Patents by Inventor Viola Hoerner

Viola Hoerner 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).

  • PIT emulsions, methods of softening paper using the same, and paper substrates treated therewith
    Patent number: 6623746
    Abstract: The use of phase inversion temperature emulsions containing a non-aqueous phase of (a) one or more C8-22 fatty acid alkyl esters, (b) one or more C8-22 fatty alcohols, (c) one or more C8-22 alcohol polyglycol ethers, and (d) one or more C8-22 fatty acid partial glycerides, and an aqueous phase; as softening formulations for substrates such as papers, nonwovens, tissues and cloths is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Cognis Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Armin Wadle, Holger Tesmann, Guido Baumoeller, Mark Leonard, Laurence Robbe-Tomine, Achim Ansmann, Rolf Wachter, Viola Hoerner, Ute Griesbach