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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7150893 | Milk beverage A milk beverage of the present invention comprises a polyglycerol fatty acid ester having a cloud point of not less than 90° C. when measured at a concentration of 1% by weight in a 20% sodium chloride aqueous solution containing said ester. ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 6777450 | Water-thin emulsions with low emulsifier levels The invention relates to a water-thin emulsion comprising a non-phospholipid, non-ethoxylated pseudoemulsifier system, the system having a chemical composition with at least one hydrophobic moiety and at least one polar moiety, the size, shape and/or planar arrangem... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6586479 | Process for preparing fine emulsions The invention relates to fine emulsions comprising at least one W/O emulsifier and at least one hydrophilic component, and to a process for their preparation. The fine emulsions are obtainable by converting a W/O preemulsion comprising at least one W/O em... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6566409 | Lock and key micelles A lock unimolecular micelle includes at least one engineered acceptor specifically binding a ligand (or specifically a "key" unimolecular micelle) thereto. A key unimolecular micelle comprises a core molecule and a plurality of branches extending therefro... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6512014 | Compositions containing bioemulsifiers and a method for their preparation A bioemulsifier composition useful for forming and stabilizing oil-in-water emulsions, comprising an esterase protein of 32.5 KD, found in association with emulsan in the bacteria Acinetobacter. The esterase, or parts of it, are isolated from cell extract... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6369118 | Biocompatible emulsifier A biocompatible emulsifier for forming stable emulsions is disclosed. The emulsifier is particularly useful for emulsions of biological fluids, such as artificial blood, and for emulsions as drug delivery vehicles.... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6162453 | C7 -C12 Diol & Diol alkoxylates as coupling agents for surfactant formulations A stable monophasic liquid composition characterized by the ability to solubilize increased amounts of surfactant into the composition while retaining a monophasic state, the composition comprising: one or more surfactants selected from the group consisti... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6156807 | Powdered emulsifier composition and process for producing the same A powdered emulsifier composition of the present invention comprises 5 to 90% by weight of a wax-like emulsifier and 95 to 10% by weight of a powdery emulsifier. Such a powdered emulsifier composition is improved in handling property unlike was-like emuls... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6130209 | Lock and key micelles A lock unimolecular micelle includes at least one engineered acceptor specifically binding a ligand (or specifically a "key" unimolecular micelle) thereto. A key unimolecular micelle comprises a core molecule and a plurality of branches extending therefro... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6063602 | Lipopolysaccharide biosurfactant The invention relates to a new lipopolysaccaride biosurfactant, a strain of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus which produces this biosurfactant, and a process for its preparation. The biosurfactant has a high emulsifying capacity, it promotes the biodegradation... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6008145 | Composition for the permanent hydrophilation of polyolefin fibres, use of the composition and fibres treated therewith A composition for the permanent hydrophilation of polyolefin fibers and filaments and non-woven textile articles (non-wovens) produced therefrom, contains 15 to 75 parts by weight of at least one non-ionic surfactant, and 25 to 85 parts by weight of at le... | 12/28/1999 |
| 6008261 | Aqueous surfactant compositions with a high viscosity Aqueous surfactant compositions, with a high viscosity, comprising an anionic surfactant or a mixture of anionic surfactants, an alkyl ester of lactic acid or a mixture of alkyl esters of lactic acid and, optionally, an electrolyte. The above compositions... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5977189 | C7 -C12 diol and diol alkoxylates as coupling agents for surfactant formulations Disclosed are stable monophasic liquid compositions comprising water, one or more cationic, anionic, amphoteric and/or nonionic surfactants, exhibiting partial solubility in water or in concentrated formulations, and one or more coupling agents which are ... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5863919 | Lock and key micelles and monomer building blocks therefor A lock unimolecular micelle includes at least one engineered acceptor specifically binding a ligand (or specifically a "key" unimolecular micelle) thereto. A key unimolecular micelle comprises a core molecule and a plurality of branches extending therefro... