Borates Patents (Class 424/660)
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Publication number: 20100307101Abstract: Insecticide-modified bead material composed of expandable polystyrene (EPS) coated with (A) one or more insecticides (B) one or more glycerol esters (C) if desired, one or more binders, and (D) if desired, further additives.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2008Publication date: December 9, 2010Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Michael Ishaque, Olaf Kriha, Carsten Schips, Norbert Güntherberg, Daniela Longo, Klaus Hahn, Bernhard Schmied, Clark D. Klein, Keith A. Holmes
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Patent number: 7816343Abstract: A wood preservative composition comprising a mixture of a fungicide which is a combination of a boric acid ester, which is soluble in an organic solvent and has a sterically hindered di-alcohol or tri-alcohol group, such as trihexylene glycol biborate, an organo-iodine compound, a triazole, and a synthetic pyrethroid insecticide, said fungicide and the insecticide being present in a sufficient amount that wood treated with the wood treatment material contains fungicide and insecticide in an amount of about 1 ppm to 5000 ppm, based on the weight of the wood after treatment.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2007Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Assignee: HWD Acquisition, Inc.Inventor: Mark C. Hoffman
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Publication number: 20100226900Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for preventing and treating osteochondrosis and lameness by administration of supplemental boron containing compounds to animals and humans. The supplemental boron containing compounds are provided in animal feed compositions or as supplements for animal feed. Also provided by this invention are animal feed compositions that are supplemented with boron containing compounds and which have reduced phosphorus content. The invention also provides a method for decreasing the amount of phosphorus excreted by an animal, a method of increasing the efficiency of absorption of phosphorus by an animal, a method of reducing environmental phosphorus pollution by administering supplemental boron to the animal. The invention also provides a method of reducing pre-weaning mortality in an animal by feeding pregnant, nursing or lactating animals by administering supplemental boron containing compounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2006Publication date: September 9, 2010Applicant: U.S. Borax Inc.Inventor: Edgar W. Johnson
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Publication number: 20100215643Abstract: Devices are provided which are functionalized to include surface regions having anti-infective agents. Methods are provided for functionalizing various material surfaces to include active surface regions for binding anti-infective agents. Methods are provided by which anti-infective moieties or agents are bonded to functionalized surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2010Publication date: August 26, 2010Applicant: ORTHOBOND CORP.Inventors: Randell Clevenger, Jeffrey Schwartz
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Publication number: 20100209539Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising at least one flavonoid for the treatment or amelioration of a disease or disorder of the eye and/or the adnexa of the eye in an animal subject, including a human being. More particularly, this invention relates to a composition for the treatment of conjunctivitis, keratoconjunctivitis sicca, and blepharitis. The invention furthermore relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one flavonoid, such as for example a topical formulation. The source of the flavonoids may be, but are not restricted to, flavonoids extracted from citrus plants. The compositions may furthermore optionally be used in combination with an eyecleaner or eyewash, which may comprise at least one flavonoid.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2007Publication date: August 19, 2010Applicant: OCUMEDIC APSInventor: Jan Renneberg
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Publication number: 20100196506Abstract: The present invention relates to a stable pyrithione salt polyol dispersion containing a pyrithione salt(s) in particulate form, a polyol and a stabilizer such as a rheological additive. The dispersion can be incorporated into existing polyurethane formulations without additional formula adjustment. Polyurethane foams produced from the composition containing pyrithione salt polyol dispersion of the present invention have more open cell structures, than those produced with a typical commercially available pyrithione salt thus providing a soft comfortable feeling.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2009Publication date: August 5, 2010Inventors: Indulis Gruzins, Kiran B. Chandalia, Brian L. Cooper, Thomas E. Robitaille, Mauricio da Silva Franzim
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Patent number: 7709027Abstract: The invention relates to an anti-inflammatory, wound-healing glass powder, whereby the glass of the glass powder comprises the following components: 20-80 wt. % SiO2, 0-40 wt. % Na2O, 0-40 wt. % K2O, 0-40 wt. % Li2O, 0-40 wt. % CaO, 0-40 wt. % MgO, 0-40 wt. % Al2O3, 0-1 wt. % P2O5, 0-40 wt. % B2O3 and 0-10 wt. % ZnO.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2002Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Assignee: Schott AGInventors: Jörg Hinrich Fechner, José Zimmer
