Quaternary Nitrogen Or Phosphorus, Or Heterocyclic Nitrogen Containing Fabric Softener Or Antistatic Component Patents (Class 510/330)
  • Patent number: 11781090
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for reducing malodors on fabrics using a detergent composition containing a polyalkyleneamine and use of the polyalkyleneamine in the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sherri Lynn Randall, Gregory Scot Miracle, Brian Joseph Loughnane
  • Patent number: 11578231
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous compositions of associative polyelectrolyte complexes (PECs), optionally containing surfactants, biocidal agents and/or oxidants, which can provide surface protection to treated articles including reduced soiling tendency, reduced cleaning effort and improved soil repellancy, as well as providing bacteriostatic properties to treated surfaces that thereby gain resistance to water, environmental exposure and microbial challenge. Treatment means and compositions are provided that employ associative polyelectrolyte complexes formed by combining a water soluble cationic first polyelectrolyte with a water soluble second polyelectrolyte bearing groups of opposite charge to the first polyelectrolyte under suitable mixing conditions where the one polyelectrolyte present in molar excess is added in the form of a first aqueous solution during a mixing step to a second aqueous solution comprising the oppositely charged polyelectrolyte present in molar deficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventors: David R. Scheuing, David J. Lestage, Carl W. Bennett, Mona M. Knock, Charles W. Scales, William L. Smith, Rui Zhang
  • Patent number: 9237972
    Abstract: A liquid surfactant composition includes at least one anionic surfactant and at least one cationic surfactant. The combination of surfactants is formulated to provide a liquid composition that swells in the presence of water or body fluids, becomes a moldable solid in the presence of an excess of water, and adheres to surfaces. In addition, the liquid surfactant composition may be incorporated into or onto a substrate, such as an absorbent substrate, a fabric or cloth substrate, a tissue substrate, or a protective garment substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffery Richard Seidling, Scott W. Wenzel, David William Koenig
  • Patent number: 8927476
    Abstract: Aqueous alkaline composition free from organic solvents and metal ion-free silicates, the said compositions comprising (A) a thioamino acid having at least one primary amino group and at least one mercapto group, (B) a quaternary ammonium hydroxide, (C) a chelating and/or corrosion inhibiting agent selected from the group consisting of aliphatic and cycloaliphatic amines having at least two primary amino groups, and aliphatic and cycloaliphatic amines having at least one hydroxy group, (D) a nonionic surfactant selected from the group of acetylenic alcohols, alkyloxylated acetylenic alcohols and alkyloxylated sorbitan monocarboxylic acid mono esters; the use of the alkaline composition for the processing of substrates useful for fabricating electrical and optical devices; and a method for processing substrates useful for fabricating electrical and optical devices making use of the said aqueous alkaline composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Raimund Mellies, Andreas Klipp
  • Patent number: 8796196
    Abstract: A process for producing anionic, nonionic, amphoteric or cationic derivatized polysaccharide products which demonstrate high clarity in surfactant-based compositions. The polysaccharide polymer is reacted for a sufficient time and at a sufficient temperature in the presence of water, caustic, and at least one surfactant. The polysaccharide polymer may optionally be reacted with an oxidizing agent, hydrolytic or proteolytic enzymes, molecular weight reducing agents and a cationizing agent and nonionic agent. The formed derivatized polysaccharide has a lower clarity in water than in an aqueous surfactant system. The derivatized polysaccharide product can be used in personal care and or household care products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Hercules Incorporated
    Inventors: Anita N. Chan, Louis Patrick Dziuk, Jr., Paquita Erazo-Majewicz, Jashawant J. Modi, M. Olaf Michelson
  • Patent number: 8728172
    Abstract: Compositions and methods useful for providing one or more benefits, including a color rejuvenation and/or color maintenance benefit to a fabric are disclosed. The disclosed compositions contain at least one cationic polymer. The methods include providing the disclosed compositions in combination with a source of anionic surfactant. Unit dose and multi-compartment systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Alessandro Corona, III, Brian W. Everingham, Gayle Marie Frankenbach, Heidi Hsieh, Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Brian Joseph Roselle, Beth Ann Schubert, Mark Robert Sivik, Kerry Andrew Vetter, Gregory Thomas Waning
  • Patent number: 8691741
