Cleaning compositions for solid surfaces, auxiliary compositions therefor, or processes of preparing the compositions inventions 01/07

20070021313 - Water-soluble amphoteric copolymer, production method thereof, and application thereof: To provide: a water-soluble amphoteric copolymer having excellent hydrophilicity and high adsorption capability, and capable of exhibiting dramatically excellent dispersibility even under high hardness conditions and being preferably used in a detergent composition application, for example; an application thereof; and a production method of such a water-soluble amphoteric copolymer. A... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20070021314 - Cleansing bar compositions comprising a high level of water: Cleansing bar compositions having high water content comprise: (a) at least about 15%, by weight of the composition, of water; (b) from about 40% to about 84%, by weight of the composition, of soap; and (c) from about 1% to about 15%, by weight of the composition, of inorganic salt.... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division

20070021315 - Water precipitation softening system for detergents, bleaching agents and machine and hand dishwashing agents: Hard water is softened by a composition comprising a fatty acid and/or an alkali salt thereof, a dispersing agent and a precipitation softener thereby simultaneously forming and dispersing an insoluble calcium salt of the fatty acid.... Agent: Paul & Paul

20070021316 - Cleaner composition, article and method: A cleaner composition comprises a surfactant, a sodium source, an odor neutralizer, a fragrance, and a biocide, wherein the odor neutralizer comprises a betaine compound, aminoalcohol, a polyol, and an ionone, and wherein the cleaner composition is stable at a pH of about 9.5 to about 11.5 when stored for... Agent: Honeywell International, Inc. Patent Legal Services

20070021317 - Alkylaryl sulfonate detergent mixture derived from linear olefins: Disclosed are detergent mixtures of alkyl aryl sulfonates of alkaline earth metals derived from linear olefins having a relatively high aryl ring attached on positions 1 or 2 or the linear alkyl chains. The compositions contain a relatively high amount of 1 or 2 tolyl or xylyl isomer of the... Agent: Chevron Texaco Corporation

20070021318 - Process for producing detergent molecules comprising an ether linkage from butadiene: Novel detergent molecules and methods for producing such detergent molecules by dimerizing and alkoxylating butadiene with one or more reactant alkanol selected from the group consisting of a primary alkanol and an α,ω-diol, hydrogenating the alkoxydimerization product to produce a hydrogenation product selected from the group consisting of primarily 1-alkoxy... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20070015673 - Soda nozzle cleaner: The present invention Soda Nozzle Cleaner provides a detergent capable of removing sugar and soil build up on nozzles and diffusers found on fountain machine that disperse soft drinks. The Soda Nozzle Cleaner comprises: (a) granules formed from a mixture of citric acid powder, sodium carbonate, potassium peroxymonosulfate, and sodium... Agent: Dan Quinn

20070015674 - Low phosphate automatic dishwashing detergent composition: A granular automatic dishwashing detergent composition with a density above 0.9 g/cm3, having low levels of phosphates and the addition of polymer builders with the composition is essentially free of bicarbonate.... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division

20070015675 - Self-pressurized spray stain remover: Self-pressurized spray product for removing stains from textiles. Also disclosed is a method for removing stains from textiles. The self-pressurized spray product is designed to deliver a directed product stream. When directed at textile stains, the product stream does not obscure the user's vision of the stain with foam during... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division

20070015676 - Dryer sheet: A dryer sheet is provided comprising a liquid fabric treating composition having at least one active ingredient which is retained in liquid form within a substrate, preferably a sheet of non-woven material. The dryer sheet is introduced into a rotary clothes dryer with laundered, damp clothing where an effective amount... Agent: Gray Robinson, P.A.

20070015678 - Modified polysaccharides: Modified polysaccharide polymers for use as anti-scalant and dispersant. The polymers are useful in compositions used in aqueous systems. The modified polysaccharides are also useful in detergent formulations, water treatment, dispersants and oilfield applications and as fiberglass binders. Such applications include a modified polysaccharide having up to about 70 mole... Agent: National Starch And Chemical Company

20070015679 - Polypeptides having branching enzyme activity and nucleic acids encoding same: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having branching enzyme activity and isolated nucleic acid sequences encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucleic acid sequences as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.... Agent: Novozymes North America, Inc.

20070015677 - Variant subtilising enzymes (subtilases): Novel subtilases having an improved wash performance on egg stains. These subtilases are useful exhibiting excellent or improved wash performance on egg stains when used in e.g. cleaning or detergent compositions, such as laundry detergent compositions and dish wash compositions, including automatic dish wash compositions.... Agent: Novozymes North America, Inc.