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Patent number: 7666254Abstract: A wood preservation composition comprising an unexpectedly efficacious combination of a boron compound and bifenthrin is disclosed. A method of preserving wood, as well as the preserved wood, are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2007Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Assignee: Osmose, Inc.Inventors: Francisco Javier Romero Amaya, Jun Zhang
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Patent number: 7597902Abstract: The present invention relates to materials and methods for protecting man-made structures made with non-wood materials from termite damage through the application of borates to the surface of non-wood materials. In an embodiment the invention regards a method for preventing termite tunneling and tubing on non-wood and/or non-cellulosic materials by treating non-wood building components comprising the steps of applying a composition to the surfaces of a non-wood building component, wherein the composition comprises a borate component. In another embodiment the invention regards a method for preventing termite damage to man-made structures comprising the steps of mixing borates with a solvent to form a borate solution, obtaining a non-wood building component, coating the non-wood building component with the borate solution, and incorporating the coated non-wood building component into a man-made structure.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2004Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignee: Nisus CorporationInventors: Jeffrey Douglas Lloyd, Ronald Thomas Schwalb
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Publication number: 20090214500Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for preventing and treating osteochondrosis by administration of supplemental boron containing compounds to animals and humans. The supplemental boron containing compounds are provided in animal feed compositions or as supplements for animal feed. Also provided by this invention are animal feed compositions that are supplemented with boron containing compounds and which have reduced phosphorus content. The invention also provides a method for treating or preventing osteochondrosis in animals or humans by the administration of supplemental boron containing compounds. The invention also provides a method for decreasing the amount of phosphorus excreted by an animal, a method of increasing the efficiency of absorption of phosphorus by an animal, a method of reducing environmental phosphorus pollution by administering supplemental boron to the animal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2006Publication date: August 27, 2009Applicant: U.S. Borax Inc.Inventors: Edgar W. Johnson, Larry M. Jayroe
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Patent number: 7547354Abstract: Compositions and methods are provided for treating wood products to provide leach-resistant protection against fungal decay, termites and other wood destroying organisms. The preservative compositions provided include ammonia-stabilized solutions of zinc and boron, preferably in a molar ratio of Zn:B of between about 0.4:1 and 5:1, and are essentially copper free. The preservative may be applied by vacuum and/or pressure treatment or dip treatment under atmospheric pressure.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2005Date of Patent: June 16, 2009Assignees: PQ Corporation, U.S. Borax Inc.Inventors: Yatao Hu, Neil T. Miller, David M. Schubert
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Publication number: 20090053509Abstract: Preservative composition for lignocellulosic-based composites providing rapid and long-lasting protection against insect and fungal attack, in both low and high moisture environments, through the use of a combination of higher solubility and lower solubility borates. Pesticidal amounts of a lower solubility borate and a higher solubility borate are combined before or during their incorporation into a lignocellulosic-based composite. Useful low solubility borates include copper borate, zinc borate and barium metaborate. Useful high solubility borates include boric acid, boric oxide, ammonium borate and alkali metal borates such as sodium borate. Some alkaline earth metal borates, including calcium borates, calcium magnesium borates, magnesium borates and calcium sodium borates, are of intermediate solubility and may be used effectively as either a low soluble or high soluble borate depending on the combination used.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2008Publication date: February 26, 2009Applicant: U.S. Borax Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey D. Lloyd, Mark J. Manning, Frederick M. Ascherl
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Publication number: 20080274207Abstract: This invention relates to solutions for packaging ophthalmic devices comprising at least one antimicrobial metal salt which prevent the loss of said antimicrobial metal salt during autoclaving and storage.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2008Publication date: November 6, 2008Inventors: Alvarez-Carrigan Nayiby, Brown-Skrobot Susan, Ann-Marie Wong Meyers, Neely Frank, Pall Brian, Rathore Osman
