Nitrogen In The Component (except Triazines) (e.g., Amine, Etc.) Patents (Class 510/499)
  • Patent number: 11788192
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition of at least one sulfonic acid in combination with an effective amount of at least one nitrosyl compound, acting as inhibitor of corrosion of metals by said at least one sulfonic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: ARKEMA FRANCE
    Inventors: Lionel Renaud, Bernard Monguillon, Jean-Alex Laffitte, Denis Siguret, Pierre Mekarbane
  • Patent number: 11718812
    Abstract: A cleaning composition for cleaning a surface of a substrate comprising silicon germanium after a chemical mechanical polishing process is provided. The cleaning composition includes an oligomeric or polymeric polyamine, at least one wetting agent, a pH adjusting agent, and a solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Cui, William Weilun Hong, Gin-Chen Huang, Shich-Chang Suen, Kei-Wei Chen
  • Patent number: 11702533
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a rubber composition comprising 100 phr of at least one diene-based rubber, 30 phr to 250 phr of at least one filler, and 1 phr to 40 phr of an epoxidized and aminated fatty acid ester, wherein the epoxidized and aminated fatty acid ester is obtained from the reaction of an epoxidized fatty acid ester with an aliphatic amine. Furthermore, the present invention is directed to a rubber product, such as a tire, comprising such a rubber composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignees: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST)
    Inventors: Marc Weydert, Frida Nzulu, Arpan Datta Sarma, Pierre Verge, Daniel Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11648298
    Abstract: An oral care composition, including a catalyzing enzyme and an anhydrous matrix configured to at least partially stabilize the catalyzing enzyme, wherein the anhydrous matrix includes a source of hydrogen peroxide, an acyl donor, a non-aqueous anhydrous liquid, and a surfactant mixture including sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS), Betaine, and a poloxamer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Shaotang Yuan, Paloma Pimenta, Dennis Ontumi, Jennifer Gronlund, Robert Dicosimo, Sharon Haynie, Mark S. Payne
  • Patent number: 11591546
    Abstract: The invention discloses synergistic combinations of surfactant blends and cleaning compositions employing the same. In certain embodiments a surfactant system is disclosed which includes an extended anionic surfactant with novel co-surfactants including one or more of an alkyl glycerol ether, an ethoxylated alkyl glycerol ether, an alcohol ethoxylate and/or a gemini surfactant. This system forms emulsions with, and can remove greasy and oily stains, even those comprised of non-trans fats. The compositions may be used alone, as a pre-spotter or other pre-treatment or as a part of a soft surface or hard surface cleaning composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Victor Fuk-Pong Man, Derrick Richard Anderson
  • Patent number: 11453759
    Abstract: Fluorescent magenta latexes are provided which may comprise water and fluorescent agent-incorporated resin particles, the particles comprising a resin, Solvent Red 49 as a red fluorescent agent, and Solvent Yellow 98 as a yellow fluorescent agent, wherein the fluorescent magenta latex has a weight ratio of the Solvent Red 49 to the Solvent Yellow 98 in a range of from 3:1 to 10:1. Fluorescent magenta toners and methods of making and using the fluorescent magenta toners are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Chunliang Lu, Peter V. Nguyen, Yu Qi
  • Patent number: 11453760
    Abstract: Fluorescent orange latexes are provided which comprise water and fluorescent agent-incorporated resin particles, the particles comprising a resin, Solvent Red 49 as a red fluorescent agent, and Solvent Yellow 98 as a yellow fluorescent agent, wherein the fluorescent orange latex has a weight ratio of the Solvent Yellow 98 to the Solvent Red 49 in a range of from 20:1 to 0.5:1. Fluorescent orange toners and methods of making and using the fluorescent orange toners are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Chunliang Lu, Peter V. Nguyen, Yu Qi
  • Patent number: 10920080
    Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous binder-free pigment dispersions containing (A) at least one organic and/or inorganic pigment, (B) one or more dispersing agents and/or surfactants, (C) at least one base of formula (I), where R1 is H, C1-C4-alkyl, CH2CH2OH or CH2CH(CH3)OH, (D) optionally, one or more polyalkylene glycols, (E) optionally, other additives commonly used for making aqueous pigment dispersions, and (F) water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Clariant International Ltd.
