Patents by Inventor Bruce Barger

Bruce Barger 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).

  • Patent number: 8569223
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid hard surface cleaning composition comprising melamine foam fibers, wherein the composition is packaged in a container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bruce Barger, Jacqueline Marie Duderstadt, Denis Alfred Gonzales, Stefano Scialla
  • Patent number: 8551932
    Abstract: A liquid hard surface cleaning composition includes melamine foam fibers. In one embodiment the composition has a pH of from about 7 to about 12. In another embodiment, the composition comprises less than about 200 ppm of formaldehyde in solution, per about 1% by weight of melamine foam fibers present in the composition, after 7 days of storage at 50 C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bruce Barger, Jacqueline Marie Duderstadt, Denis Alfred Gonzales, Stefano Scialla
  • Patent number: 8440604
    Abstract: A liquid hard surface cleaning composition comprising melamine foam fibers and a formaldehyde scavenger. The liquid hard surface cleaning composition comprises melamine foam fibers that comprise less than about 100 ppm of formaldehyde in solution after 7 days of storage at 50° C. A process of cleaning a hard surface using a liquid hard surface cleaning composition that comprises melamine foam fibers and a formaldehyde scavenger. The use of a formaldehyde scavenger in a liquid hard surface cleaning composition comprising melamine foam fibers, to provide a liquid hard surface cleaning composition showing no or low levels of formaldehyde generation upon storage of the composition over prolonged periods of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bruce Barger, Jacqueline Marie Duderstadt, Denis Alfred Gonzales, Stefano Scialla
  • Publication number: 20100081606
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid hard surface cleaning composition comprising melamine foam fibres and a formaldehyde scavenger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Bruce Barger, Jacqueline Marie Duderstadt, Denis Alfred Gonzales, Stefano Scialla
  • Publication number: 20100081605
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid hard surface cleaning composition comprising melamine foam fibres, wherein said compositions has a pH of from about 7 to about 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Bruce Barger, Jacqueline Marie Duderstadt, Denis Alfred Gonzales, Stefano Scialla
  • Publication number: 20100081604
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid hard surface cleaning composition comprising melamine foam fibres, wherein said composition is packaged in a container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Bruce Barger, Jacqueline Marie Duderstadt, Denis Alfred Gonzales, Stefano Scialla
  • Patent number: 7381279
    Abstract: An article of manufacture, a system, and a method for at least partially deionizing water, including but not limited to converting tap water into essentially deionized water that can be used for numerous purposes including, but not limited to cleaning and/or treating surfaces, including surfaces such as ceramic, steel, plastic, glass and/or painted surfaces such as the exterior surface of a vehicle, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bruce Barger, Carlos Antonio Barea, Alan Scott Goldstein, Phillip Kyle Vinson
  • Patent number: 7267728
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for cleaning and/or treating a surface, preferably surfaces such as ceramic, steel, plastic, glass and/or painted surfaces such as the exterior surface of a vehicle. The system and method utilize a cleaning composition that contains at least one water-soluble or water dispersible copolymer. The method may also include a step of applying to the surface a treating composition which contains non-photoactive nanoparticles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bruce Barger, Thomas Geroge Crowe, Robert Henry Rohrbaugh, Alan Scott Goldstein, Michael Ray McDonald, Helen Frances O'Connor, Morgan Thomas Leahy
  • Patent number: 7264678
    Abstract: A process is described wherein a surface, for example the exterior surface of a vehicle, is contacted with a cleaning composition capable of rendering the surface treated hydrophilic and then rinsed with purified rinse water. Preferably the process also involves a pre-wetting step, wherein the surface is rinsed with water prior to being contacted with the cleaning composition, and/or an additional rinsing step, wherein the surface is rinsed with unpurified water prior to rinsing with the purified rinse water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bruce Barger, Alan Scott Goldstein, Henry Cheng Na
  • Patent number: 7256165
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cleaning composition comprising a surface substantive polymer for cleaning surfaces, particularly the exterior surfaces of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jan Bertrem, Alex Cedeno, Aghmed Gourari, Ivano Schiavi, Alan Edward Sherry, Alan Scott Goldstein, Bruce Barger
  • Publication number: 20060003911
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cleaning composition comprising a surface substantive polymer for cleaning surfaces, particularly the exterior surfaces of a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2005
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jan Bertrem, Alejandro Cedeno, Ahmed Gourari, Ivano Schiavi, Alan Sherry, Alan Goldstein, Bruce Barger
  • Patent number: 6562142