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Publication number: 20080233210Abstract: Polymeric materials containing at least one continuous phase man-made polymer and at least one biodegradable component are protected against microbial attack through the use a combination of a boron-containing compound and an organic biocide. Methods and compositions for preparing treated polymeric materials are provided. A shaped article comprising a continuous phase man-made thermoplastic resin polymer, a biodegradable component, a boron-containing compound and an organic biocide is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2006Publication date: September 25, 2008Applicant: U.S. BORAX INC.Inventors: Mark J. Manning, Marek J. Gnatowski
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Publication number: 20080220088Abstract: The invention discloses the use of a liquid composition, capable of promoting the growth of tissue cells at the site of a wound, a process that promotes regeneration of tissue and wound healing. More particularly, the present invention relates to the use of a liquid composition comprising a component (a) selected from the salts consisting of cations An+ and anions derived from halogen oxides according to the general formula [OmX]?, a component (b) selected from the group of oxygen donors, and a component (d) selected from the group of liquid binders for the treatment of open wounds and burns.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2005Publication date: September 11, 2008Applicant: NGEN PHARMACEUTICALS N.V.Inventors: Changoer Lekhram, Willem Frederik Van Den Bosch, Hendrik Jan Cornelis Meijerink
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Publication number: 20080113037Abstract: Embodiments relate generally to topical compositions useful for treating or preventing a variety of cosmetic conditions and dermatological disorders, where the composition comprises an oxidative pharmaceutical drug and an antioxidant polyhydroxy acid or polyhydroxy lactone. The polyhydroxy acid or polyhydroxy lactone improves the cutaneous effects of the drug. The embodiments further relate to the treatment of a variety of cosmetic conditions and dermatological disorders comprising administering to a subject an effective amount of the composition and to methods of making the compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2007Publication date: May 15, 2008Inventors: Barbara A. Green, David J. Milora
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Patent number: 7267714Abstract: Preservative compositions for wood products are described. The compositions include at least one boron-containing material, such as but not limited to boric anhydride, and at least one silane-containing material, such as but not limited to methyltrichlorosilane. Optionally, at least one solvent, such as tetrahydrofuran, pentane, or water, may also be employed in the compositions. The compositions impart protection to the treated wood products, especially damage caused by exposure to water and insects.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2006Date of Patent: September 11, 2007Assignee: Woodholdings Environmental, Inc.Inventor: Michael M. Thompson
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Patent number: 7264827Abstract: Weather resistant granular baits containing an attractant system are disclosed. Methods of making and using the baits are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2006Date of Patent: September 4, 2007Assignee: Nisus CorporationInventors: Tracy D. Malone, Ronald T. Schwalb, Kevin L. Kirkland
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Patent number: 7223415Abstract: Weather resistant granular baits containing an attractant system are disclosed. Methods of making and using the baits are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2002Date of Patent: May 29, 2007Assignee: Nisus CorporationInventors: Tracy D. Malone, Ronald T. Schwalb, Kevin L. Kirkland
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Patent number: 7160606Abstract: A method of treating building materials with boron and boron treated building materials. The method involves introducing boron during manufacture of the building materials in the form of a water soluble copper-borate complex. The copper-borate complex enables a wider range of glues and adhesives to be used, is slower to leach out, and provides enhanced fungicidal properties.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2002Date of Patent: January 9, 2007Assignee: Genics Inc.Inventors: Wesley James Wall, Calvin Lee Michael Wall, Ryan George Smart
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Patent number: 7128778Abstract: Preservative compositions for wood products is described. The compositions include at least one boron-containing material, such as but not limited to boric anhydride, and at least one silane-containing material, such as but not limited to methyltrichlorosilane. Optionally, at least one solvent, such as tetrahydrofuran, pentane, or water, may also be employed in the compositions. The compositions impart protection to the treated wood products, especially damage caused by exposure to water and insects.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2001Date of Patent: October 31, 2006Assignee: Woodholdings Environmental, Inc.Inventor: Michael M. Thompson