    Inventors: Rainer Kupfer, Christoph Söffing, Jörg Rüger
  • Patent number: 10487292
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fabric enhancer compositions as well as the methods of making and using same. Such fabric enhancer compositions comprise a quaternary ammonium ester fabric softening active, a branched, ethoxylated nonionic surfactant and perfume. Such fabric enhancer compositions exhibit improved freeze-thaw stability while also delivering the softening benefits that are desired by consumers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Pieter Jan Maria Saveyn, Dries Vaes, Marc Johan Declercq
  • Patent number: 10450535
    Abstract: A disinfecting solution includes hydrogen peroxide at a concentration of from about 1.5% w/w to 8% w/w; at least one readily biodegradable anionic surfactant in a concentration of from about 10% w/w to about 25% w/w; at least one of salicylic acid and salts thereof, in a concentration of from about 1% w/w to about 8% w/w; at least one chelating agent in a concentration of from about 0.005% w/w to about 10% w/w; and at least one low-corrosive non-surfactant sulfonic acid selected from benzenesulfonic acid, benzene disulfonic acid, xylene sulfonic acid, toluene sulfonic acid, cumene sulfonic acid, sulfosalicylic acid, naphthalene mono- or di-sulfonic acid, methane sulfonic acid, and isethionic acid in a concentration of from about 1% w/w to about 15% w/w. The solution is free of acetic acid, furoic acid, phenylacetic acid, cationic surfactants, amphoteric surfactants, aromatic alcohols, halogen acids, phenols, peracid activators, bleaches, and (optionally) benzoic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: VIROX TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventor: Faraz Ahmadpour
  • Patent number: 10433545
    Abstract: The present invention relates to quaternary ammonium disinfecting cleaning compositions comprising a quaternary ammonium compound, an alkyl a polyglycoside with a CMC greater than 1000 ppm and a chelant. Beneficially, the compositions provide residual sanitizing efficacy without diminished performance and without scale formation when diluted with hard water. The compositions are suitable for inactivating and/or reducing infectious agents, particularly Norovirus, Adenovirus, and Polyomavirus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Yamini Karandikar, Mark Dennis Levitt, Joseph R. Wegner, Kim R. Solomon
  • Patent number: 10358620
    Abstract: Provided are amine-neutralized anionic surfactants and their use in detergent formulations. The amine-neutralized anionic surfactants are of the formula I, as described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Vikram Prasad
  • Patent number: 9795132
    Abstract: A disinfecting shower cleaner composition including a medium-chain fatty acid coupled with a nonionic surfactant providing temperature stable antimicrobial compositions. The invention specifically relates to antimicrobial compositions including fatty acid antimicrobial agents coupled with an ethoxylated amine and methods of using the antimicrobial compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Elizabeth Kiesel, Michael Edward Besse, Lisa A. Hellickson, Mark Levitt, Daniel E. Pedersen
  • Patent number: 9771549
    Abstract: In one aspect is disclosed a cleansing composition comprising: (i) a surfactant; (ii) an oligodynamic metal or ions thereof; (iii) a chelating agent; and, a polymer having a group comprising a site having one or more lone pair of electrons wherein, said surfactant is soap. The polymer having a group comprising a site having one or more lone pair of electrons enhances the antimicrobial efficacy of the oligodynamic metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Ajit Manohar Agarkhed, Nitish Kumar, Divya Paruchuri
  • Patent number: 9686981
    Abstract: A disinfecting shower cleaner composition including a medium-chain fatty acid coupled with a nonionic surfactant providing temperature stable antimicrobial compositions. The invention specifically relates to antimicrobial compositions including fatty acid antimicrobial agents coupled with an ethoxylated amine and methods of using the antimicrobial compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Elizabeth Kiesel, Michael E. Besse, Lisa A. Hellickson, Mark Levitt, Daniel E. Pedersen
