Synthetic Polymer Or Natural Rubber (other Than Polyether, Such As Polyethylene Glycol, Alkylene Oxide Condensation Products, Etc.) Patents (Class 510/475)
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Patent number: 8802616Abstract: A detergent composition having at least two components. The first component is from 8 to 50 wt % surfactants. The second component is from 0.05 to 4 wt % of a polymer which has polymerized residues of 40 to 80 wt % C1-C4 alkyl acrylates, 20 to 52 wt % C3-C6 carboxylic acid monomers, and 0 to 10 wt % of monomers having an alkyl group having at least ten carbon atoms.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2011Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Joseph Manna, Roy Roberts, Jan Edward Shulman
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Patent number: 8802617Abstract: The present invention includes a cleaning composition that includes at least one alkalinity source, at least one surfactant, water and at least one polyglycerol graft polymer. The polyglycerol graft polymer includes a polyglycerol and a residue of at least one carboxylic acid or carboxylate containing compound in an amount less than or equal to about 40% by weight of the polyglycerol graft polymer.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2012Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.Inventors: Carter Silvernail, John Nording
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Patent number: 8791058Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions for household care which include a cationic nanogel, particularly for treating and/or modifying hard or textile surfaces. The composition particularly enables a hydrophilization of hard surfaces, particularly useful in cleaning or rinsing operations.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2009Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Rhodia OperationsInventors: Katerina Karagianni, Iñigo Gonzalez, David James Wilson
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Patent number: 8784571Abstract: A method of cleaning dishware with a liquid detergent composition having an amphiphilic graft polymer, to provide improved grease cleaning and sudsing.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2011Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Tristan Schütz, Stephen Michael Grindell, Frank Hulskotter, James Lee Danziger, Maria Angeles Gomez Ruiz, Kevin George Goodall, Valerio Delduca
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Patent number: 8784504Abstract: A method of cleaning a carpet surface comprises the steps of simultaneously dispensing a cleaning composition and an oxidizing composition that enhances the cleanability of the cleaning composition from separate first and second chambers onto the carpet surface and recovering a soiled cleaning solution from the carpet.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2012Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: BISSELL Homecare, Inc.Inventors: Jesse J. Williams, Eric J. Hansen, Lindsay M. Ulman
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Publication number: 20140187462Abstract: The primary washing power of washing and cleaning agents was to be improved, in particular with respect to oil- and/or fat-containing stains. This was achieved substantially by the incorporation of polymers having an aggregation parameter Xag where Xag>1 mN/m.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2014Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicants: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Inga Kerstin Vockenroth, Nicole Plath, Eva-Maria Wikker, Benoit Luneau, Andre Laschewsky, Michael Pach, Erik Wischerhoff
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Patent number: 8765659Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a cationic polymer to provide stability to microcapsules in a composition, wherein the microcapsule comprises a shell encapsulating materials having an average C log P of at least 2.5 and more than 60% by weight of the encapsulated materials have a C log P of at least 3.3. The cationic polymer is derived from the polymerization of 5 to 100 mole percent of a cationic vinyl addition monomer, 0 to 95 percent acrylamide, and 5 to 500 ppm of a tetrafunctional vinyl addition monomer cross-linking agent. The cationic polymer and encapsulated material may be used, for example, in a fabric softener composition.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2011Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Yonas Gizaw, Giulia Ottavia Bianchetti, Karel Geert Claeys, Jean-Francois Bodet, Olav Pieter Dora Tony Keijzer, Denise Malcuit Belanger, Lon Montgomery Gray, Peter Marie Kamiel Perneel
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Patent number: 8759276Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 8, 2013Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.Inventors: Victor Fuk-Pong Man, Yvonne Marie Killeen
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Patent number: 8759274Abstract: The present invention is directed to self-emulsifiable compositions comprising polyolefines, in particular polyisobutene, the process to obtain said emulsions and the use of said emulsions.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2012Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Rainer Dobrawa, Dieter Boeckh, Rajan K. Panandiker, Julie Menkhaus, Frank Huelskoetter
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Patent number: 8759277Abstract: The invention involves foam stabilization compositions that rely upon anonionic/hydrophobic interaction. According to the invention, an associative thickener is used to provide long range nonionic/hydrophobic interaction with the hydrophobic groups of the surfactants present in the same. The interaction must be of sufficient character so that the components can maintain long range intermolecular networking, causing longer lasting and increased foam production, even in the presence of hydrophobic/oily soils. The system provides an environmentally friendly alternative for traditional foaming enhancers such as cocamide DEA.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2013Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.Inventors: Victor Fuk-Pong Man, Yvonne Marie Killeen