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5851961 | Anti-settling lubricity agent for water/oil dispersion compositions An oil in water dispersion composition is disclosed that comprises a mixture of water and (A) an overbased non-Newtonian colloidal disperse system comprising (1) solid metal-containing colloidal particles predispersed in (2) a disperse medium of at least one inert ... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5840547 | Bioemulsifiers A bioemulsifier designated Alasan or E-KA53 is produced from Acinetobacter radioresistens strain KA53. In its essentially pure form it has the characteristics of a molecular weight of from about 100,000 to 2,000,000 Daltons; emulsifying activity which inc... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5840276 | Activatable infusable dispersions containing drops of a superheated liquid for methods of therapy and diagnosis Dispersions of superheated drops of immiscible liquids in aqueous continuous phase suitable for infusion into a human or other animal, the drops being vaporizable in a selected body location by ionizing radiation or ultrasound. The dispersions can be used... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5746937 | Oxygen absorbing composition An oxygen absorbing composition having an effective amount of at least one oxygen absorbent contained in an emulsion. An oxygen absorbing product is produced by dispersing an oxygen absorbent in an emulsion to form an oxygen absorbing composition and tran... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5531925 | Particles, method of preparing said particles and uses thereof Particles, especially colloidal particles, comprising an interior phase of a non-lamellar reversed cubic, intermediate or hexagonal liquid crystalline phase, or a homogeneous L3 phase, and a surface phase of a lamellar crystalline or liquid crystalline ph... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5516688 | Method of biodegrading hydrophobic organic compounds, particularly PCBS, and remediation thereof using a bioemulsifier The invention includes remediating a medium contaminated with an organohalide using a microorganism that produces a bioemulsifier. The organohalide is dispersed within the medium by contacting the medium with the bioemulsifier directly produced from Pseud... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5416075 | Biospecific emulsions Oil-in-water emulsions can be formed using surfactants with biospecific headgroups. Emulsion droplets adhere to surfaces of microorganisms or to various biological surface bearing appropriate adhesins, thus delivering surfactant materials directly to vari... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5330682 | Methods of emulsification with peptide emulsifiers Polypeptides which consist substantially of alpha-helix-forming amino acid sequences are useful as emulsifiers, if the helix has at least one hydrophilic axial domain and at least one hydrophobic axial domain such that the helix can adapt a log-in-water o... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5298192 | Subbing composition for polyester Disclosed is a subbing composition for polyesters, comprising a dye, a hydrophilic colloid, and a latex, wherein said dye is dispersed in the form of fine solid grains which are substantially insoluble in water at a pH of 6 or less, and are substantially ... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5274079 | Protein partial degradation products that are useful as surface active agents and dispersing agents Novel protein partial degradation products obtainable from grain proteins such as wheat protein, maize protein, soya bean protein, etc., by specific degradation treatments, which are useful as a quality-improving agent for various food stuffs, a surface a... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5234635 | Process for the preparation of an aqueous dispersion of lipid vesicles To prepare an aqueous dispersion of lamellar lipid vesicles, at least one lipid is dissolved in at least one water-immiscible organic solvent; the organic phase thus obtained is added to an aqueous phase in such amounts that a dispersion of the oil-in-wat... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5202063 | Method for making encapsulated liquid crystal material Encapsulated liquid crystal material is made by mixing liquid crystals, a containment medium, and a carrier medium made of a water-miscible monohydric alcohol and water in the proportion between 5:95 and 60:40 weight/weight to form an emulsion; applying t... | 04/13/1993 |