20070015680 - Detergent for selectively permeable film and method for cleaning: A detergent comprising a polyol having a molecular weight not higher than 400 and, if necessary, an organic solvent is supplied to the concentrate chamber 3 of the module 1 to carry out washing of the selectively permeable membrane 2 by bringing it into contact with the selectively permeable membrane... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20070015681 - Process for the preparation of highly concentrated flowable aqueous solutions of betaines: The invention relates to a process for preparing highly concentrated flowable and pumpable aqueous solutions of betaines by quaternization of compounds containing tertiary amine nitrogen with ω-halocarboxylic acids by known processes, wherein 0.1 to less than 3% by weight, preferably 0.1 to 1% by weight, based on the end product,... Agent: Leopold Presser, Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser

20070015682 - Method for providing dilution thickening using polydextrose based biphasic compositions: The invention provides methods for obtaining dilution thickening behavior. Specifically, polydextrose induced biphasic compositions have been unexpectedly found to induce such behavior.... Agent: Unilever Intellectual Property Group

20070015683 - Textile cleaning composition and method of use: This invention includes a cleaning composition, the method of use of the cleaning composition, and a new use of a composition. The composition includes an oxidizing agent with a reduction potential of greater than about 0.1 E°(V) at 25° C., and is devoid of an oxidizing agent with a reduction... Agent: Starkweather & Associates

20070015684 - Viscosity improvement in liquid fabric softeners: The present invention provides a stable, relatively low concentration of an aqueous fabric softening composition having a viscosity of from about 30 cps to about 2000 cps. The composition has a pH such that it is microbial stable and of commercially acceptable viscosity. This invention is predicated on the discovery... Agent: The Dial Corporation

20070010407 - Scent composites: The invention relates to scent composites comprising at least one perfume oil and at least one additive having a melting or flow point of 20° C.-100° C. Said composites are highly viscous or solid at temperatures of up to 18° C. and are converted into a liquid melt state, substantially... Agent: Paul & Paul

20070010408 - Conditioning compositions comprising coacervate and gel matrix: Disclosed are conditioning compositions comprising by weight: (a) from about 0.1% to about 10% of a cationic surfactant; (b) from about 0.05% to about 10% of a water-soluble polymer selected from the group consisting of a water-soluble anionic polymer, a water-soluble amphoteric polymer, and mixtures thereof; (c) from about 1.0%... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division

20070010409 - Process solutions containing surfactants: Process solutions comprising one or more surfactants are used to reduce the number of pattern collapse defects on a plurality of photoresist coated substrates during the manufacture of semiconductor devices.... Agent: Air Products And Chemicals, Inc. Patent Department

20070010410 - Stability profile by minimizing wall effects for a personal care composition comprising at least two phases: A personal care product including a container having an inner wall and a personal care composition positioned within the container, the personal care composition including at least two phases, wherein only one of the two phases is in direct contact with the inner wall.... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division

20070010411 - Cleaning agent composition, cleaning and production methods for semiconductor wafer, and semiconductor wafer: A cleaning agent composition comprising a nonionic surfactant represented by the following formula (1): R1O(EO)x(PO)yH (I)(wherein R1 represents a linear or branched alkyl group having from 6 to 20 carbon atoms or a linear or branched alkenyl group having from 6 to 20 carbon atoms, EO represents an oxyethylene group,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070010412 - Process solutions containing surfactants: Process solutions comprising one or more surfactants are used to reduce the number of defects in the manufacture of semiconductor devices. In certain preferred embodiments, the process solution of the present invention may reduce post-development defects such as pattern collapse when employed as a rinse solution either during or after... Agent: Air Products And Chemicals, Inc. Patent Department

20070010413 - Automotive cleaning compound for plastic lens: An automotive cleaning compound for a plastic lens having a cleaning compound, hydrocarbons, water, ammonia, stabilizing material, and waxy material.... Agent: Miller Thompson, LLP

20070010414 - Composition and method for cleaning firearms: The invention relates to compositions and methods for cleaning both smokeless powder and black powder firearms comprising about 10 to 99 wt % of a fatty acid alkyl ester blend and about 1 to 25 wt % of at least one alkyl glycol ether, and additives designed to enhance the... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070010415 - Composition for visibility and impact of suspended materials: This application relates to the visual impact of suspended materials in a liquid composition.... Agent: Colgate-palmolive Company

20070010418 - Lipolytic enzyme genes: The inventors have isolated novel lipolytic enzyme genes with a high homology to the T. lanuginosus lipase gene and thus well suited for use in gene shuffling. Accordingly, the invention provides a method of generating genetic diversity into lipolytic enzymes by family shuffling of two or more homologous genes which... Agent: Novozymes North America, Inc.