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Patent number: 8748364Abstract: Detergent compositions including at least one aminocarboxylate, at least one maleic/methylvinyl ether copolymer, an alkaline agent and optional additives. Embodiments of the present invention include reduced concentrations of aminocarboxylate compared to conventional compositions, while preventing scale accumulation and providing stain removal capability.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2010Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.Inventor: Carter Silvernail
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Patent number: 8747570Abstract: A concentrate cleaning composition includes water, glycerine, and at least one alkyl polyglycoside. The water may be present in an amount of greater than about 65% by weight. Glycerine may be present in an amount between about 0.05% and about 8% by weight of the cleaning composition. The at least one alkyl polyglycoside may be present in an amount of between about 1% and about 25% by weight of the cleaning composition.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2012Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.Inventors: Charles A. Hodge, Amanda R. Blattner, Timothy J. Kohnke, Mark D. Levitt, Julie E. Marquardt, Christopher M. McGuirk, Carter M. Silvernail, Dale Larson
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Patent number: 8741831Abstract: The present invention is directed to the use of hydrophilic terpolymers in hard surface cleaners which provide easier cleaning for surface soils such as hard water stains, soap scum, limescale, mud, food, toilet stains, oil, grease, particulates and the like as well as anti-fog effects on hard surfaces such as glass, mirrors, ceramic and plastic by causing water droplets to coalesce into a film.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2009Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Bingham Scott Jaynes, Zhiqiang Song, Xian-Zhi Zhou, Yingxia He
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Patent number: 8740993Abstract: A laundry detergent composition includes an alkalinity source, at least one nonionic surfactant and a polymer comprising maleic acid, vinyl acetate and alkyl acrylate monomers. The alkalinity source is present in an amount between about 1% and about 75% by weight of the laundry detergent composition and includes at least one member selected from alkali metal hydroxides, carbonates, and bicarbonates. The polymer comprising maleic acid, vinyl acetate and alkyl acrylate monomers is present in an amount equal to or greater than about 0.5% by weight of the laundry detergent composition.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2012Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.Inventors: Stephen Christensen, Lauren M. Hunker, Carter Silvernail, Brandon G. Beyer, Kerrie E. Walters
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Patent number: 8741825Abstract: To provide a cleansing composition showing excellent properties during cleansing and rinsing while satisfying foam performance. The hair cleansing composition according to the invention contains the following ingredients (A), (B), (C), and (D) at a weight ratio of Ingredient (A) to Ingredient (B) [(A)/(B)] is of from 0.1 to 1.2 and at a weight ratio of Ingredient (A) to Ingredient (C) [(A)/(C)] of from 0.1 to 1.2: (A) an ether carboxylate surfactant, (B) an ether sulfate surfactant, (C) a betaine amphoteric surfactant, (D) a cationic-group containing copolymer obtained by the copolymerization of a monomer mixture containing three monomers.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2009Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Tomoko Uchiyama, Hayato Yoshikawa
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Publication number: 20140148374Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2013Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: ECOLAB USA INC.Inventors: Victor Fuk-Pong Man, Yvonne Marie Killeen
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Patent number: 8729005Abstract: An aqueous liquid acidic hard surface cleaning composition having a pH of about 2-4 which necessarily comprises: an acid constituent, which is preferably an organic acid constituent, and especially preferably acetic acid, at least one nonionic surfactant, and especially preferably wherein the nonionic surfactants are derived from Guerbet alcohols; an organic solvent constituent which comprises at least one glycol ether solvent, preferably a glycol ether solvent; a sequestering polymer constituent; optionally a cosurfactant constituent, including one or more anionic, cationic, amphoteric or zwitterionic surfactants; optionally one or more further constituents selected coloring agents, fragrances and fragrance solubilizers, viscosity modifying agents including one or more thickeners, pH adjusting agents and pH buffers including organic and inorganic salts, optical brighteners, opacifying agents, hydrotropes, abrasives, and preservatives, as well as other optional constituents known to the art; and the balance,Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2009Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Reckitt & Colman (Overseas) LimitedInventors: Malcolm Tom McKechnie, Edward Staunton, Alfred Vincent Spencer, Neil Atkin, Wesley Bowyer
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Patent number: 8728172Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 21, 2011Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: 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
