Patents by Inventor Thorsten Bastigkeit
Thorsten Bastigkeit 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: 20140295522Abstract: The intention is to improve storage stability in a liquid washing or cleaning agent which contains a protease and amylase. This is achieved by using a protease which comprises an amino acid sequence which, over the entire length thereof, is at least 70% identical to the amino acid sequence stated in SEQ ID no. 1 and, in the numbering according to SEQ ID no. 1, has the amino acid substitution R99E or R99D in combination with at least two further amino acid substitutions which are selected from the group consisting of S3T, V4I and V199I.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Inventors: Nina Mussmann, Thomas Eiting, Thorsten Bastigkeit, Konstantin Benda, Hendrik Hellmuth
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Publication number: 20140228271Abstract: Rinse aids and dishwashing agents that contain anionic surfactant(s) having at least one sulfate group or sulfonate group, as well as nonionic surfactant(s), produce very good drying of the dishes cleaned in an automatic dishwashing method. The automatic dishwashing agents additionally contain polycarboxylic acid in combination with methyglycinediacetic acid or glutaminediacetic acid or ethylenediaminedisuccinic acid, or salts thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2014Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Thomas Eiting, Nina Mussmann, Thorsten Bastigkeit, Konstantin Benda, Claudia Ottow
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Patent number: 8754023Abstract: Liquid washing or cleaning agent preparations includes a) >5 wt. % of at least one active washing or cleaning enzyme; b) >5 wt. % of at least one organic solvent c) boric acid or a boric acid derivative d) a source of Ca or Mg ions and are characterized by a good phase and enzyme stability and good cleaning powers.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2011Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Arnd Kessler, Thorsten Bastigkeit, Christian Nitsch, Wolfgang Wick
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Publication number: 20140130831Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and device for dispensing a rinse aid preparation into the interior of a dishwasher comprising a sensor for detecting water, a sensor for detecting temperature, a control unit for processing the sensor data, wherein the control unit is configured to perform the method according to the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2014Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: HENKEL AG & CO. KGAAInventors: Konstantin Benda, Arnd Kessler, Salvatore Fileccia, Christian Nitsch, Thorsten Bastigkeit, Gerold Jans, Roland Schmalz
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Publication number: 20140106439Abstract: In a dishwashing liquid, the cleaning performance, in particular on bleachable stains such as, for example, tea stains, is to be improved. This succeeds using a dishwashing liquid which comprises a hydrogen peroxide source, a bleaching catalyst and a protease that, in native electrophoresis on a polyacrylamide gel, has a migration distance that is longer than the migration distance of the protease as per SEQ ID NO. 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: HENKEL AG & CO., KGAAInventors: Nina Mussmann, Thomas Eiting, Thorsten Bastigkeit, Konstantin Benda, Hendrik Hellmuth, Thomas Weber
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Publication number: 20140084024Abstract: The invention relates to a dispensing system (1) for delivering at least one cleaning-agent preparation (A, B, C) into the interior of an automatic dishwasher, encompassing a dispenser (2) having a light source (4), and a cartridge (3) couplable to the dispenser (2), in which cartridge at least one flowable preparation (A, B, C) is stocked; the cartridge (3) has a width (b) to depth (t) ratio from 3:1 to 20:1 and the cartridge (3) has a height (h) to depth (t) ratio from 3:1 to 20:1, and the walls of the cartridge (3) have, at least locally, a transmittance from 75% to 99% in the wavelength region between 700 nm and 1 mm; the flowable preparation (A, B, C) has a transmittance from 75% to 99% in the wavelength region between 700 nm and 1 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2013Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Konstantin Benda, Thorsten Bastigkeit, Arnd Kessler, Salvatore Fileccia, Christian Nitsch
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Patent number: 8603962Abstract: Methods of treating fabric in a dryer and the fabric treatment devices used to provide the fabric treatment composition to the fabric are disclosed. More particularly, methods of treating fabric in a dryer that provides treatment of fabric, including fragrance delivery onto the fabrics, during a multiple of treatment device uses, which may be useful in laundry drying applications and may also provide effective fragrance delivery to the laundered and dried fabrics are provided herein.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2008Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: The Dial CorporationInventors: Thorsten Bastigkeit, Jessica Lawshe, Joan Bergstrom
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Patent number: 8551930Abstract: The present invention is a phosphate-free automatic dishwashing agent containing a builder, said agent comprising: a) a copolymer A comprising i) at least one mono- or polyunsaturated carboxylic acid monomer, ii) at least one mono- or polyunsaturated sulfonic acid monomer, and iii) at least one additional nonionic monomer; and b) an acrylic acid homopolymer B, wherein the weight ratio of copolymer A to homopolymer B is between 10:1 and 1:3. The present agent is characterized by excellent residue inhibition, good cleaning, and clear rinsing performance in automatic dishwashing.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2012Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Dorota Sendor-Muller, Johannes Zipfel, Arnd Kessler, Volker Blank, Thorsten Bastigkeit, Christian Nitsch, Thomas Eiting