  • Patent number: 9661687
    Abstract: A network device within an outdoor broadband unit receives, via Ethernet over coaxial cable signals, Internet Protocol (IP) data traffic originating from a device within a local area network (LAN). The IP data traffic is buffered in a memory within the outdoor broadband unit. A forwarding plane module of the network device sends the IP data traffic toward a destination via an air interface for a wide area network (WAN). The network device receives, via different Ethernet over coaxial cable signals, IP control traffic originating from the device within the LAN. A control plane module of the network device implements the instructions in the IP control traffic to initiate a test function for the network device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Sergio Aguirre, Raafat Edward Kamel, Lalit R. Kotecha, Kamlesh S. Kamdar
  • Patent number: 9273271
    Abstract: The present invention provides a lenticular or disc coated detergent particle having perpendicular dimensions x, y and z, wherein x is from 1 to 2 mm, y is from 2 to 8 mm and z is from 2 to 8 mm, wherein the particle comprises: (i) from 40 to 90 wt % surfactant selected from anionic surfactant and non-ionic surfactant; (ii) from 1 to 40 wt % water soluble inorganic salts; and (iii) from 0.0001 to 0.5 wt % pigment, wherein the pigment is selected from organic and inorganic pigments, wherein the inorganic salts and the pigment are present on the detergent particle as a coating and the surfactant is present as a core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Conopco Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Norman Batchelor, Andrew Paul Chapple, Stephen Thomas Keningley
  • Patent number: 9034813
    Abstract: The invention meets the needs above by providing a surfactant system, mixture or blend that can be used as a part of a soaking composition. The surfactant system is capable of forming emulsions with, and thus removing, oily and greasy stains. In a preferred embodiment the surfactant compositions of the invention can remove non-trans fat and fatty acid stains. The invention involves foaming soaking compositions that have some or part of the anionic surfactant present in the same replaced with an extended chain anionic surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: ECOLAB USA INC.
    Inventors: Victor Fuk-Pong Man, Yvonne Marie Killeen, Derrick Richard Anderson
  • Patent number: 9029311
    Abstract: This invention relates to extend the benefits of using hypochlorite compounds such as sodium hypochlorite to clean and disinfect articles while reducing or eliminating the side effects of treating an article with a strong oxidant material. The invention relates to a single step process involving mixing of precursor compositions of a suitable hypohalite or hypohalous acid with a solution of a reducing agent. Optionally a buffer may be present in either or both precursor compositions, such that at time of use such active hypohalous acid concentration in the resulting aqueous mixture remains at a sufficient activity level to effect one or more desired benefits against a target substrate for a desired period of time. The oxidant is substantially consumed by reaction with the reducing agent after the time needed for achieving the desired benefit has passed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventors: Dewain Garner, William Smith, Jared Heymann
  • Patent number: 9023776
    Abstract: A rinse-off composition, such as a shampoo, hair conditioner or shower gel, comprising a rinse-off composition base, lactoyl ethanolamine and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of N-(4-cyanomethylphenyl) p-menthanecarboxamide and N-(2-pyridin-2-ylethyl) p-menthanecarboxamide. The compositions provide a pleasant, long-lasting cooling sensation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Givaudan S.A.
