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...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8097579 | Cleaning compositions with amphiphilic water-soluble polyalkylenimines having an inner polyethylene oxide block and an outer polypropylene oxide block Laundry detergent and cleaning compositions comprising amphiphilic water-soluble alkoxylated polyalkylenimine polymer having an inner polyethylene oxide block comprising 20 to 50 polyethylene oxide units and an outer polypropylene oxide block comprising 10 to 50 pol... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8093202 | Cleaning compositions comprising a multi-polymer system comprising at least one alkoxylated grease cleaning polymer Laundry detergents and cleaning compositions which provide improved cleaning benefits that comprise a novel polymer system. The polymer system comprises one or more amphiphilic alkoxylated grease cleaning polymers, and either a clay soil cleaning polymer; or a soil ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 7915216 | Anti-viral and anti-bacterial cleaning composition A composition comprising at least one alcohol, at least one long-chain alkyl polyamine, and at least one halogen which is suitably for application to a surface and substantially microbial contamination. ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7902141 | Polymer for treating surfaces The present invention relates to compositions for treating hard surfaces, comprising a water-soluble or water-dispersible compound as component A which is obtainable by reacting: aa) polyalkylenepolyamines, polyamidoamines, polyamidoamines grafted with ethyleneimine... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7829521 | Surfactant composition method for production thereof and cosmetic comprising said composition The invention relates to surfactant compositions made from esters or amides of the betaine glycine, produced by reaction of the glycine betaine with a sulphonic acid and an alcohol or a fatty-chain amine derived from vegetable oils. The invention further relates to ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7781391 | Amine/amide-functionalized lipophiles The present invention relates to amine functionalized lipophilic compounds and their use in personal care products, particularly those for colored hair. ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7572761 | Process for cleaning and softening fabrics Laundry detergents comprising a fabric softening effective amount of an alkoxypropylamine of structures (I) or (II) R1—O—(CH2)3—NHR2 (I) R1—O—(CH2)3—NR | 08/11/2009 |
| 7442679 | Binding agent for solidification matrix comprising MGDA Material, composition, and manufacturing method alternatives for a solidification matrix that may be used, for example, in solid cleaning compositions, or other technologies. In at least some embodiments, the solidification matrix includes a binding agent that is fo... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7442213 | Methods of cleaning a situs with a cleaning composition comprising a polymer system The present invention relates to stable polymer systems comprising anionic and modified polyamine polymers. When such polymer systems are employed in cleaning compositions, such cleaning compositions exhibit unexpectedly improved anti-soil re-deposition and situs wh... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7439219 | Modified alkoxylated polyol compounds A modified polyol having alkoxylation and amine capping units, uses of the modified polyol having alkoxylation and amine capping units, and leaning compositions having the modified polyol having alkoxylation and amine capping units. ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7432234 | Cleaning substrates having low soil redeposition Incorporating dirt-attracting polycationic polymers, such as polyethyleneimines, into cleaning wipes, mop pads, and similar substrates, improves dirt pick-up and retards redeposition of the dirt back onto the cleaned surface. The polymers can be incorporated directl... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7432233 | Composition and method for treating a semiconductor substrate The invention relates to a method for cleaning semiconductor surfaces to achieve to removal of all kinds of contamination (particulate, metallic and organic) in one cleaning step. The method employs a cleaning solution for treating semiconductor surfaces which is st... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7429545 | Stabilized body care products, household products, textiles and fabrics Disclosed are stabilized body care products, household products, textiles and fabrics which comprise certain dialkylhydroxyamine stabilizers, dialkylhydroxylamine stabilizer salts, nitrone stabilizers or amine oxide stabilizers. Dyed products and articles are effect... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7425652 | Preparation of alkanolamines Alkanolamine compositions are disclosed. The composition comprises an alkanolamine and hydroxylamine or hydrazine. Preferred alkanolamine includes diethanolamine, triethanolamine, and mixtures thereof. The composition of the invention has significantly reduced disco... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7422019 | Composition and method for treating a semiconductor substrate The invention relates to a method for cleaning semiconductor surfaces to achieve to removal of all kinds of contamination (particulate, metallic and organic) in one cleaning step. The method employs a cleaning solution for treating semiconductor surfaces which is st... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7410936 | Stabilized body care products, household products, textiles and fabrics Disclosed are stabilized body care products, household products, textiles and fabrics which comprise certain sterically hindered amine salt compounds. Dyed products and articles are effectively stabilized against color degradation. The products are for example skin-... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7405188 | Polymeric gel system and compositions for treating keratin substrates containing same A cosmetically acceptable medium containing a component and an aqueous gel that includes water and: (a) a cationic polymer; (b) an anionic surfactant having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms, where the amount of the anioni... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7402553 | Method for preparing a buffered acid composition A buffered acid composition created by the combination of liquid ammonia and an acid and a method for making the composition. The buffered acid composition is for use as a cleaning agent and for balancing the pH of a fluid. ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7399348 | Low surface tension surfactants based on amino alcohol and their use The invention provides low surface tension surfactants based on amino alcohol and also provides for their use in aqueous coating formulations, said surfactants being preparable by reacting at least one secondary amine of formula (I): ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7393821 | Detergent builder and detergent composition It is an object of the present invention to provide a detergent builder comprising a copolymer excellent in compatibility with a liquid detergent and capable of exhibiting excellent basic abilities such as prevention of recontamination and detergency ratio, and a de... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7390773 | Tire wheel cleaner comprising a dialkyl sulfosuccinate and ethoxylated phosphate ester surfactant mixture An aqueous tire wheel cleaner composition useful for cleaning automobile tires are provided. The aqueous tire wheel cleaner composition contains an alkylene glycol, a salt of dialkyl sulfosuccinate, and as surfactants ethanol amine and an ethoxylate phosphate ester.... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7387130 | Cleaning solutions including nucleophilic amine compound having reduction and oxidation potentials A composition for removing resists and etching residue from substrates containing at least one nucleophilic amine compound having oxidation and reduction potentials, at least one organic solvent, water and, optionally, a chelating agent is described. The chelating a... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7387990 | Alkaline disinfecting and cleaning compositions having improved cleaning efficiency The invention relates to an alkaline disinfecting and cleaning composition which comprises one or more selected quaternary ammonium salts, one or more selected alcohol alkoxylates and one or more alkylamines. By exact choice of the components a composition is provid... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7384898 | Aqueous composition of a betaine with solids content of at least 45% by weight An aqueous composition comprising solution of a betaine of the following general Formula I is disclosed Formula I in which R is an alkyl group of coconut fatty acids, preferably hydrogenated coconut fatty acids, or a fatty ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7381695 | Tire wheel cleaner comprising an ethoxylated phosphate ester surfactant An aqueous tire wheel cleaner composition useful for cleaning automobile tires are provided. The aqueous tire wheel cleaner composition contains an alkali and/or alkaline earth metal hydroxycarboxilic acid or a quaternary amine ethoxylate; a salt of an aryl sulfonat... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7375063 | Structured body wash Novel cleansing compositions and methods for making same are described. Preferred embodiments provide compositions comprising an aqueous acrylate copolymer emulsion; an anionic surfactant; and an amphoteric surfactant. Amphoteric surfactants useful herein include be... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7358219 | Fabric deodorizer comprising an amine oxide The present invention provides a liquid deodorant having a high deodorizing effect and lasting ability to a fabric or fabrics. That is, the present invention provides a liquid deodorant which comprises 80 to 99% by weight of water and has a pH of 7.5 to 9.5 at 25° ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354775 | Reagent for partially lysing a cell membrane of a red blood cell, a reagent for detecting malaria infected red blood cells, and a sample analyzing method for detecting malaria infected red blood cells A reagent for partially lysing a cell membrane of a red blood cell infected with a malaria parasite, comprising: a first surfactant which has predetermined lysing ability for the red blood cell membrane; and a second surfactant which has weaker lysing ability than t... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7341983 | Antimicrobial compositions including carboxylic acids and alkoxylated amines The present invention relates to antimicrobial compositions including carboxylic acids, such as fatty acid antimicrobial agents, and alkoxylated amines, and to methods using these compositions. ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7335629 | Support-fixed bleaching catalyst complex compounds suitable as catalysts for peroxygen compounds The present invention relates to support-fixed bleaching catalyst(s)suitable or the catalysis of peroxide compounds, characterized in that the support-fixed bleaching catalyst(s) is/are covalently bonded to a support by means of at least one organic ligand of the bl... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331355 | Floor cleaning and gloss enhancing compositions The present invention relates to compositions for cleaning floors. In particular, it relates to aqueous compositions for one-step cleaning and gloss enhancement of wood surfaces, especially floors. The inventive compositions comprise specific levels of a class of co... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7332467 | Hydrophilically modified polyols for improved hydrophobic soil cleaning A hydrophilically modified polyol compounds, compositions including the hydrophilically modified polyol compounds and methods of using such compositions and process of making such compositions for anti-redeposition and hydrophobic soil cleaning benefits. ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7332464 | Process for preparing bleach activator cogranulates Bleach activator cogranulates of one or more ammonium nitrites and at least one further bleach activator obtained by spraying an aqueous solution of one or more ammonium nitrites onto the further bleach activator, granulating the resulting mixture and drying and sie... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7326675 | Hydrophobically modified polyols for improved hydrophobic soil cleaning Hydrophobically modified polyol compounds, compositions including the hydrophobically modified polyol compounds and methods of using such compositions and process of making such compositions for cleaning benefits. ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323437 | Process for producing a bleaching activator composition The invention provides a process for producing a bleaching activator composition, which includes removing a solvent and/or water from a mixture of a bleaching activator and a surfactant dispersed in a non-aqueous solvent, a bleaching activator composition produced b... | 01/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7309682 | Stabilized body care products, household products, textiles and fabrics Disclosed are stabilized body care products, household products, textiles and fabrics which comprise certain dialkylhydroxyamine stabilizers, dialkylhydroxylamine stabilizer salts, nitrone stabilizers or amine oxide stabilizers. Dyed products and articles are effect... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7309686 | Process for producing natural surfactants and compositions based on natural surfactants A process for extracting a natural surfactant includes the steps of providing a quantity of water, adding in a quantity of seaweed to the water resulting in a process medium, adding an enzyme solution to the process medium, and extracting the natural surfactant from... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7306663 | Corrosion inhibitor A liquid corrosion inhibitor comprising a primary, secondary, tertiary or mixed amine complexing agent and a carboxylic acid complexing agent, and may further contain a pH adjusting agent and an antifreeze agent, which is capable of providing both short-term and lon... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7300914 | Process for the preparation of stable polymer concentrates Process for preparing stable polymer concentrates, wherein acryloyldimethyltaurine and/or acryloyldimethyltaurate are free-radically polymerized with at least one further component in the presence of a polymerization medium, a higher-boiling solvent or solvent mixtu... | 11/27/2007 |