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid detergent composition containing the following components (a) to (c), wherein the total content of components (a) to (c), (a)+(b)+(c), is 40 to 90% by mass; a mass ratio of components (a) to (b), (a)/(b), is 25/75 to 90/10; and a mass ratio [(a)+(b)]/(c), is 95/5 to 70/30: component (a): 15 to 75% by mass of a nonionic surfactant produced by adding p1 mol of ethylene oxide to a compound represented by R—OH (wherein, R represents a hydrocarbon group having 8 to 18 carbon atoms), then adding q1 mol of an alkylene oxide having 3 to 5 carbon atoms, and then adding p2 mol of ethylene oxide, wherein p1 is the number of 3 to 30, q1 is the number of 1 to 5, and p1+p2 is 14 to 50, component (b): anionic surfactant, component (c): cationic surfactant, component (d): 5 to 40% by mass of water-miscible organic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ishizuka, Kyoko Okada, Yoshiyuki Komatsu, Toshio Miyake
  • Patent number: 8648029
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid compositions provided with durable pearlescent appearance, and to a process of producing said compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Francesc Corominas
  • Publication number: 20140033448
    Abstract: The present application relates to organosilicones and compositions such as consumer products comprising such organosilicones, as well as processes for making and using such organosilicones and such compositions. Such compositions comprising such organosilicones are easier to formulate, and provide more economical and superior care benefits when compared to current silicone containing compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Steven Daryl Smith, Bernard William Kluesener, Mark Gregory Solinsky, Matthew Scott Wagner
  • Patent number: 8629094
    Abstract: A method and composition for deodorizing soft surfaces such as carpeting and upholstery are disclosed. The method includes the spraying of a liquid composition on a soft surface and allowing the composition to absorb into the soft surface, form liquid agglomerations within the soft surface to the agglomerations can make contact with malodorants disposed within the soft surface. The composition is capable of penetrating rapidly and deeply into the soft surfaces for contacting odor-causing substances embedded therein. The composition comprises an active ingredient such as a glycol or triethanolamine. Other ingredients that contribute to the surface penetration and/or agglomeration formation include ethanol, water, fragrance and a combination of at least one nonionic and at least one ionic surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter N. Nguyen, Cary E. Manderfield, Maciej K. Tasz
  • Publication number: 20130345105
    Abstract: A cleaning system can include a noble gas, and one or more vessels configured to convert the noble gas into a supercritical fluid, and/or receive and clean an article of manufacture with the noble gas in the supercritical fluid state. A cleaning process can include converting a noble gas into a supercritical fluid state; and cleaning an article of manufacture with the noble gas in the supercritical fluid state so as to remove one or more contaminants from the article of manufacture. A cleaning composition can include a noble gas in a supercritical fluid state, and a textile article of manufacture having one or more contaminants located in the supercritical noble gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC
    Inventors: William B. CARLSON, Gregory D. PHELAN, Philip A. SULLIVAN
  • Patent number: 8603962
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: The Dial Corporation
    Inventors: Thorsten Bastigkeit, Jessica Lawshe, Joan Bergstrom
  • Patent number: 8580726
    Abstract: The invention relates to washing and cleaning agents for washing or cleaning colored textile surface structures, used for improving the color-fastness thereof. The aim was substantially met by adding polymers obtained by the polymerization of benzoxazine monomers to the agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Paula Barreleiro, Thomas Eiting, Andreas Taden, Siglinde Erpenbach
  • Patent number: 8507425
    Abstract: A particulate fabric softening composition, comprising one or more ethylenediamine fatty acid diamides and one or more quaternary ammonium salt fabric softeners, the composition having an exothermal transition at a temperature between 60 and 90° C. with an exothermal transition enthalpy of more than 5 J/g measured by DSC with a heating rate of 2° C./min, can be press shaped to multiple use, dryer added fabric softening articles having high initial surface hardness. The fabric softening composition can be made by cooling a molten mixture comprising one or more ethylenediamine fatty acid diamides and one or more quaternary ammonium salt fabric softeners to a temperature of 40° C. or less at a high cooling rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Georg Schick, Lee R. Harrison, Kevin Murphy
  • Patent number: 8497235
    Abstract: The present invention provides a softener composition containing a specific bis(polyalkoxyalkanol) type quaternary ammonium salt represented by formula (I): [wherein R1 and R2 may be the same as or different from each other and represent a hydrocarbon group having 11 to 23 carbon atoms, R3 and R4 may be the same as or different from each other and represent a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms which may have a hydroxyl group, k and l may be the same as or different from each other and represent an integer of 5 to 10 and X? represents an anion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Risa Ikoshi, Takaya Sakai, Makoto Kubo
