Patents by Inventor Scott Backer
Scott Backer 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).
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Publication number: 20220403296Abstract: A method of washing glassware is provided including: providing automatic dishwashing apparatus; providing soiled glassware; placing soiled glassware in automatic dishwashing apparatus; providing wash water; providing rinse water; selecting anhydrous mixed powder or mixed granule comprising: 2.5-5 wt % of oxidized maltodextrin, wherein oxidized maltodextrin has Degree of Oxidation of 0.4-1.7; 10-25 wt % of amino acid based builder; 20-75 wt % of additional builder, wherein additional builder includes at least one of sodium citrate, sodium carbonate and sodium percarbonate; 2.5-7.5 wt % of bleach activator; 0.5-10 wt % of nonionic surfactant; 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Lin Wang, Robin P. Ziebarth, Matthew E. Belowich, Scott Backer, Paul Mercando, Yiyong He
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Patent number: 11441104Abstract: An aqueous cleaning formulation is provided including a water; an essential oil, wherein the essential oil is selected from the group consisting of lavender oil, rosemary oil, thyme oil and mixtures thereof; a derivative of castor oil having a formula selected from formula I and formula II; an ethoxylated phenol having formula III; and a cleaning surfactant.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignees: Dow Global Technologies, Rohm and HaasInventors: Daniel S. Miller, Andrea C. Keenan, Scott Backer, Edward D. Daugs, Christopher J. Tucker, Robert Butterick
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Patent number: 11441002Abstract: A free standing dispersant film is provided, including: a partially hydrolyzed polyvinyl acetate; a poly(ethylene oxide); a polyalkylene glycol; a plasticizer; a dispersant polymer; optionally, a poly(isobutylene-co-maleic anhydride) copolymer, wherein the poly(isobutylene-co-maleic anhydride) copolymer is at least partially neutralized; and optionally, an optional additive.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2018Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Randara Pulukkody, Scott Backer, Afua Sarpong Karikari, Michael C. Mitchell
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Publication number: 20220195344Abstract: An automatic dishwashing composition is provided including a builder; a phosphonate; a nonionic surfactant; and a dispersant polymer, comprising: (a) 50 to 95 wt %, based on weight of the dispersant polymer, of structural units of a monoethylenically unsaturated monocarboxylic acid monomer; and (b) 5 to 50 wt %, based on weight of the dispersant polymer, of structural units of a sulfate bearing ethylenically unsaturated monomer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2020Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: Scott Backer, Marianne Creamer, Paul Mercando, Eric Wasserman, Ashutosh Umarvadia, Muhunthan Sathiosatham, James Pawlow
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Patent number: 11292991Abstract: An automatic dishwashing composition is provided including a builder selected from the group consisting of carbonate, bicarbonate, citrate, silicate and mixtures thereof; a nonionic surfactant; and a dispersant polymer comprising: (a) 5 to 75 wt % of structural units of itaconic acid; (b) 10 to 85 wt % of structural units having formula I wherein each R3 is independently selected from a hydrogen and a —C(O)CH3 group; and (c) 10 to 65 wt % of structural units of (meth)acrylic acid; wherein the dispersant polymer has a lactone end group and wherein the dispersant polymer has a weight average molecular weight of 1,500 to 6,000.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2018Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Lin Wang, Anurima Singh, Scott Backer, Wei Gao, Steven G. Arturo, Ivan A. Konstantinov, Paul Mercando
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Patent number: 11230616Abstract: A composition contains ethylenically unsaturated quaternary ammonium cations with acetate counterions, where each of the ethylenically unsaturated ammonium cations contain only one non-aromatic carbon-carbon double bond and the composition contains less than one mole-percent chloride relative to quaternary ammonium cations can be polymerized to form a cationic polymer acetate.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2018Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignees: Rohm and Haas Company, Union Carbide CorporationInventors: Scott Backer, James Pawlow, Muhunthan Sathiosatham, Eric Wasserman
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Publication number: 20210363468Abstract: An automatic dishwashing composition is provided including a builder; a phosphonate; a nonionic surfactant; and a dispersant polymer comprising: 60 to 98 wt % of structural units of formula I wherein each R1 is independently selected from a hydrogen and a —CH3 group; and 2 to 40 wt % of structural units of formula II wherein each R2 is independently selected from a —C1-4 alkyl group and wherein each R3 is independently selected from a hydrogen and a methyl group.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2019Publication date: November 25, 2021Applicants: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas Company, Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Scott Backer, Paul Mercando, Ashutosh Umarvadia, Eric Wasserman, Severine Ferrieux
