Patents by Inventor Mike J. Bartelme

Mike J. Bartelme 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).

  • Non-polymer thickening agent and cleaning composition
    Patent number: 7071155
    Abstract: A non-polymer thickening medium, and the inclusion of such a non-polymer thickening medium in a cleaning composition. In some embodiments, the non-polymer thickening medium includes a sparingly water soluble surfactant, and an organic solvent including an OH group, an ether group, or both an OH group and an ether group. At lease some of the two components of the thickening medium interact with each other thicken a composition to which they are added. In some embodiments, the thickening medium components are included within a cleaning composition which further includes a source of alkalinity, and a polar carrier. Some other embodiments relate to methods of making, and methods of using such thickening medium and cleaning compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Eoclab, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg G. Griese, Mike J. Bartelme, Victor Fuk-Pong Man, Ed D. Sowle
  • Non-polymer thickening agent and cleaning composition
    Publication number: 20040067866
    Abstract: A non-polymer thickening medium, and the inclusion of such a non-polymer thickening medium in a cleaning composition. In some embodiments, the non-polymer thickening medium includes a sparingly water soluble surfactant, and an organic solvent including an OH group, an ether group, or both an OH group and an ether group. At lease some of the two components of the thickening medium interact with each other thicken a composition to which they are added. In some embodiments, the thickening medium components are included within a cleaning composition which further includes a source of alkalinity, and a polar carrier. Some other embodiments relate to methods of making, and methods of using such thickening medium and cleaning compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2002
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Applicant: ECOLAB, INC.
    Inventors: Greg G. Griese, Mike J. Bartelme, Victor Fuk-Pong Man, Ed D. Sowle