  • Patent number: 8466100
    Abstract: The instant disclosure relates to compositions comprising selected polyglycerol esters and a treatment and/or care agent. The disclosed compositions may be useful in fabric care compositions, for example, detergents, fabric softening compositions and the like. Methods of making and using compositions comprising polyglycerol esters and a treatment and/or care agent are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jennifer Beth Ponder, Keith Homer Baker, Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Kerry Andrew Vetter, Robert John Strife
  • Patent number: 8222455
    Abstract: Viscoelastic compositions are disclosed herein containing an effective amount of one or more random or structurally defined polycationic quaternary ammonium compounds for controlling the viscoelasticity of the composition. In one aspect, the present technology provides polycationic quaternary ammonium compounds that comprise bis-quaternary compound. The bis-quaternary compounds of the present technology can be symmetric or dissymmetric. In another aspect, the present technology provides viscoelastic well bore treatment fluids comprising water, and at least one polycationic quaternary ammonium compound that comprises a bis-quaternary compound. In another aspect, the present technology provides polycationic carboxylates. Preferred viscoelastic compositions of the present technology maintain viscoelasticity at a temperature greater than about 80° C., preferably greater than about 100° C. or 110° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Stepan Company
    Inventor: Paul Knox
  • Patent number: 8192504
    Abstract: There is provided an aqueous liquid domestic composition comprising (i) one or more active component selected from the group consisting of (A) 3% to 50% by weight, based on the total solids weight of said domestic composition, one or more softening agent, (B) 2% to 90% by weight, based on the total solids weight of said domestic composition, one or more anionic surfactant, and (C) a mixture consisting of (I) 1% to 25% by weight, based on the total solids weight of said domestic composition, one or more softening agent, and (II) 5% to 75% by weight, based on the total solids weight of said domestic composition, one or more anionic surfactant, and (D) 0.1% to 30% by weight, based on the total solids weight of said domestic composition, one or more amphoteric compound; and (ii) one or more cationic polymer latex comprising (I) 0.5% to 6% by weight, based on the dry weight of said polymer, one or more cationic monomer, (II) 30% to 99.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Steven Michael Baxter, Marianne Patricia Creamer, Alan Wayne Kohr, Joseph Manna, Paul Francis David Reeve, Halla Ahmad Suleiman
  • Patent number: 8173589
    Abstract: The present invention relates to low energy (e.g., below 1 J/ml) methods of making pearlescent liquid fabric softener compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gayle Elizabeth Culver, Jeffrey Frank Omnitz, Francesc Corominas, Connie Lynn Sheets
  • Patent number: 8168582
    Abstract: A liquid fabric treatment composition comprising a cationic fabric softening agent and a water-soluble linear polymeric viscosity modifier represented by the formula: Z—Y—(X—Y)n—Z in which: X represents a polyether chain, each Y independently represents a linking group derived from a diisocyanate, each Z independently represents a hydrophobic group and optionally includes a spacer linked to Y, n represents an integer of at least 2, and the molecular weight of the polymer is from 2,000 to 80,000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: The Sun Products Corporation
    Inventors: Paul William Blanco, Allen Mark Carrier, Michael Douglas Eason, Christopher Gerald Gore, Sarah Louise Roberts, Stephane Patrick Roth, Joseph Steven Maxim, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8076279
    Abstract: The present invention is related to the use of a non-cellulosic cationically modified polysaccharide in cleaning compositions and more particularly to a surfactant based cleansing composition comprising, a surfactant, a non-cellulosic cationically modified polysaccharide and a solvent for use in personal care composition, household care composition or an institutional care composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Hercules Incorporated
    Inventors: Piet Brand, Richard G. Brown, Anita N. Chan, Paquita Erazo-Majewicz, Jashawant J. Modi
  • Patent number: 8067353
    Abstract: A dynamic orifice is useful in making fabric softening composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Montgomery Clay Collier, Francesc Corominas, Ilse Maria Cyrilla D'Haeseleer, Kurt Louis Antoine Ignoul, Katrien Maria Nuyts, Etienne Maria Betty Andre Jeuniaux, Jerry Keith McGinnis
  • Publication number: 20110277248
