Nitrogen Or Phosphorus In Organic Surfactant Devoid Of Covalently Bonded Anionic Substituents Patents (Class 510/423)
  • Patent number: 12122984
    Abstract: Solid rinse aid compositions, methods of use, and methods of making said composition are disclosed. Rinse aid is provided by a solidification agent, a sheeting agent, a defoamer component, and a polyacrylic acid homopolymer or alkali metal salt thereof forming a solid compositions. Preferred solidification agents include aromatic sulfonates. Preferred sheeting agents include one or more alcohol ethyoxylates. Preferred defoamer components include a polymer compound including one or more ethylene oxide groups. The solid rinse aid compositions are preferably substantially free of sulfate and sulfate-containing compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: ECOLAB USA INC.
    Inventors: Carter M. Silvernail, Erik C. Olson
  • Patent number: 12049603
    Abstract: The need for a hand-dishwashing composition which is highly effective at removing grease, while also having good suds mileage, and avoiding negatives on physical stability, especially at low temperatures is met by formulating the hand dishwashing composition to comprise a surfactant system, the surfactant system comprising an alkyl sulfate anionic surfactant comprising little or no branching and having a low degree of alkoxylation, or no alkoxylation, and a co-surfactant, in combination with polypropylene glycol of a defined molecular weight, as described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jan Julien Marie-Louise Billiauw, Karl Ghislain Braeckman, Katrien Richarde Francoise Decraene, Pieter Jan Maria Saveyn, Bjorn Vanoverstraete
  • Patent number: 12031254
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for reducing malodors on fabrics using an acid delivery composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark Robert Sivik, Sol Melissa Escobar, Sarah Ann Delaney, Frank William Denome, Mark William Hamersky
  • Patent number: 11834627
    Abstract: The need for a cleaning product comprising a spray dispenser and a cleaning composition, which provides improved polymeric grease cleaning and suds mileage, and hence reduced time to clean the dishes, is met by a cleaning product comprising a spray dispenser and a cleaning composition, the composition is housed in the spray dispenser and wherein the cleaning composition comprises anionic surfactant and alkyl polyglucoside surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robby Renilde Francois Keuleers, Roxane Rosmaninho
  • Patent number: 11834629
    Abstract: The need for a cleaning product comprising a spray dispenser and a cleaning composition, which provides improved crystalline grease cleaning and good initial sudsing, and hence reduced time to clean the dishes, is met by a cleaning product comprising a spray dispenser and a cleaning composition, the composition is housed in the spray dispenser and wherein the cleaning composition comprises alkyl polyglucoside surfactant, a co-surfactant selected from amphoteric surfactant, zwitterionic surfactant and mixtures thereof, and an organic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robby Renilde Francois Keuleers, Roxane Rosmaninho
  • Patent number: 11766496
    Abstract: A fabric freshening product that includes (a) freshening aqueous liquid composition including a bispyridinium alkane antimicrobial active and a perfume, and (b) a spray device to produce a spray of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Abigail Mary Konya, Eva Maria Perez-Prat Vinuesa
  • Patent number: 11634643
    Abstract: A wetting agent according to Formula (I): wherein R1 is selected from a branched alkyl group or linear alkyl group or a cycloaliphatic group or an aromatic group, each having 6 to 15 carbon atoms; R2 is selected from hydrogen, methyl, or ethyl; R3 is selected from hydrogen, methyl, or ethyl; R4 is selected from hydrogen, methyl, or ethyl; R5 is selected from methyl or ethyl; x ranges from 0 to 5; y ranges from 0 to 10; z ranges from 1 to 10; with the proviso that when x ranges from 1 to 5, R2 is different from R3; and with the proviso that when x=0, R3 is different from R4. The wetting agent also imparts anti-foam properties to aqueous solutions while reducing surface tension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: ELEMENTIS SPECIALTIES, INC.