    Inventors: Arun Kumar Viswanath, Shreedhar Iyer, Paolo Facino, Ai Teng Koh
  • Patent number: 9023783
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Johan Smets, Susana Fernandez Prieto, Sandra Jacqueline Guinebretiere
  • Patent number: 9018152
    Abstract: A liquid detergent composition containing (A) 10 to 70 mass % of a nonionic surfactant, (B) 1 to 15 mass % of an anionic surfactant, (C) 0.01 to 2 mass % of a protease, and (D) 0.001 to 0.1 mass % of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of thiazole-based compounds and sulfur-containing amino acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: LION Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Ogura, Hiroaki Shindo
  • Patent number: 9005367
    Abstract: A liquid composition comprising (A) at least one polar organic solvent, selected from the group consisting of solvents exhibiting in the presence of from 0.06 to 4% by weight of dissolved tetramethylammonium hydroxide (B), the weight percentage being based on the complete weight of the respective test solution (AB), a constant removal rate at 50° C. for a 30 nm thick polymeric barrier anti-reflective layer containing deep UV absorbing chromophoric groups, (B) at least one quaternary ammonium hydroxide, and (C) at least one aromatic amine containing at least one primary amino group, a method for its preparation and a method for manufacturing electrical devices, employing the liquid composition as a resist stripping composition and its use for removing negative-tone and positive-tone photoresists and post etch residues in the manufacture of 3D Stacked Integrated Circuits and 3D Wafer Level Packagings by way of patterning Through Silicon Vias and/or by plating and bumping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventor: Andreas Klipp
  • Patent number: 8993504
    Abstract: The present invention provides an oxidation catalyst for bleaching containing a component (a) which is an anion caused from a chelating agent having less than or equal to coordination position 5 and/or the chelating agent, and a component (b) which is a copper and/or manganese compound; and a binder compound (c); a hydrogen peroxide-based compound (d) which dissolves in water and generates hydrogen peroxide, the bleaching composition containing a granulated product or a molded product in which at least the component (b) and the component (c) are granulated or molded together. According to the invention, an oxidation catalyst that promotes the oxidation effect of hydrogen peroxide-based compounds with a trace amount of the composition, and has excellent effects of suppressing the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide-based compounds and suppressing coloration of the catalyst itself, and a bleaching composition containing the oxidation catalyst can be utilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: LION Corporation
    Inventors: Takayasu Kubozono, Tomonari Suekuni, Yosuke Kono, Yukiko Iwasa, Hideyuki Kaneda, Yukihiro Dannoue, Hiroaki Hara, Yasushi Hirata
  • Patent number: 8987181
    Abstract: A photoresist and post etch cleaning solution for semiconductor wafers comprising: A. a polar aprotic solvent, B. an inorganic base; C. a co-solvent for said inorganic base; D. a unsaturated cycloaliphatic compound having a ring ether group and at least one substituent bearing a primary hydroxyl group; E. an organic base comprising an amine compound; and F. a nonionic surfactant bearing at least one ether group. The wafer containing photoresist residue or post etch residue can be cleaned by contacting the solution in a spray or immersion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Dynaloy, LLC
    Inventors: Kimberly Dona Pollard, Donald Pfettscher, Meagan Hatfield, Spencer Erich Hochstetler, Nichelle M. Wheeler, Michael T. Phenis
  • Publication number: 20150057213
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising water-soluble alkoxylated polyalkyleneimines with a low melting point. More specifically, the present invention relates to compositions comprising water-soluble alkoxylated polyalkyleneimines having an inner polyethylene oxide block comprising 5 to 18 polyethylene oxide units, a middle polyalkylene oxide block comprising 1 to 5 polyalkylene oxide units and an outer polyethylene oxide block comprising 2 to 14 polyethylene oxide units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Frank HULSKOTTER, Brian Joseph LOUGHNANE, Sophia Rosa EBERT, Bjoern LUDOLPH
  • Patent number: 8957005
