Patents by Inventor Thomas Wunder
Thomas Wunder 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: 20260262642Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition that contains (a) guanidine and/or a salt of guanidine, and (b) 1,2-benzisothiazoline-3-on, and optionally one or more zinc compounds and/or other biocidal active substances. The invention also relates to technical products that contain the composition according to the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2024Publication date: September 10, 2026Applicant: Thor GmbHInventors: Thomas Wunder, Roman Grabbe
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Publication number: 20260265538Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous industrial product selected from the group consisting of a paint, a plaster/render, a varnish, a stain, a polymer emulsion, a slurry and a pigment preparation, which contains (a) 0.03% to 1.4% by weight of guanidine and/or at least one salt of guanidine, the proportion by weight being based on the content of guanidine in the entire aqueous product, and which is characterized in that it has a pH in the range from pH 7.5 to 12.0. The invention further relates to a method for stabilizing an aqueous industrial product against microbial contamination, comprising the method steps of: (a) providing an aqueous industrial product, (b) mixing 0.03% to 1.4% by weight of at least one salt of guanidine with the aqueous industrial product, and (c) optionally adjusting the pH so that the stabilized aqueous industrial product has a pH in the range from pH 7.5 to 12.0. The present invention further relates to a method for producing an aqueous industrial product.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2024Publication date: September 10, 2026Applicant: Thor GmbHInventors: Thomas Wunder, Roman Grabbe
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Publication number: 20260263340Abstract: The invention relates to the use of guanidine and/or at least one salt of guanidine for stabilizing aqueous products, such as cosmetic products and washing and cleaning products, against microbial attack.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2024Publication date: September 10, 2026Applicant: Thor GmbHInventors: Thomas Wunder, Roman Grabbe
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Publication number: 20260262647Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition, containing (a) guanidine and/or a salt of the non-substituted guanidine, and (b) at least one further component, selected from the group consisting of 5-chloro-2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one, 2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one, 1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one, N-butyl-1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one, N-methyl-1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one, octylisothiazolinone, bronopol, dibromnitrilopropion amide, dibromodicyanobutane, iodpropinyl butylcarbamate, amino-methyl-propanol, amino-ethyl-propanediol, monoethanolamine, ethylhexylglycerine, hexylglycerine, 1,2-pentanediol, 1,2-hexanediol, 1,2-heptanediol, 1,2-octanediol, phenoxyethanol, phenethyl alcohol, phenylpropanol, benzyl alcohol, isopropanol, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, (1-hydroxy ethylidene)bis-phosphonic acid, sodium pyrithione, zinc pyrithione, o-phenylphenol, sorbic acid, benzoic acid, salicylic acid, lactic acid, citric acid and zinc.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2024Publication date: September 10, 2026Applicant: Thor GmbHInventors: Thomas Wunder, Roman Grabbe
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Patent number: 12285014Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous biocide composition, containing the following components: (a) 9 wt. % to 20 wt. % 1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one, (b) a dissolved alkalizing agent, containing 0.95 to 1.05 mol sodium and potassium hydroxide, each based on one mol of the 1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one present as component (a), and (c) more than 60 wt. % water. The biocide composition is characterized in that the composition: (i) has a pH value in the range of pH 9.5 to pH 11.9, and (ii) the molar fraction of sodium ions, based on the sodium and potassium ions present in the composition, is in the range of 15 to 45 mol %.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2019Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: Thor GmbHInventors: Rudiger Baum, Thomas Wunder, Hans-Jurgen Schmidt, Peter Erich Hahn
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Publication number: 20240407365Abstract: The invention relates to a method for reducing microbial infestation of an aqueous technical product, comprising the steps: (a) providing an aqueous technical product, for example a dye, having a pH in the range of 7.0-9.5 and containing: i. 25-100 ppm 5-chloro-2-methyl-4-isothiazolone (CMIT) and ii. 50-1000 ppm of one or more zinc compound(s), selected from the group consisting of zinc oxide, zinc carbonate, zinc hydroxide and zinc hydroxycarbonate; (b) breaking down some of the CMIT by adding at least one pyrithione compound selected from sodium pyrithione, potassium pyrithione and calcium pyrithione, in a total amount in the range of 25-500 ppm so that the concentration of the CMIT in the technical product is in the range of 5-15 ppm; and (c) storing the technical product over a period of up to 9 months.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2022Publication date: December 12, 2024Applicant: THOR GMBHInventors: Rüdiger Baum, Thomas Wunder, Roman Grabbe