    Inventors: Bart van Vliet, James A. Heck, Eduardus Maria Mangnus, Chitra Jeurkar, Jelle de Vries, Alart Mulder
  • Patent number: 11612860
    Abstract: Draw compounds and draw solutions comprising said draw compounds for use in forward osmosis solvent purification systems. The draw compound may be a linear random, sequential, or block molecular chain consisting of at least one oxide monomer or diol monomer and have a temperature-dependent affinity with a feed solvent. The draw compound may further include a first terminal group and a second terminal group, at least one of the first terminal group and the second terminal group selected from the group consisting of a hydroxyl group, an amine group, a carboxylic group, an allyl group, and a C1 to C14 substituted and unsubstituted alky group. The draw compound may also be a branched random, sequential, or block molecular chain consisting of at least one oxide monomer or diol monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: TREVI SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Shaobin Fan, Gary Carmignani, John Webley
  • Patent number: 11034917
    Abstract: The cleaning agent composition for hard surface contains (A) at least one kind of carboxylic acid compound selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic monocarboxylic acid, a polycarboxylic acid, and any neutralized salt of these, (B) an alkanolamine compound, and (C) a hydroxyl group-containing compound having from 8 to 50 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: NICCA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Nakajima, Masahiko Shimakawa, Fumitaka Ito
  • Patent number: 9862913
    Abstract: This application relates to an aqueous, acidic, self-preserving, liquid cleaning composition, typically a dishwashing liquid, having a pH for the composition within the range of 2.5 to 5 initially and upon dilution, which composition comprises a plurality of surfactants, the surfactants including surfactant active components comprising from greater than 39% to up to 55% by weight, based on the weight of the composition, wherein the composition has a viscosity of from 80 to 3000 mPas as measured at 25° C., and the composition is dilutable with water to form a non-gelling diluted composition having up to five times the volume of the undiluted composition and a viscosity within the range of 80 to 3000 mPas as measured at 25° C. at any dilution up to the five times dilution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY
    Inventor: Eugene E. Hardy
  • Patent number: 9040473
    Abstract: A detergent for cleaning media is provided. The detergent comprises deionized water, between about 1% and about 5% by weight of a nonionic surfactant having an hydrophile/lipophile balance (HLB) value between about 10 and about 20, and an ethoxylation level between about 5 and about 20, between about 1% and about 5% by weight of a dispersing agent, between about 3% and about 10% by weight of a chelating agent comprising phosphonic acid, and between about 2% and about 6% by weight of an inorganic salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: WD Media, LLC
    Inventors: EE Boon Quah, Kwai Cheang Wong, Ming Yean Liew, Chung Lieh Chua, Yasuhiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8979946
    Abstract: This application relates to thiophene azo dyes for use as hueing agents, laundry care compositions comprising such thiophene azo dyes, processes for making such thiophene azo dyes, and laundry care compositions and methods of using the same. The thiophene azo dyes contain a formally charged moiety and are generally comprised of at least two components: at least one chromophore component and at least one polymeric component. Suitable chromophore components generally fluoresce blue, red, violet, or purple color when exposed to ultraviolet light, or they may absorb light to reflect these same shades. These thiophene azo dyes are advantageous in providing a hueing effect, for example, a whitening effect to fabrics, while not building up over time and causing undesirable blue discoloration to the treated fabrics. The thiophene azo dyes are also generally stable to bleaching agents used in laundry care compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gregory Scot Miracle, Robert Linn Mahaffey, Jr., Xiaoyong Michael Hong, Eduardo Torres, Dominick Joseph Valenti
  • Patent number: 8927479
    Abstract: An aqueous aerosol bathroom cleaner includes a surfactant, a water-soluble or dispersible organic solvent, a chelating agent and a propellant that comprises n-butane. Comparative data demonstrate that the presence of n-butane in the composition enhances the rate of bathroom soap scum removal relative to aerosol compositions that do not contain n-butane in the propellant. The amount of surfactant present is sufficient so that the composition develops a stable foam upon being dispensed onto a soiled bathroom hard surface. The foam collapses after 10 to 60 seconds to deliver the cleaning components onto the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventor: Kristina Perlas