    Abstract: The present application relates to care polymers and fabric and home care compositions comprising such care polymers, as well as processes for making and using such care polymers and such compositions. The performance of the care polymers that Applicants teach, can be further increased by following the emulsification teaching of the present specification and/or combining such care polymers with silicone materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Julie Ann Menkhaus, Steven Daryl Smith, Dieter Boeckh, Rainer Dobrawa, Frank Hulskotter, Valentin Cepus
  • Publication number: 20110265272
    Abstract: The invention discloses a laundry article used for both cleaning and conditioning fabrics comprising a water-insoluble nonwoven substrate and coated thereon into at least one zone each a detergent composition and a fabric conditioning composition. The fabric conditioning composition comprises a quaternary ammonium cationic surfactant, an alkoxylated fatty alcohol and a fatty acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventors: Martina Hutmacher, Wolfgang von Rybinski, Inga Kerstin Vockenroth, Georg Meine, Katherine Yu, Matthew Michael Petkus, Bin Lin
  • Publication number: 20110232004
    Abstract: The present invention is a laundry article used for both cleaning and conditioning fabrics, which comprises a water-insoluble nonwoven substrate, coated with at least one zone each of a detergent composition and a fabric conditioning composition. The fabric conditioning composition comprises a quaternary ammonium cationic surfactant, an alkoxylated fatty alcohol, and a fatty acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Georg Meine, Frank Sonnenschein, Martina Hutmacher, Inga Kerstin Vockenroth, Katherine Yu, Matthew M. Petkus, Bin Lin
  • Patent number: 8022026
    Abstract: A method and composition for deodorizing soft surfaces such as carpeting and upholstery are disclosed. The method includes the spraying of a liquid composition on a soft surface and allowing the composition to absorb into the soft surface, form liquid agglomerations within the soft surface to the agglomerations can make contact with malodorants disposed within the soft surface. The composition is capable of penetrating rapidly and deeply into the soft surfaces for contacting odor-causing substances embedded therein. The composition comprises an active ingredient such as a glycol or triethanolamine. Other ingredients that contribute to the surface penetration and/or agglomeration formation include ethanol, water, fragrance and a combination of at least one nonionic and at least one ionic surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter N. Nguyen, Cary E. Manderfield, Maciej K. Tasz
  • Patent number: 7998915
    Abstract: The instant disclosure relates to compositions comprising selected polyglycerol esters and a treatment and/or care agent. The disclosed compositions may be useful in fabric care compositions, for example, detergents, fabric softening compositions and the like. Methods of making and using compositions comprising polyglycerol esters and a treatment and/or care agent are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jennifer Beth Ponder, Keith Homer Baker, Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Kerry Andrew Vetter, Robert John Strife
  • 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: 7947087
    Abstract: Detergent compositions comprising a color transfer inhibitor and optionally surfactant(s), the color transfer inhibitor comprising one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of triazine derivatives corresponding to general formulae I and II: T(NH—Ar(CO2M)a)bHalc??(I) X—NH—CH2CH2—(NY—CH2CH2—)nNH—X??(II) wherein T represents a 1,3,5-triazinyl group; Ar represents a phenyl group; each M independently represents a substituent selected from the group consisting of H, Na, Li, and K; each Hal independently represents a halogen selected from the group consisting of Cl, Br, and I; each a independently represents 1, 2 or 3; b and c each represent 1 or 2 wherein b+c=3; each X represents a T(NH—Ar(CO2M)a)bHalc?1 group; each Y independently represents H or X; and n represents a number of 0 to 50, and uses therefor in washing and treating dyed and/or undyed textiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Josef Penninger, Birgit Glüsen
  • Patent number: 7947633
    Abstract: Viscoelastic compositions are disclosed herein containing an effective amount of one or more random or structurally defined polycationic quaternary ammonium compounds for controlling the viscoelasticity of the composition. In at least one aspect, the present technology provides polycationic quaternary ammonium compounds comprising dissymmetric bis-quaternary compounds. In another aspect, the present technology provides viscoelastic compositions comprising polycationic quaternary ammonium compounds that comprise dissymmetric bis-quaternary compounds. In yet another aspect, the present technology provides polycationic quaternary ammonium compounds comprising a carboxylate functional polycationic quaternary ammonium compound. Preferred viscoelastic compositions of the present technology maintain viscoelasticity at a temperature greater than about 80° C., preferably greater than about 100° C. or about 110° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Stepan Company
    Inventor: Paul Knox
  • Patent number: 7939488