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Patent number: 8716211Abstract: The invention provides a solid dishwashing detergent composition comprising an amount of from 0.01 to 10 % wt of one or more anionic polyesters. The compositions exhibit good drying properties, especially on plasticware.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2008Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser N.V.Inventors: Laurence Geret, Clare Louise Jackson, Gunnar Noding
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Publication number: 20140116473Abstract: Caustic-free detergent compositions are provided. Detergent compositions including an aminocarboxylate, water conditioning agent, non-caustic source of alkalinity and water beneficially do not require the use of additional surfactants and/or polymers to provide suitable detergency and prevent scale build-up on treated surfaces. The detergent compositions are used with a sanitizer to employ the caustic-free detergent compositions are particularly suitable for use as low temperature ware wash detergents that beneficially reduce scale build-up. Methods of employing the caustic-free detergent compositions are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2012Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: Ecolab USA Inc.Inventors: Erin Jane Dahlquist, Steven E. Lentsch, Terrence P. Everson, Carter Martin Silvernail
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Publication number: 20140116472Abstract: Phosphorus-free detergent compositions are provided. Detergent compositions including an aminocarboxylate, water conditioning agent, source of alkalinity and water beneficially do not require the use of additional surfactants and/or polymers to provide suitable detergency and prevent scale build-up on treated surfaces. The detergent compositions are used with a sanitizer to employ the phosphorus-free detergent compositions for use as low temperature ware wash detergents that beneficially reduce scale build-up. Methods of employing the phosphorus-free detergent compositions are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2012Publication date: May 1, 2014Inventors: Erin Jane Dahlquist, Carter Martin Silvernail, Steven E. Lentsch, Terrence P. Everson
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Publication number: 20140113851Abstract: The present application relates to cleaning and/or treatment compositions comprising anti-foams and methods of making and using such compositions. Such compositions encompass consumer products, cleaning and/or treatment compositions, fabric care compositions, or liquid laundry detergents that provide the desired suds profile via the addition of an antifoamer, yet are stable.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2013Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Bernard William Kluesener
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Patent number: 8697103Abstract: An alcoholic foam composition, which can be dispensed as a foam via a pump-foam system contains a) at least 52 to ?99 wt % of an alcohol or mixture of alcohols, b) a surfactant or a surfactant mixture, c) at least one polyalkylene glycol, d) optionally, at least one foam stabilizer, e) optionally, at least one member selected from the group consisting of cosmetic auxiliaries, adjuvants, active ingredients, and mixtures thereof, and f) optionally water. The surface tension of component b) lies in the range of ±15 dyn/cm of the surface tension of component a) or corresponds to the surface tension of component a), and the sum of components a) to f) is 100 wt % relative to the total quantity of the foam composition.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2012Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Deb IP LimitedInventors: Marcel Veeger, Markus Himming
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Patent number: 8697622Abstract: Synergistic combinations of extended chain surfactants and co-surfactants, emulsions or microemulsions and cleaning compositions incorporating the same are provided. In certain embodiments a surfactant system is disclosed which includes extended nonionic surfactants, and a linker surfactant. This system forms stable emulsions or microemulsions with oils, including non-trans fats and fatty acids and these emulsions or microemulsions are stable, irreversible and can be created at low temperature. The cleaning compositions may include the surfactant system alone, a stable emulsion or microemulsion with oil and the surfactant system, a pre-spotter or other pre-treatment or soft surface and hard surface cleaning compositions comprising the surfactant combination.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2010Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.Inventors: Victor Fuk-Pong Man, Yvonne Marie Killeen, Steven Eugene Lentsch, Michael Charles DeNoma
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Publication number: 20140100153Abstract: The invention relates to methods and compositions that may be used in a pre-soak system which maintains whitening and eliminates concerns of chlorine stability. The compositions and methods may be used for laundry, toilet bowl cleaners, ware wash cleaners, floor cleaners and the like. The system and compositions are particularly suited for laundry in a pre-soak system that includes the use of a “strainer” or basket for accomplishing the pre-soak step. Heavier soils fall to the bottom of the receptacle while greasy soils float to the top.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2013Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: ECOLAB USA INC.Inventors: Melissa Martinez-Crowley, Amie Blanks, Rachel Moore
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Patent number: 8685912Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 23, 2011Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Lion CorporationInventors: Shigeru Maeyama, Kei Tamura, Akira Shinohara, Keita Someya