  • Patent number: 8901059
    Abstract: A hand dishwashing detergent composition comprising a chelant and branched surfactants to provide superior grease cleaning and shine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Marc Francois Theophile Evers, Tania Patricia Maddox
  • Patent number: 8759276
    Abstract: The invention involves foam stabilization compositions that rely upon an electrostatic charge interaction. According to the invention, the positively charged class of polymers such as polyethyleneimine (PEI) polymers are used to provide a long range electrostatic interaction with detersive anionic or amphoteric surfactants present in the same. The interaction must be of sufficient character so that the components do not precipitate out, instead causing longer lasting and increased foam production. The system provides an environmentally friendly alternative for traditional foaming enhancers such as cocamide DEA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Victor Fuk-Pong Man, Yvonne Marie Killeen
  • Patent number: 8759271
    Abstract: A liquid detergent composition having a modified polyethyleneimine polymer and a surfactant to provide improved shine on hard surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Stefano Scialla, Frank Hulskotter, Gloria DiCapua, Patrick Firmin August Delplancke, Marc François Theophile Evers, Rainer (Anton) Dobrawa, Sophia Ebert
  • Patent number: 8715368
    Abstract: This application relates to thiophene azo dyes for use as hueing agents, laundry care compositions comprising such thiophene azo dyes, processes for making such thiophene azo dyes, and laundry care compositions and methods of using the same. The thiophene azo dyes contain a formally charged moiety and are generally comprised of at least two components: at least one chromophore component and at least one polymeric component. Suitable chromophore components generally fluoresce blue, red, violet, or purple color when exposed to ultraviolet light, or they may absorb light to reflect these same shades. These thiophene azo dyes are advantageous in providing a hueing effect, for example, a whitening effect to fabrics, while not building up over time and causing undesirable blue discoloration to the treated fabrics. The thiophene azo dyes are also generally stable to bleaching agents used in laundry care compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gregory Scot Miracle, Robert Linn Mahaffey, Jr., Xiaoyong Michael Hong, Eduardo Torres, Dominick Joseph Valenti
  • Patent number: 8685912
    Abstract: A detergent composition for metal according to the present invention contains a specific non-ionic surfactant, a specific nitrogen-containing organic compound, a specific carboxylic acid or salt thereof, and a specific alkanol amine, and has a pH of at least 9 that is measured at 25° C. when the detergent composition is diluted to 1% by mass of an aqueous solution. According to the present invention, the detergent composition for metal having excellent corrosion inhibition properties, excellent effluent treatment properties, excellent foaming suppressing properties and excellent liquid stability in addition to high detergent properties for metal, can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Lion Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeru Maeyama, Kei Tamura, Akira Shinohara, Keita Someya
  • Patent number: 8623806
    Abstract: A liquid detergent composition having a modified polyethyleneimine polymer and a surfactant to provide improved shine on hard surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Stefano Scialla, Frank Hulskotter, Gloria DiCapua, Patrick Firmin August Delplancke, Marc François Theophile Evers, Rainer (Anton) Dobrawa, Sophia Ebert
  • Patent number: 8496757
    Abstract: A cleaning solution and method for removing submicron particles from the surface and/or the bevel of an electronic substrate such as a semiconductor wafer. The cleaning solution comprises a polycarboxylate polymer or an ethoxylated polyamine. The method comprises the step of contacting a surface of the substrate with a cleaning solution comprised of a polycarboxylate polymer or an ethoxylated polyamine. Additional optional steps in the method include applying acoustic energy to the cleaning solution and/or rinsing the surface with a rinsing solution with or without the application of acoustic energy to the rinsing solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Fontana Technology
    Inventor: Mark Jonathan Beck
  • Patent number: 8382912
    Abstract: A biofilm-removing agent which effectively removes biofilms is provided. A biofilm-removing agent containing a basic amino acid derivative represented by the following formula (1) or a salt thereof: (wherein R1 represents a linear- or branched-alkyl group having 4 to 18 carbon atoms or a linear- or branched-alkenyl group having 4 to 18 carbon atoms; X and Y each represent a group selected from the groups represented by the following formulas: and m represents an integer from 1 to 5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: KAO Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Isobe, Yuji Okauchi