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Patent number: 7049436Abstract: Alcohol based hydraulic fracturing fluids useful for treating oil and gas wells are disclosed. The fluids are compatible with carbon dioxide, and comprise an alcohol, a polymer, a crosslinking agent, and a breaker. Hydroxypropyl guar with a molar substitution of about 1.2 to about 2.2 is identified as a presently preferred polymer.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2002Date of Patent: May 23, 2006Assignee: BJ Services CompanyInventors: D. V. Satyanarayana Gupta, Greg Niechwiadowicz, Anita C Jerat
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Patent number: 7048918Abstract: Disclosed are insect baits for attracting insects such as ants, flies and cockroaches. The baits include amino acids and a sugar. The baits can be combined with an insect toxicant to effectively control and eliminate insect populations. Methods for controlling insects using an insect bait of the invention are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2003Date of Patent: May 23, 2006Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Jack Richard Warner, Rudolf H. Scheffrahn
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Patent number: 7045138Abstract: A composition including a bait and a borate is used to mitigate a population of target insects and/or mollusca. The composition may include attractive by-products of agriculture and manufacturing with or without semiochemicals or biopesticides prepared as point source units (such as pellets or microcapsules). The by-products attract insects and/or mollusca to a food source for the purpose of mitigating the target organism. The bait is combined with borates and is pelletized and/or encapsulated into micron size particles. The pelletized and/or encapsulated particles are broadcast (spread) over areas infested with the target insect. The insects ingest the composition and regurgitate the composition to the remainder of the insect population. Significant mitigation of the population of the target insects results with little to no effect on the environment. The composition is also passed on to the next generation due to cannibalism of the target insects.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2001Date of Patent: May 16, 2006Assignee: American Natural Technology Sciences, Inc.Inventors: John Wayne Kennedy, Patrick Kennedy
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Patent number: 7029703Abstract: A dietary supplement for benefitting human bone health includes a calcium source, a source of vitamin D activity, and an osteoblast stimulant. A preferred calcium source is microcrystalline hydroxyapatite, which also contains protein (mostly collagen), phosphorus, fat, and other minerals. A preferred source of vitamin D activity is cholecalciferol, and a preferred osteoblast stimulant is ipriflavone. In addition to these basic ingredients, the composition can further include various other minerals known to occur in bone, vitamin C, and glucosamine sulfate, all of which exert beneficial effects on growth and maintenance of healthy bone. A method for benefitting human bone health involves administering a daily regimen of the dietary supplement.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2002Date of Patent: April 18, 2006Assignee: Metagenics, Inc.Inventors: Kim C. Krumhar, Holly A. Johnson
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Patent number: 6896908Abstract: This invention relates to a leach-resistant borate preservative for lignocellulosic-based products, providing resistance against insect and fungal attack for use in exterior and ground contact applications. The preservative compositions of this invention may be provided as a high strength liquid concentrate, suitable for transportation, storage and easy on-site dilution, or as a ready-to-use treatment solution. These wood preservative compositions include a borate preservative component and a co-biocidal metal fixative such as copper or zinc. The preservative compositions also contain volatile organic acid, free ammonia and ammonium salts to aid dissolution. Methods for the application of these preservative compositions to wood are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2001Date of Patent: May 24, 2005Assignee: U.S. Borax Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey D. Lloyd, Jennifer L. Fogel
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Patent number: 6861075Abstract: A storage-stable biocidal aerated gel composition comprises from 30 to 97% by weight of water, from 0.2 to 5% by weight of a gelling agent selected from xanthan gum, sodium alginate and neutralised carboxyvinyl polymer from 2 to 5% by weight of a fine particulate, hydrophobic silicone-treated silica having a surface area of from 80 to 300 m2/g and from 0.004 to 20% by weight of a biocide which said composition is in the form of fine particles of an aqueous gel containing the water, gelling agent and the biocide, the surfaces of which fine particles are coated with a coating of the finely particulate hydrophobic silica. The biocidal aerated gel composition can be used to control pests using one or more appropriate biocides in the composition.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2001Date of Patent: March 1, 2005Assignee: Sorex LimitedInventor: Roland S. Twydell
