Patents by Inventor Manfred Weuthen

Manfred Weuthen 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: 5494938
    Abstract: This invention relates to storage oil-in-water emulsions, hereinafter referred to as 0/w emulsions, containing alkyl glucosides and a partial glyceride with a monoglyceride content of 60-95% by weight and to emulsifier concentrates containing alkyl glucosides, a partial glyceride with a monoglyceride content of 60 to 95% by weight and a long-chain alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1996
    Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
    Inventors: Rolf Kawa, Achim Ansmann, Manfred Weuthen, Holger Tesmann, Thomas Foerster
  • Patent number: 5480979
    Abstract: Alkyl and/or alkenyl oligoglycosides can be obtained in short reaction times and high yields by a process in which glycose is reacted with fatty alcohols at elevated temperature in the presence of sulfomonocarboxylic acids containing 2 to 8 carbon atoms, carboxylic anhydrides thereof and/or mixed cyclic sulfonic/carboxylic anhydrides thereof as acidic catalysts, the water of reaction is removed and the reaction products are worked up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1996
    Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
    Inventors: Manfred Weuthen, Karlheinz Hill, Paul Schulz
  • Patent number: 5442046
    Abstract: This invention relates to alkyl and/or alkenyl oligoglycoside isethionates prepared by reacting salts of vinyl sulfonic acid at an elevated temperature and in the presence of basic compounds, with alkyl and/or alkenyl oligoglycosides of the formula (1): R.sup.1 O--(G).sub.p in which R.sup.1 is a straight-chain or branched-chain aliphatic hydrocarbon group with 6 to 22 carbon atoms and 0, 1,2 or 3 double bonds, G is a glycose unit with 5 or 6 carbon atoms, and p is a number between 1 and 10. The products exhibit marked surface-active characteristics and are useful as surfactants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1995
    Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
    Inventor: Manfred Weuthen