  • Patent number: 8343903
    Abstract: There is disclosed a cleaning composition comprising (i) 0.1 to 10 percent by weight of the cleaning composition of a biofilm removing detergent solution comprising a combination of an alkyl (C8-18) polysaccharide, a non-ionic surfactant and a nitrogen containing surfactant-biocide (ii) 2 to 80 percent by weight of the cleaning composition of one or more polar solvent (iii) 0.5 to 15 percent by weight of the cleaning composition of one or more primary amine (iv) two or more chelating agents (v) 0.1 to 5.0 percent by weight of the cleaning composition of an alkaline buffer system providing a pH of about 11.5 to 13.3 in aqueous solution (vi) 0.005 to 5.0 percent by weight of the cleaning composition of an alkoxyaminosilane. Also disclosed is a process of cleaning, decontaminating and/or passivating metallic surgical instruments and/or equipment using the composition of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Whiteley Holdings Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Reginald Keith Whiteley
  • Patent number: 8329631
    Abstract: An aqueous cleaning agent for hard surfaces which contains a surfactant combination of fatty alcohol ether sulfate and at least one further surfactant together with 10 to 40 wt. % of a water-soluble salt, may be used for manual dishwashing and is above all suitable for removing stubborn, burnt-on or dried-on soiling while being gentle on the skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Detlef Buisker, Heinz-Dieter Soldanski
  • Patent number: 8293699
    Abstract: A composition for cleaning or rinsing hard surfaces in an aqueous or aqueous/alcoholic medium including at least one organophosphorus material for contributing to said surfaces antideposition and/or antiadhesion properties with regard to soiling substances capable of being deposited on the surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Rhodia Operations
    Inventors: Tobias Johannes Fütterer, Lawrence Alan Hough, Robert Lee Reierson
  • Patent number: 8283385
    Abstract: Reversible switchable surfactants are provided. A surfactant is the salt of an amidine or guanidine: having at least one R group that is a hydrophobic moiety selected from the group consisting of higher aliphatic moiety, higher siloxyl moiety, higher aliphatic/siloxyl moiety, aliphatic/aryl moiety, siloxyl/aryl moiety, and aliphatic/siloxyl/aryl moiety. The other R groups are smaller moieties such as H, C1 to C4 aliphatic or the like. The surfactant is turned on by a gas that liberates hydrogen ions, such as, for example, carbon dioxide, which liberates hydrogen ions in the presence of water. The surfactant is turned off by exposure to a flushing gas and/or heating. When “on” the surfactants are useful to stabilize emulsions, and when “off” they are useful to separate immiscible liquids or a liquid and a solid. The surfactants find uses in polymerization and in the oil industry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Queen's University at Kingston
    Inventor: Philip G. Jessop
  • Patent number: 8268765
    Abstract: A hydrophilized personal care formulation, which can be in the form of a hand or body soap (liquid or bar), lipstick, body wash, makeup remover, skin cleaner, hair conditioner, skin or hair moisturizer. The formulation employs an organophosphorus material or a mixture of an organophosphorus material, for example, mono-, di-, and polyol phosphate esters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Rhodia Operations
    Inventors: Tobias Johannes Fütterer, Lawrence Alan Hough, Robert Lee Reierson
  • Patent number: 8263542
    Abstract: Laundry detergent compositions that provide soil release benefits to all fabric comprising an organophosphorus soil release agents and optional non-cotton secondary soil release agents. The present invention further relates to a method for providing soil release benefits to cotton fabric by contacting cotton articles with a water soluble and/or dispersible organophosphorus material. The contacting can be during washing or by pretreating by applying the composition directly to stains or by presoaking the clothing in the composition prior to washing. The present invention further relates to providing soil release benefits to all fabric in the laundry wash load in the presence of a bleaching agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Rhodia Operations
    Inventors: Tobias Johannes Fütterer, Lawrence Alan Hough, Robert Lee Reierson
  • Patent number: 8226773