    Abstract: A cleaning composition with a limited number of natural ingredients contain a hydrophobic syndetic, a hydrophilic syndetic, and a biguanide or a cationic quaternary ammonium salt. The cleaning composition can be used to clean laundry, soft surfaces, and hard surfaces and cleans as well or better than commercial compositions containing synthetically derived cleaning agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventors: David R. Scheuing, Rui Zhang
  • Patent number: 7893014
    Abstract: A fabric treatment composition that includes at least one zeta potential modifier and a hydrophobic agent with a melting point or glass transition temperature below 100° C. that imparts fabric protection benefits, including improved stain and soil resistance, oil repellency, water repellency, softness, wrinkle and damage resistance, and better handfeel to treated fabrics. Treatment compositions can be used as a pretreatment prior to washing, through soaking, or added to the treatment liquor, that is either the wash or rinse cycle of an automatic washing machine, to first provide and then maintain and restore the beneficial fabric protection benefits imparted to the fabrics during a first treatment operation. The fabric treatment is complete when the fabric is cured by drying and/or heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Gregory van Buskirk
    Inventors: Gregory n.a. van Buskirk, Victor M. Casella
  • Patent number: 7884057
    Abstract: Viscoelastic compositions are disclosed herein containing an effective amount of one or more random or structurally defined polycationic quaternary ammonium compounds for controlling the viscoelasticity of the composition. In at least one aspect, the present technology provides polycationic quaternary ammonium compounds comprising bis-quaternary compounds. In another aspect, the present technology provides viscoelastic compositions that comprise polycationic quaternary ammonium compounds comprising bis-quaternary compounds. Preferred viscoelastic compositions of the present technology maintain viscoelasticity at a temperature greater than about 80° C., preferably greater than about 100° C. or about 110° C. when the amount of the one or polycationic quaternary compounds is less than about 10% by weight based on the total weight of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Stepan Company
    Inventor: Paul Knox
  • Patent number: 7879769
    Abstract: Viscoelastic compositions are disclosed herein containing an effective amount of one or more random or structurally defined polycationic quaternary ammonium compounds for controlling the viscoelasticity of the composition. In one aspect, the present technology provides polycationic quaternary ammonium compounds that comprise bis-quaternary compound. The bis-quaternary compounds of the present technology can be symmetric or dissymmetric. In another aspect, the present technology provides viscoelastic well bore treatment fluids comprising water, and at least one polycationic quaternary ammonium compound that comprises a bis-quaternary compound. In another aspect, the present technology provides polycationic carboxylates. Preferred viscoelastic compositions of the present technology maintain viscoelasticity at a temperature greater than about 80° C., preferably greater than about 100° C. or 110° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Stepan Company
    Inventor: Paul Knox
  • Patent number: 7858575
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fabric softening compositions providing improved stability upon storage as well as improved resistance to shear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Franciscus Joseph Madeleine De Block
  • Patent number: 7776811
    Abstract: A cleaner composition comprises a surfactant, a sodium source, an odor neutralizer, a fragrance, and a biocide, wherein the odor neutralizer comprises a betaine compound, aminoalcohol, a polyol, and an ionone, and wherein the cleaner composition is stable at a pH of about 9.5 to about 11.5 when stored for 24 months at a temperature of about 25° C. A spray dispenser comprises the cleaner composition and a propellant. Also described is a method of cleaning, deodorizing, or a combination thereof, automobile interiors by applying the disclosed cleaner composition to an automobile interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Colin M. Dilley, David L. Balog
  • Patent number: 7772165
    Abstract: Viscoelastic compositions are disclosed herein containing an effective amount of one or more random or structurally defined polycationic quaternary ammonium compounds for controlling the viscoelasticity of the composition. In at least one aspect, the present technology provides polycationic quaternary ammonium compounds comprising dissymmetric bis-quaternary compounds. In another aspect, the present technology provides viscoelastic compositions comprising polycationic quaternary ammonium compounds that comprise dissymmetric bis-quaternary compounds. In yet another aspect, the present technology provides polycationic quaternary ammonium compounds comprising a carboxylate functional polycationic quaternary ammonium compound. Preferred viscoelastic compositions of the present technology maintain viscoelasticity at a temperature greater than about 80° C., preferably greater than about 100° C. or about 110° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Stephan Company