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Patent number: 6838449Abstract: The present invention is directed to ophthalmic compositions containing a gelling amount of a combination of galactomannan polysaccharides and borates. The compositions gel or partially gel upon administration to the eye. The present invention also discloses methods of topical ophthalmic administration of the compositions to the eye.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2003Date of Patent: January 4, 2005Assignee: Alcon Manufacturing, Ltd.Inventor: Bahram Asgharian
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Patent number: 6814984Abstract: The present invention is directed to frozen biocidal compositions. Specifically, the biocidal compositions comprise a frozen aqueous solution of a plurality of ions selected from the group consisting of halide and oxyhalide ions. The frozen biocidal compositions are useful in preserving or extending the shelf-life of perishable articles.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2002Date of Patent: November 9, 2004Assignee: Clean Water International LLCInventors: David C. Rose, Lawrence J. Ventura
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Patent number: 6783767Abstract: A powder composition which reacts in water to form in situ peroxycarboxylic acids at an anti-microbially effective concentration. Importantly, its utility is both for topical anti-microbial application and for effective low temperature disinfection/sterilization of instruments. It comprises the combination of a perborate, one or more novel acyl and/or aroyl donors, a buffering system which allows the pH to arise to about 9 for rapid formation of the peroxycarboxylic acids and then drop to about 7.5 for sustained stability and microbial kill. It preferably includes a surfactant facilitating antimicrobial efficacy, as well as other minors.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2002Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: Healthpoint, Ltd.Inventors: Braham Shroot, Lawton A. Seal, James R. Hunt, Jonathan Sterling, Kathy Bolsen, Penny L. Sitka
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Patent number: 6777436Abstract: An intraocular tension lowering composition for topical administration is disclosed which comprises an effective amount of an (i) angiotensin II antagonist, (ii) a boric aid and (iii) an ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid. Said composition has excellent intraocular tension lowering activity. Said composition may be effectively administered to humans and other warm-blooded animals to lower intraocular tension.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2001Date of Patent: August 17, 2004Assignee: Sankyo Company, LimitedInventors: Tomihisa Yokoyama, Takashi Shiokari
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Patent number: 6756060Abstract: Compositions and methods for treating wounds to significantly reduce the healing time, reduce the incidence of scar formation, improve the success of skin grafts, reduce the inflammatory response and providing anti-bacterial treatments to a patient in need thereof, that include small non-interlinked particles of bioactive glass or highly porous bioactive glass, are disclosed. Anti-bacterial solutions derived from bioactive glass, and methods of preparation and use thereof, are also disclosed. The compositions include non-interlinked particles of bioactive glass, alone or in combination with anti-bacterial agents and/or anti-inflammatory agents. The compositions can include an appropriate carrier for topical administration. Anti-bacterial properties can be imparted to implanted materials, such as prosthetic implants, sutures, stents, screws, plates, tubes, and the like, by incorporating small bioactive glass particles or porous bioactive glass into or onto the implanted materials.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2000Date of Patent: June 29, 2004Assignee: USBiomaterials Corp.Inventors: David C. Greenspan, Jon K. West, Sean Lee, James L. Meyers, Mason Diamond
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Patent number: 6723352Abstract: A method for producing products for treating wood and other cellulose products to improve the flame retardancy, and the insecticidal and fungicidal properties of the products. A calcium borate ore, such as colemanite, is reacted first with an acid such as acetic acid. The reaction products, including calcium in solution, are then treated with ammonia, producing ammonium pentaborate. The resulting composition is applied to the wood or other cellulose products by methods such as pressure, diffusion, or immersion and/or dipping treatment. The products have superior leach resistance to water when compared to conventional treatment compounds.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2002Date of Patent: April 20, 2004Assignee: Specialty Boron Products, LLCInventor: Thomas L. Bosserman
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Patent number: 6709744Abstract: Bioactive substantially silica-free glass material with a hydroxyapatite layer thereon is described, as well as methods for producing hydroxyapatite on a borate glass.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2001Date of Patent: March 23, 2004Assignees: The Curators of the University of Missouri, Vita Licensing, IncInventors: Delbert E. Day, Erik M. Erbe, Marina Richard, Joshua A. Wojcik
