Patents by Inventor Daniel Thomas

Daniel Thomas 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: 20230063888
    Abstract: A fabric conditioning composition includes a fabric softening agent, a highly-branched cyclic dextrin, and water. A method for laundering fabric includes applying a detergent composition to the fabric, rinsing the detergent composition from the fabric, and after rinsing the detergent composition from the fabric, applying a fabric conditioning composition to the fabric. The fabric conditioning composition includes a fabric softening agent, a highly-branched cyclic dextrin, and water. Furthermore, the method includes rinsing the fabric conditioning composition from the fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Henkel IP & Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Joseph D. Dahlmeyer, JR., David Anthony Reagan, Daniel Thomas Piorkowski
  • Publication number: 20230062984
    Abstract: A method of improving or stabilizing foaming of a hand dishwashing detergent composition when combined with water is achieved by providing one or more of polyethyleneimine ethoxylate and polyethylene glycol to a hand dishwashing detergent composition comprising an amine oxide. Hand dishwashing detergent compositions to reduce amine oxide content contain water, surfactant base, and foaming booster consisting of amine oxide, and one or more of polyethyleneimine ethoxylate and polyethylene glycol. A foaming booster consisting of polyethyleneimine ethoxylate and polyethylene glycol can eliminate use of amine oxides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Henkel IP & Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Michelle A. Piombino, Daniel Thomas Piorkowski
  • Publication number: 20230061947
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for implementing a behavioral responsive adaptive context engine for emotionally-responsive experiences are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Frank Caron, Peter O'Connell, Daniel Thomas Harrison, Arastun Efendiyev
  • Patent number: 11591553
    Abstract: A method for producing a washing agent portion unit having at least one receiving chamber surrounded by a water-soluble film, including the steps of: a) transporting a first water-soluble film in the direction of a dosing station; b) molding the first water-soluble film into the cavities of a deep-drawing die located below the water-soluble film, forming at least one cavity in the direction of travel of the film; c) filling the cavity by way of the dosing station with a first flowable washing agent preparation containing, based on its total weight, i) 20 to 80 wt. % surfactant; ii) 2 to 15 wt. % fatty acid; iii) 0.3 to 8 wt. % of the salt of a divalent cation; iv) 8 to 35 wt. % solvent; d) transporting the filled cavity in the direction of a sealing station; e) sealing the filled cavity with a second water-soluble film, and the washing agent portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Frank Meier, Peter Schmiedel, Daniel Thomas Piorkowski
  • Publication number: 20230053756
    Abstract: Low-pH compositions are provided for dissolvable solid unit dose formulations that can be used with a wand apparatus to clean a toilet surface. The formulations include surfactants, an organic acid and an organic acid buffering agent, and virgin soap pellets and/or a cellulose filler. Formulations having antibacterial efficacy include an anionic surfactant present at about 15% to about 30% by weight of the composition, an organic acid-buffer system in an amount sufficient to provide toilet water with a pH which is less than 4.6 when the composition is dissolved in toilet water, and virgin soap pellets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel Thomas Piorkowski, Christopher Michael Rodriguez, John Daniel Konikowski
  • Publication number: 20230053081
    Abstract: Unit dose detergent packs and detergent compositions are provided. A unit dose detergent pack includes a pouch made of a water-soluble film and a detergent composition encapsulated within the pouch. The detergent composition includes a surfactant component including (1) an alcohol ethoxy sulfate having a C8-C20 backbone ethoxylated with from about 1 to about 10 moles of ethylene oxide, (2) at least one non-ionic surfactant having an alkoxylated alcohol, and (3) at least one anionic surfactant having a linear alkylbenzene sulfonate wherein (1), (2), and (3) are present in a weight ratio of actives of about (0 to 0.5):(0.05 to 0.9):(0 to 0.75). The detergent composition also includes water and a rheology control agent. The rheology control agent is selected from ethylene glycol monohexyl ether, ethylene glycol monopropyl ether, an ethoxylated ester, polyethylene glycol 400, an alkoxylated amine, and combinations of two or more thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: Henkel IP & Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Janet Coope-Epstein, Daniel Thomas Piorkowski, Amanda Beatriz Mirande
  • Publication number: 20230050946
    Abstract: A compressed unit dose toilet cleaning tablet for use with a wand. The unit dose contains surfactant, organic acid, and an organic acid buffering agent and is compressed into a tablet or puck that dissolves in toilet water after cleaning. The tablet has a top surface, a bottom surface, a height extending from the top surface to the bottom surface, and a diameter. The top surface has an indentation adapted to receive and engage with a wand. A ratio of the height to the diameter of the tablet is between 0.2 and 0.3. A kit contains a plurality of the tablets and a wand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel Thomas Piorkowski, Christopher Michael Rodriguez, Glenn William Kaye, Daniel Peter Sterling