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Publication number: 20210360923Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous biocide composition, containing the following components: (a) 9 wt. % to 20 wt. % 1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one, (b) a dissolved alkalizing agent, containing 0.95 to 1.05 mol sodium and potassium hydroxide, each based on one mol of the 1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one present as component (a), and (c) more than 60 wt. % water. The biocide composition is characterized in that the composition: (i) has a pH value in the range of pH 9.5 to pH 11.9, and (ii) the molar fraction of sodium ions, based on the sodium and potassium ions present in the composition, is in the range of 15 to 45 mol %.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2019Publication date: November 25, 2021Applicant: THOR GMBHInventors: Rudiger Baum, Thomas Wunder, Hans-Jurgen Schmidt, Peter Erich Hahn
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Patent number: 11116217Abstract: The invention relates to a biocidal composition containing 5-chlorine-2-methylisothiazolin-3-one and at least one other component selected from the group consisting of 1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one, 2-bromine-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol and zinc. The claimed biocidal composition is characterized in that it contains methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one in the region of between 0-2 wt. %, in relation to the total proportion of 5-chlorine-2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-ones. The invention also relates to the use of the claimed biocidal compositions for conserving technical products.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2017Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Thor GmbHInventors: Rüdiger Baum, Thomas Wunder, Hans-Jürgen Schmidt
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Patent number: 10633547Abstract: The invention relates to a method for reducing microbial attack of products in the context of which 5-chloro-2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one having a content of 2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one in the range from 0 to 2 wt % based on the total proportion of 5-chloro-2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one is employed and in a subsequent method Step at least largely decomposed. The method according to the invention is further characterized in that in a further method Step at least one further component for post-preservation of the products is employed.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2017Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Thor GmbHInventors: Rüdiger Baum, Peter Erich Hahn, Hans-Jürgen Schmidt, Thomas Wunder
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Publication number: 20200123396Abstract: The invention relates to preserved products which contain 1 to 100 ppm of 5-chloro-2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one with a content of 2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one in the range from 0 to 2 wt. % based on the total amount of 5-chloro-2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one, and to the use of 5-chloro-2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one with a content of 2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one in the range from 0 to 2 wt. % based on the total amount of 5-chloro-2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one, for the preservation of products.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2019Publication date: April 23, 2020Inventors: Peter Erich HAHN, Hans-Jürgen SCHMIDT, Rüdiger BAUM, Thomas WUNDER
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Publication number: 20200068891Abstract: The present invention relates to a biocidal composition, which contains 5-chloro-2-methylisothiazolin-3-one and at least one further component chosen from the group consisting of 3-iodo-2-propanyl butylcarbamate, octylisothiazolinone, n-butyl-benzisothiazolinone, phenetyl alcohol, methylparaben, ethylparaben, benzoic acid, sorbic acid, salicylic acid, dehydracetic acid, didecyldimethylammonium chloride, benzalkonium chloride, formaldehyde, glutaraldehyde, (1-hydroxyethylidene)bis-phosphonic acid, N,N-ethylenediamine disuccinate, and polyaspartic acid. The biocidal composition according to the invention is characterized in that it contains methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one in the range of between 0 and 2 wt. %, in relation to the total amount of 5-chloro-2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one. The invention further relates to the use of the biocidal compositions according to the invention for preserving technical products.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2018Publication date: March 5, 2020Applicant: THOR GMBHInventors: Rudiger Baum, Thomas Wunder, Hans-Jurgen Schmidt, Peter Erich Hahn
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Publication number: 20190110477Abstract: The invention relates to a biocidal composition containing 5-chlorine-2-methylisothiazolin-3-one and at least one other component selected from the group consisting of 1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one, 2-bromine-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol and zinc. The claimed biocidal composition is characterized in that it contains methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one in the region of between 0-2 wt. %, in relation to the total proportion of 5-chlorine-2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-ones. The invention also relates to the use of the claimed biocidal compositions for conserving technical products.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2017Publication date: April 18, 2019Applicant: Thor GmbHInventors: Rüdiger Baum, Thomas Wunder, Hans-Jürgen Schmidt
