Patents by Inventor Timothy O'Connell

Timothy O'Connell 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).

  • Publication number: 20190248633
    Abstract: A telescoping stabilization strut system generally comprising a fixturing pin system with accidental or inadvertent operation protection for providing stability and support between a bearing surface such as a ground surface and a load such as a vehicle, an aircraft, a machine, or a structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: RESCUE 42, INC.
    Inventors: Timothy O'Connell, Brian Fredenberg
  • Patent number: 10329517
    Abstract: The invention relates to liquid washing agents having a pH value of <6.5, preferably in the range of 2 to 5, containing, based on the total weight of the liquid washing agent, (i) 5 to 30% by weight, preferably 10 to 30% by weight, in particular 15 to 25% by weight of at least one hydroxycarboxylic acid having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, (ii) 15 to 55% by weight, preferably 20 to 55% by weight, in particular 35 to 50% by weight of at least one non-ionic surfactant, (iii) 0 to 20% by weight of water, and (iv) at least one ?-amylase having a pH optimum of pH <7. Said liquid washing agents have an increased cleaning power, in particular on stains on the basis of components and residues from deodorants but also of grates, berries, tea and red wine residues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Georg Meine, Timothy O'Connell
  • Publication number: 20190153357
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to amylases which have an amino acid sequence that, over its entire length, shares at least about 70% sequence identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO. 1, and to the production and use thereof. Said type of amylases have a good cleaning performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Daniela Herbst, Nina Mussmann, Timothy O'Connell, Claudia Lindner, Anna Krueger, Neele Meyer-Heydecke, Garabed Antranikian, Anke Peters
  • Publication number: 20190144792
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to proteases comprising an amino acid sequence which has at least about 70% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence given in SEQ ID No. 1 over its entire length, and which has an amino acid substitution on at least one of the positions corresponding to the positions 12, 43, 122, 127, 154, 156, 160, 211 or 222, relating in each case to the numbering according to SEQ ID No. 1. The present disclosure also relates to the production and use thereof. Said type of proteases have a very good cleaning performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Daniela Herbst, Timothy O'Connell, Nina Mussmann, Inga Kerstin Vockenroth, Thomas Weber
  • Publication number: 20190136156
    Abstract: The invention relates to alpha-amylases which comprise an amino acid sequence that, over its entire length, shares at least 70% sequence identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO. 1, and to the production and use thereof. Said type of alpha-amylases have a good cleaning performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Nina Mussmann, Timothy O'Connell, Daniela Herbst, Ralf G. Berger, Diana Linke, Florian Doering
  • Publication number: 20190127719
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to proteases comprising an amino acid sequence which has at least about 70% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence indicated in SEQ ID NO. 1, over the entire length thereof, and in which the amino acids in the positions corresponding to positions 24, 33, 53, 78, 101, 128 and 217 according to SEQ ID NO. 1 are substituted at 24G, 33T, 53G, 78N, 101N, 128A and 217Q, and to the production and use thereof. Said type of proteases have a very good cleaning performance compared to reference proteases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Daniela Herbst, Timothy O'Connell, Nina Mussmann, Brian Laufs, Ayhan Aydemir, Renee Charlott Eichstaedt, Inken Prueser
  • Publication number: 20190112552
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to proteases having an amino acid sequence with at least 70% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence given in SEQ ID No. 1, across its whole length, and comprising an amino acid substitution on at least one of the positions P9, Q10, Q62, L82, P86, N130, T141, N187, S236 or T253, relating in each case to the numbering according to SEQ ID No. 1. The present disclosure also relates to the production and use thereof. Said type of proteases have a very good cleaning performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Nina Mussmann, Timothy O'Connell, Daniela Herbst, Inken Prueser, Christian Degering, Sabine Griemert, Thorsten Eggert, Christian Leggewie
  • Publication number: 20190078039
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a method for degrading malodors preferably with regard to the treatment of hard and/or soft surfaces, and more particularly relates to the degradation of malodors in the context of a textile treatment method using bacterial spores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Michael Kandzia, Timothy O'Connell, Mirko Weide
  • Publication number: 20190078040
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a method for degrading malodors using bacterial spores with regard to the treatment of hard and/or soft surfaces, and more particularly relates to the degradation of malodors in the context of a textile treatment method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Michael Kandzia, Timothy O'Connell, Mirko Weide
  • Publication number: 20190024020
    Abstract: A cleaning agent, preferably a dishwasher detergent, preferably a hand dishwashing detergent, having at least one protease and at least one amylase as defined herein. The invention also relates to the use of the type of cleaning agent for cleaning solid surfaces and to a method for cleaning hard surfaces using the described cleaning agent. The invention further relates to the use of a specific enzyme combination as defined herein for improving the cleaning action of a cleaning agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Detlef Buisker, Marianne Schmeling, Johannes Zipfel, Timothy O'Connell