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Publication number: 20130137621Abstract: A cartridge, in particular for use in water-conveying household appliances, encompassing an enzyme-containing preparation that contains at least one enzyme protein and has a specific heat capacity cp at 20° C. of less than 3.8 J/(g*K), preferably less than 3.0 J/(g*K), and is stocked in a cartridge or cartridge chamber having an internal volume of between 20 and 500 ml and an average wall thickness of between 0.1 and 2 mm, and the cartridge material has a specific heat capacity cp at 20° C. of between 1 and 2 J/(g*K), preferably between 1.15 and 1.9 J/(g*K), particularly preferably between 1.5 and 1.8 J/(g*K).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2012Publication date: May 30, 2013Applicant: Henkel AG & Co., KGaAInventors: Arnd Kessler, Thorsten Bastigkeit, Christian Nitsch, Salvatore Fileccia, Erik Brueckner
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Publication number: 20130061889Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling a dispensing system positionable in the interior of an automatic dishwasher, encompassing a cartridge filled with at least one preparation, a dispenser that is couplable to the cartridge, the dispenser encompassing at least a temperature sensor and a conductivity sensor, such that the temperature sensor and/or the conductivity sensor can be arranged in and/or on and/or outside the dispenser; and a delivery means for releasing a preparation from the cartridge into the interior of the automatic dishwasher.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Inventors: Thorsten Bastigkeit, Salvatore Fileccia, Arnd Kessler, Christian Nitsch, Heinz-Dieter Eichholz, Brigitte Kempen, Thomas Holderbaum, Gerold Jans, Roland Schmalz, Konstantin Benda
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Patent number: 8349785Abstract: Cleaning agent combinations comprising a cleaning agent preparation B further comprising: (b1) at least one non-ionic surfactant; and (b2) at least one active cleaning enzyme; and a rinsing composition C further comprising: (c1) at least one non-ionic surfactant, are by virtue of their thermal stability particularly suitable for automatic dosing in automatic dishwashing. The cleaning agent combinations of the present invention also have the characterizing feature of markedly improved cleaning performance in comparison to conventional methods.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2011Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Arnd Kessler, Christian Nitsch, Thorsten Bastigkeit, Johannes Zipfel
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Patent number: 8328951Abstract: Liquid detergent or cleaning agent preparations include a) at least 5 wt % of at least one enzyme preparation active in washing or cleaning; and b) at least 0.5 wt % cumenesulfonate, wherein the liquid detergent or cleaning agent preparations are characterized by a good phase stability and enzyme stability and good cleaning performance.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2011Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Thorsten Bastigkeit, Arnd Kessler, Christian Nitsch, Johannes Zipfel, Dorota Sendor-Muller
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Patent number: 8323419Abstract: The present invention is a method for controlling a dispenser reversibly positioned in a dishwasher. The dispenser or dishwasher is configured with light transmission and receiving units. Light pulses are transmitted into the interior of the dishwasher and received by the receiving unit. The time difference (tI2?tI1) between the pulses is determined and that time difference is used to encode an information item or a portion of an information item. Such information items include a control signal, a measured value, an operating state of the automatic dishwasher and/or of the dispensing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2012Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Thorsten Bastigkeit, Salvatore Fileccia, Arnd Kessler, Christian Nitsch, Heinz-Dieter Eichholz, Gerold Jans, Roland Schmalz
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Publication number: 20120264672Abstract: An automatic dishwashing method using a bleaching-agent-free cleaning-agent presentation form comprising a plurality liquid cleaning agent preparations being dispensed into the interior of an automatic dishwasher, in the course of the cleaning method, from a cartridge located preferably in the interior of the cleaning machine, wherein a sub-quantity of each of the cleaning-agent preparation located in the cartridge is dispensed into the interior of the cleaning machine, a residual quantity of each of the cleaning-agent preparations located in the cartridge remaining in the cartridge until the end of the cleaning method, and said residual quantity corresponding to at least twice the quantity of the sub-quantity dispensed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2012Publication date: October 18, 2012Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Thorsten Bastigkeit, Johannes Zipfel, Arnd Kessler, Thomas Eiting, Christian Nitsch, Dorota Sendor-Müller, Konstantin Benda