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Patent number: 8685913Abstract: The invention provides improvements in the primary detergency of detergents for washing textiles, particularly against oily stains and/or stains containing fat. These improvements are realized through the use of certain polycarbonate-, polyurethane-, and/or polyurea-polyorganosiloxane compounds or precursor compounds usable in the production thereof having certain reactive groups.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2009Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGAAInventors: Nadine Warkotsch, Birgit Middelhauve, Marc-Steffen Schiedel, Konstantin Benda
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Patent number: 8680032Abstract: The invention relates to microencapsulated colorant granules consisting of a core (A) and a shell (B), whereby the core (A) has a diameter of between 1 and 1000 micrometer and comprises a) a colorant (I), b) microcrystalline cellulose, c) a polyol; and whereby the shell (B) has a thickness of between 1 to 500 micrometer and comprises d) a polymer selected from the group consisting of polycarboxylic acids, vinyl polymers, styrene-(meth)acrylic copolymers, cellulose and cellulose derivatives. The invention further relates to cleansing compositions, such as hand soaps, containing said microencapsulated colorant granules.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2010Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Clariant Finance (BVI) LimitedInventors: Angela Lachmann, Harald Oswald, Sambit Roy, Sharmad Chandratre
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Patent number: 8680033Abstract: A phosphorus-free automatic dishwashing detergent composition containing a polymer of acrylic acid, maleic acid and methacrylic acid; a carbonate; and a silicate. The composition contains carbonate and silicate in a weight ratio from 4:1 to 1:3, respectively; from 10 to 90 wt % total carbonate and silicate.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2010Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Marianne Patricia Creamer, Joseph Manna, Jan Edward Shulman
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Patent number: 8680035Abstract: An aerosol product comprises a foaming concentrate composition that comprises a surfactant and particulate material having a particle size of at least about 100 ?m. The foaming concentrate composition and propellant are contained in a package comprising a container and a powder valve comprising an orifice having an orifice diameter of at least about 508 ?m. Preferably, a ratio of the maximum particle size of the particulate material to the orifice diameter of the orifice is less than about 0.75.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2007Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Dennis Eugene Kuhlman, Timothy Woodrow Coffindaffer
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Patent number: 8680038Abstract: The present invention provides a new copolymer comprising zwitterionic units and other units, a new composition comprising the copolymer, and the use of the copolymer or the compositions for treating or modifying surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2006Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Rhodia OperationsInventors: Marc Balastre, Regan Crooks, Chi-Thanh Vuong
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Patent number: 8679366Abstract: A composition includes a polysaccharide graft polymer composition and 2-phosphonobutane-1,2,4-tricarboxylic acid. In one embodiment, the polysaccharide graft polymer composition includes a polysaccharide residue present in an amount from approximately 5% to approximately 90% by weight of the polysaccharide graft polymer composition and a residue of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid or a combination thereof present in an amount from approximately 10% to approximately 75% by weight of the polysaccharide graft polymer composition.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2012Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.Inventors: Carter Silvernail, Erik C. Olson
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Patent number: 8669218Abstract: An adherent gelled or pasty composition for cleaning and/or scenting a toilet, wherein the composition is applied internally onto the toilet ceramic and is rinsed off only after several flushing operations, the composition comprising: a surfactant selected from the group consisting of alkylpolyglycosides, amphoacetates, amphodiacetates, betaines, fatty alcohol ethercarboxylic acids, fatty acid sarcosinates, cocamidopropylamine oxide, aminopropionates, and biosurfactants; perfume; and water; wherein the composition comprises, as an adhesion promoter, an ester of polyisobutene succinic acid, and wherein the composition is free of further adhesion promoters and surfactants.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2013Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Marc-Steffen Schiedel, Brigitte Giesen, Petra Plantikow, Luca Bellomi, Karl-Heinz Scheffler
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Patent number: 8669221Abstract: Cleaning compositions comprising amphiphilic water-soluble alkoxylated polyalkylenimines having an inner polyethylene oxide block and an outer polypropylene oxide block.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2006Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Dieter Boeckh, Christian Bittner, Andrea Margret Misske, Arturo Luis Casado Dominguez