20070010417 - Novel alkaline protease and washing and cleaning products containing said novel alkaline protease: The invention relates to a novel alkaline protease, the DNA thereof having been taken from a bottom sample, to all alkaline proteases that are at least 40% identical, and to all nucleic acids with an identity at least 50% homologous with the associated nucleic acids. The invention also relates to... Agent: Paul & Paul

20070010416 - Protease with improved stability in detergents: The present invention relates to proteases having improved stability in detergent compositions. Further, the present invention relates to cleaning and detergent compositions comprising the proteases of the invention as well as to use of such protease in detergent compositions.... Agent: Novozymes North America, Inc.

20070010419 - Surfactant-free cleansing and multifunctional liquid coating composition containing nonreactive abrasive solid particles and an organosilane quaternary compound and methods of using: Cleansing and multifunctional coating compositions containing an organosilane quaternary compound, nonreactive abrasives, and hydrogen peroxide in aqueous formulations are used to improve water and soil repellency and residual antimicrobial activity on surfaces. Various surfaces may be treated including metal, glass, plastics, rubber, porcelain, ceramic, marble, granite, cement, tile, sand, silica,... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070010420 - Surfactant peroxycarboxylic acid compositions: The present invention relates to compositions including surfactant peroxycarboxylic acid, methods for making these compositions, and methods for reducing the population of a microorganism.... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070010421 - Trans-1, 2-dichloroethylene and hydrofluorocarbon or alkoxy perfluoroalkane compositions having elevated flash points: A tran-1,2-dichloroethylene blend which comprises a combination of a major amount of tran-1,2-dichloroethylene and a minor amount of a hydrofluorocarbon or an alkoxy perfluoroalkane having an elevated flash point is disclosed. The combination exhibits a flash point significantly higher than trans-1,2-dichloroethylene alone while containing only a minor amount of the... Agent: Steven D. Boyd Arkema Inc.

20070004607 - Detergent component and process for its preparation: A process for the preparation of a granular detergent component comprising an organic superabsorbing material, which process comprises absorbing an aqueous solution, dispersion or emulsion of detergent ingredient on the organic superabsorbing material and removing water by an evaporative process.... Agent: Unilever Intellectual Property Group

20070004608 - Substituted cyclopentenone derivatives and their use in perfume compositions: The present invention relates to substituted cyclopentanone derivatives and their use as fragrance chemicals suitable for incorporation in fine fragrances, cosmetics, toiletries and related applications.... Agent: International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.

20070004610 - Encapsulated fragrance chemicals: A polymeric encapsulated fragrance is disclosed which is suitable for use in personal care and cleaning products. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the fragrance is encapsulated by a first polymer material to form a fragrance encapsulated polymer, the polymer encapsulated shell is then coated with a mixture of... Agent: International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.

20070004609 - Multicomponent thin-to-thick system: The invention relates to an aqueous multicomponent system comprising a hydrophobe modified polymer which forms a high-viscosity liquid during mixing and to the use of said multicomponent system, in particular, in the form of a cosmetic component or a washing and/or rinsing and/or cleaning agent.... Agent: Dann Dorfman Herrell And Skillman A Professional Corporation

20070004611 - Soap bar compositions comprising alpha sulfonated alkyl ester or sulfonated fatty acid and synthetic surfactant and process for producing the same: A composition suitable for use in personal cleaning or detergent soap bars, which includes a primary surfactant comprising a sulfonated fatty acid, an alpha sulfonated alkyl ester, or a mixture thereof, and a secondary synthetic surfactant, and methods for producing such a composition. The composition and methods exhibit efficient processing... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070004612 - Detergent products, methods and manufacture: A water-soluble pouch suitable for use in machine dishwashing and which comprises a plurality of compartments in generally superposed or superposable relationship, each containing one or more detergent active or auxiliary components, and wherein the pouch has a volume of from about 5 to about 70 ml and a longitudinal/transverse... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division

20070004613 - Liquid bleaching composition: The present invention concerns the preservation of a catalyst in a bleaching composition whilst facilitating activation of the catalyst. The bleaching composition is substantially devoid of a peroxygen bleach or a peroxy-based or peroxyl-generating bleach system.... Agent: Unilever Intellectual Property Group

20070004614 - Bleaching composition: The present invention concerns the preservation of a catalyst in a bleaching composition. The bleaching composition is substantially devoid of a peroxygen bleach or a peroxy-based or peroxyl-generating bleach system.... Agent: Unilever Intellectual Property Group

20070004615 - Cleaning composition: A cleaning composition useful in cleaning oil, exhaust residue and dirt-containing surface residue, particularly from aircraft lower surfaces. The composition includes, in its preferred form, D-limonene, a non-ionic surfactant, a fatty alkanolomide, and water.... Agent: David G. Henry