  • Publication number: 20230051570
    Abstract: Various systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for providing access to personalized user environments. A system provided allows a user of a first party (e.g., a bank employee) to toggle between a first party user environment and a second party user environment, the first party user environment being an environment only viewable by a user of the first party and the second party user environment rendered to user of the first party as viewable by a user of a second party (e.g., a client). The first party user environment can also receive data relating to activity of the second party user environment in order to take actions (e.g., provide recommendations) in response to said activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daniel Thomas Roberson, Guarav Ramesh Khanna, Trevor Aitchison Runberg
  • Publication number: 20230051262
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that may be implemented to manage screen sharing of local system windows from a local information handling system to other remote information handling systems by a screen sharing application. In one example, the disclosed systems and methods may be implemented to allow selected local system window/s to continue to remain visible to a local user on the local display screen of a local information handling system that is executing a screen sharing application, while at the same time blocking or otherwise preventing the selected local system window/s from being shared by the screen sharing application across a network with other remote information handling systems, e.g., that are participating with the local information handling system in a common web conference session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Jonathan Nathan Yanez, Daniel Thomas Daugherty, Ricardo Antonio Ruiz
  • Publication number: 20230046332
    Abstract: A dissolvable toilet cleaning solid tablet includes an anionic surfactant; virgin soap pellets; and borax, and desirably, a carbonate or bicarbonate salt; and an acid. The borax comprises about 0.5% to about 10% by weight of the composition, and the virgin soap pellets comprise about 12% to about 25% by weight of the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel Thomas Piorkowski, Christopher Michael Rodriguez, John Daniel Konikowski
  • Publication number: 20230049070
    Abstract: Formulations for dissolvable solid unit dose toilet cleaning compositions containing an anionic surfactant, a carbonate or bicarbonate salt, a water-soluble filler and an organic acid, wherein the ratio of anionic surfactant to filler is 1:6 to 5:1. The filler includes clay, a sugar or a salt. The solid unit dose can be a tablet or compressed solid that engages with a wand to clean a toilet. The solids dissolve and can be flushed after use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel Thomas Piorkowski, Dylan Robbins, Jonathan Domingues Afonso, Rodrigo Mena-Brito
  • Patent number: 11581206
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein comprise a sensor. In an embodiment, the sensor comprises a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite from the first surface. In an embodiment, the sensor further comprises a first electrode over the first surface of the substrate, and a second electrode over the first surface of the substrate and adjacent to the first electrode. In an embodiment, the sensor further comprises a barrier layer over the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Yaoling Pan, Patrick John Tae, Leonard Tedeschi, Jennifer Sun, Philip Allan Kraus, Xiaopu Li, Kallol Bera, Michael D. Willwerth, Albert Barrett Hicks, III, Lisa J. Enman, Mark Joseph Saly, Daniel Thomas McCormick
  • Publication number: 20230045021
    Abstract: Self-closing safety gate embodiments are disclosed herein. The self-closing safety gates include a hinge plate configured to rotate about a vertical support member and engage a hoop portion. In some embodiments, the hinge plate includes at least one support arm portion with a channel. In such embodiments, the channel can be configured to receive and frictionally engage a hoop arm of the hoop portion with a compressive fastener. In some embodiments, the self-closing safety gate can be damped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Peter Allen Letvin, Daniel Thomas Satrom, Chad Joseph Rose
  • Publication number: 20230042815
    Abstract: A powdered cleaning composition includes at least one acid chosen from citric acid, glycolic acid, and combinations thereof and present in an amount of from about 1 to about 30 wt % actives based on a total weight of the composition, at least one anionic surfactant present in an amount of from about 5 to about 50 wt % actives based on a total weight of the composition, and at least two fillers chosen from a salt, a sugar, and a clay and present in a total amount of from about 10 to about 80 wt % actives based on a total weight of the composition, wherein the composition comprises water in an amount of less than about 15 wt % based on a total weight of the composition, and wherein the composition has a dissolution percentage of at least about 12% after about 5 minutes in water at about 25° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel Thomas Piorkowski, Dylan Robbins
