Patents by Inventor Christa Junkes

Christa Junkes 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).

  • Bleach activator having a cationic group and washing or cleaning agent containing same
    Patent number: 11767493
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds which form, under perhydrolysis conditions, certain cationic organic peracids, to the use of said compounds for activating peroxygen compounds in the context of bleaching stains when washing textiles and cleaning hard surfaces, and to washing and cleaning agents that contain said compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Sascha Schaefer, Svenja Neuhaus, Antje Gebert-Schwarzwaelder, Christa Junkes, Arne Jansen
  • Chitosan Derivatives As Soil Release Agents
    Publication number: 20220389351
    Abstract: The invention aims to improve the cleaning performance of washing agents when washing textiles. This was substantially achieved by the use of N-carboxy-sulfoalkylated or N-sulfoalkylated chitosan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Christian Kropf, Antje Gebert-Schwarzwaelder, Christa Junkes, Laura Falenski, Thomas Heinze, Lars Gabriel
  • BLEACH ACTIVATOR WITH A CATIONIC GROUP AND WASHING OR CLEANING AGENT CONTAINING SAID BLEACH ACTIVATOR
    Publication number: 20220282189
    Abstract: The oxidizing and bleaching effect of peroxygen compounds at low temperatures was to be improved. This was substantially achieved through the use of organic peroxoacids under perhydrolysis conditions with compounds which form cationic groups and in which a quaternary nitrogen atom is part of a heterocyclic 5-membered functional group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Sascha Schaefer, Svenja Neuhaus, Antje Gebert-Schwarzwaelder, Christa Junkes, Arne Jansen
  • BLEACH ACTIVATOR HAVING A CATIONIC GROUP AND WASHING OR CLEANING AGENT CONTAINING SAME
    Publication number: 20220275310
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds which form, under perhydrolysis conditions, certain cationic organic peracids, to the use of said compounds for activating peroxygen compounds in the context of bleaching stains when washing textiles and cleaning hard surfaces, and to washing and cleaning agents that contain said compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Sascha Schaefer, Svenja Neuhaus, Antje Gebert-Schwarzwaelder, Christa Junkes, Arne Jansen
  • POLYMERIC ACTIVE INGREDIENTS WHICH IMPROVE DETERGENCY
    Publication number: 20210207062
    Abstract: Described herein are methods of using amino-based alkoxylates for improving the cleaning power of laundry detergent compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Alejandra Garcia Marcos, Stephan Hueffer, Thomas Wesley Holcombe, Roland Ettl, Alexander Panchenko, Susanne Carina Engert, Stefanie Juntermanns, Frank Janssen, Michael Dreja, Nadine Bluhm, Christa Junkes
  • Xylose Carbamates As Soil Release Agents
    Publication number: 20210115358
    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: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Christian Kropf, Antje Gebert-Schwarzwaelder, Christa Junkes, Thomas Heinze, Lars Gabriel
  • 6-desoxy-6-amino-celluloses as soil release agents
    Patent number: 10577566
    Abstract: Compositions and methods to improve the cleaning performance of washing agents during laundering of textiles are disclosed. Compositions described use 6-desoxy-6-amino-celluloses. Methods for laundering textiles, in which a detergent and a soil release active ingredient are used in the form of a cellulose derivative as defined above, are also included. These methods can be performed manually or as appropriate with the aid of a conventional domestic washing machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Christian Kropf, Frank Janssen, Mareile Job, Christa Junkes, Anja von Kathen, Thomas Heinze, Kristin Ganske
  • Random copolymers as soil release agents in laundry processes
    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
  • 6-DESOXY-6-AMINO-CELLULOSES AS SOIL RELEASE AGENTS
    Publication number: 20180346846
    Abstract: Compositions and methods to improve the cleaning performance of washing agents during laundering of textiles are disclosed. Compositions described use 6-desoxy-6-amino-celluloses. Methods for laundering textiles, in which a detergent and a soil release active ingredient are used in the form of a cellulose derivative as defined above, are also included. These methods can be performed manually or as appropriate with the aid of a conventional domestic washing machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Christian Kropf, Frank Janssen, Mareile Job, Christa Junkes, Anja von Kathen, Thomas Heinze, Kristin Ganske
