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...that in 1800 ether was first used by partyers as a fun diversion? Sniffing the gas led to hilarious and raucous laughter as people watched each other become more and more intoxicated and silly. Several doctors independently realized the value ether would have to anesthetize surgery patients. Of those who claimed rights to the "discovery," none had a happy ending. One had a seizure and died defending his rights. Another spent his life in an asylum because he had been denied acclaim. A third became addicted to chloroform and, in a New York City jail, he soaked a cloth in the drug, severed an artery and bled to death.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8063009 | Bleaching activator granule The present invention relates to a bleaching activator granule containing (a) a bleaching activator and (b) a specified alcohol which is liquid at room temperature (25° C.). ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7375072 | Bleach-containing laundry detergents or cleaning compositions comprising water-soluble builder system and soil release-capable cellulose derivative A builder-containing laundry detergent or cleaning composition is comprised of: (1) alkali metal percarbonate; (2) a water-soluble builder block which comprised of: a) from 5% by weight to 35% by weight of citric acid, an alkali metal citrate, an alkali... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7326674 | Household cleaning composition in self-sustaining body form and essentially free of zeolite and clay New cleaning compositions and methods of forming and using those compositions are provided. In a preferred embodiment, the compositions are in tablet form, with the tablets being dissolvable in water at the point-of-use for ease of storing and shipping. The composit... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7319085 | Bleaching in conjunction with a lipophilic fluid cleaning regimen The present invention relates to methods to treat fabrics with lipophilic fluid, a polar phase and bleach system. The present invention is also directed to compositions containing lipophilic fluid, a polar phase and a bleach system. ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7205268 | Low-foaming liquid laundry detergent A low-foaming aqueous liquid laundry detergent composition comprising from about 0.05% to about 6%, by weight of the composition, of certain carboxylic acid ester and/or low-degree alkoxylated derivatives thereof having HLB below about 10; from about 8% to about 80%... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7196045 | Warewashing composition comprising a corrosion inhibitor with Al and Zn ions A warewashing detergent composition is provided according to the invention. The warewashing detergent composition includes a cleaning agent, an alkaline source, and a corrosion inhibitor. The cleaning agent comprises a detersive amount of a surfactant. The alkaline ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7183247 | Method for the production of suspensions comprising phthalimidoperoxyhexanoic acid A process for the production of a flowable suspension containing phthalimidoperoxyhexanoic acid by combining phthalimidoperoxyhexanoic acid in granular form with a liquid alcohol and grinding the combination to form a flowable suspension of the phthalimidoperoxyhexa... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7109156 | Controlled availability of formulation components, compositions and laundry methods employing same The present invention relates to a method for the controlled availability formulation components, such as organic catalysts, into a wash solution. More particularly, the present invention relates to products and bleaching compositions containing such formulation com... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7064241 | Chemical and biological warfare decontaminating solution using peracids and germinants in microemulsions, process and product thereof A microemulsion composition having a solid source of peroxycarboxylic acid and germinant is used for chemical and biological warfare decontamination. A process for decontaminating uses the microemulsion composition. ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7008913 | Aromatic substituted nonionic surfactants in soil prevention, reduction or removal in treatment zones Disclosed is a process for the treatment of a plant gaseous stream containing odor compounds including hydrogen sulfide, an alkyl mercaptan or an alkyl thiol and mixtures thereof by contacting the plant stream with an oxidizing agent that reduces the odor but forms ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6919304 | Stability enhancing formulation components, compositions and laundry methods employing same Novel bleaching compositions comprising organic catalyst compounds, preferably branched organic catalyst compounds, and an anionic surfactant, methods for laundering fabrics using such bleaching compositions, and laundry additive products containing such bleaching c... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6914041 | Laundry detergent compositions comprising zwitterionic polyamines and mid-chain branched surfactants The present invention relates to laundry detergent compositions which provide enhanced hydrophilic soil cleaning benefits comprising a zwitterionic polyamine, a surfactant system comprising a mid-chain branched surfactant, and carrier and other adjunct ingredients. | 07/05/2005 |