    Abstract: A cleaning solution and method for removing submicron particles from the surface and/or the bevel of an electronic substrate such as a semiconductor wafer. The cleaning solution comprises a polycarboxylate polymer or an ethoxylated polyamine. The method comprises the step of contacting a surface of the substrate with a cleaning solution comprised of a polycarboxylate polymer or an ethoxylated polyamine. Additional optional steps in the method include applying acoustic energy to the cleaning solution and/or rinsing the surface with a rinsing solution with or without the application of acoustic energy to the rinsing solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Fontana Technology
    Inventor: Mark Jonathan Beck
  • Patent number: 8211845
    Abstract: An object of this invention is to provide a cleaner composition that has a desirable cleaning property and is easily separable from pre-rinsing water even when cleaning an object produced by using a lead-free soldering flux; and a lead-free soldering flux removal system using a pre-rinsing method that can reduce the amount of waste fluid. The invention uses a cleaner composition for lead-free soldering flux, comprising (A) specific glycol ethers; (B) a specific polyoxyalkylene amine; and (C) a chelating agent that is at least one member selected from the group consisting of (c1) aliphatic hydroxycarboxylic acid chelating agents and (c2) (poly)phosphoric acid chelating agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Arakawa Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keita Tanaka, Takashi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8173585
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid acidic hard surface cleaning composition which are effective against common stains encountered on hard surfaces, methods for cleaning such hard surfaces as well as methods for the manufacture of said liquid acidic hard surface cleaning compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser (UK) Limited
    Inventors: Victoria Heather Cobb, James Young
  • Patent number: 8163687
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid composition, having a pH between 3 and 7, comprising a non ionic surfactant or a mixture thereof, an amine oxide or a mixture thereof, a glycol ether solvent, a chelant and a cationic polymer. The composition of the present invention does not contain any anionic surfactant. The present invention also encompasses a process of treating hard-surfaces, including delicate hard-surfaces located in bathrooms, wherein a liquid composition according to the present invention is applied onto said surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Fabienne Riou, Marina Jozefa Hermie
  • Patent number: 8129326
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymers obtainable by condensation of N-(hydroxy-alkyl)amines and reacting the remaining hydroxy and/or secondary amino groups of the condensation product with alkylene oxides and to derivatives obtainable by quaternization, protonation, sulphation and/or phosphation of said polymers, as well as to a process for preparing said polymers and a process for preparing said derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Andrea Misske, Sophia Ebert, Stefan Frenzel, Dieter Boeckh, Frank Huelskoetter, James Danziger
  • Patent number: 8110538
    Abstract: A microbicidal and decontaminant composition comprising an aqueous solution of peroxides and peracids having equilibrium reaction products, a photoreactive surfactant, and a polymer, wherein said polymer interacts with said peroxides and said peracids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: BioMed Protect, LLC
    Inventors: Charles W. Martin, Joan A. Stader, Jeffry Golden
  • Patent number: 8110537
    Abstract: A liquid detergent composition is described. The liquid detergent composition includes an emulsion having a water phase and an oil phase. The liquid detergent composition includes a detersive amount of a nonionic surfactant component, an emulsion stabilizing amount of a cationic surfactant component, about 5 wt. % to about 94 wt. % water, and at least about 5 wt. % of a suspended particulate component. A detergent use solution and methods for using a liquid detergent composition are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Gohl, Kim R. Smith, Josh Kassanchuk, Brandon Carlson
  • Patent number: 8097577
    Abstract: Laundry detergent and cleaning compositions comprising alkoxylated polyalkanolamine polymers obtainable by condensation of N-(hydroxyalkyl)amines and reacting the remaining hydroxy and/or secondary amino groups of the condensation product with alkylene oxides and/or derivatives obtainable by quaternization, protonation, sulphation and/or phosphation of said polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: James Lee Danziger, Frank Hulskotter, Dieter Boeckh, Sophia Ebert, Andrea Misske, Stefan Frenzel
  • Patent number: 8093195
    Abstract: The present invention refers to an aqueous composition comprising one or more amphoteric, organic polynitrogen-compounds having at least 3 nitrogen atoms contained in the molecule in the form of an amine and/or amide and one or more types of inorganic nanoparticles, a concentrate comprising said composition and to a method for treating and/or cleaning a surface which uses said composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Stephan Uhl, Jacqueline Thöne