  • Publication number: 20180355288
    Abstract: The invention relates to lipases comprising an amino acid sequence having a sequence that is at least about 70% identical to the amino acid sequence specified in SEQ ID NO:1 over the entire length and an amino acid substitution of at least one of the positions K142, I149, S195, K204, N218, E287, P292, Q294, I302, P308, Q309, E335 or S364, corresponding to the numbering in accordance with SEQ ID NO:1. Such lipases have very good stability, particularly temperature stability, while providing good cleaning performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Daniela Herbst, Timothy O'Connell, Nina Mussmann, Ulrich Schwaneberg, Ronny Martinez-Moya, Christian Lehmann, Volkan Besirioglu, Ljubica Vojcic
  • Publication number: 20180340138
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to washing and cleaning agents comprising at least one protease and at least one organic compound of the formula (I) which acts as protease inhibitor, and is thus a suitable enzyme stabilizer, as well as the use of these compounds as enzyme stabilizers in washing and cleaning agents comprising protease. The corresponding washing and cleaning methods and the use of the agents describe here are also a component of the present disclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Andre Haetzelt, Timothy O'Connell
  • Patent number: 10093888
    Abstract: The aim is to improve detergency, in particular on custard stains, in an essentially solid dishwashing detergent. This is accomplished with an essentially solid dishwashing detergent which comprises a protease which comprises an amino acid sequence which is at least 80% identical to the amino acid sequence given in SEQ ID NO. 1 and which has the amino acid glutamic acid (E) or aspartic acid (D) at position 99 in the count according to SEQ ID NO. 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Thomas Eiting, Nina Mussmann, Konstantin Benda, Thorsten Bastigkeit, Timothy O'Connell
  • Publication number: 20180273881
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to detergent compositions comprising polypeptides having xanthan degrading activity. The disclosure also relates to methods for producing said detergent compositions and to the use of said detergent compositions in cleaning applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Timothy O'Connell, Susanne Tondera, Nina Mussmann, Daniela Herbst, Dorotea R.S. Raventos, Lars Anderson, Lorena Palmén, Liv Christiansen, Peter Hallin, Leigh Murphy, Mette Louise Dissing Overgaard, Rune Nygaard Monrad
  • Patent number: 10072236
    Abstract: The present invention relates to detergent compositions comprising protease variants and methods for obtaining such detergent compositions. The present invention also relates to the use of such detergent compositions, especially in laundry or in hard surface cleaning applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Timothy O'Connell, Susanne Tondera, Hendrik Hellmuth, Thomas Weber, Frank Winther Rasmussen, Rolf Thomas Lenhard, Miguel Duarte Guilherme Pereira Toscano, Esben Friis, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Juergen Carsten Franz Knoetzel, Mikael Bauer
  • Publication number: 20180171315
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides having xanthan degrading activity, and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Dorotea Raventos Segura, Lars Anderson, Lorena Gonzalez Palmen, Liv Spaangner Christiansen, Peter Fischer Hallin, Leigh Murphy, Mette Louise Dissing Overgaard, Rune Nygaard Monrad, Timothy O'Connell, Susanne Tondera, Nina Mussman, Daniela Herbst
  • Publication number: 20180163160
    Abstract: The object is to improve the storage stability of a liquid washing or cleaning agent comprising a protease and lipase with regard to lipolytic activity. This is achieved through the use of a protease comprising an amino acid sequence that is at least 80% identical to the amino acid sequence set out in SEQ ID NO. 1 and that has 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) at position 99 in the sequence corresponding to SEQ ID NO. 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Susanne Wieland, Karl-Heinz Maurer, Timothy O'Connell
  • Publication number: 20180155659
    Abstract: According to the invention, storage stability in terms of cellulolytic activity is to be improved in a liquid washing or cleaning agent which comprises a protease and cellulase. This is achieved by the use of a protease which comprises an amino acid sequence which is at least 80% identical to the amino acid sequence specified in SEQ ID NO. 1 and which has 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) at position 99 in the count according to SEQ ID NO. 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Susanne Wieland, Karl-Heinz Maurer, Timothy O'Connell, Hendrik Hellmuth
  • Publication number: 20180148670
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a detergent composition, such as laundry detergent compositions and dish wash compositions, including automatic dish wash compositions comprising subtilase variants. The present disclosure also relates to the use of said detergent compositions in a cleaning process such as laundry or hard surface cleaning. The present disclosure further relates to a method for removing a stain from a surface, which comprises contacting the surface with the detergent composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Timothy O'Connell, Susanne Tondera, Hendrik Hellmuth, Thomas Weber, Miguel Duarte Guilherme Pereira Toscano, Vibeke Skovgaard Nielsen, Mikael Bauer
  • Publication number: 20180127684
    Abstract: According to the invention, storage stability in terms of amylolytic activity is to be improved in a liquid washing or cleaning agent which comprises a protease and amylase. This is achieved by the use of a protease which comprises an amino acid sequence which is at least 80% identical to the amino acid sequence specified in SEQ ID NO. 1 and which has 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) at position 99 in the count according to SEQ ID NO. 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Susanne Wieland, Karl-Heinz Maurer, Timothy O'Connell, Hendrik Hellmuth