    Abstract: A silicon wafer cleaning agent includes at least a water-based cleaning liquid, and a water-repellent cleaning liquid for providing water-repellent to an uneven pattern at least at recessed portions during a cleaning process. The water-repellent cleaning liquid is a liquid composed of a water-repellent compound containing a reactive moiety which is chemically bondable to Si in the silicon wafer, and a hydrophobic group, or is a liquid wherein 0.1 mass % or more of the water-repellent compound relative to the total quantity of 100 mass % of the water-repellent cleaning liquid and an organic solvent are mixed and contained therein. A cleaning process wherein a pattern collapse is easily induced can be improved by using the cleaning agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Central Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Soichi Kumon, Masanori Saito, Takashi Saio, Hidehisa Nanai, Yoshinori Akamatsu
  • Patent number: 8946137
    Abstract: To provide a skin washing agent which is excellent in the foaming speed and the foam creaminess in washing therewith, and which, after washing therewith, is excellent in the moist feeling and the absence of pulling feeling of the skin and does not change the moisture content of skin. A foamable skin washing agent comprising (a) a fatty acid salt, (b) one or more selected from a homopolymer, a dipolymer and a terpolymer derived from a specific cationated monomer (e.g., dimethyldiallylammonium chloride), (c) a polyglyceryl monoalkyl ether, and (d) one or more selected from an acylmethyltaurine salt and a hydroxy ether carboxylate salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Shiseido Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiko Kimura, Hidefumi Araki
  • Patent number: 8940284
    Abstract: The present application relates to organosilicones and compositions such as consumer products comprising such organosilicones, as well as processes for making and using such organosilicones and such compositions. Such compositions comprising such organosilicones are easier to formulate, and provide more economical and superior care benefits when compared to current silicone containing compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Luke Andrew Zannoni, Steven Daryl Smith, Robert Joseph McChain, Bernard William Kluesener, Rebecca Ann Seger, Julie Ann Menkhaus, Mark Gregory Solinsky, Matthew Scott Wagner
  • Patent number: 8940678
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid with sufficiently low hygroscopicity which comprises glutamic acid-N,N-diacetic acid (GLDA) or derivatives and/or salts thereof, and a method for its production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventor: Andreas Baranyai
  • Patent number: 8937102
    Abstract: The invention is drawn to fluid concentrate formulations of fatty acid monoethanolamides comprising (a) about 71-76% by weight of one or more C8-C22 fatty acid monoethanolamides, (b) about 15-17% by weight of water, and (c) about 10-12% by weight of one or more hydrotropes, based on the fluid formulation, wherein the fluid formulation is homogeneous, pumpable and color stable at a temperature of less than 55° C. A preferred embodiment is drawn to fluid concentrate formulations of cocamide monoethanolamide (CMEA) consisting of (a) about 71-76% by weight of CMEA, (b) about 15-17% by weight of water, and (c) about 10-12% by weight of glycerol, based on the fluid formulation. Methods of preparing the fluid concentrate formulations mulations are also disclosed. The fluid concentrate formulations of fatty acid monoethanolamides are useful in the preparation of cosmetic and pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Cognis IP Management GmbH
    Inventors: John F. Hessel, Stephen F. Gross, Anna Kvecher
  • Publication number: 20150011448
    Abstract: An aqueous cleaning composition comprising a surfactant, a polyamine, and propylene glycol. The combination of the polyamine and propylene glycol will provide low residue and increased shine during wet and dry wiping and will provide anti-fog properties to a substrate after cleaning. The use of either the polyamine alone or the propylene glycol alone will not provide results meeting all three tests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Patrick Diet, Marcel Gillis
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20150005225
    Abstract: Provided is a surfactant composition comprising an oligoglycerol compound of formula I, wherein R and m are as defined above. The compounds exhibit favorable surfactancy properties. Advantageously, the compounds may be prepared from renewable materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Michael L. Tulchinsky, Wanglin Yu, Sze S. Ng, Cynthia L. Rand
  • Patent number: 8921295