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Patent number: 8664174Abstract: A liquid composition having a microcapsule, the microcapsule having an aldehyde-containing resin, and one or more formaldehyde scavenger which reacts with formaldehyde to achieve more than about 60% reaction completeness in about 15 minutes time at pH 8 and at about 21° C. A liquid composition having a microcapsule, the microcapsule having an aldehyde-containing resin, one or more sulfur-based formaldehyde scavenger and optionally a non-sulfur-based formaldehyde scavenger.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2009Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Karl Ghislain Braeckman, Karel Jozef Maria Depoot, Tim Roger Michel Van Pachtenbeke, Johan Smets
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Patent number: 8658586Abstract: The invention relates to a composition for processing and/or modifying surfaces, particularly hard surfaces or textile surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2009Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Rhodia OperationsInventors: Katerina Karagianni, Wojciech Bzducha
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Patent number: 8653016Abstract: The present invention provides a biodegradable cleaning composition that includes a surfactant component including an ethoxylated 2-propyl heptanol, a chelating component including a tri-sodium salt of methylglycinediacetic acid and an emulsifier component including an ethoxylated hexanol having the formula C6H13O(CH2CH2O)H. The ethoxylated 2-propyl heptanol has the formula C5H11CH(C3H7)CH2O(C2H4O)pH, wherein p is a number of from 3 to 6. The composition also includes water and an acid component to establish a pH of the composition at less than 2. The composition is substantially free of solvents thereby reducing emission of volatile organic compounds and reducing potential environmental pollution and health hazards. The composition is also effective in removing rust, lime soap, and metal salts of fatty acids from hard surfaces including metal, vinyl, and fiberglass.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2010Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Suzanne Gessner, Charles Kerobo, Sonia Patterson
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Patent number: 8648028Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a capsule having a core and a shell surrounding the core. The shell comprises a polymeric material produced by reacting a component (A) with a component (B). Component (A) comprises a polysiloxane bearing one or more amino groups and component (B) comprises one or more polyisocyanates. The disclosure also relates to processes for producing the capsules, methods of using the capsules, and to products containing the capsules.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2009Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: Symrise AGInventor: Jan Looft
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Patent number: 8641827Abstract: A cleaning composition includes water, glycerine, at least one alkyl polyglycoside and a surface modification polymer. The surface modification polymer acts to provides for initial cleaning or pretreatment of the hard surface and provides a hydrophilic coating or barrier layer on the surface which provides residual cleaning to the hard surface for an extended number of cleanings. The composition has an alkaline pH of from about 8 to 10.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2012Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.Inventors: Amanda Ruth Blattner, Charles Allen Hodge, Erin Jane Dahlquist, Mark Dennis Levitt
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Patent number: 8636918Abstract: A composition includes an anionic polysaccharide hybrid polymer composition and 2-phosphonobutane-1,2,4-tricarboxylic acid. In one embodiment, the polysaccharide hybrid polymer composition includes a polysaccharide residue present in an amount from approximately 5% to approximately 90% by weight of the polysaccharide hybrid polymer composition and a residue of at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer present in an amount from approximately 10% to approximately 75% by weight of the polysaccharide hybrid polymer composition.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2012Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.Inventors: Carter Silvernail, Erik C. Olson
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Patent number: 8633148Abstract: The present application relates to encapsulated, solid, water soluble benefit agents and products comprising such encapsulates, as well as processes for making and using such encapsulates and products comprising such encapsulates. In one aspect, the present application relates to a melamine formaldehyde and/or urea formaldehyde encapsulation process that offers as solution to the dissolution of solid, water soluble benefit agents during the process's emulsification step.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2011Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: The procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Johan Smets, Susana Fernandez Prieto, Sandra Jacqueline Guinebretiere
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Patent number: 8628789Abstract: The present invention relates to improved hydrogel materials using water gellants that are comprised of polymer backbones P to which hydrogen bonding 4H-units are covalently attached via a hydrophobic linker L. Optionally, the hydrogel contains additional ingredients or additives. These new reversible hydrogels can easily be fine-tuned in their mechanical performance and function and are especially suitable for biomedical applications.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2008Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignee: SupraPolix, B.V.Inventors: Travis Wayne Baughman, Gaby Maria Leonarda Hoorne-Van Gemert, Henricus Marie Janssen, Egbert Willem Meijer, Anton Willem Bosman
