Higher Fatty Acid, Or Salt Thereof Patents (Class 510/491)
  • Patent number: 12054863
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for producing a nonwoven fabric which improves the impregnation property of a fabric softener in the nonwoven fabric so as to apply the nonwoven fabric to a dryer sheet (sheet-type fabric softener). In a nonwoven fabric made of two types of polyester long fiber mixed filament yarns, by widening the specific surface area, adjusting the evenness deviation to be small and increasing the porosity, the impregnation property of a fabric softener is improved even when the nonwoven fabric is made lightweight, and the nonwoven fabric can be applied to a dryer sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: KOLON INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Young-shin Park, Min-ho Lee, Hee-jung Cho, Woo-seok Choi, Jung-soon Jang
  • Patent number: 11969495
    Abstract: 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: CONOPCO, INC.
    Inventors: Annie Jaye Galpin, Robert Machen, Smita Puntambekar, Robert George Riley, Pierre Starck
  • Patent number: 11904035
    Abstract: The invention relates to lamellar liquid composition comprising acyl isethionate, methyl acyl taurate, amphoteric and/or zwitterionic surfactant. Unexpectedly, applicants have found that, when ratio of isethionate to taurate is kept at about to 1:1, enhanced lather is achieved. Other criticalities include ratio of amphoteric and/or zwitterionic to anionic surfactant, total amount of surfactant, and pH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas John Hiban, Jamie Lynn Miller, Tirucherai Varahan Vasudevan
  • Patent number: 11737966
    Abstract: Rinse-off cleansing compositions can include surfactant, perfume, solvent, and water, wherein the rinse-off cleansing composition has a G? of at least about 25 Pa and/or is not a ringing gel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Edward Dewey Smith, III, Shawn David McConaughy, Jianjun Justin Li, Marc Adam Flickinger
  • Patent number: 11608479
    Abstract: A flowable washing agent preparation containing, based on the total weight thereof, i) 20 to 80 wt. % surfactant; ii) 2 to 15 wt. % fatty acid; iii) 5 to 25 wt. % organic solvent; iv) 0.3 to 8 wt. % of a salt of a divalent cation; v) less than 20 wt. % water, and washing methods using this preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Frank Meier, Peter Schmiedel, Daniel Thomas Piorkowski, Julia Sander, Thorsten Ott
  • Patent number: 11591553
    Abstract: A method for producing a washing agent portion unit having at least one receiving chamber surrounded by a water-soluble film, including the steps of: a) transporting a first water-soluble film in the direction of a dosing station; b) molding the first water-soluble film into the cavities of a deep-drawing die located below the water-soluble film, forming at least one cavity in the direction of travel of the film; c) filling the cavity by way of the dosing station with a first flowable washing agent preparation containing, based on its total weight, i) 20 to 80 wt. % surfactant; ii) 2 to 15 wt. % fatty acid; iii) 0.3 to 8 wt. % of the salt of a divalent cation; iv) 8 to 35 wt. % solvent; d) transporting the filled cavity in the direction of a sealing station; e) sealing the filled cavity with a second water-soluble film, and the washing agent portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Frank Meier, Peter Schmiedel, Daniel Thomas Piorkowski
  • Patent number: 11414632
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an extruded bar soap composition. It more particularly relates to a soap bar composition which exhibits better bloom (perfume impact) and better deposition of actives as compared to conventional soap bars. This is obtained by ensuring that the amount of oleate soap is kept low while incorporating some amount of ricinoleate soap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: CONOPCO, INC.