    Abstract: A biodegradable concentrated neutral detergent composition comprises various chelate compounds, various corrosion inhibitors, an alkaline compound, at least one sequestrant, various surfactants and hydrotropes, and water. The detergent can be highly concentrated, has a good long term shelf life, and when diluted is very effective in cleaning metals such as surgical instruments and prevents corrosion resistance of the metal even in a hard water environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: American Sterilizer Company
    Inventors: Ann Maria Kneipp, Nancy-Hope E. Kaiser, Althea Noel Johnson
  • Patent number: 8916512
    Abstract: A surfactant component and a composition comprising the same are provided. The surfactant component comprises a first surfactant, a second surfactant, and water. The first surfactant comprises an alcohol alkoxylate having a high degree of alkoxylation of greater than 30 to 150. The first surfactant is present in an amount of from 1% to 50% by weight based on the total weight of the surfactant component. The second surfactant is present in an amount of at least 5% by weight based on the total weight of the surfactant component. Water is present in an amount of from 20% to 90% by weight based on the total weight of the surfactant component. The second surfactant enables higher concentrations of the first surfactant in water to be achieved without gelling than what has been accomplished to date.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Richard J. Holland, Mary A. Kinsella, Mark Thompson
  • Patent number: 8916513
    Abstract: A dioxirane-containing compound has a first substituent that is an alkyl, polyalkoxy, aryl, heteroaryl, or heterocyclyl group, and a second substituent that is an electron withdrawing group, and where the first and second substituents can optionally join to form a cycloalkyl or heterocyclyl group. The dioxirane-containing compound can be used as an oxidant, surfactant, and/or an ionic liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC
    Inventor: Kraig Anderson
  • Patent number: 8889611
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds in solid form, containing a) one or more manganese complex compounds of the general formula (1), where M is independently selected from manganese in the III or IV oxidation state, X is independently a co-ordinating or bridging species selected from H2O, O22?, O2?, O2?, OH?, HO2?, SH?, S2?, SO, Cl?, N3?, SCN?, N3?, RCOO?, NH2? and NR3, where R is a radical selected from H, alkyl and aryl, L are independently organic ligands, each of which contains at least two nitrogen atoms co-ordinated on manganese, z is an integer from ?4 to +4, Y is a monovalent or multivalent counter-ion selected from chloride, sulphate, hydrogen sulphate, nitrate and acetate, which leads to charge neutrality of the complex, and q is an integer from 1 to 4, and b) one or more salts of the general formula R?—C6H4—SO3Me, where R? is CH3 or C2H5 and denotes Me, Na, K, Ca or Mg, characterized in that the molar ratio of the manganese complex compound of the general formula (1) to salt of the general formula R
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Clariant International Ltd
    Inventors: Gerd Reinhardt, Michael Best
  • Patent number: 8883710
    Abstract: The present invention includes compositions comprising an active material having groups capable of covalent attachment to a substrate in the presence of an acid or a base, a photocatalyst capable of generating an acid or a base upon exposure to light, and a vehicle. Also included herein is a method for treating a substrate with these compositions. The method includes the steps of applying at least one active material having functional groups to the substrate, applying a photocatalyst to the substrate, and exposing the photocatalyst and the at least one active material to light for forming covalent attachments between the functional groups and constituent groups on the substrate. The compositions and methods described herein are useful in consumer care and personal care product applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Alan David Willey, Ellen Schmidt Baker, William Richard Mueller, Ioannis Constantine Constantinides
  • Patent number: 8883704
    Abstract: The invention relates to co-granules containing a) at least one bleach activator, b) at least one metal-containing bleach catalyst, and c) at least 5 wt. % of at least one organic acid. The co-granules are easy to produce, have a high stability in storage and are advantageously suitable for producing cleaning products and detergents and especially products for cleaning crockery in a machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Clariant International Ltd.