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Patent number: 6663853Abstract: A lip care moisturizing product in the form of a water-in-oil emulsion, containing at least one fatty acid ester, at least one wax, the total of said at least one fatty acid ester and said at least one wax being at least about 1.0%, liposomes containing water therein, and an emulsifier. The emulsifier is preferably a mixture of behenoyl stearate and sodium borate, and the liposomes preferably contain a mixture of water and glycerin.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2000Date of Patent: December 16, 2003Assignee: Blistex Inc.Inventor: Mohinder Singh
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Patent number: 6663902Abstract: The present invention relates to a biocidal composition, designed for the generation of chlorine dioxide, comprising at least one iodo-compound having at least one iodine atom and a source of chlorite ions. The molar ration of chlorite ions to iodine atoms is 2 or greater. The composition finds use in a variety of applications including methods of cleaning, sanitizing, deodorizing, and disinfecting various surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2000Date of Patent: December 16, 2003Assignee: Ecolab Inc.Inventors: Robert D. P. Hei, David Daniel McSherry, Kim R. Smith, Keith E. Olson
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Patent number: 6645949Abstract: The present invention relates to materials and methods using boron compounds to control arthropods. Preferred target pests are insects of the orders Orthoptera (grasshoppers and crickets), Lepidoptera (moths and larvae), and Hymenoptera (preferably Solenopsis invicta, fire ants).Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2000Date of Patent: November 11, 2003Assignee: University of FloridaInventors: Herbert N. Nigg, Samuel E. Simpson
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Patent number: 6632449Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to compositions containing boron which are useful for a variety of purposes, including enhancing bone health, alleviating arthritis, pain, and inflammation, and producing other beneficial health effects. The disclosure is further directed to methods of preparing such compositions, methods of using (including administering) the compositions, and kits comprising the compositions. The compositions have a pH which is at least about 2 pH units less than the pKa of the boron compound.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2001Date of Patent: October 14, 2003Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Co.Inventor: Raymond Louis Niehoff
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Patent number: 6630174Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and their methods of manufacture and use which are effective for delivering a homogeneous distribution of a boron containing active ingredient to a tree or tree derived substrate for the purpose of preventing or eradicating an infestation and/or for imparting flame retardency thereto.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2002Date of Patent: October 7, 2003Assignee: Nisus CorporationInventors: Vincent R. Palmere, Allan H. Dietrich, Stanley D. Galyon
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Publication number: 20030185900Abstract: Disclosed are a multipurpose, high-functional, alkaline solution composition, preparation therefor and use thereof as a nonspecific immunostimulator. The composition comprises 1-25 parts by weight of borax (Na2B4O7.10H2O), 10−5-10−4 parts by weight of sodium thiosulfate (Na2S2O3.5H2O), 30-150 parts by weight of potassium carbonate, 30-200 parts by weight of refined sugar (C12H22O11), and 100-200 parts by weight of water, based on 100 parts by weight of sodium metasilicate (Na2SiO3.5H2O). In addition to bringing about an improvement in disease resistance, weight gain rate, crop yield, crop quality, harvest time, the composition shows nonspecific immunostimulating activities, including antibody production and immune enhancement, by activating immune cells, thereby maximizing vaccination effects on malignant viral diseases.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2003Publication date: October 2, 2003Applicant: BARODON-S.F. CORP.Inventors: Soo-Il Choi, Hyun-Suk Choi, Kyung-Soo Jeon, Byung-Woo Yoo, Yong-Ho Park
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Patent number: 6617355Abstract: Asthma is ameliorated, and mild or moderate asthma is prevented from progressing to more severe asthma by administering agents which prevent and/or accommodate for S-nitrosothiol breakdown.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 1999Date of Patent: September 9, 2003Assignees: The University of Virginia Patent Foundation, Duke University, The Medical College of Wisconsin Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Benjamin Gaston, Jonathan S. Stamler, Owen W. Griffith
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Publication number: 20030157192Abstract: A powder composition which reacts in water to form in situ peroxycarboxylic acids at an anti-microbially effective concentration. Importantly, its utility is both for topical anti-microbial application and for effective low temperature disinfection/sterilization of instruments. It comprises the combination of a perborate, one or more novel acyl and/or aroyl donors, a buffering system which allows the pH to arise to about 9 for rapid formation of the peroxycarboxylic acids and then drop to about 7.5 for sustained stability and microbial kill. It preferably includes a surfactant facilitating antimicrobial efficacy, as well as other minors.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2002Publication date: August 21, 2003Applicant: Healthpoint, Ltd.Inventors: Braham Shroot, Lawton A. Seal, James R. Hunt, Jonathan Sterling, Kathy Bolsen, Penny L. Sitka
