Patents by Inventor Ross M. Skadsberg

Ross M. Skadsberg 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).

  • Binding agent for solidification matrix
    Patent number: 8247367
    Abstract: Material, composition, and manufacturing method alternatives for a solidification matrix that may be used, for example, in solid cleaning compositions, or other technologies. In at least some embodiments, the solidification matrix includes a binding agent that is formed by the use of MGDA, or a salt or derivative thereof, and water to produce a solid binding agent. In some embodiments, the MGDA and water combines and can solidify to act as a binder material or binding agent dispersed throughout a solid composition that may contain other functional ingredients that provide the desired properties and/or functionality to the solid composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Roger L. Stolte, Ross M. Skadsberg, Scott P. Lyon
  • BINDING AGENT FOR SOLIDIFICATION MATRIX
    Publication number: 20110160117
    Abstract: Material, composition, and manufacturing method alternatives for a solidification matrix that may be used, for example, in solid cleaning compositions, or other technologies. In at least some embodiments, the solidification matrix includes a binding agent that is formed by the use of MGDA, or a salt or derivative thereof, and water to produce a solid binding agent. In some embodiments, the MGDA and water combines and can solidify to act as a binder material or binding agent dispersed throughout a solid composition that may contain other functional ingredients that provide the desired properties and/or functionality to the solid composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: ECOLAB USA INC.
    Inventors: Roger L. Stolte, Ross M. Skadsberg, Scott P. Lyon
  • Binding agent for solidification matrix
    Patent number: 7923427
    Abstract: Material, composition, and manufacturing method alternatives for a solidification matrix that may be used, for example, in solid cleaning compositions, or other technologies. In at least some embodiments, the solidification matrix includes a binding agent that is formed by the use of MGDA, or a salt or derivative thereof, and water to produce a solid binding agent. In some embodiments, the MGDA and water combines and can solidify to act as a binder material or binding agent dispersed throughout a solid composition that may contain other functional ingredients that provide the desired properties and/or functionality to the solid composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Roger L. Stolte, Ross M. Skadsberg, Scott P. Lyon
  • Binding agent for solidification matrix
    Publication number: 20090318327
    Abstract: Material, composition, and manufacturing method alternatives for a solidification matrix that may be used, for example, in solid cleaning compositions, or other technologies. In at least some embodiments, the solidification matrix includes a binding agent that is formed by the use of MGDA, or a salt or derivative thereof, and water to produce a solid binding agent. In some embodiments, the MGDA and water combines and can solidify to act as a binder material or binding agent dispersed throughout a solid composition that may contain other functional ingredients that provide the desired properties and/or functionality to the solid composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: ECOLAB INC.
    Inventors: Roger L. Stolte, Ross M. Skadsberg, Scott P. Lyon
  • Method of forming a binding agent for solidification matrix
    Patent number: 7598218
    Abstract: Material, composition, and manufacturing method alternatives for a solidification matrix that may be used, for example, in solid cleaning compositions, or other technologies. In at least some embodiments, the solidification matrix includes a binding agent that is formed by the use of MGDA, or a salt or derivative thereof, and water to produce a solid binding agent. In some embodiments, the MGDA and water combines and can solidify to act as a binder material or binding agent dispersed throughout a solid composition that may contain other functional ingredients that provide the desired properties and/or functionality to the solid composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Ecolab Inc.
    Inventors: Roger L. Stolte, Ross M. Skadsberg, Scott P. Lyon
  • BINDING AGENT FOR SOLIDIFICATION MATRIX
    Publication number: 20090018049
    Abstract: Material, composition, and manufacturing method alternatives for a solidification matrix that may be used, for example, in solid cleaning compositions, or other technologies. In at least some embodiments, the solidification matrix includes a binding agent that is formed by the use of MGDA, or a salt or derivative thereof, and water to produce a solid binding agent. In some embodiments, the MGDA and water combines and can solidify to act as a binder material or binding agent dispersed throughout a solid composition that may contain other functional ingredients that provide the desired properties and/or functionality to the solid composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: ECOLAB INC.
    Inventors: Roger L. Stolte, Ross M. Skadsberg, Scott P. Lyon