    Inventors: Ajit Manohar Agarkhed, Prem Chandar, Connor Walsh, Nitish Kumar, Georgia L. Shafer, Guohui Wu
  • Patent number: 9988593
    Abstract: A rapid drying cleaning solution comprises a chelating agent, a detergent, base, alcohol, and water. This cleaning solution can optionally contain fragrances and coloring agents, and can clean a variety of surfaces including natural and engineered wood, ceramic, cement, natural stone, man-made composites, porcelain floors, and other surfaces such as steel, stainless steel, other metallic compositions, ceramic, porcelain, wood and engineered wood countertops, followed by rapid drying of the surface being cleaned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Inventors: Robert Wyne, Abdul H. Ally
  • Publication number: 20150065400
    Abstract: Compounds of biodegradable surfactants useful for optimizing the separation of impurities typical of hydrocarbons, and designed to intervene and stabilize the molecular structure of crude oil, with no significant alterations of the crude's intrinsic composition are disclosed. The biodegradable surfactants compounds coexist with a non-ionic surfactant and an organic mix in emulsion form with the purpose of isolating crude from the pipeline, reduce friction to improve crude flow and to enter the crude macromolecule to modify the hydrocarbon chain to reduce its density and thus its viscosity; including compounds of biodegradable surfactants that comprise sodium hydroxide 1N, potassium chloride, sulphonic acid, dodecanoic acid, nonylphenol, terpene-1 and water, preferably hard water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Osmerio Enrique LABARCA FINOL, Rixio Egardo REYES LOPEZ
  • Patent number: 8969421
    Abstract: A method for producing a solid antifoaming agent comprising the following steps: providing an alkaline solution; adding an oil to the above alkaline solution to produce a saponification reaction; adding a liquid antifoaming agent; and putting aside the mixture containing the above alkaline solution, the oil and the liquid antifoaming agent to form the solid antifoaming agent. The ingredients of the solid antifoaming agent according to the present invention include 5˜40 weight percent vegetable oil, a 20˜40 weight percent sodium hydroxide solution and a 30˜60 weight percent liquid antifoaming agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Shao-Hai Fang, Hey-Uan Wei
  • Patent number: 8962544
    Abstract: A detergent composition as described which can be utilized in a variety of applications for cleaning surfaces and objects, removing suspended soils, and rinsing easily. The detergent composition is particularly effective at removing soils caused by raw fish soil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Jenna M. Johnson, Victor F. Man, Kim R. Smith, Tomoko Nakabayashi
  • Patent number: 8927482
    Abstract: The invention is an environmentally safe surface cleaner with 3 main ingredients and an odor enhancing compound. The ingredients are sodium bicarbonate, triacylglycerol saturated and unsaturated fatty acids, and water. The odor enhancer can be mint or peppermint oil, or almond extract; or it can be excluded from the composition. The invention is effective on multiple surfaces including hard surfaces and fabrics. The 3 main ingredients all have more than one role, rendering the composition as an effective polar solvent and an effective non-polar solvent. The composition is used in conjunction with a hard plastic scraper or soft cloth or other physical scouring device with a harness of no more than 2.5 on Moh's hardness scale. The composition is an effective scouring agent that aids in breaking the bonds between atoms of the surface debris and atoms of the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Inventor: Rudolph Albert Patterson
  • Publication number: 20140349902
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compositions comprising water, at least one biosurfactant and at least one fatty acid, which are characterized in that the fraction of the sum of all surfactants in the composition is from 1 to 30% by weight, and that the fraction of fatty acid, based on the sum of fatty acid and surfactants, is from 0.1 to 20% by weight, and to the use thereof as or for producing bath additives, shower gel, shampoos, conditioners, body cleansers or skin cleansers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: EVONIK INDUSTRIES AG
    Inventors: Petra Allef, Christian Hartung, Martin Schilling
  • Publication number: 20140227217
    Abstract: A cosmetic composition containing a component (A): a polyglycerol fatty acid ester, which is an ester of polyglycerol having an average degree of polymerization of 3 to less than 100 with a fatty acid having 6 to 30 carbon atoms; a component (B): water; and a component (C): at least one compound selected from the group consisting of ascorbic acid, ascorbic acid derivatives, trehalose, sucrose, citric acid and salts of citric acid, and a cosmetic containing the cosmetic composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: Rhe Nisshin OilliO Group, Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Matsuzawa, Azusa Takanashi, Tsuneki Takahashi, Aki Gotou
  • Patent number: 8778863
    Abstract: A novel method of producing soaps from organic residues, in which otherwise valueless organic residues are saponified, is disclosed. The method comprises steps of (a) preparing a solution of a base in water; (b) reacting said solution with stearic acid; (c) adding glycerol; (d) adding a borate; (e) adding a surface-active agent; (f) dispersing an organic residue within the mixture; and (g) reacting said organic residue until a homogeneous soap composition is obtained. A novel soap made by this process is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Caper Naum Vista Olive Oil Market Ltd.
