Patents by Inventor Eduardo Torres

Eduardo Torres 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: 20180066215
    Abstract: This application relates to thiophene azo dyes for use as hueing agents, laundry care compositions comprising such thiophene azo dyes, processes for making such thiophene azo dyes, and laundry care compositions and methods of using the same. The thiophene azo dyes contain a formally charged moiety and are generally comprised of at least two components: at least one chromophore component and at least one polymeric component. Suitable chromophore components generally fluoresce blue, red, violet, or purple color when exposed to ultraviolet light, or they may absorb light to reflect these same shades. These thiophene azo dyes are advantageous in providing a hueing effect, for example, a whitening effect to fabrics, while not building up over time and causing undesirable blue discoloration to the treated fabrics. The thiophene azo dyes are also generally stable to bleaching agents used in laundry care compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Gregory Scot MIRACLE, Robert Linn MAHAFFEY, JR., Xiaoyong Michael HONG, Eduardo TORRES, Dominick Joseph VALENTI
  • Patent number: 9902923
    Abstract: The present application relates to novel whitening agents for cellulosic substrates. The whitening agents are comprised of at least two constituents: at least one chromophore constituent and at least one polymeric constituent. Suitable chromophore components generally fluoresce blue, red, violet, or purple color when exposed to light, or they may absorb light to reflect these same shades. The whitening agents are further characterized by the polymeric component comprising at least two repeating glycerol units. This disclosure also relates to laundry care compositions including but not limited to liquid and/or powder laundry detergent formulations and rinse added fabric softening (RAFS) compositions that comprise such whitening agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gregory Scot Miracle, Eduardo Torres
  • Patent number: 9886973
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes forming a structure having a first region including a ceramic material, a second region including a plurality of particles disposed in a ceramic matrix material, and a magnetic head assembly disposed in the first region. The method also includes directing a first ion beam at a side of the first and second regions of the structure, the first ion beam including an oxidizing species to oxidize one or more portions of the particles located near the side of the second region, where the one or more oxidized portions of the particles protrude from the side of the ceramic matrix material of the second region. The method further includes directing a second ion beam at the side of the first and second regions of the structure, the second ion beam including an inert species to recess the first and second regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhito Miyata, Cherngye Hwang, Takefumi Kubota, Mineaki Kodama, Dorcas Gazelle Lagasca Flavier, Mary Agnes G. Perez, Eduardo Torres Mireles, Marlon Estrella Tecson
  • Publication number: 20180005649
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes forming a structure having a first region including a ceramic material, a second region including a plurality of particles disposed in a ceramic matrix material, and a magnetic head assembly disposed in the first region. The method also includes directing a first ion beam at a side of the first and second regions of the structure, the first ion beam including an oxidizing species to oxidize one or more portions of the particles located near the side of the second region, where the one or more oxidized portions of the particles protrude from the side of the ceramic matrix material of the second region. The method further includes directing a second ion beam at the side of the first and second regions of the structure, the second ion beam including an inert species to recess the first and second regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuhito Miyata, Cherngye Hwang, Takefumi Kubota, Mineaki Kodama, Dorcas Gazelle Lagasca Flavier, Mary Agnes G. Perez, Eduardo Torres Mireles, Marlon Estrella Tecson
  • Patent number: 9856439
    Abstract: This application relates to thiophene azo dyes for use as hueing agents, laundry care compositions comprising such thiophene azo dyes, processes for making such thiophene azo dyes, and laundry care compositions and methods of using the same. The thiophene azo dyes contain a formally charged moiety and are generally comprised of at least two components: at least one chromophore component and at least one polymeric component. Suitable chromophore components generally fluoresce blue, red, violet, or purple color when exposed to ultraviolet light, or they may absorb light to reflect these same shades. These thiophene azo dyes are advantageous in providing a hueing effect, for example, a whitening effect to fabrics, while not building up over time and causing undesirable blue discoloration to the treated fabrics. The thiophene azo dyes are also generally stable to bleaching agents used in laundry care compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gregory Scot Miracle, Robert Linn Mahaffey, Jr., Xiaoyong Michael Hong, Eduardo Torres, Dominick Joseph Valenti
  • Patent number: 9834682
    Abstract: The present invention relates to laundry care compositions comprising carboxylate dyes. The laundry care compositions can be laundry detergent compositions, laundry additive compositions such as fabric enhancer compositions or bleach additive compositions. Preferably, the laundry care composition is a laundry detergent composition. The composition can be a solid, such as a powder, tablet or bar, or a liquid. The composition can be in the form of a unit dose, such as pouch. Suitable unit dose pouches include single compartment and multi-compartment pouches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Milliken & Company
