Patents by Inventor Tobias Maurer

Tobias Maurer 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).

  • Patent number: 8518214
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for softening paper. An inventive composition and method of its use softens paper products (like tissue paper) by de-bonding its cellulose fibers and by improving the smoothness of the resulting paper. The invention forms a surfactant-polymer complex that attaches de-bonding non-ionic surfactants to cellulose fibers that would otherwise not be retained by the cellulose fibers. This complex prevents the fibers from bonding with each other and makes the paper product smoother. Best of all, the composition is environmentally superior and is a non-toxic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Nalco Company
    Inventors: Gary S. Furman, Jr., Gillian Frette, Frank Koenig, Tobias Maurer
  • Publication number: 20130020042
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for softening paper. An inventive composition and method of its use softens paper products (like tissue paper) by de-bonding its cellulose fibers and by improving the smoothness of the resulting paper. The invention forms a surfactant-polymer complex that attaches de-bonding non-ionic surfactants to cellulose fibers that would otherwise not be retained by the cellulose fibers. This complex prevents the fibers from bonding with each other and makes the paper product smoother. Best of all, the composition is environmentally superior and is a non-toxic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Inventors: Gary S. Furman, JR., Gillian Frette, Frank Koenig, Tobias Maurer
  • Publication number: 20120308494
    Abstract: Linear polydimethylsiloxane-polyether copolymers with amino and/or quaternary ammonium groups, obtainable by the reaction of organopolysiloxanes functionalized with secondary aminoalkyl groups with the reaction products formed from compounds containing epoxy groups and amines, the use thereof and process for preparation thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Frank Schubert, Wilfried Knott, Michael Ferenz, Klaus-Dieter Klein, Tobias Maurer, Ralph Scheurmann, Bernhard William Kluesener, Rajan Keshav Panandiker
  • Publication number: 20120168664
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel branched polysiloxanes having quaternary ammonium groups of the general formula (I) as a softening agent for textile sheet materials and fibers, and to a method for the production and use thereof Ma MQb MRc Dd DQe DRf Tg Qh Formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: EVONIK GOLDSCHMIDT GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Maurer, Michael Ferenz
  • Patent number: 8158572
    Abstract: Household care compositions having a linear polydimethylsiloxane-polyether copolymers with amino and/or quaternary ammonium groups, obtainable by the reaction of organopolysiloxanes functionalized with secondary aminoalkyl groups with the reaction products formed from compounds containing epoxy groups and amines, the use thereof and process for preparation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Frank Schubert, Wilfried Knott, Michael Ferenz, Klaus-Dieter Klein, Tobias Maurer, Ralph Scheuermann, Bernard William Kluesener, Rajan Keshav Panadiker
  • Publication number: 20110190190
    Abstract: Household care compositions having a linear polydimethylsiloxane-polyether copolymers with amino and/or quaternary ammonium groups, obtainable by the reaction of organopolysiloxanes functionalized with secondary aminoalkyl groups with the reaction products formed from compounds containing epoxy groups and amines, the use thereof and process for preparation thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventors: Frank Schubert, Wilfried Knott, Michael Ferenz, Klaus-Dieter Klein, Tobias Maurer, Ralph Scheuermann, Bernard William Kluesener, Rajan Keshav Panadiker
  • Patent number: 7838603
    Abstract: The invention describes novel silicone-containing graft copolymers and processes for their preparation. In particular, it relates to silicone-containing graft copolymers P, which are obtained by grafting olefinic monomers M onto polyether-containing radicals of polyoxyalkylene-polysiloxane block copolymers S with (AB)n structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Evonik Goldschmidt GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Schwab, Philippe Favresse, Tobias Maurer, Matthias Pascaly
  • Patent number: 7834122
    Abstract: Polysiloxanes of formula (I) [M? Dn]3 T ??(I), where M?=QSiY2O1/2 D=SiY2O2/2 T=SiZO3/2 are useful as softeners for wovens, nonwovens and/or fibers composed of natural and/or synthetic raw materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Goldschmidt GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Ferenz, Sascha Herrwerth, Tobias Maurer
  • Publication number: 20080221276
    Abstract: The invention describes novel silicone-containing graft copolymers and processes for their preparation. In particular, it relates to silicone-containing graft copolymers P, which are obtained by grafting olefinic monomers M onto polyether-containing radicals of polyoxyalkylene-polysiloxane block copolymers S with (AB)n structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: Goldschmidt GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Schwab, Philippe Favresse, Tobias Maurer, Matthias Pascaly
  • Publication number: 20080027202
    Abstract: Polysiloxanes of formula (I) [M? Dn]3 T ??(I), where M?=QSiY2O1/2 D=SiY2O2/2 T=SiZO3/2 are useful as softeners for wovens, nonwovens and/or fibers composed of natural and/or synthetic raw materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicant: Goldschmidt GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Ferenz, Sascha Herrwerth, Tobias Maurer