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for cleaning and/or treating a surface, preferably surfaces such as ceramic, steel, plastic, glass and/or painted surfaces such as the exterior surface of a vehicle. The system and method utilize a cleaning composition that contains at least one water-soluble or water dispersible copolymer. The method may also include a step of applying to the surface a treating composition which contains non-photoactive nanoparticles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bruce Barger, Thomas Geroge Crowe, Robert Henry Rohrbaugh, Alan Scott Goldstein, Michael Ray McDonald, Helen Frances O'Connor, Morgan Thomas Leahy
  • Publication number: 20030034051
    Abstract: An article of manufacture, a system, and a method for at least partially deionizing water, including but not limited to converting tap water into essentially deionized water that can be used for numerous purposes including, but not limited to cleaning and/or treating surfaces, including surfaces such as ceramic, steel, plastic, glass and/or painted surfaces such as the exterior surface of a vehicle, is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2002
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bruce Barger, Carlos Antonio Barea, Alan Scott Goldstein, Phillip Kyle Vinson
  • Publication number: 20030017960
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cleaning composition comprising a surface substantive polymer for cleaning surfaces, particularly the exterior surfaces of a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2001
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jan Bertrem, Alejandro Cedeno, Ahmed Gourari, Ivano Schiavi, Alan Edward Sherry, Alan Scott Goldstein, Bruce Barger
  • Publication number: 20020160224
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for cleaning and/or treating a surface, preferably surfaces such as ceramic, steel, plastic, glass and/or painted surfaces such as the exterior surface of a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2001
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bruce Barger, Thomas George Crowe, Robert Henry Rohrbaugh, Alan Scott Goldstein, Michael Ray McDonald, Helen Frances O'Connor, Morgan Thomas Leahy
  • Publication number: 20020144712
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for cleaning and/or treating a surface, preferably surfaces such as ceramic, steel, plastic, glass and/or painted surfaces such as the exterior surface of a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2001
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Inventors: Bruce Barger, Thomas Geroge Crowe, Robert Henry Rohrbaugh, Alan Scott Goldstein, Michael Ray McDonald, Helen Frances O'Connor, Morgan Thomas Leahy
  • Publication number: 20020108640
    Abstract: A process is described wherein a surface, for example the exterior surface of a vehicle, is contacted with a cleaning composition capable of rendering the surface treated hydrophilic and then rinsed with purified rinse water. Preferably the process also involves a pre-wetting step, wherein the surface is rinsed with water prior to being contacted with the cleaning composition, and/or an additional rinsing step, wherein the surface is rinsed with unpurified water prior to rinsing with the purified rinse water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2001
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bruce Barger, Alan Scott Goldstein, Henry Cheng Na
  • Patent number: 6255270
    Abstract: Mildly acidic liquid hard surface cleaning concentrated compositions comprise: a) from 0.5 to 40 parts of an amine oxide detergent; preferably 1 to 25 parts; b) from 1 to 30 parts of a quaternary disinfectant (quat); preferably 2 to 16 parts; c) an effective amount of an acidifying agent; preferably 0.05 part to 10 parts; and d) an effective amount of an electrolytic disinfecting booster; preferably 0.5 to 12 parts; wherein said compositions have a pH of from 3 to less than 7 and wherein when used the concentrated compositions are diluted with water at a ratio of concentrate to water of 1:1 to 1:600, preferably 1:30 to 1:260 by volume, to provide superior, no-rinse ready-to-use cleaning and disinfecting compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bruce Barger, Thomas James Wierenga
  • Patent number: 5990064
    Abstract: Hard surface cleaning compositions which cause little or no vinyl staining comprise from about 1% to about 60% of an amine oxide detergent surfactant having the formula R.sup.1 R.sup.2 R.sup.3 NO, wherein R.sup.1 has from about 8 to about 30 carbon atoms, and R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 each individually has from about 1 to about 18 carbon atoms; an aqueous carrier liquid; an amine; and no more than about 2% anionic surfactant. At least a portion of the amine is protonated, and the molar ratio of protonated amine to amine oxide is at least 0.1:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Thomas James Wierenga, Bruce Barger
  • Patent number: 5965514
    Abstract: Concentrated mildly acidic hard surface cleaning compositions having a superior combination of cleaning and disinfecting comprise, by weight of concentrated composition:from about 0.5 to about 40% amine oxide detergent;from about 0 to about 4% nitrogen-containing chelant; andfrom about 1 to about 30% quaternary disinfectant.When the concentrated composition is diluted to form a diluted composition having a concentration of amine oxide of 0.5%, at least 10% of the amine oxide detergent within the diluted composition is protonated; the diluted composition has a surface tension of about 27 dynes per cm.sup.2 or less and a pH of from about 3 to about 7. Diluted cleaning compositions prepared from the concentrated compositions comprise from about 40 ppm to about 12,500 ppm of an amine oxide detergent, and from about 50 ppm to about 1500 ppm of a quaternary disinfectant (quat), and have a surface tension of about 27 dynes per cm.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Thomas James Wierenga, Bruce Barger