    Inventors: Eduardo Torres, Sanjeev Kumar Dey, Gregory Scot Miracle
  • Publication number: 20170335065
    Abstract: A composition comprises a first siloxane compound comprising at least one cyclic siloxane moiety and a first salt, the first salt comprising a conjugate base of a volatile organic acid. A method for producing a cross-linked siloxane network comprises the steps of providing a first siloxane compound comprising at least one cyclic siloxane moiety, providing a first salt comprising a conjugate base of a volatile organic acid, combining the first siloxane compound and the first salt to produce a reaction mixture, heating the reaction mixture to a temperature sufficient for the first salt to open the ring of the cyclic siloxane moiety, and maintaining the reaction mixture at an elevated temperature so that at least a portion of the opened cyclic siloxane moieties react with each other to produce a cross-linked siloxane network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Sudhanshu Srivastava, Sasha Stankovich, Michael E. Wilson, Robbie W.J. Hanssen, Eduardo Torres, Cliferson Thivierge, Russell A. Stapleton, Eric B. Monroe
  • Publication number: 20170333443
    Abstract: The present invention provides chimeric compounds that modulate protein function, to restore protein homeostasis, including cytokine, aiolos, and/or ikaros activity, TNF-alpha activity, CK1-alpha activity and cell-cell adhesion. The invention provides methods of modulating protein-mediated diseases, such as cytokine-mediated diseases, disorders, conditions, or responses. Compositions, including in combination with other cytokine and inflammatory mediators, are provided. Methods of treatment, amelioration, or prevention of protein-mediated diseases, disorders, and conditions, such as cytokine-mediated diseases, disorders, and conditions, including inflammation, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, inflammatory bowel diseases, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, uveitis, inflammatory lung diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Alzheimer's disease, organ transplant rejection, and cancer, are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Kyle W.H. Chan, Leah Fung, Robert Sullivan, Paul E. Erdman, Frank Mercurio, Eduardo Torres
  • Patent number: 9796952
    Abstract: The present invention relates to thiazolium dyes, laundry care compositions comprising one or more thiazolium dyes, processes of making such dyes and laundry care compositions and methods of using same. The dyes, compositions and methods of the present invention are advantageous in providing improved hueing of fabric, including whitening of white fabric, while avoiding significant build up of bluing dyes on the fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark Robert Sivik, Eugene Steven Sadlowski, Muill Lim, Manuela Javet, Cecile Pasquier, Brian Joseph Loughnane, Michael David Cummings, Donna D'Angelo Morrall, Kevin Lee Kott, Keith Homer Baker, Eduardo Torres, Laurent D Keiken, Patrick D Moore, Dominick J Valenti, Robert L Mahaffey
  • Publication number: 20170296546
    Abstract: Provided herein are Aminopurine Compounds having the following structures: wherein R1, R2, and R3 are as defined herein, compositions comprising an effective amount of an Aminopurine Compound, and methods for treating or preventing a cancer, for example, melanoma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Matthew Alexander, Joshua Hansen, Dehua Huang, Robert Hubbard, Raj K. Raheja, Kimberly Schwarz, Marianne Sloss, Eduardo Torres, JingJing Zhao
  • Patent number: 9783505
    Abstract: Provided herein are diaminopyrimidyl Compounds having the following structures: wherein X, L, R1, and R2 are as defined herein, compositions comprising an effective amount of a Diaminopyrimidyl Compound, and methods for treating or preventing PKC-theta-mediated disorders, or a condition treatable or preventable by inhibition of a kinase, for example, PKC-theta.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Signal Pharmaceuticals, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Papa, Brian Edwin Cathers, Andrew Antony Calabrese, Brandon Wade Whitefield, Brydon Bennett, Daniel Cashion, Deborah Mortensen, Dehua Huang, Eduardo Torres, Jason Parnes, John Sapienza, Joshua Hansen, Katerina Leftheris, Matthew Correa, Maria Mercedes Delgado, Raj K. Raheja, Sogole Bahmanyar, Sayee Hegde, Stephen Norris, Veronique Plantevin-Krenitsky
  • Publication number: 20170283746
    Abstract: This invention relates to bis-azo colorants for use as bluing agents, laundry care compositions comprising bis-azo colorants that may serve as bluing agents, processes for making such bluing agents and laundry care compositions and methods of using the same. The bluing agents are generally comprised of at least two components: at least one chromophore component and at least one polymeric component. These bluing agents are advantageous in providing a whitening effect to fabrics, while not building up over time and causing undesirable blue discoloration to the treated fabrics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Gregory Scot MIRACLE, Daniel Dale DITULLIO, JR., Sanjeev Kumar DEY, Eduardo TORRES
  • Publication number: 20170260484