    Inventor: Paul Knox
  • Patent number: 7737105
    Abstract: The invention is directed to fabric treatment compositions comprising at least one cationic polymer and at least one anionic polymer, wherein at least one of these two polymers is a silicone polymer, and wherein said composition forms a coacervate phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Patrick Firmin August Delplancke, Jean-Pol Boutique, Roland Wagner
  • Patent number: 7648952
    Abstract: A liquid washing and cleaning composition comprising: one or more of constituents a1) through a4) a1) alkylbenzenesulfonate, a2) olefinsulfonate, a3) alkylsulfate, a4) alkyl ether sulfate or mixtures thereof, b) secondary alkanesulfonate, c) at least one soap, d) at least one nonionic surfactant and e) at least one cationic surfactant, wherein the mixing ratio of the secondary alkanesulfonate to the component AT formed from the one or more of constituents a1, a2, a3 and a4 is 4.9 to 0.1: 5.1 to 9.9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH
    Inventor: Frank-Peter Lang
  • Publication number: 20090293206
    Abstract: Aqueous laundry detergent compositions useful for providing fabric cleaning and softness, in the form of a liquid or gel, having a pH of from about 6 to about 11 in a 1% solution, containing a non-soap anionic surfactant; optional soap; nonionic surfactant; optional hydrotrope; fabric softening cationic cosurfactant having a molecular weight of less than about 1000; fabric softening quaternized polymer having a molecular weight of at least 200,000; a perfume deposition polyamine wherein the perfume deposition polyamine has a molecular weight of from about 5,000 to about 50,000; a non-quaternized, non polyamine thickener; and perfume. Methods of using such compositions and use of such compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: Raphael Emmanuel Guyot, Marko Tapio Tossavainen, Marc (NMN) Jennewein
  • Patent number: 7589051
    Abstract: A cationic, oxidized polysaccharide or derivative thereof that has a mean average molecular weight (Mw) having a lower limit of 50,000 and an upper limit of 1,000,000 and an aldehyde functionality content of at least 0.001 meq/gram is used in personal care and household care compositions. This cationic, oxidized polysaccharide is prepared in continuous or batch processes using hydrolytic reagents, oxidizing reagents, or combination of hydrolytic reagents and oxidizing reagents. Personal care or household care compositions are prepared by adding the cationic, oxidized polysaccharide to a personal care or household composition containing at least one active ingredient other than the cationic, oxidized polysaccharide of this invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Hercules Incorporated
    Inventors: Paquita Erazo-Majewicz, Jashawant J. Modi, Zu-Feng Xu
  • Patent number: 7585494
    Abstract: The invention relates to formulations containing at least one nitrogen-free polysiloxane compound, at least one polyamino polysiloxane and/or polyammonium polysiloxane compound, and/or at least one amino polysiloxane and/or ammonium polysiloxane compound, and an optional silicone-free cationic surfactant, a coacervate phase-forming agent, and carrier substances. Also disclosed are a method for the production of the inventive formulations and the use thereof for treating natural and synthetic fibrous materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Momentive Performance Materials GmbH
    Inventors: Horst Lange, Christopher Roos, Roland Wagner, Martin Kropfgans, Andrew Russell Graydon, Richard Timothy Hartshorn, Jean-Pol Boutique, Patrick Firmin August Delplanque, James Pyott Johnston
  • Patent number: 7576048
    Abstract: Aqueous liquid laundry detergent compositions useful for cleaning fabrics wherein the compositions contain from about 0.05% to about 0.4%, by weight of the composition, of a cationic hydroxyethyl cellulose polymer having a degree of substitution of the cationic charge of from about 0.01 to about 0.20; from about 5% to about 30%, by weight of the composition, of a surfactant comprising at least one anionic surfactant and at least one nonionic surfactant; and from about 2% to about 15%, by weight of the composition, of fatty acid. Use of such aqueous liquid laundry detergent compositions for handwashing delicate fabrics. Use of such aqueous liquid laundry detergent compositions for machine washing of delicate fabrics, wherein the machine washing occurs at a delicate machine setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Peter Gerard Gray, Karel Jozef Maria Depoot, Luc Marie Willy Lievens, Falke Elisabeth Vanneste, Serge Omer Alfons Jean Thooft
  • Publication number: 20090192067
    Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous, 2-in-1 laundry detergent compositions comprising conventional cleaning agents and at least one softening agent that comprises at least one amido alkyl amine quaternary compound. The 2-in-1 laundry detergent composition of the invention is phase stable and provides excellent cleaning performance and superior through-the-wash-softening and antistatic properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: Akzo Nobel N.V.