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Publication number: 20190071575Abstract: The invention relates to a method for reducing microbial attack of products in the context of which 5-chloro-2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one having a content of 2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one in the range from 0 to 2 wt % based on the total proportion of 5-chloro-2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one is employed and in a subsequent method Step at least largely decomposed. The method according to the invention is further characterized in that in a further method Step at least one further component for post-preservation of the products is employed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2017Publication date: March 7, 2019Applicant: Thor GmbHInventors: Rüdiger Baum, Peter Erich Hahn, Hans-Jürgen Schmidt, Thomas Wunder
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Patent number: 9909021Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a coating agent, such as a paint or a plaster, having a 5-chloro-2-methyl-4-isothiazolone content in the range from 0 to 1 ppm, using components which would introduce in total more than 1.5 ppm of 5-chloro-2-methyl-4-isothiazolone into the coating agent.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2014Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: THOR GMBHInventors: Rüdiger Baum, Peter Erich Hahn, Thomas Wunder
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Publication number: 20170233585Abstract: The invention relates to preserved products which contain 1 to 100 ppm of 5-chloro-2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one with a content of 2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one in the range from 0 to 2 wt. % based on the total amount of 5-chloro-2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one, and to the use of 5-chloro-2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one with a content of 2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one in the range from 0 to 2 wt. % based on the total amount of 5-chloro-2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one, for the preservation of products.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2015Publication date: August 17, 2017Applicant: THOR GMBHInventors: Peter Erich HAHN, Hans-Jürgen SCHMIDT, Rüdiger BAUM, Thomas WUNDER
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Publication number: 20160312046Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a coating agent, such as a paint or a plaster, having a 5-chloro-2-methyl-4-isothiazolone content in the range from 0 to 1 ppm, using components which would introduce in total more than 1.5 ppm of 5-chloro-2-methyl-4-isothiazolone into the coating agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2014Publication date: October 27, 2016Inventors: Rüdiger BAUM, Peter Erich HAHN, Thomas WUNDER
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Publication number: 20160106099Abstract: The present invention relates to a microbicidal composition in the form of a concentrate and to the use of the composition for the preservation of technical and domestic products, preferred for the preservation of detergents and paints.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2014Publication date: April 21, 2016Inventors: Roman GRABBE, Thomas WUNDER, Rüdiger BAUM, Hans-Jürgen SCHMIDT, Scott BETTS
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Publication number: 20130064899Abstract: The invention relates to a biocide composition which contains (A) silver, (B) one or more pyrithione(s) and (C) one or more 1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one derivative(s) as microbiocidal active components.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: THOR GMBHInventors: Hans-Jürgen Schmidt, Rüdiger Baum, Thomas Wunder
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Patent number: 8323674Abstract: A biocide composition, comprising 2-methylisothiazolin-3-one as a biocidal active ingredient and at least one further biocidal active ingredient, as an additive to materials capable of being attacked by harmful microorganisms, wherein the composition comprises a pyrithione as the further biocidal active ingredient.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2009Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Thor GmbHInventors: Dagmar Antoni-Zimmermann, Rudiger Baum, Hans-Jurgen Schmidt, Thomas Wunder
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Patent number: 8287631Abstract: The invention relates to compounds from the groups of (A) electrophiles, (B) nucleophiles, (C) alkylating agents, (D) antioxidants and (E) oxidizing agents as odor preventatives for reducing so-called ghost odor which is induced by 2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one and/or octyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one. The invention further relates to biocide compositions which comprise 2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one and/or octyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one and also one or more odor preventatives, and to the use of odor preventatives for preventing ghost odor.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2010Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: THOR GmbHInventors: Rudiger Baum, Hans-Jurgen Schmidt, Thomas Wunder, Christos Savides