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Patent number: 11162054Abstract: An automatic dishwashing composition is provided including a builder; a phosphonate; a nonionic surfactant; and a dispersant polymer, comprising: 10 to 65 wt % of structural units of formula I wherein each R1 and R2 is independently selected from a hydrogen and a C1-3 alkyl group; 10 to 80 wt % of structural units of formula II wherein each R3 is independently selected from a hydrogen and a —C(O)CH3 group; and 10 to 65 wt % of structural units of formula III wherein each R4 is independently selected from a hydrogen and a —CH3 group; and wherein at least one of R1 and R2 is a C1-3 alkyl group in at least 1 mol % of the structural units of formula I in the dispersant polymer; wherein the dispersant polymer has a lactone end group and wherein the dispersant polymer has a weight average molecular weight of 1,500 to 6,000 Daltons.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Scott Backer, Randara Pulukkody, Severine Ferrieux
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Publication number: 20210324304Abstract: An automatic dishwashing composition is provided including a builder; a phosphonate; a nonionic surfactant; and a dispersant polymer, comprising: structural units of formula I wherein each R1 is independently selected from a hydrogen and a —C(O)CH3 group; and structural units of formula II wherein each R2 is independently selected from a hydrogen and a —CH3 group; and wherein the automatic dishwashing composition contains ?0.1 wt % of dispersant polymer having a lactone end group and wherein the dispersant polymer has a weight average molecular weight of 1,500 to 10,000 Daltons.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2019Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventors: Scott Backer, Marianne Creamer, Randara Pulukkody, Severine Ferrieux
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Publication number: 20210309945Abstract: A plastic cleaning method for cleaning a plastic article in an automatic dishwashing machine is provided, comprising: selecting an automatic dishwashing composition for cleaning plastic, wherein the automatic dishwashing composition, comprises: a builder; a phosphonate a nonionic surfactant; and a dispersant polymer comprising: (a) 60 to 98 wt % of structural units of formula I wherein each R1 is independently selected from a hydrogen and a —CH3 group; and (b) 2 to 40 wt % of structural units of formula II wherein each R2 is independently selected from an alkyl group with at least 4 carbon atoms and wherein each R3 is independently selected from a hydrogen and a methyl group.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2019Publication date: October 7, 2021Applicant: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Scott Backer, Paul Mercando
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Patent number: 11118142Abstract: A detergent formulation comprises 0.5 to 10 weight-percent mixed-charge polymer and one to 10 weight-percent nonionic surfactant, where weight-percent is relative to total detergent formulation weight, and wherein the mixed-charge polymer comprises quaternary ammonium groups and carboxylate groups extending as pendant side groups from the polymer backbone.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2018Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignees: Rohm and Haas Company, Union Carbide CorporationInventors: Scott Backer, Paul Mercando, Eric Wasserman
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Publication number: 20210238502Abstract: An anhydrous mixed powder or mixed granule is provided including 1 to 10 wt % of oxidized maltodextrin; 10 to 60 wt % of an amino acid based builder; 1 to 87.7 wt % of an additional builder selected from the group consisting of carbonate builders, citrate builders, silicate builders, amino acid derived builders and mixtures thereof; a bleach activator; a surfactant; 0.1 to 7 wt % of a phosphonate; enzyme; 0 to 75 wt % of a filler; and <1 wt % water.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2019Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventors: Lin Wang, Robin P. Ziebarth, Matthew E. Belowich, Scott Backer, Paul Mercando, Yiyong He
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Publication number: 20210207066Abstract: A method of cleaning a plastic article in an automatic dishwashing machine is provided, comprising: selecting an automatic dishwashing composition for cleaning plastic, wherein the automatic dishwashing composition, comprises: a builder; a phosphonate; a nonionic surfactant; and a dispersant polymer comprising: (a) 60 to <90 wt % of structural units of formula I wherein each R1 is independently selected from a hydrogen and a —CH3 group; and (b) >10 to 40 wt % of structural units of formula II wherein each R2 is independently selected from a —C2-3 alkyl group and wherein each R3 is independently selected from a hydrogen and a methyl group.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2019Publication date: July 8, 2021Inventors: Scott Backer, Paul Mercando
