Patents by Inventor Christian Umbreit

Christian Umbreit 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: 20230272307
    Abstract: Dishwashing detergents containing a metal complex of the general formula (I) (Aq+)p[Ms+Lm?](Xo?)r (I) and related methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Christian Kropf, Christian Umbreit
  • Patent number: 11434452
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of substituted bis-4H-pyranonyl compounds in which the 4H-pyranonyl units are combined with heteroalkyl groups, in detergents and cleaning agents, for improving detergent or cleaning performance with respect to bleachable stains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Christian Kropf, Sascha Schaefer, Christian Umbreit, Alexander Schulz, Michael Strotz, Thomas J. J. Mueller, Bernhard Mayer, Melanie Denissen
  • Patent number: 11118138
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a composition suitable for cleaning cooked-, baked- and burnt-on soils, which has improved efficacy on proteinaceous soils. Detergent compositions having metal complexes with certain salicylidene ligands solve this problem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Sascha Schaefer, Iris Dienwiebel, Christian Umbreit, Christian Kropf, Tatjana Parac-Vogt, Thomas Quanten
  • Publication number: 20210087496
    Abstract: A composition suitable for cleaning cooked-, baked- and burnt-on soils, which has improved efficacy on proteinaceous soils. Detergent compositions having metal complexes with certain di- or oligoamine derivatives as ligands solve this problem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Christian Kropf, Sascha Schaefer, Christian Umbreit, Kaspar Hegetschweiler
  • Patent number: 10876076
    Abstract: A method for use of substituted dihydroxyterephthalic acid amides in detergents and cleaning agents, for improving detergent or cleaning performance with respect to bleachable stains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Inventors: Christian Kropf, Rainer Jeschke, Sascha Schaefer, Christian Umbreit, Alexander Schulz, Michael Strotz
  • Publication number: 20200354653
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of substituted bis-4H-pyranonyl compounds in which the 4H-pyranonyl units are combined with heteroalkyl groups, in detergents and cleaning agents, for improving detergent or cleaning performance with respect to bleachable stains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Christian Kropf, Sascha Schaefer, Christian Umbreit, Alexander Schulz, Michael Strotz, Thomas J.J. Mueller, Bernhard Mayer, Melanie Denissen
  • Publication number: 20200216779
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a composition suitable for cleaning cooked-, baked- and burnt-on soils, which has improved efficacy on proteinaceous soils. Detergent compositions having metal complexes with certain salicylidene ligands solve this problem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Sascha Schaefer, Iris Dienwiebel, Christian Umbreit, Christian Kropf, Tatjana Parac-Vogt, Thomas Quanten
  • Publication number: 20190169544
    Abstract: A method for use of substituted dihydroxyterephthalic acid amides in detergents and cleaning agents, for improving detergent or cleaning performance with respect to bleachable stains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Christian Kropf, Rainer Jeschke, Sascha Schaefer, Christian Umbreit, Alexander Schulz, Michael Strotz
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20170349862
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to the use of inorganic oxides, hydroxides or oxyhydroxides in enzyme-containing detergents or cleaning agents in order to increase enzyme stability as well as to an enzyme-containing detergent or cleaning agent, in particular a liquid detergent or cleaning agent having greater enzyme stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Hendrik Hellmuth, Claudia Lindner, Timothy O'Connell, Christian Kropf, Christian Umbreit
  • Publication number: 20170240849
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of dihydroxyterephthalic acid derivatives in washing and cleaning agents for improving the washing or cleaning performance with respect to bleachable stains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Christian Kropf, Nadine Bluhm, Christian Umbreit, Hendrik Hellmuth, Michael Strotz, Kaspar Hegetschweiler
  • Patent number: 9714402
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of bis-pyranonylmethanes in detergents and cleaning agents to improve the washing or cleaning performance in regard to bleachable stains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Christian Kropf, Nicole Bode, Thomas Gerke, Christian Umbreit, Sylvia Aust
  • Publication number: 20160289603
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of bis-pyranonylmethanes in detergents and cleaning agents to improve the washing or cleaning performance in regard to bleachable stains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Christian Kropf, Nicole Bode, Thomas Gerke, Christian Umbreit, Sylvia Aust
  • 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
  • Patent number: 9428716
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of oligohydroxybenzoic acid derivatives in washing and cleaning agents in order to improve washing or cleaning performance with respect to bleachable stains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Christian Kropf, Mareile Job, Christian Umbreit, Siglinde Erpenbach
  • Publication number: 20140303395
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of oligohydroxybenzoic acid derivatives in washing and cleaning agents in order to improve washing or cleaning performance with respect to bleachable stains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Christian Kropf, Mareile Job, Christian Umbreit, Siglinde Erpenbach
  • Publication number: 20140303064
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of oligohydroxybenzoic acid amides in washing and cleaning agents in order to improve washing or cleaning performance with respect to bleachable stains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Christian Kropf, Mareile Job, Christian Umbreit, Siglinde Erpenbach
  • Publication number: 20120157369
    Abstract: The present invention comprises polymers having optionally substituted aromatic residues in the polymer backbone and/or side chains, useful for the removal and/or dispersion of hydrophilic soils from textiles. The present invention also comprises a method for the removal of hydrophilic soils from textiles comprising the step of contacting the soil with a polymer that comprises optionally substituted aromatic residues in the backbone and/or side chains. The present inventive polymers and method are particularly useful in the context of washing or pretreatment agents that effectively remove red wine, fruit, vegetable, food product, or beverage stains from textiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Christian Kropf, Andreas Buhl, Benoit Luneau, Christian Umbreit, André Hätzelt
  • Patent number: 7348029
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a surface-modified nanoscale zinc oxide, where the surface modification involves coating with an oligo- or polyethylene glycol acid. This surface-modified zinc oxide is characterized in that it forms stable dispersions in a liquid medium. In addition, the present invention relates to a process for the production of surface-modified zinc oxide, and also to a process for the production of nanoscale zinc oxide dispersions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
    Inventors: Rainer Kliss, Ralf Elsässer, Melita Heller, Christian Umbreit, Horst Hahn, Christian Kropf, Mete Berber, Victor Bulto Carulla
  • Publication number: 20050048010
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a surface-modified nanoscale zinc oxide, where the surface modification involves coating with an oligo- or polyethylene glycol acid. This surface-modified zinc oxide is characterized in that it forms stable dispersions in a liquid medium. In addition, the present invention relates to a process for the production of surface-modified zinc oxide, and also to a process for the production of nanoscale zinc oxide dispersions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2004
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventors: Rainer Kliss, Ralf Elsasser, Melita Heller, Christian Umbreit, Horst Hahn, Christian Kropf, Mete Berber, Victor Carulla