  • Polymeric Esters of Aromatic Dicarboxylic Acids as Soil Release Agents
    Publication number: 20180179474
    Abstract: The cleaning power of detergents when washing textiles was to be improved. This was accomplished mainly by using polyesters that are accessible from the dicarboxylic acid terephthalic acid and possibly isophthalic acid as well as ethylene glycol and polyethylene glycol having an average molar weights ranging from 2,000 g/mol to 8,000 g/mol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Frank Janssen, Christa Junkes, Stefanie Juntermanns, Sofia Mandikos, Michael Dreja, Ulrike Fischer, Udo Schoenkaes, Harald Kohnz
  • Copolymers containing siloxane groups as soil-releasing agents
    Patent number: 10005985
    Abstract: Agents including siloxane group-containing copolymers to improve the cleaning performance of detergents during the laundering of textiles. The disclosure relates to the use of specific soil-release polymeric active substances to intensify the cleaning performance of detergents in the laundering of textiles, to detergents containing such soil-release active substances, and to the use of such soil-release active substances for forming a protective layer on textile fabrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Benoit Luneau, Frank Janssen, Carolin Kruppa, Christian Umbreit, Christa Junkes, Stefanie Juntermanns, Sofia Mandikos
  • Block copolymers as soil release agents in laundry processes
    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
  • RANDOM COPOLYMERS AS SOIL RELEASE AGENTS IN LAUNDRY PROCESSES
    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
  • COPOLYMERS CONTAINING SILOXANE GROUPS AS SOIL-RELEASING AGENTS
    Publication number: 20160264913
    Abstract: Agents including siloxane group-containing copolymers to improve the cleaning performance of detergents during the laundering of textiles. The disclosure relates to the use of specific soil-release polymeric active substances to intensify the cleaning performance of detergents in the laundering of textiles, to detergents containing such soil-release active substances, and to the use of such soil-release active substances for forming a protective layer on textile fabrics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Benoit Luneau, Frank Janssen, Carolin Kruppa, Christian Umbreit, Christa Junkes, Stefanie Juntermanns, Sofia Mandikos
  • Use of acrylate copolymers as soil antiredeposition agents and soil release agents in laundry processes
    Patent number: 9371504
    Abstract: The present invention relates to acrylate copolymers as soil antiredeposition agents and soil release agents in laundry processes. Further aspects of the invention are a method for preventing soil redeposition and for easier releasing soil from textiles in laundry processes and detergent formulations containing said acrylate copolymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignees: BASF SE, HENKEL AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Menno Hazenkamp, Frank Oliver Heinrich Pirrung, Dario Perera, Paula Barreleiro, Christa Junkes, Wolfgang von Rybinski
  • Block Copolymers As Soil Release Agents In Laundry Processes
    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
  • USE OF COMB OR BLOCK COPOLYMERS AS SOIL ANTIREDEPOSITION AGENTS AND SOIL RELEASE AGENTS IN LAUNDRY PROCESSES
    Publication number: 20140298591
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of comb or block copolymers which have been prepared by controlled free radical polymerization as soil antiredeposition agents and soil release agents in laundry processes. Further aspects of the invention are a method for preventing soil redeposition and for easier releasing soil from textiles in laundry processes and detergent formulations containing said comb or block copolymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Menno Hazenkamp, Frank Oliver Heinrich Pirrung, Dario Perera, Paula Barreleiro, Christa Junkes, Wolfgang von Rybinski
  • USE OF ACRYLATE COPOLYMERS AS SOIL ANTIREDEPOSITION AGENTS AND SOIL RELEASE AGENTS IN LAUNDRY PROCESSES
    Publication number: 20140287974
    Abstract: The present invention relates to acrylate copolymers as soil antiredeposition agents and soil release agents in laundry processes. Further aspects of the invention are a method for preventing soil redeposition and for easier releasing soil from textiles in laundry processes and detergent formulations containing said acrylate copolymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicants: BASF SE, Henkel AG & Co. KGAA
    Inventors: Menno Hazenkamp, Frank Oliver Heinrich Pirrung, Dario Perera, Paula Barreleiro, Christa Junkes, Wolfgang von Rybinski