    Inventor: Gregory Pipko
  • Patent number: 8697625
    Abstract: A solid block or unit dosed detergent composition as described which can be utilized in a variety of applications for cleaning surfaces and objects, removing suspending soils, and rinsing easily. The detergent composition, when exposed to an aqueous solution such as water, dissolves quickly and completely to create the use solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Bartelme, Julie Marquardt, Steve E. Lentsch, Victor F. Man, Brian Robert Leafblad
  • Patent number: 8673837
    Abstract: A shaped solid cleaning composition, especially in bar format, which utilises the detergency properties of new materials which are more efficient, relatively inexpensive and are environmentally friendly alternatives to conventional soaps or synthetics surfactants; more particularly, a shaped solid cleaning composition which comprises a specific amount of structuring agent and a specific amount of a treated particle. The precursor of the treated particle is an asymmetric 1:1 or 2:1:1 clay particle having alternating tetrahedral and octahedral sheets terminating with a tetrahedral sheet at a first external surface plane and an octahedral sheet at a second external surface plane. Either or both of said external surfaces is attached with a fatty acid or derivative thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Conopco Inc.
    Inventors: Sudipta Ghosh Dastidar, Sujitkumar Suresh Hibare, Janhavi Sanjay Raut, Suman Kumar Bhattacharya
  • Publication number: 20130326830
    Abstract: Provided herein is an aqueous, non-toxic, non-flammable, non-explosive, biodegradable, hypoallergenic cleaning composition. Also provided are pre-loaded wipes containing the cleaning solution, kits, and methods of cleaning surfaces using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventors: Thomas BAKEHORN, Guy Roland ADAMS
  • Patent number: 8563492
    Abstract: A skin cleaning agent containing from 2 to 25% by weight of a cleaning body having a mean grain size of from 100 to 1000 ?m and containing at least 50% hydrogenated castor oil; from 2 to 30% by weight of surfactants; from 0.1 to 10% by weight of thickeners; water and optionally further auxiliaries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Peter Greven Hautschutz GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Hermann-Josef Stolz, Robert Bornicke, Manfred Matzel
  • Publication number: 20130259913
    Abstract: Particles containing at least two incompatible materials, such as a hydrophilic agent and a lipophilic agent, and particles from gas saturated solution (PGSS) processes for making such particles are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventors: Holly Balasubramanian Rauckhorst, Qing Stella, Andreas Josef Dreher
  • Publication number: 20130252869
    Abstract: A cleaning composition may comprise a pH-switchable sudsing system and a cleansing system. The pH-switchable sudsing system may comprise a primary sudsing agent in combination with a pH-switchable co-surfactant. The pH-switchable co-surfactant is selected from diamine molecules having a general formula R1R2—N—R3—N+(CH3)3X?, where R1 is a linear or branched C8 to C16 hydrocarbyl, R2 is a linear or branched C1 to C3 hydrocarbyl, R3 is a linear or branched C3 to C6 hydrocarbylene, and X is a counteranion. The tertiary amine nitrogen of the pH-switchable co-surfactant has a pKa value. When the tertiary amine nitrogen is unprotonated, the pH-switchable co-surfactant may provide a suds-boosting effect in washing solutions at a washing pH above the pKa. When the tertiary amine nitrogen is protonated, the pH-switchable co-surfactant may provide a suds-reducing benefit in rinse waters at a rinse pH below the pKa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Hiroshi OH, John August WOS, Robb Richard GARDNER, Timothy BATES
  • Publication number: 20130225469
    Abstract: Aqueous hard surface cleaner compositions derived from metathesized natural oil feedstocks are disclosed. In one aspect, the compositions comprise at least one anionic surfactant derived from a metathesis-derived C10-C17 monounsaturated acid, 5 octadecene-1,18-dioic acid, or their ester derivatives. In another aspect, aqueous hard surface cleaners comprising at least one nonionic or amphoteric surfactant derived from a metathesis-derived C10-C17 monounsaturated acid, octadecene-1,18-dioic acid, or their ester derivatives are disclosed. The aqueous cleaners noted above rival or outperform commercial baselines in a Gardner straight-line washability test. Industrial degreasers comprising a C10 or C12 amide solvent and derived from a metathesis-derived C10-C17 monounsaturated acid are superior to commercial standards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: Stepan Company