    Inventors: Georg Borchers, Gerd Reinhardt, Andreas Schottstedt
  • Patent number: 8883711
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cleaning composition with improved stain removal. The alkaline composition contains a hydrolysable dispersing polymer which is selected from carboxylated fructans and one or more biodegradable aminocarboxylate chelating agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Italmatch Chemicals SpA
    Inventors: Isabelle Leonard, Valerie Kochowski, Genevieve Bonnechere-Delstanche, Olivier Henry
  • Publication number: 20140329184
    Abstract: A method for the stabilization of an aqueous choline hydroxide solution includes, optionally adding a first stabilizer of a dithionite salt and/or a dialkylhydroxylamine to an aqueous solution containing reactants that will produce an aqueous choline hydroxide solution; and after the aqueous choline hydroxide solution is formed, adding a second stabilizer which comprises a dialkylhydroxylamine to the aqueous choline hydroxide solution. The stabilized choline hydroxide solution may include choline hydroxide, water, and a dialkylhydroxylamine and optionally a dithionite salt as a stabilizer present in an amount of from about 50 ppm to less than about 5000 ppm by weight relative to the total weight of the stabilized choline hydroxide solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: TAMINCO
    Inventors: Kristof Moonen, Michael David Gernon
  • Patent number: 8877696
    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: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Hiroshi Oh, John August Wos, Robb Richard Gardner, Timothy Bates
  • Patent number: 8858721
    Abstract: A drain cleaner may be used on a periodic basis to clean soil residues from residential and commercial waste drains. The drain cleaner may chemically self-foam to fill a waste drain with the foam. For example, the drain cleaner may be provided in two or more parts that are physically intermixed during use of the drain cleaner. One part may include hydrogen peroxide and water while another part may include a catalase, an amylase, a protease, and an enzyme stabilizer. The drain cleaner may also include a surfactant present in at least one of the first part and the second part. Additionally, in some examples, the drain cleaner includes a sanitizing agent present in either of the two parts or in yet a third physically separate part. During use, the different drain cleaner parts can be dispensed simultaneously into a drain to generate a cleaning and/or sanitizing foam in-situ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan R. Ortmann, Anthony Erickson, Thomas R. Mohs
  • Patent number: 8859479
    Abstract: A stripping solution comprises a highly corrosive acid and an iron concentration of at least about 1.0 gram per liter (g/L). The stripping solution is air agitated to remove a coating from a metal article submerged therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Eric W. Stratton
  • Publication number: 20140303064
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of oligohydroxybenzoic acid amides in washing and cleaning agents in order to improve washing or cleaning performance with respect to bleachable stains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Christian Kropf, Mareile Job, Christian Umbreit, Siglinde Erpenbach
  • Patent number: 8853143
    Abstract: A wet wipe is provided suitable for use in cleaning surfaces in a healthcare environment that leaves a smear-free or substantially smear-free finish. The wipe comprises a substrate that has been impregnated with a cleaning composition which comprises an aqueous alkyl glucoside and/or alkyl polyglucoside mixture. The alkyl glucoside and/or alkyl polyglucoside is present in any amount between 0.01% w/v and 4.00% w/v inclusive. Preferably, the substrate comprises a nonwoven material that is binder free.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Gama Healthcare Limited
    Inventor: Adrian Neville Fellows
  • Publication number: 20140296127
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to cleaning compositions and, more specifically, to cleaning compositions containing a polyetheramine that is suitable for removal of stains from soiled materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Frank HULSKOTTER, Stefano SCIALLA, Brian Joseph LOUGHNANE, Amy Eichsradt WAUN, Sophia EBERT, Bjoern LUDOLPH, Christof WIGBERS, Steffen MAAS
  • Patent number: 8846593
    Abstract: The present invention relates to formulations comprising (A) at least one aminocarboxylate, selected from methylglycine diacetate (MGDA), iminodisuccinic acid (IDA) and glutaminic acid diacetate (GLDA), and salts and derivatives thereof, and (B) at least one alkyleneimine polymer which is covalently modified with at least one carboxylic acid or at least one derivative of a carboxylic acid or at least one derivative of carbonic acid, where up to at most 75 mol % of the nitrogen atoms of the primary and secondary amino groups of the alkyleneimine polymer have been reacted with carboxylic acid or derivative of carboxylic acid or carbonic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Stephan Hueffer, Alejandra Garcia Marcos, Markus Hartmann, Heike Weber, Mario Emmeluth
  • Patent number: 8840731
    Abstract: A composition for machine dishwashing that includes a one copolymer obtainable by copolymerization of N-vinylamide, vinyl acetate, polyether, and alkoxylate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Sonja Fischer, Juergen Tropsch, Heike Weber, Roland Ettl