  • Publication number: 20230034253
    Abstract: A cleaning system includes a handling tool for a dissolvable cleaner block. The handling tool includes a wand and a retainer arrangement attached to the wand and moveable between a retaining position and a releasing position. The retainer arrangement is configured for removably attaching the wand to the dissolvable cleaner block when in the retaining position. The retainer arrangement is configured for releasing the dissolvable cleaner block when in the releasing position. The retainer arrangement includes at least one selectively moveable engagement member that removably engages the dissolvable cleaner block in the retaining position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Glenn William Kaye, Daniel Thomas Piorkowski, Christopher Michael Rodriguez, Luis Ramiro Gutierrez Montenegro, John Kevin Clay, Peter Brian Clarke, Rodrigo Mena-Brito, Jonathan Domingues Afonso
  • Patent number: 11566209
    Abstract: Disclosed is a unit dose laundry detergent product containing an in-vitro, delayed onset fluid gel detergent composition and a water soluble film pouch for enclosing the detergent composition. The composition includes a linear alkylbenzene sulfonate and/or an alcohol ethoxy sulfate having a C8-C20 backbone that is ethoxylated with from about 1 to about 10 moles of ethylene oxide, and a non-ionic surfactant comprising an alkoxylated alcohol, in an amount from 20 to 70 wt %, water in an amount from about 10 to about 30 wt %, free fatty acids in an amount from about 2 to 12 wt %, a magnesium cation in an amount of from 0.15 to 1 wt %, and colloidal particles such as an encapsulated fragrance. The composition is opacified and structured yet free of a structuring agent or an opacifying agent. Also disclosed is a method of making such product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Daniel Thomas Piorkowski, Frank Meier, Peter Schmiedel
  • Patent number: 11568361
    Abstract: This disclosure describes interactive data processing systems configured to facilitate selection by a human associate of tentative results generated by an automated system from sensor data. In one implementation, an event may take place in a materials handling facility. The event may comprise a pick or place of an item from an inventory location, movement of a user, and so forth. The sensor data associated with the event is processed by an automated system to determine tentative results associated with the event. In some situations, an uncertainty may exist as to which of the tentative results accurately reflects the actual event. The system may then determine whether the event is to be merged with one or more temporally and spatially proximate events and, if so, the sensor data and tentative results for the merged event is sent to a human associate. The associate may select one of the tentative results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Fei Xiong, Sabarishkumar Iyer, David Echevarria Ignacio, Sridhar Boyapati, Caylan Lee, Jacques Daniel Thomas, Waqas Syed Ahmed, Danny Guan
  • Patent number: 11560534
    Abstract: Liquid laundry detergent compositions including a Diallyldialkylammonium Chloride (DADMAC) Acrylamide co-polymer, and a surfactant system comprising at least one non-ionic surfactant (NI) and at least one linear alkylbenzene sulfonate anionic surfactant (LAS) where the composition has a turbidity of about 50 NTUs or less. The NI is at least about 30 percent by weight of the surfactant system and the LAS is less than about 40 percent by weight of the surfactant system. The surfactant system can also include alcohol ethoxysulfate (AES).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Inventor: Daniel Thomas Piorkowski
  • Publication number: 20230010205
    Abstract: A detector for reading out a state of a qubit includes a flux qubit and a flux bias generator. The flux qubit includes an inductor and SQUID loop, in which the flux qubit is arranged to exhibit first and second flux states. The flux bias generator generates a first flux bias through the inductor and a second flux bias through the SQUID loop, such that, in response to a first value of the first flux bias, the energies of the first and the second flux states are substantially identical and, in response to a second value of the first flux bias, the energies of the first and the second flux states are different. In response to a first value of the second flux bias, the flux qubit couples to the qubit and, in response to a second value of the second flux bias, decouples from the qubit and suppresses tunneling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventor: Daniel Thomas Sank
  • Publication number: 20230010006
    Abstract: A position and orientation determining system includes a first radio frequency (RF) device including at least one antenna configured to receive and transmit RF signals, a first radio unit in communication with the at least one antenna, and an inertial measurement unit (IMU).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel Thomas GOFF, Robert Barlow ALWOOD, William Todd FAULKNER, William Petersen LOUNSBURY