    Inventors: Dave R Allen, Randal J Bernhardt, Aaron Brown, Ronald A. Masters, Patrick Shane Wolfe, Lena Titievsky
  • Patent number: 8309506
    Abstract: The present invention is an auxiliary washing aid comprising a textile substrate coated or otherwise impregnated with a composition comprising elementary silver and/or a silver compound, non-neutralized fatty acid, and hydrogen peroxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Matthias Sunder, Robert Stephen Cappleman, Francesca Corbellini, Georg Meine
  • Publication number: 20120283165
    Abstract: The present invention relates to medium chain peroxycarboxylic acid compositions of neutral or alkaline pH, to methods of making these compositions, and to methods employing these compositions. The methods include methods of cleaning. The compositions include cleaning compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: ECOLAB USA INC.
    Inventors: Victor F. Man, Gina M. Danielson, Nathan D. Peitersen, Mark R. Altier
  • Publication number: 20120282207
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel antimicrobial compositions. In one embodiment, the antimicrobial composition comprises an antimicrobial effective amount of a mixture comprising (a) two or more fatty acids, each of which is natural or naturally derived, and (b) at least one of (i) a natural or naturally derived product, (ii) an alcoholic solvent, or (iii) an organic acid or a salt thereof. The present invention also provides a product comprising a preservative effective amount of the aforementioned mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: Lincoln Manufacturing Inc.
    Inventor: Patrick Jay Lutz
  • Publication number: 20120196787
    Abstract: The invention relates to a shaped solid cleaning composition, especially in bar format, which utilises the detergency properties of new materials which are more efficient, relatively inexpensive and are environmentally friendly alternatives to conventional soaps or synthetic surfactants. The present invention provides for a shaped solid cleaning composition which comprises a specific amount of structuring agent and a specific amount of a treated particle. The precursor of the treated particle is an asymmetric 1:1 or 2:1: clay particle having alternating tetrahedral and octahedral sheets terminating with a tetrahedral sheet at a first external surface plane and an octahedral sheet at a second external surface plane. Either or both of said external surfaces is attached with a fatty acid or derivative thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Sudipta Ghosh Dastidar, Sujitkumar Suresh Hibare, Janhavi Sanjay Raut, Suman Kumar Bhattacharya
  • 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: 8067350
    Abstract: A cleansing composition is disclosed that changes color during use. The cleansing composition contains a plurality of thermochromic dyes that cause a color change to occur at a threshold temperature and continue to cause a color change over a temperature range. The range of temperatures corresponds to approximately the amount of time sufficient to properly wash or scrub using the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott W. Wenzel, Corey Thomas Cunningham, Katherine D. Stahl, David William Koenig, Kelly Davis Arehart, John Gavin MacDonald, Brendon F. Ribble
  • Patent number: 8049022
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fatty acid alkanolamides or polyolamides containing at least one group Y, where Y stands for CF3—(CH2)a—O—, SF5—, CF3—(CH2)a—S—, CF3CF2S—, [CF3—(CH2)a]2N— or [CF3—(CH2)a]NH—, where a stands for an integer selected from the range from 0 to 5, or formula (I), where Rf stands for CF3—(CH2)r—, CF3—(CH2)r—O—, CF3—(CH2)r—S—, CF3CF2—S—, SF5—(CH2)r— or [CF3—(CH2)r]2N—, [CF3—(CH2)r]NH— or (CF3)2N—(CH2)r—, B stands for a single bond, O, NH, NR, CH2, C(O)—O, C(O), S, CH2—O, O—C(O), N—C(O), C(O)—N, O—C(O)—N, N—C(O)—N, O—SO2 or SO2—O, R stands for alkyl having 1 to 4 C atoms, b stands for 0 or 1 and c stands for 0 or 1, q stands for 0 or 1, where at least one radical from b and q stands for 1, and r stands for 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, to processes for the preparation of these compounds, and to uses of these surface-active compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Wolfgang Hierse, Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyev, Martin Seidel, Elvira Montenegro, Peer Kirsch, Andreas Bathe