| 6906189 | Catalysts and methods for catalytic oxidation Catalytic systems and methods for oxidizing materials in the presence of metal catalysts (preferably manganese-containing catalysts) complexed with selected macropolycyclic rigid ligands, preferably cross-bridged macropolycyclic ligands. Included are using these met... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6903059 | Laundry detergent compositions comprising polyamines and mid-chain branched surfactants The present invention relates to detergent compositions comprising a polyamine with defined end capping units and a mid-chain branched surfactant and also optionally containing a bleach agent, aluminosilicate, silicate, and/or detersive enzyme. ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6903060 | Stable formulation components, compositions and laundry methods employing same The present invention relates to formulation components, such as organic catalyst compounds having increased stability, compositions and laundry methods employing such organic catalyst compounds. More particularly, this invention relates to organic catalysts compoun... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6894015 | Bleaching compositions The present invention relates to cleaning compositions which comprise radical scavengers, for effective cleaning and improved storage stability. These compositions are suitable for use in various laundry applications including hand and machine laundry methods. ... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6887838 | Bleach boosting components, compositions and laundry methods Formulation components such as bleach boosting compounds selected from the group consisting of bleach boosters comprising quaternary imine cations, zwitterions, polyions having a net charge of from about +3 to about 3 and mixtures thereof, bleaching species comprisi... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6867194 | Enzyme activated nitric oxide donors Sugar-modified SIN-1 compositions are provided. The compositions are useful for generating NO in response to hydrolytic activity of a glycosidase specific for the O-glycosidic bond between the sugar and SIN-1 moieties. Pharmaceutical compositions containing the suga... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6861400 | Oligomeric hydrophobic dispersants and laundry detergent compositions comprising oligomeric dispersants The present invention relates to novel hydrophobic soil dispersants having the formula: wherein A units are arylene units, one of which is phenyl, anthryl, or phenanthryl; each R is independently hydrogen, linear or br... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6846791 | Laundry detergent compositions comprising hydrophobically modified polyamines The present invention relates to hydrophobically modified polyamines and laundry detergent compositions comprising such polyamines and a surfactant system. In addition to traditional cleaning benefits, such compositions provide enhanced greasy soil removal capabilit... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6844305 | Aqueous liquid detergent compositions comprising a polymeric stabilization system The present invention relates to aqueous liquid detergent compositions and methods of using such compositions to launder fabrics. More specifically, the present invention relates to aqueous liquid detergent compositions comprising one or more particulate solids, suc... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6825160 | Color safe laundry methods employing cationic formulation components The present invention relates to cationic organic catalyst compound bleach systems and methods using such bleach systems to increase color safety during laundering fabrics, especially colored fabrics. More particularly, this invention relates to bleach systems compr... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6821935 | Color safe laundry methods employing zwitterionic formulation components The present invention relates to zwitterionic organic catalyst compound bleach systems and methods for using such bleach systems to increase color safety during laundering of fabrics, especially colored fabrics. ... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6818607 | Bleach boosting components, compositions and laundry methods Formulation components such as bleach boosting compounds selected from the group consisting of bleach boosters comprising quaternary imine cations, zwitterions, polyions having a net charge of from about +3 to about −3 and mixtures thereof, bleaching species compr... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6812198 | Laundry detergent compositions comprising hydrophobically modified polyamines The present invention relates to hydrophobically modified polyamines and laundry detergent compositions which comprise said polyamines, said compositions comprising: A) from about 0.01%, preferably from about 0.1%, more preferably ... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6812202 | Detergent composition and method for removing soil The invention relates to a highly alkaline or mildly alkaline detergent composition having enhanced cleaning properties. The detergent combines a source of alkalinity and a blend of nonionic surfactants that enhances cleaning starchy soils. The blend of nonionic sur... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6737389 | Method for treating textile A next textile treatment where the present method can be used to remove contaminants from the textile concerns rewashing. As already observed above, after dyeing textile with reactive dyestuffs, a considerable amount of dyestuff, particularly hydrolyzed dyestuff, is... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6727382 | Peroxyacids Cationic peroxyacids of formula (IV) wherein: R1 is a, optionally substituted, C1-C7 alkyl or alkenyl or alkaryl with a C1-C7 alkyl group; R2 | 04/27/2004 |
| 6699828 | Aqueous liquid detergent compositions comprising an effervescent system Aqueous liquid detergent compositions containing a peracid and an effervesent system, wherein the effervescent system includes a first effervescent agent-containing component and a second acid agent-containing component, and the effervescent agent-contain... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6696401 | Laundry detergent compositions comprising zwitterionic polyamines The present invention relates to laundry detergent compositions comprising zwitterionic polyamines and a surfactant system. In addition to traditional cleaning benefits, such compositions provide enhanced hydrophilic soil removal capabilities.... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6696402 | Laundry detergent compositions comprising zwitterionic polyamines The present invention relates to laundry detergent compositions comprising: A) from about 0.01%, preferably from about 0.1%, more preferably from about 1%, most preferably from about 3% to about 50%, preferably to about 20%, more preferably to about 10%, m... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6693069 | Disinfecting compositions and processes for disinfecting surfaces The invention relates to methods and agents for washing textiles while disinfecting them and treating the same with care, whereby a combination consisting of peracid and particular additional constituents is used as the disinfection constituent.... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6689732 | Detergent compositions having a specific hydrophobic peroxyacid bleaching system and anionic surfactant Granular detergent compositions, particularly phosphate-containing detergent compositions, contain a specific hydrophobic peroxyacid bleaching system and a specific anionic surfactant system. The compositions are suitable for use in laundry washing method... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6660711 | Laundry detergent compositions comprising zwitterionic polyamines and mid-chain branched surfactants The present invention relates to laundry detergent compositions which provide enhanced hydrophilic soil cleaning benefits, said compositions comprising from about 0.01% by weight of a zwitterionic polyamine, b) from about 0.01% by weight of a surfactant s... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6649586 | Detergent composition and method for removing soil The invention relates to a highly alkaline or mildly alkaline detergent composition having enhanced cleaning properties. The detergent combines a source of alkalinity and a blend of nonionic surfactants that enhances cleaning starchy soils. The blend of n... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6630435 | Bleaching compositions The present invention relates to a bleaching composition suitable for use in laundry applications comprising a pre-formed peroxycarboxylic acid, amine oxide and a co-surfactant or hydrotrope or mixtures.... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6627594 | Peroxy-carboxylic acid and aqueous compositions thereof The invention concerns compound HO--(CH2)5 --COOOH or 6 -hydroxypercaproic acid, its preparation process, i.e. from &3xb5;-caprolactone, aqueous compositions thereof and their use as disinfectant or bleaching agents.... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6566320 | Bleaching composition containing chromotropic compound A bleaching composition that contains a bleaching agent and a chromotrophic radical scavenging compound, and a test method for identifying the presence of free radicals is disclosed. Such compositions offer improved stability.... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6566318 | Bleach compositions containing metal bleach catalyst, and bleach activators and/or organic percarboxylic acids Laundry or cleaning composition comprising: (a) an effective amount, preferably from about 0.0001% to about 99.9%, more typically from about 0.1% to about 25%, of a bleach activator and/or organic percarboxylic acid; (b) a catalytically effective amount, ... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6551975 | Sanitizing compositions and methods A hydrophobic bleaching agent comprising a peroxyacid having a carbon chain of at least 9 carbon atoms is used for the reduction of the activity of micro-organisms that have a cell wall containing high levels of peptidoglycan. Such micro-organisms include... | 04/22/2003 |
