Patents by Inventor Hans-Juergen Riebe

Hans-Juergen Riebe 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).

  • Detergent/cleaning agents with a gellan gum thickening system, methods for using the same and cleaning substrates containing the same
    Patent number: 7749332
    Abstract: Aqueous compositions comprising: (a) a surfactant; and (b) a thickening system comprising: (i) a gellan gum; and (ii) a thickener selected from the group consisting of polyacrylate thickeners, xanthan gums, guar flours, alginates, carrageenans, carboxy -methylcelluloses, bentonites, wellan gums, carob flours and mixtures thereof; wherein the surfactant comprises a fatty acid soap, and wherein the fatty acid soap is present in an amount of 2 to 20 % by weight based on the composition are disclosed, along with uses therefor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Henkel KGaA
    Inventors: Hermann Jonke, Hans-Jürgen Riebe, Piotr Malecki, Alexander Lambotte, Thomas Plantenberg
  • Washing, Cleaning and Care-Providing Agent
    Publication number: 20090170744
    Abstract: Washing, cleaning, and care-providing agents that comprise a light-active bleaching-agent system based on titanium dioxide. The titanium dioxide is by preference a titanium dioxide modified with carbon. The washing, cleaning, and care-providing agents exert a good cleaning effect in the context of textile treatment, the treatment of hard surfaces, cosmetic treatment of the human body, and the improvement of (indoor) air, and have a low impact on the treated substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Georg Meine, Hans-Juergen Riebe, Thomas Rechenbach
  • Mechanically stable, liquid formulation washing, rinsing or cleaning agent doses
    Publication number: 20040063598
    Abstract: The invention relates to a washing, rinsing or cleaning agent dose comprising a fully or partially water-soluble coating in the form of a capsule, a ball or a bag. Said coating completely surrounds a liquid-based formulation of at least one washing, rinsing or cleaning active ingredient having a crushing resistance of >1 N at 23° C. The invention also relates to a method for producing one such washing, rinsing or cleaning agent dose, in addition to a method for washing, rinsing or cleaning using said washing, rinsing or cleaning agent dose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Hans-Juergen Riebe, Rainer Geberzahn
  • Transition metal ammine complexes as activators for peroxide compounds
    Patent number: 6200946
    Abstract: A method of oxidizing, washing, cleaning, or disinfecting a soiled article is provided wherein a peroxygen compound is activated by an effective amount of a complex of the formula (I): [M (NH3)6−x(L)x]An  (I) wherein M is iron, copper, or ruthenium, x is a number of 0 to 5, L is a ligand, and A is a salt-forming anion. Also provided are compositions comprising 0.0025% to 0.25% by weight of the complex (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
    Inventors: Helmut Blum, Bernd Mayer, Hans-Juergen Riebe, Ulrich Pegelow
  • Derivative of aminosuccinic acid as a complexing agent
    Patent number: 5318726
    Abstract: 3-Hydroxy-2,2'-iminodisuccinic acid, water soluble salts thereof, a process for their preparation, and their use as biodegradable complexing agents in detergents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1994
    Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
    Inventors: Henry Rossmaier, Helmut Blum, Josef Steber, Hans-Juergen Riebe