  • Patent number: 8030266
    Abstract: A method for producing a pearly luster composition containing pearly luster particles (A) containing a fatty acid glycol ester (a1) and a fatty acid glycol ester (a2) having a melting point higher than the melting point of the fatty acid glycol ester (a1), and a surfactant (B), wherein the method includes the steps of (i) solubilizing the fatty acid glycol ester (a2) in the presence of the surfactant (B); (ii) mixing the solubilized solution obtained in the step (i) with a molten fatty acid glycol ester (a1), to emulsify the mixture; and (iii) cooling the emulsified mixture obtained in the step (ii), to precipitate the pearly luster particles (A); a pearly luster composition obtained by the method; and a shampoo containing the pearly luster composition. The pearly luster composition obtained by the present invention is suitably used for shampoos, conditioners, body shampoos, liquid detergents, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: KAO Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo Hosoya, Koji Mine, Takeshi Nakai
  • Publication number: 20110229424
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cleaning agent, characterized in that the cleaning agent comprises a microemulsion or a fluid nanophase system, and has the following components: a) at least one non-water-soluble substance having a solubility in water of less than 4 g per liter; b) at least one amphiphile substance, NP-MCA, that has no tenside structure, does not form structures on its own, has a solubility in water or oil between 4 g and 1000 g per liter, and preferably does not accumulate at the oil-water boundary, with the provision that NP-MCA is not selected from among 2-Ethyl-1,3-Hexanediol, 2-Methyl-2,4-Pentanediol, 2-(n-Butyl)-2-Ethyl-1,3-Propanediol and/or 1,2-Diols; c) at least one anionic, cationic, amphoteric and/or non-ionic tenside; d) water and/or a water-soluble solvent having hydroxyl functionality and, optionally, additives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventors: Dirk Schumann, Ralner Surkow
  • Patent number: 8008240
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process of treating a hard surface with a composition comprising polyalkoxylate trisiloxane. More specifically, it relates to a process of treating an horizontal hard surface, wherein a composition comprising polyalkoxylate trisiloxane is applied onto said hard surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Andrew Morrison, Robby Renilde François Keuleers, Thomas Delaere, Mercedes Labiano Ros
  • Publication number: 20110190187
    Abstract: Organic residue remover composition useful to remove from very oily type soils to very watery contaminants from various surfaces, obtained by mixing: component (a): at least one water insoluble hydrophobic compound, component (b): at least one water soluble glycol ether, component (c): at least one water insoluble glycol ether, component (d): at least one aromatic alcohol, component (e): at least one surfactant, optionally component (f): at least one hydrotrope, and component (g): water, wherein each component or an ingredient thereof is different from the other components or ingredients thereof in the organic residue remover composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: W. M. Barr & Company
    Inventors: Charles L. Hawes, III, Dennis E. Shireman, Leonard R. Clark
  • Patent number: 7968509
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a softening detergent composition containing a glyceryl monoether represented by formula (I) and (b) a clay mineral: R—O—(C3H6O2)n—H??(I) wherein R represents a hydrocarbon group having 6 to 22 carbon atoms and n represents the degree of condensation of glycerin and denotes a number from 3 to 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Yohei Ozeki, Teruo Kubota, Takanori Kotera, Motomitsu Hasumi
  • Patent number: 7871968
    Abstract: The present invention provides soap, including glycerine and sapropel. It also provides therapeutic uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Saponaqua International Limited
    Inventors: Rupert Bevan, Michael John Smith
  • Patent number: 7858568