  • Patent number: 7959739
    Abstract: A cleaning solution and method for removing submicron particles from the surface and/or the bevel of an electronic substrate such as a hard disk media substrate, or an imprint mold used in the manufacturing of the hard disk media or a read/write head assembly part. The cleaning solution comprises a polycarboxylate polymer or an ethoxylated polyamine. The method comprises the step of contacting a surface of the substrate with a cleaning solution comprised of a polycarboxylate polymer or an ethoxylated polyamine. Additional optional steps in the method include applying acoustic energy to the cleaning solution and/or rinsing the surface with a rinsing solution with or without the application of acoustic energy to the rinsing solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Fontana Technology
    Inventor: Mark Jonathan Beck
  • Patent number: 7919073
    Abstract: This invention relates to a composition useful as an oral care composition comprising an organophosphate material, additional oral care composition ingredients, for example, a surfactant agent, and optionally an abrasive agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Rhodia Operations
    Inventors: Tobias Johannes Fütterer, Lawrence Alan Hough, Robert Lee Reierson
  • Patent number: 7919449
    Abstract: Laundry detergent compositions that provide soil release benefits to all fabric comprising an organophosphorus soil release agents and optional non-cotton secondary soil release agents. The present invention further relates to a method for providing soil release benefits to cotton fabric by contacting cotton articles with a water soluble and/or dispersible organophosphorus material. The contacting can be during washing or by pretreating by applying the composition directly to stains or by presoaking the clothing in the composition prior to washing. The present invention further relates to providing soil release benefits to all fabric in the laundry wash load in the presence of a bleaching agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Rhodia Operations
    Inventors: Tobias Johannes Fütterer, Lawrence Alan Hough, Robert Lee Reierson
  • Patent number: 7888307
    Abstract: There is provided a new branched primary alcohol composition and the sulfates thereof exhibiting good cold water detergency and biodegradability. The branched primary alcohol composition has an average number of branches per chain of at least 0.7, having at least 8 carbon atoms and containing both methyl and ethyl branches. The primary alcohol composition may also contain less than 0.5 atom % of quaternary carbon atoms, and a significant number ethyl branches, terminal isopropyl branches, and branching at the C3 position relative to the hydroxyl carbon. The process for its manufacture is by skeletally isomerizing an olefin feed having at least 7 carbon atoms followed by conversion to an alcohol, as by way of hydroformylation, and ultimately, sulfation to obtain a detergent surfactant. Useful catalysts include the zeolites having at least one channel with a crystallographic free diameter along the x and/or y planes of the [001] view ranging from greater than 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: David M. Singleton, Louis Kravetz, Brendan Dermot Murray
  • Patent number: 7867963
    Abstract: A hydrophilized personal care formulation, which can be in the form of a hand or body soap (liquid or bar), lipstick, body wash, makeup remover, skin cleaner, hair conditioner, skin or hair moisturizer. The formulation employs an organophosphorus material or a mixture of an organophosphorus material, for example, mono-, di-, and polyol phosphate esters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Rhodia Inc.
    Inventors: Tobias Johannes Fütterer, Lawrence Alan Hough, Robert Lee Reierson
  • Patent number: 7820610
    Abstract: An alkaline laundry detergent for hand washing a fabric contains a sudsing surfactant, a polyethyleneimine suds collapser having the empirical formula (PEI)a(EO)b(PO)c where a is about 100-100,000, b is about 0-60, and c is about from 0-60, and a pH control system When diluted to form a laundry liquor and during washing the pH control system maintains the pH of the laundry liquor above about 8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael Stanford Showell, Ming Tang, Frank Hulskotter, Haiyan Song, James Lee Danziger, Christofer Arisandy
  • Patent number: 7795196
    Abstract: A hand-washing method using an antimicrobial liquid hand soap which includes: (a) water; (b) a primary hand soap composition; (c) a biocide; and (d) a glutinous surfactant having a relative contact angle value with water of at least about +10° with respect to the primary hand soap composition. The glutinous surfactant is present in an amount effective to alter the tactile properties of the primary soap composition to promote longer and more thorough hand washing by eliciting a response to the soap's feel on the skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP