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Patent number: 8623151Abstract: A cleaning composition includes an alkali metal silicate, a polymer including maleic acid, vinyl acetate and alkyl acrylate monomers, and optionally water. The cleaning composition can include approximately 10% and approximately 90% by weight of at least one alkali metal silicate, greater than or equal to approximately 0.1% by weight of the polymer containing maleic acid, vinyl acetate and alkyl acrylate monomers, and approximately 0% to approximately 80% by weight water.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2012Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.Inventors: Erik C. Olson, Carter Silvernail
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Publication number: 20130336905Abstract: Provided herein are compositions that exhibit enhanced clarity, higher viscosity, or both enhanced clarity and higher viscosity for a wide range of application arts, such as personal care compositions. The compositions have lightly- to moderately-crosslinked PVP and at least one additive.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2011Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicant: ISP Investments Inc.Inventors: Hani M. Fares, Christine M. Barrett, Tracey Ross
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Patent number: 8598105Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid detergent composition containing a specific amount of surfactant (A); a specific amount of a polymer compound (B) having the polyether chain moiety (i) and the polymer chain moiety (ii) composed of polymerization units derived from the specific unsaturated monoethylenic monomer; and water, wherein component (A) contains a specific amount of a specific alkoxyl nonionic surfactant (a1), and component (B) is a polymer compound having the polyether chain moiety (i) composed of polymerization units derived from an epoxide having 2 to 5 carbon atoms and the polymer chain moiety (ii) composed of polymerization units derived from one or more unsaturated carboxylic acid monomers selected from acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and maleic acid, the polymer compound having a graft structure wherein one of the chain moieties (i) and (ii) is the main chain and the other is a side chain.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2010Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Toshio Miyake, Ayumi Watada, Ayako Kita, Kohei Nishida, Kenichi Shiba, Shinichi Inaba
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Patent number: 8598108Abstract: The present composition relates to fabric care compositions comprising an organosiloxane polymer. Methods of using such compositions including contacting a fabric with the composition and rinsing the fabric are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2012Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Kerry Andrew Vetter, Bernard William Kluesener, Iskender Yilgor, Christian Herzig, Richard Becker, Rafael Trujillo Rosaldo, Leslie Dawn Waits, Janine A. Flood, Keith Homer Baker, Jennifer Beth Ponder, Mark Gregory Solinsky, Matthew Scott Wagner, Pradipta Sarkar, Emily Suzanne Klinker, Julie Ann O'Neil
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Patent number: 8598104Abstract: A detergent composition comprises a hydrophobic polymer, a sulphonated polyacrylate, a pyrrolidone derivative and an anionic surfactant. The compositions find particular application in dishwashing applications and exhibit reduced tendency for spotting on the articles to be cleaned.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2008Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser N.V.Inventors: Roger Kaiser, Jorg Pflug
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Patent number: 8586523Abstract: [Problem] To provide detergent compositions with superior surfactant deposition-inhibiting ability and anti-gelling properties that exhibit good cleaning effectiveness even when laundering under harsh conditions such as laundering in residual bath water. [Solution] A laundry detergent or cleaning composition which comprises a copolymer containing sulfonate groups containing from 1 to 50 mass percent of structural units (a) derived from 1 or more kinds of monomers (A) selected from ether bond-containing monomers represented by Formulas (1) and (2), 50 mass % or more and less than 98 mass % of structural units (b) derived from a carboxyl group-containing monomer (B), and 1 mass % or more and less than 50 mass % of structural units (c) de-rived from a sulfonate group-containing monomer (C).Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2009Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Jeffrey Scott Dupont, Atsuro Yoneda, Akiko Hemmi
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Patent number: 8585829Abstract: A cleaning composition includes a fatty acid salt constituting up to about 50% by weight of the composition, an anti-slip agent constituting up to about 20% by weight of the composition, a soil resistant agent constituting up to about 20% by weight of the composition and water. Methods of cleaning coated and uncoated surfaces, and particularly stone surfaces, are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2011Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.Inventors: Minyu Li, Catherine Hanson, Kim R. Smith, Robert D. Hei, Robert Crowley, Traci Gioino, Andrew Steven Wold, Mark D. Levitt
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Patent number: 8586521Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of laundering fabric comprising the step of contacting a laundry detergent composition to water to form a wash liquor, and laundering fabric in said wash liquor, wherein the wash liquor has a temperature of above 0° C. to 20° C., and wherein the laundry detergent composition comprises greater than 1 wt % detersive surfactant and other detergent ingredients.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2012Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Alan Thomas Brooker, Philip Frank Souter