    Abstract: There is provided a color change composition that remains stable in a single phase and that contains an indicator that produces an observable color change after a period of time to show that sufficient cleaning has been done or to indicate the thoroughness of the cleaning. This use indicating color change is useful for, for example, in soap for teaching children to wash their hands for a sufficient period of time. This composition may be added to many different base materials to indicate time of use or as a way to introduce enjoyment to the activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: John Gavin MacDonald, Yanbin Huang, Kaiyuan Yang, Jaeho Kim, Ning Wei
  • Publication number: 20100113616
    Abstract: Method of inhibiting discoloration in agents by incorporating iodide salt(s), preferably calcium, potassium and/or sodium iodides into the formulation of those agents. The method is particularly suited for agents comprising vanillin and/or vanillin derivatives, wherein vanillin and/or vanillin derivatives are components of a fragrance mixture and the agents are washing and cleaning agents or cosmetics agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Thomas Gerke, Gerard Veldman, Andreas Bauer, Werner Faber
  • Patent number: 7691801
    Abstract: A liquid fabric treatment composition comprising from 50 to 92% by weight of water, from 1 to 15% by weight of one or more alkylated sugars, from 1 to 15% by weight of one or more fatty acids, from 5 to 25% by weight of one or more fatty acid esters, and from 1 to 15% by weight of fatty acid soap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: The Sun Products Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Leonard Briggs, Craig Warren Jones, Glyn Roberts
  • Patent number: 7674762
    Abstract: A particulate detergent composition or component therefor which comprises a bi- or tri-valent carboxylic acid salt, preferably magnesium stearate, which, without the carboxylic acid salt being present, has a hygroscopicity value of greater than 25%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: The Sun Products Corporation
    Inventors: Arie Krijgsman, Elfriede Maria Langeveld, Fakhruddin Esmail Pacha
  • Patent number: 7671000
    Abstract: The invention provides liquid cleanser compositions which can use fatty acyl isethionates surfactant products, regardless of free fatty acid and/or fatty acid salt content of isethionate mixture or chain length distribution of isethionates mixture. The key is to insure a specific combination of liquid crystal inducer (of surfactant phase) and of modifier so that the isethionates will be stable at low and high temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Liang Sheng Tsaur, Kavssery Parameswaran Ananthapadmanabhan, Virgilio Barba Villa, Rajendra M. Dave
  • Patent number: 7659235
    Abstract: The invention provides liquid cleanser compositions which can use fatty acyl isethionates mixtures, regardless of free fatty acid content of isethionates mixture or chain length distribution of isethionates mixture. The key is to ensure a specific combination of liquid crystal inducer (of surfactant phase) and of modifier so that the isethionates will be stable at low and high temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Liang Sheng Tsaur, Kavssery Parameswaran Ananthapadmanabhan, Virgilio Barba Villa
  • Patent number: 7655607
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for providing a stable liquid cleanser compositions which can use fatty acyl isethionates mixtures, regardless of free fatty acid contact of isethionates mixture or chain length distribution of isethionates mixture. The key is to insure a specific combination of liquid crystal inducer (of surfactant phase) and of modifier (to ensure large size domain providing stability) so that the isethionates will be stable at low and high temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Liang Sheng Tsaur, Kavssery Parameswaran Ananthapadmanabhan, Virgilio Barba Villa
  • Patent number: 7651989
    Abstract: There is provided a color change composition that remains stable in a single phase and that contains an indicator that produces an observable color change after a period of time to show that sufficient cleaning has been done or to indicate the thoroughness of the cleaning. This use indicating color change is useful for, for example, in soap for teaching children to wash their hands for a sufficient period of time. This composition may be added to many different base materials to indicate time of use or as a way to introduce enjoyment to the activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: John Gavin MacDonald, Yanbin Huang, Kaiyuan Yang, Jaeho Kim, Ning Wei
  • Patent number: 7648583