    Inventors: Phuong V. Luu, Kurt K. Konietzki, David W. White
  • Patent number: 7786064
    Abstract: A novel class of ionic liquids and methods for their preparation are disclosed. Specifically, these novel ionic liquids can be derived from anionic surfactants, such as alkyl aryl sulfonates, and mid-chain branched derivatives of alkyl sulfates, alkyl alkoxy sulfates, and alkyl aryl sulfonates. In addition, novel ionic liquids can be derived from other anionic surfactants, such as methyl ester sulfonates (MES), alkyl glycerol ether sulfonates, and alpha olefin sulfonates. Anions may be paired with a variety of cations to achieve various advantageous properties. The present invention also relates to compositions containing these novel ionic liquids and method of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Stacie Ellen Hecht, Scott Leroy Cron, Jeffrey John Scheibel, Gregory Scot Miracle, Kenneth Richard Seddon, Martyn Earle, Harambage Quintus Nimal Gunaratne
  • Patent number: 7754671
    Abstract: This invention relates to a aqueous liquid laundry composition which both cleans and conditions fabrics. The composition includes certain alcohol ethoxylates as a nonionic surfactant component, certain alkyl ether sulfates as an anionic component and a quaternary ammonium fabric softening agent. All of the foregoing are in specified proportions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: The Dial Corporation
    Inventors: Bin Lin, Michael Lewis, Thorsten Bastigkeit
  • Patent number: 7737102
    Abstract: A novel class of ionic liquids and methods for their preparation are disclosed. Specifically, these novel ionic liquids can be derived from anionic surfactants, such as alkyl aryl sulfonates, and mid-chain branched derivatives of alkyl sulfates, alkyl alkoxy sulfates, and alkyl aryl sulfonates. In addition, novel ionic liquids can be derived from other anionic surfactants, such as methyl ester sulfonates (MES), alkyl glycerol ether sulfonates, and alpha olefin sulfonates. Anions may be paired with a variety of cations to achieve various advantageous properties. The present invention also relates to compositions containing these novel ionic liquids and method of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Stacie Ellen Hecht, Scott Leroy Cron, Jeffrey John Scheibel, Gregory Scot Miracle, Kenneth Richard Seddon, Martyn Earle, Harambage Quintus Nimal Gunaratne
  • Patent number: 7678752
    Abstract: Systems, compositions and methods for fabric laundering comprising selected organosilicones which are formulated into microemulsions for improved deposition onto fabrics to provide fabric care benefits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Kerry Andrew Vetter, Mary Jane Combs, David Gladney, Jr., Connie Lynn Sheets
  • Patent number: 7678755
    Abstract: A modified polyol compound having alkoxylation and having at least one anionic capping unit, uses of the modified polyol compound having alkoxylation and having at least one anionic capping unit and cleaning compositions comprising the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey John Scheibel, Julie Ann Menkhaus, Xinbei Song, Eva Schneiderman
  • Patent number: 7671006
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of phosphated 2-propylheptanol or a phosphated 2-propylheptanol alkoxylate as a hydrotrope in aqueous alkaline solutions for a C8-C18-alcohol alkoxylate containing 1-20 ethyleneoxy units. It also relates to a phosphated 2-propylheptanol alkoxylate per se, and an alkaline cleaning composition comprising a C8-C18-alcohol alkoxylate containing 1-20 ethyleneoxy units and phosphated 2-propylheptanol and/or a phosphated 2-propylheptanol alkoxylate as a hydrotrope. The cleaning compositions may be used for industrial cleaning of hard surfaces, for example for vehicle cleaning or machine dishwashing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Akzo Nobel N.V.
    Inventors: Mahnaz Company, Magnus Franck, Anette Thyberg
  • Patent number: 7557072
    Abstract: Laundry detergent compositions that provide soil release benefits to all fabric comprising an organophosphorus soil release agents and optional non-cotton secondary soil release agents. The present invention further relates to a method for providing soil release benefits to cotton fabric by contacting cotton articles with a water soluble and/or dispersible organophosphorus material. The contacting can be during washing or by pretreating by applying the composition directly to stains or by presoaking the clothing in the composition prior to washing. The present invention further relates to providing soil release benefits to all fabric in the laundry wash load in the presence of a bleaching agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Rhodia Inc.
    Inventors: Tobias Johannes Fütterer, Lawrence Alan Hough, Robert Lee Reierson