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Publication number: 20210198599Abstract: An automatic dishwashing composition is provided including a builder selected from the group consisting of carbonate, bicarbonate, citrate, silicate and mixtures thereof; a nonionic surfactant; and a dispersant polymer comprising: (a) 5 to 75 wt % of structural units of itaconic acid; (b) 10 to 85 wt % of structural units having formula I wherein each R3 is independently selected from a hydrogen and a —C(O)CH3 group; and (c) 10 to 65 wt % of structural units of (meth)acrylic acid; wherein the dispersant polymer has a lactone end group and wherein the dispersant polymer has a weight average molecular weight of 1,500 to 6,000.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2018Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Lin Wang, Anurima Singh, Scott Backer, Wei Gao, Steven G. Arturo, Ivan A. Konstantinov, Paul Mercando
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Publication number: 20210179973Abstract: An automatic dishwashing composition is provided including a builder; a phosphonate; a nonionic surfactant; and a dispersant polymer, comprising: 10 to 65 wt % of structural units of formula I wherein each R1 and R2 is independently selected from a hydrogen and a C1-3 alkyl group; 10 to 80 wt % of structural units of formula II wherein each R3 is independently selected from a hydrogen and a —C(O)CH3 group; and 10 to 65 wt % of structural units of formula III wherein each R4 is independently selected from a hydrogen and a —CH3 group; and wherein at least one of R1 and R2 is a C1-3 alkyl group in at least 1 mol % of the structural units of formula I in the dispersant polymer; wherein the dispersant polymer has a lactone end group and wherein the dispersant polymer has a weight average molecular weight of 1,500 to 6,000 Daltons.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2019Publication date: June 17, 2021Inventors: Scott Backer, Randara Pulukkody, Severine Ferrieux
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Patent number: 11015147Abstract: An automatic dishwashing composition is provided including a builder selected from the group consisting of carbonate, bicarbonate, citrate, silicate and mixtures thereof; a nonionic surfactant; and a dispersant polymer comprising: (a) 5 to 75 wt % of structural units of itaconic acid; (b) 10 to 85 wt % of structural units having formula I wherein each R3 is independently selected from a hydrogen and a —C(O)CH3 group; and (c) 10 to 65 wt % of structural units of (meth)acrylic acid; wherein the dispersant polymer has a lactone end group and wherein the dispersant polymer has a weight average molecular weight of 1,500 to 6,000.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2018Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Lin Wang, Anurima Singh, Scott Backer, Paul Mercando
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Publication number: 20210147596Abstract: A composition contains ethylenically unsaturated quaternary ammonium cations with acetate counterions, where each of the ethylenically unsaturated ammonium cations contain only one non-aromatic carbon-carbon double bond and the composition contains less than one mole-percent chloride relative to quaternary ammonium cations can be polymerized to form a cationic polymer acetate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2018Publication date: May 20, 2021Applicant: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology LLCInventors: Scott Backer, James Pawlow, Muhunthan Sathiosatham, Eric Wasserman
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Publication number: 20210102033Abstract: A free standing dispersant film is provided, including: a partially hydrolyzed polyvinyl acetate; a poly(ethylene oxide); a polyalkylene glycol; a plasticizer; a dispersant polymer; optionally, a poly(isobutylene-co-maleic anhydride) copolymer, wherein the poly(isobutylene-co-maleic anhydride) copolymer is at least partially neutralized; and optionally, an optional additive.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2018Publication date: April 8, 2021Inventors: Randara Pulukkody, Scott Backer, Afua Sarpong Karikari, Michael C. Mitchell
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Publication number: 20210009923Abstract: An aqueous cleaning formulation is provided including a water; an essential oil, wherein the essential oil is selected from the group consisting of lavender oil, rosemary oil, thyme oil and mixtures thereof; a derivative of castor oil having a formula selected from formula I and formula II; an ethoxylated phenol having formula III; and a cleaning surfactant.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2019Publication date: January 14, 2021Inventors: Daniel S. Miller, Andrea C. Keenan, Scott Backer, Edward D. Daugs, Christopher J. Tucker, Robert Butterick
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Patent number: 10865263Abstract: A method for solution polymerization. The method comprises polymerizing in a solvent a monomer mixture comprising: (a) 5 to 95 wt % of a C3-C5 ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid; and (b) 5 to 95 wt % of vinyl acetate; wherein the solvent comprises 51 to 88 wt % isopropanol and 12 to 49 wt % water.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2017Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignees: Rohm and Haas Company, Union Carbide CorporationInventors: Scott Backer, Randara Pulukkody, Mahesh R. Sawant, Eric P. Wasserman