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Publication number: 20120238005Abstract: Phosphonate-containing liquid washing or cleaning agent exhibiting advantageous proteolytic activity and improved storage stability comprising a protease having an amino acid sequence which is at least 80% identical to the amino acid sequence stated in SEQ ID NO. 1 and which comprises in position 99 in the numbering according to SEQ ID NO. 1 the amino acid glutamic acid (E) or aspartic acid (D) or the amino acid asparagine (N) or glutamine (Q) or the amino acid alanine (A) or glycine (G) or serine (S).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2012Publication date: September 20, 2012Inventors: SUSANNE WIELAND, Petra Siegert, Astrid Spitz, Karl-Heinz Maurer, Timothy O'Connell, Inken Prueser, Marc-Steffen Schiedel, Thomas Eiting, Dorota Sendor-Mueller, Thorsten Bastigkeit, Konstantin Benda, Sven Mueller
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Publication number: 20120222712Abstract: The present invention is a method for controlling a dispenser reversibly positioned in a dishwasher. The dispenser or dishwasher is configured with light transmission and receiving units. Light pulses are transmitted into the interior of the dishwasher and received by the receiving unit. The time difference (tI2?tI1) between the pulses is determined and that time difference is used to encode an information item or a portion of an information item. Such information items include a control signal, a measured value, an operating state of the automatic dishwasher and/or of the dispensing apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2012Publication date: September 6, 2012Inventors: Thorsten Bastigkeit, Salvatore Fileccia, Arnd Kessler, Christian Nitsch, Heinz-Dieter Eichholz, Gerold Jans, Roland Schmalz
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Publication number: 20120214723Abstract: An automatic dishwashing method or automatic textile washing method uses a cleaning-agent including: a) a liquid cleaning-agent preparation A including at least one bleach activator as well as at least one builder; and b) a liquid cleaning-agent preparation D including at least one oxygen bleaching agent. The cleaning-agent preparations A and D are dispensed into the interior of the machine from a cartridge located in the interior of the machine. Sub-quantities a and d of the cleaning-agent preparations A and D are respectively dispensed into the interior of the machine, residual quantity of the cleaning-agent preparations A and D remaining in the cartridge until the end of the washing method, the residual quantities corresponding to at least twice the sub-quantities a and d, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2012Publication date: August 23, 2012Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Thorsten Bastigkeit, Dorota Sendor-Müller, Johannes Zipfel, Arnd Kessler, Thomas Eiting, Christian Nitsch, Sven Müller, Konstantin Benda
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Publication number: 20120208734Abstract: The invention relates to dishwasher detergents, comprising a packaging means and two liquid washing or cleaning agents A and B, which are present in said packaging means separate from each other and which have the following composition: A: ?10 to 55 wt. % builder(s); ?0.1 to 15 wt. % enzyme(s); ?0.001 to 30 wt. % bleach activator; ?20 to 70 wt. % water; and B: ?50 to 99.9 wt. % water; ?0.1 to 50 wt. % oxygen bleaching agent, ?<20 wt. % further ingredients, characterized in that the liquid cleaning agents A and B have a pH value (20° C.) of less than 9. The dishwasher detergents are characterized by good cleaning power when dishes are washed in the dishwasher.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2012Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Thomas Eiting, Dorota Sendor-Müller, Johannes Zipfel, Arnd Kessler, Thorsten Bastigkeit, Christian Nitsch, Seven Müller, Konstantin Benda
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Publication number: 20120204355Abstract: A dishwashing or textile washing method for dispensing a cleaning-agent into a dishwasher or textile washer comprises: (1) providing a cleaning-agent presentation form comprising (a) a preparation B comprising at least one bleach activator; and (b) a preparation D comprising at least one bleaching agent, in a multi-chambered cartridge; (2) dispensing sub-quantity b of B such that the quantity of B remaining is at least two times the sub-quantity b dispensed; and (3) dispensing a sub-quantity d of D such that the quantity of D remaining is at least two times the sub-quantity d dispensed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2012Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Thorsten Bastigkeit, Dorota Sendor-Müller, Johannes Zipfel, Arnd Kessler, Thomas Eiting, Christian Nitsch, Sven Müller, Konstantin Benda
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Publication number: 20120204356Abstract: An automatic dishwashing or automatic textile washing method includes the step of dispensing a cleaning-agent presentation form into the interior of an automatic dishwasher or textile washing machine from a cartridge located in the interior of the automatic dishwasher or textile washing machine. The cleaning-agent presentation form includes a liquid cleaning-agent preparation A having a pH (10% solution in H2O; 20° C.) above 8.0, comprising at least one builder as well as at least one oxygen bleaching agent, and a liquid cleaning-agent preparation B comprising at least one bleach activator. Sub-quantities a and b of the cleaning-agent preparations A and B are respectively dispensed so that a residual quantity of the cleaning-agent preparations A and B remain in the cartridge until the end of the dishwashing method or textile washing method, and the residual quantities corresponds to at least twice the quantity of sub-quantities a and b.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2012Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Thorsten Bastigkeit, Dorota Sendor-Müller, Johannes Zipfel, Arnd Kessler, Thomas Eiting, Christian Nitsch, Sven Müller, Konstantin Benda