Patents by Inventor Kenneth E. Kellar

Kenneth E. Kellar 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).

  • Patent number: 8156896
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards a clump recognition animal litter that enables a user to visually identify and dispose of all used litter portions from unused litter, regardless of clump size and clump location within the litter. The clump recognition animal litter comprises a clumping component and a color-indicating material. The litter clumps and displays a color in response to wetness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Robert C. Wadams, Steven T. Adamy, Frederick Lawson, Patricia Pulido, Kenneth E. Kellar
  • Publication number: 20090255478
    Abstract: A clump recognition animal litter is disclosed that enables a user to visually identify and dispose of all used litter portions from unused litter portions regardless of clump size and clump location within the litter. The clump recognition animal litter comprises a clumping component and a color indicating material. A wetted litter clumps and displays a color in response to wetness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventors: Robert C. Wadams, Stevem T. Adamy, Frederick Lawson, Patricia Pulido, Kenneth E. Kellar
  • Patent number: 6828294
    Abstract: An aqueous composition suitable for use as a high-retention sanitizer, especially on irregular and/or non-horizontal surfaces and surfaces on which water does not readily spread, a method for sanitizing a surface using the composition, and kits comprising components of the composition. The composition contains an organic peracid, preferably peracetic acid, or other antimicrobial agent, and a retention aid. The retention aid preferably is provided as a concentrate for admixture with the antimicrobial agent at point of use and comprises a mixture of a non-ionic surfactant, an ionic surfactant, and optionally a water-soluble magnesium ion source; or a mixture of a biopolymer thickening agent and at least one surfactant, and optionally a water-soluble magnesium ion source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth E. Kellar, Joseph C. Richards, Crystal A. Nesbitt
  • Publication number: 20040171507
    Abstract: An aqueous composition suitable for use as a high-retention sanitizer, especially on irregular and/or non-horizontal surfaces and surfaces on which water does not readily spread, a method for sanitizing a surface using the composition, and kits comprising components of the composition. The composition contains an organic peracid, preferably peracetic acid, or other antimicrobial agent, and a retention aid. The retention aid preferably is provided as a concentrate for admixture with the antimicrobial agent at point of use and comprises a mixture of a non-ionic surfactant, an ionic surfactant, and optionally a water-soluble magnesium ion source; or a mixture of a biopolymer thickening agent and at least one surfactant, and optionally a water-soluble magnesium ion source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2004
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventors: Kenneth E. Kellar, Joseph C. Richards, Crystal A. Nesbitt
  • Publication number: 20030109405
    Abstract: An aqueous composition suitable for use as a high-retention sanitizer, especially on irregular and/or non-horizontal surfaces and surfaces on which water does not readily spread, a method for sanitizing a surface using the composition, and kits comprising components of the composition. The composition contains an organic peracid, preferably peracetic acid, or other antimicrobial agent, and a retention aid. The retention aid preferably is provided as a concentrate for admixture with the antimicrobial agent at point of use and comprises a mixture of a non-ionic surfactant, an ionic surfactant, and optionally a water-soluble magnesium ion source; or a mixture of a biopolymer thickening agent and at least one surfactant, and optionally a water-soluble magnesium ion source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2002
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Inventors: Kenneth E. Kellar, Joseph C. Richards, Crystal A. Nesbitt
  • Patent number: 5401492
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a magnetic resonance imaging composition for imaging of an organ rich in mitochondria comprising particles of a substantially insoluble manganese compound. In a preferred embodiment, the organ rich in mitochondria is the liver. In a further preferred embodiment, the particles are substantially nonmagnetic. In another preferred embodiment, the particles have a particle size of less than about 10 microns.In a still further preferred embodiment, the insoluble manganese compound is a manganese salt. The manganese compound is preferably selected from the group consisting of manganese phosphate, manganese carbonate and manganese 8-hydroxy quinolate.In another preferred embodiment, the composition of the present invention further comprises a surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1995
    Assignee: Sterling Winthrop, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth E. Kellar, Piotr H. Karpinski, Elaine Liversidge, Wolfgang H. H. Gunther, Gregory L. McIntire, Barbara Van Orman