    Inventors: Maurice O. Dery, Andrew Soliman, John P. Bell
  • Publication number: 20080289116
    Abstract: A method of conditioning fabrics, the method comprising dosing a solid fabric treatment composition comprising: (a) one or more quaternary ammonium fabric softening materials; and (b) a fatty component selected from fatty acids, fatty alcohols and mixtures thereof; into a wash cycle of an automatic washing machine, allowing the wash cycle to be completed and then performing a rinse cycle in the washing machine. The composition may also be dosed into the rinse cycle direct. The composition may be formed as a melt which is cooled. The composition may contain less than 5 wt % of water. The composition may comprise one or more of anionic surfactants, non-polymeric water soluble builders and water soluble non-builder inorganic salts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Iain Sunil Young, Shiping Zhu
  • Patent number: 7446086
    Abstract: A detergent, cleaning, conditioning or cosmetic agent that is absorbed by the surface of substrates and that contains oligomers, polymers or copolymers comprising a specific structural element. The agent may also form part of a conditioning substrate, wherein the substrate, such as a fleece material, is saturated and/or coated with the agent. The agent may also be used in a process for treating hard and/or soft substrate surfaces comprising the step of applying an effective quantity of the agent to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
    Inventors: Andreas Bauer, Wolfgang Lahn, Werner Faber, Georg Meine
  • Patent number: 7384903
    Abstract: Systems, compositions and methods for domestic laundering comprising selected cationic silicones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Axel Masschelein, Patrick Firmin August Delplancke, Ivo Salden, Jean-Pol Boutique, James Pyott Johnston, Mark Allen Smerznak, Walter August Maria Broeckx, Ingrid Merere, Rafael Trujillo Rosaldo
  • Patent number: 7288510
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new tertiary or quaternary nitrogen-containing ortho ester-based surfactant, where the hydrophobic and hydrophilic parts am attached by separate ortho ester linkages. The ortho ester surfactants are stable in alkaline solutions, but are readily hydrolysed in acidic solutions. Since the hydrophobic and the hydrophilic parts of the surfactants reside in different substituents of the ortho ester, the surface activity is lost upon dydrolysis. The invention also relates to a process for making the ortho ester-based surfactants, where low molecular weight ortho esters are used as starting materials. These low molecular weight ortho esters are reacted with a hydrophobic component, which is an alcohol or an alkoxylated alcohol, and hydrophilic component, which is an alkanolamine or an alkoxylated alkanolamine. The molar amounts of the reactants are preferably 1-2 moles of the hydrophilic component per mole orthoester and 1-2 moles of the hydrophobic component per mole ortho ester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Akzo Nobel N.V.
    Inventor: Per-Erik Hellberg
  • Patent number: 7262159
    Abstract: A method and composition for deodorizing soft surfaces such as carpeting and upholstery are disclosed. The method includes the spraying of a liquid composition on a soft surface and allowing the composition to absorb into the soft surface, form liquid agglomerations within the soft surface to the agglomerations can make contact with malodorants disposed within the soft surface. The composition comprises an active ingredient that is a liquid at room temperature with a vapor pressure of less than 0.0035 mmHg at room temperature. For example, the active ingredient can be triethylene glycol. Other ingredients that contribute to agglomeration formation include ethanol, water, fragrance and a combination of at least one nonionic and at least one ionic surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter N. Nguyen, Cary E. Manderfield, Maciej K. Tasz
  • Patent number: 7226900
    Abstract: The invention is directed to liquid laundry detergent compositions comprising (a) at least one surfactant; (b) at least one enzyme and an enzyme stabilizing system comprising boron; (c) at least one fabric care ingredient which is not a fabric cleaning ingredient; and (d) at least one modified cationic polysaccharide-based deposition aid for the fabric care ingredient, wherein prior to modification, the cationic deposition aid contains at least one pair of cis-hydroxy groups, and wherein the cationic deposition aid is modified in such a way that the enzyme stabilizing system does not exhibit cis-hydroxy group interaction with the cationic deposition aid. The use of such compositions and methods for treating fabrics in fabric treatment applications including domestic laundering to thereby provide improved cleaning and fabric care are also covered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: The Proctor & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Patrick Firmin August Delplancke, Jean-Pol Boutique, Stefano Scialla, Mark Robert Sivik, Bernard William Kluesener, Jiping Wang