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Patent number: 6585813Abstract: The present disclosure relates to surface covering building materials for roofs, sidewalls and other exterior surfaces exposed tb the weather such as, but not limited to, asphaltic and non-asphaltic roofing materials, wherein said surface covering building materials exhibit long-term resistance to microbial growth-induced staining. The surface covering building materials include a component having antimicrobial potential which consists essentially of (a) a copper component or a tin component and (b) a barium metaborate monohydrate component.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2002Date of Patent: July 1, 2003Assignee: Elk Premium Building Products, Inc.Inventors: Matti Kiik, Michael L. Bryson, Casimir Paul Weaver, Robert Eugene Pine
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Patent number: 6582733Abstract: A composition for use in treating hepatitis includes: 4%-28% Gulancha by weight; 20%-7% Sodium Biborate by weight; 5%-47% Horseradish by weight; and 3%-14% Mysore Gamboge be weight.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2002Date of Patent: June 24, 2003Inventor: Som C. Pruthi
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Patent number: 6582732Abstract: A wood treatment material having a synergistic combination of insecticides including boron-containing compounds and synthetic pyrethroids, is provided. This combination is shown to be especially effective in providing resistance to insect attack when wood is treated with this combination. Resistance to attack by Formosan termites, in particular, is provided, in a cost-effective manner. Also provided is wood treated by this combination, and a method of treatment for composite wood.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2000Date of Patent: June 24, 2003Assignee: Kop-Coat, Inc.Inventors: Raymond Bender, Alan S. Ross, Hans A. Ward
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Patent number: 6583124Abstract: The present invention is directed to ophthalmic compositions containing a gelling amount of a combination of galactomannan polysaccharides and borates. The compositions gel or partially gel upon administration to the eye. The present invention also discloses methods of topical ophthalmic administration of the compositions to the eye.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2002Date of Patent: June 24, 2003Assignee: Alcon Manufacturing, Ltd.Inventor: Bahram Asgharian
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Patent number: 6562845Abstract: The subject invention provides materials and methods for the effective control of fruit flies. Specifically, the subject invention pertains to the use of imidacloprid compounds to control fruit flies. These compounds achieve a high level of control without mammalian toxicity.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2001Date of Patent: May 13, 2003Assignee: University of FloridaInventors: Herbert N. Nigg, Samuel E. Simpson
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Patent number: 6506795Abstract: A chromium-free wood preservative consisting essentially of 1 to 35% by weight of a mixture of 25 to 75 parts by weight of a fatty amine ethoxylate and 75 to 25 parts by weight of at least one member of the group consisting of an unsaturated fatty acid of 3 to 25 carbon atoms and their copper and zinc salts and water.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 1996Date of Patent: January 14, 2003Assignee: WEYL GmbHInventors: Volker Barth, Helmut Hartner, Volker Beez
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Patent number: 6506737Abstract: An oxidizing species is described herein as a reaction product through an in situ preparation combining a protonizable phosphorus or sulfur compound, and a halide source at controlled proportions in an aqueous, non-aqueous, gel, aerosol, solid-phase or powdered media. The oxidizing species can be used to reduce microbial and viral populations on a surface or object or in a body or stream of water. The invention thus finds applications as a bleach, sanitizer, oxidant, or in any other application in which an oxidizing agent can be beneficially used alone or in a formulation.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2000Date of Patent: January 14, 2003Assignee: Ecolab, Inc.Inventors: Robert D. P. Hei, Kim Smith
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Publication number: 20020183280Abstract: The present invention is directed to ophthalmic compositions containing a gelling amount of a combination of galactomannan polysaccharides and borates. The compositions gel or partially gel upon administration to the eye. The present invention also discloses methods of topical ophthalmic administration of the compositions to the eye.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2002Publication date: December 5, 2002Inventor: Bahram Asgharian