a toilet, wherein the composition is applied internally onto the toilet ceramic and is rinsed off only after several flushing operations, the composition comprising: a surfactant selected from the group consisting of alkylpolyglycosides, amphoacetates, amphodiacetates, betaines, fatty alcohol ethercarboxylic acids, fatty acid sarcosinates, cocamidopropylamine oxide, aminopropionates, and biosurfactants; perfume; and water; wherein the composition comprises, as an adhesion promoter, an ester of polyisobutene succinic acid, and wherein the composition is free of further adhesion promoters and surfactants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Marc-Steffen Schiedel, Brigitte Giesen, Petra Plantikow, Luca Bellomi, Karl-Heinz Scheffler
  • Publication number: 20140005092
    Abstract: An adherent gelled or pasty composition for cleaning and/or scenting a toilet, wherein the composition is applied internally onto the toilet ceramic and is rinsed off only after several flushing operations, the composition comprising: a surfactant selected from the group consisting of alkylpolyglycosides, amphoacetates, amphodiacetates, betaines, fatty alcohol ethercarboxylic acids, fatty acid sarcosinates, cocamidopropylamine oxide, aminopropionates, and biosurfactants; perfume; and water; wherein the composition comprises, as an adhesion promoter, an ester of polyisobutene succinic acid, and wherein the composition is free of further adhesion promoters and surfactants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Marc-Steffen Schiedel, Brigitte Giesen, Petra Plantikow, Luca Bellomi, Karl-Heinz Scheffler
  • Publication number: 20130239313
    Abstract: A toilet cleaning block which comprises perfume, at least one alkylbenzene sulfonate and at least one olefin sulfonate and not more than 2.5% by weight of nonionic surfactants can be shaped in a rolling machine or a press to give a rotationally symmetric body, especially to give a ball, and is employed in a system composed of at least one cleaning block and at least one release device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Marc-Steffen Schiedel, Brigitte Giesen, Anke Ernst, Christian Reichert, Robert Stephen Cappleman, Michael Horn
  • Publication number: 20120226063
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of salts of branched fatty acids for catalyzing the reaction between star-shaped alcohols and isocyanates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Inventors: Benoit Luneau, Lars Zander, Rolf Tenhaef, Nadine Warkotsch, Brigitte Giesen
  • Publication number: 20120178824
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of esters of polyisobutenesuccinic acid for producing hydrogels, and to the use of such hydrogels for cleaners and care compositions for the home (so-called homecare products), for cosmetics, and also for medical products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicants: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, BASF SE
    Inventors: Hannah Maria König, Sophia Ebert, Roland Ettl, Ouidad Benlahmar, Marc-Steffen Schiedel, Brigitte Giesen, Petra Plantikow
  • Publication number: 20120156377
    Abstract: The present invention is an agent for treating a hard surface comprising at least two components selected from the group consisting of (a) multi-armed stellate polyalkoxylates; (b) polyesteramides; and (c) copolymers prepared from a quaternary ammonium acrylamide and acrylic acid. The agents of the present invention find use in cleaning hard surfaces and/or providing a soil-repellant finish to hard surfaces such as ceramic, glass, stainless steel and plastic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Birgit Veith, Mirko Weide, Nadine Warkotsch, Brigitte Giesen, Stefan Stumpe, Roland Breves
  • Publication number: 20120047640
    Abstract: A toilet cleaner composition containing perfume, at least one non-ionic surfactant, at least one alkylbenzene sulfonate, and at least one olefin sulfonate, is sufficiently malleable that it may be shaped into rotationally symmetrical toilet cleaner blocks, and in particular into spherical blocks, using a rolling machine or a press. The resulting rotationally-symmetrical toilet cleaner block may be part of a toilet cleaning system comprising at least one toilet cleaner block and at least one dispenser device for use in a toilet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Nadine Warkotsch, Brigitte Giesen, Anke Ernst, Sascha Schrecker, Christian Reichert, Ralph Butter-Jentsch, Hans-Georg Mühlhausen
  • Patent number: 7186675
    Abstract: Surfactant combinations containing: (a) one or more alkyl ether sulfates; (b) at least one quaternary ammonium compound corresponding to formula I: in which EO is ethylene oxide, R and R? are the same or different and represent alkyl groups, n1 is 0–30 n2 is 0–30, and A is a counterion; (c) 0 to 50% of one or more alkyl and/or aryl sulfonates; (d) 0 to 15% of one or more alkyl sulfates; and (e) 0 to 20% of one or more amphoteric surfactants, and water-based cleaning composition containing such surfactant combinations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien (Henkel KGaA)
    Inventors: Georg Meine, Brigitte Giesen, Kerstin Ziganke, Felix Mueller, Ralf Klein, Joerg Peggau
  • Publication number: 20050176614
    Abstract: A substantially transparent, liquid cleaning product for hard surfaces, comprising at least 15% by weight of a surfactant and one or more abrasive materials selected from the group consisting of polymers having a diameter of from 0.6 to 4 mm, natural materials having a diameter of from 0.05 to 4 mm, and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2005
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventors: Heinz-Dieter Soldanski, Brigitte Giesen