    Abstract: A cleaning composition comprises at least one surfactant and at least one colorant. The cleaning composition can have a pH of about 3 or less. The colorant exhibits one of several specified structures at a pH of about 7. A method for cleaning a surface utilizes the cleaning composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Yogesh Saraf, Eduardo Torres, Sanjeev K. Dey, Paul D. Halphen
  • Patent number: 9752104
    Abstract: This application relates to thiophene azo carboxylate dyes for use as hueing agents, laundry care compositions comprising such dyes that may serve as hueing agents, processes for making such dyes and laundry care compositions and methods of using the same. The aforementioned dyes contain a formally charged moiety and are generally comprised of at least two components: at least one chromophore component and at least one polymeric component. Suitable chromophore components generally fluoresce blue, red, violet, or purple color when exposed to ultraviolet light, or they may absorb light to reflect these same shades. Such dyes are advantageous in providing a hueing effect, for example, a whitening effect to fabrics, while not building up over time and causing undesirable blue discoloration to the treated fabrics. Such dyes are also generally stable to bleaching agents used in laundry care compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gregory Scot Miracle, Eduardo Torres, John David Bruhnke, Sanjeev Kumar Dey
  • Patent number: 9747929
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to a method for forming a HAMR head. The method includes depositing a drop-on-demand mask on a portion of a surface of a slider using a drop-on-demand tool. The surface of the slider includes at least a portion of an NFT. A first protective layer is deposited over a remaining portion of the surface of the slider and over the drop-on-demand mask. The drop-on-demand mask and a portion of the first protective layer disposed on the drop-on-demand mask are removed, exposing at least the portion of the NFT. A second protective layer is deposited on the first protective layer and at least the exposed portion of the NFT. By using the drop-on-demand tool to deposit the drop-on-demand mask, the alignment between the drop-on-demand mask and the portion of the NFT is less stringent, and the drop-on-demand mask can be easily removed using a wiping tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Eduardo Torres, Cherngye Hwang, Randy Simmons
  • Patent number: 9737541
    Abstract: Provided herein are Aminopurine Compounds having the following structures: wherein R1, R2, and R3 are as defined herein, compositions comprising an effective amount of an Aminopurine Compound, and methods for treating or preventing a cancer, for example, melanoma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Signal Pharmaceuticals, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Alexander, Sogole Bahmanyar, Joshua Hansen, Dehua Huang, Robert Hubbard, Brandon Jeffy, Jim Leisten, Mehran Moghaddam, Raj K. Raheja, Heather Raymon, Kimberly Schwarz, Marianne Sloss, Eduardo Torres, Tam Minh Tran, Shuichan Xu, JingJing Zhao, John Frederick Boylan
  • Publication number: 20170218202
    Abstract: This invention relates to bis-azo colorants for use as bluing agents, laundry care compositions comprising bis-azo colorants that may serve as bluing agents, processes for making such bluing agents and laundry care compositions and methods of using the same. The bluing agents are generally comprised of at least two components: at least one chromophore component and at least one polymeric component. These bluing agents are advantageous in providing a whitening effect to fabrics, while not building up over time and causing undesirable blue discoloration to the treated fabrics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Sanjeev K. Dey, Eduardo Torres, Gregory S. Miracle, Daniel D. Ditullio, JR.
  • Publication number: 20170218309
    Abstract: This invention relates to bis-azo colorants for use as bluing agents, laundry care compositions comprising bis-azo colorants that may serve as bluing agents, processes for making such bluing agents and laundry care compositions and methods of using the same. The bluing agents are generally comprised of at least two components: at least one chromophore component and at least one polymeric component. These bluing agents are advantageous in providing a whitening effect to fabrics, while not building up over time and causing undesirable blue discoloration to the treated fabrics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Gregory Scot MIRACLE, Daniel Dale DITULLIO, JR., Sanjeev Kumar DEY, Eduardo TORRES
  • Patent number: 9719056
    Abstract: This invention relates to bis-azo colorants for use as bluing agents, laundry care compositions comprising bis-azo colorants that may serve as bluing agents, processes for making such bluing agents and laundry care compositions and methods of using the same. The bluing agents are generally comprised of at least two components: at least one chromophore component and at least one polymeric component. These bluing agents are advantageous in providing a whitening effect to fabrics, while not building up over time and causing undesirable blue discoloration to the treated fabrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gregory Scot Miracle, Daniel Dale Ditullio, Jr., Sanjeev Kumar Dey, Eduardo Torres
  • Patent number: 9718775
    Abstract: Compounds that are derivatives of oxindole conform to the general structure of Formula (I) These compounds are believed to exhibit antioxidant properties. A composition comprises an organic material and a compound conforming to the structure of Formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Milliken & Company
    Inventors: Sanjeev K. Dey, Eduardo Torres, Suchitra Datta, Mary E. Mason, Philip G. Harris