| 4990280 | Photoactivator dye composition for detergent use A photoactivator dye composition includes microcapsules of a solid dispersion of a water-soluble photoactivator dye in an encapsulating material that is quickly soluble in water. In a method of preparing such a photoactivator dye composition, the photoact... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4943390 | Bioemulsifier-stabilized hydrocarbosols Methods and compositions are provided to facilitate the transportation and combustion of highly viscous hydrocarbons by forming reduced viscosity hydrocarbon-in-water emulsions, and in particular, bioemulsifier-stabilized hydrocarbon-in-water emulsions.... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4892806 | Non-ionic surface active compounds and photographic materials containing them The invention provides water soluble surface active compounds having the formula ##STR1## wherein each of R1 and R2 independently is hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, or ... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4873182 | Light-sensitive silver halide photographic materials and process for incorporating hydrophobic photographic additives into hydrophilic colloid compositions Alkylenglycol aliphatic diesters are water-immiscible high-boiling organic solvents useful for dispersing hydrophobic photographic additives in hydrophilic colloid compositions which are incorporated into the composing layers of light-sensitive silver hal... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4859753 | Branched lipopeptide polymers forming thermotropic and lyotropic liquid crystals, their applications and corresponding monomers Branched polymers resulting from homopolymerization or copolymerization of monomers of formula I: ##STR1## R is H or a lower alkyl group of C1 to C3 ; Z is O or NH; B has the formula: in which q1 and q2 are... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4840937 | Surfactant composed of acylated collagen or acylated gelatine and a production process thereof This invention relates to a surfactant with less toxicity and irritation against the human body and a production process thereof. The surfactant is produced by the acylation of the side chain amino radicals of collagen or gelatine with an aliphatic acid h... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4826818 | Proteinaceous emulsifier, process for preparing same and emulsion type cosmetic compositions containing same A proteinaceous emulsifier can be obtained by reacting an amino acid ester with a hydrophilic protein in the presence of an endopeptidase to form decomposition products of the hydrophilic protein having a carboxyl end group joined to the amino group of th... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4826624 | Dispersing liquid hydrocarbon into a second liquid J-1 which is a strain of cyanobacteria is used to form and excrete a material useful as an emulsifying agent for forming emulsions of hydrocarbons and oils in liquids such as water. Method of separating and culturing the cyanobacteria under conditions nec... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4821757 | Bioemulsifier stabilized hydrocarbosols Methods and compositions are provided to facilitate the transportation and combustion of highly viscous hydrocarbons by forming reduced viscosity hydrocarbon-in-water emulsions, and in particular, bioemulsifier-stabilized hydrocarbon-in-water emulsions.... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4793826 | Bioemulsifier-stabilized hydrocarbosols Methods and compositions are provided to facilitate the transporation and combustion of highly viscous hydrocarbons by forming reduced viscosity hydrocarbon-in-water emulsions, and in particular, bioemulsifier-stabilized hydrocarbon-in-water emulsions.... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4714758 | Surfactant composed of acylated collagen or acylated gelatine and a production process thereof This invention relates to a surfactant composed of acylated collagen or acylated gelatine produced by the acylation of the side chain amino radicals of collagen or gelatine with an aliphatic acid having 2-26 carbon atoms and a dicarboxylic acid having 2-8... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4693842 | Cyanobacterium-produced bioemulsifier composition and solution thereof J-1 which is a strain of cyanobacteria is used to form and excrete a material useful as an emulsifying agent for forming emulsions of hydrocarbons and oils in liquids such as water. Method of separating and culturing the cyanobacteria under conditions nec... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4684372 | Combustion of viscous hydrocarbons Methods and compositions are provided to facilitate the transportation and combustion of highly viscous hydrocarbons by forming reduced viscosity hydrocarbon-in-water emulsions, and in particular, bioemulsifier-stabilized hydrocarbon-in-water emulsions.... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4618348 | Combustion of viscous hydrocarbons Methods and compositions are provided to facilitate the transporation and combustion of highly viscous hydrocarbons by forming reduced viscosity hydrocarbon-in-water emulsions, and in particular, bioemulsifier-stabilized hydrocarbon-in-water emulsions.... | 10/21/1986 |