    Abstract: An aqueous, concentrated neutral detergent composition for use in cleaning medical instruments and metal components (parts, tools, utensils, vessels, equipment, and surfaces) having scale control and corrosion inhibition properties when diluted to about 1/40 ounce per gallon to about 1/10 ounce per gallon in potable water. In addition, the concentrate may be applied directly to metal surfaces, such as stainless steel, to remove rust and other stains, without causing any additional corrosion or other damage to the metal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: American Sterilizer Company
    Inventors: Ann Kneipp McRae, Jason Frank Tirey, Stavroula Maria Heintz, Nancy-Hope Elizabeth Kaiser, Kathleen A. Fix
  • Patent number: 7642224
    Abstract: An aqueous, concentrated neutral detergent composition for use in cleaning medical instruments and metal components (parts, tools, utensils, vessels, equipment, and surfaces) having scale control and corrosion inhibition properties when diluted to about 1/40 ounce per gallon to about 1/10 ounce per gallon in potable water. In addition, the concentrate may be applied directly to metal surfaces, such as stainless steel, to remove rust and other stains, without causing any additional corrosion or other damage to the metal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: American Sterilizer Company
    Inventors: Ann Kneipp McRae, Jason Frank Tirey, Stavroula Maria Heintz, Nancy-Hope Elizabeth Kaiser, Kathleen A. Fix
  • Patent number: 7608570
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process of treating a hard surface with a composition comprising polyalkoxylate trisiloxane. More specifically, it relates to a process of treating an inclined or vertical hard surface, wherein a composition comprising polyalkoxylate trisiloxane is applied onto said hard surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Vincenzo Tomarchio, Robby Renilde François Keuleers, Thomas Delaere, Mercedes Labiano Ros, Christopher Andrew Morrison
  • Patent number: 7597766
    Abstract: An aqueous, concentrated neutral detergent composition for use in cleaning medical instruments and metal components (parts, tools, utensils, vessels, equipment, and surfaces) having scale control and corrosion inhibition properties when diluted to about 1/40 ounce per gallon to about 1/10 ounce per gallon in potable water. In addition, the concentrate may be applied directly to metal surfaces, such as stainless steel, to remove rust and other stains, without causing any additional corrosion or other damage to the metal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: American Sterilizer Company
    Inventors: Ann Kneipp McRae, Jason Frank Tirey, Stavroula Maria Heintz, Nancy-Hope Elizabeth Kaiser, Kathleen A. Fix
  • Publication number: 20090038650
    Abstract: Compositions are provided that can include a fatty acid ester such as canolates, and essential oils such as borneol. Example compositions can include a canolate and lime oil. Methods for cleaning substrates are also provided that can include exposing the substrate to a mixture including a fatty acid ester and an essential oil. Methods for dissolving a primarily organic substance are also provided that can include exposing the substance to a mixture including a fatty acid ester and an essential oil. Particular methods are provided for cleaning painting equipment that can include exposing the painting equipment to a composition comprising a fatty acid ester and an essential oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Ronald Grogan, Frank Maresca
  • Publication number: 20080280806
    Abstract: A solid block or unit dosed detergent composition as described which can be utilized in a variety of applications for cleaning surfaces and objects, removing suspending soils, and rinsing easily. The detergent composition, when exposed to an aqueous solution such as water, dissolves quickly and completely to create the use solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2007
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Applicant: ECOLAB INC.
    Inventors: Michael Bartelme, Julie Marquardt, Steve E. Lentsch, Victor F. Man, Brian Robert Leafblad
  • Publication number: 20080207480
    Abstract: The present invention discloses soap obtained by dispersing synthetic and/or natural soap and liquid organic residues by hydrolyzing at least one natural oil so as water-soluble soap is obtained; and dispersing organic residues in a water miscible solution until a homogeneous soap composition phase is obtained and a method of producing such soaps from organic residues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventor: Gregory Pipko