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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7671006 | Phosphated alcanol, its use as a hydrotrope and cleaning composition containing the compound The present invention relates to the use of phosphated 2-propylheptanol or a phosphated 2-propylheptanol alkoxylate as a hydrotrope in aqueous alkaline solutions for a C8-C18-alcohol alkoxylate containing 1-20 ethyleneoxy units. It also relates... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7592303 | Multi-purpose cleaning compositions and method Various multi-purpose cleaning compositions and the method for using the multi-purpose cleaning compositions are provided. In one embodiment the present invention, the multi-purpose cleaning composition comprises, by weight, from about 10% to about 90% by weight pot... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7524808 | Hard surface cleaning composition with hydrophilizing agent and method for cleaning hard surfaces A composition for cleaning or rinsing hard surfaces in an aqueous or aqueous/alcoholic medium including at least one organophosphorus material for contributing to said surfaces antideposition and/or antiadhesion properties with regard to soiling substances capable o... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7456144 | Phosphated alcanol, its use as a hydrotrope and cleaning composition containing the compound The present invention relates to the use of phosphated 2-propylheptanol or a phosphated 2-propylheptanol alkoxylate as a hydrotrope in aqueous alkaline solutions for a C8-C18-alcohol alkoxylate containing 1-20 ethyleneoxy units. It also relates... | 11/25/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7442676 | Methods and composition for cleaning and passivating fuel cell systems A cleaner-passivator composition and method for treating a fuel cell cooling system are described. The cleaner-passivator comprises a complexing agent, a surfactant, a corrosion inhibitor, and a solvent. The cleaner-passivator reduces the contaminants circulating in... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7435710 | Detergent composition comprising a sub-stoichiometric alkoxylated phosphate ester Provided is a detergent composition having components (A) and (B1): (A) a phosphate monoester (1), and (B1) a phosphate monoester (2), wherein n=1; components (A), (B1) and (B2): (A) a phosphate monoester (1), (B1 | 10/14/2008 |
| 7427586 | Degreasing agent A degreasing agent includes a mixture of trisodium phosphate, sodium silicate, sodium carbonate, sodium dodecyl benzene sulphonate, sodium hydrosulphite and octyl-phenol-polyoxyethylene ether. The degreasing agent may maintain degreasing effect for longer period of ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7381251 | Mineral particle dispersions stabilized with a poly (oxyalkene) phosphonate The instant invention relates to a liquid composition comprising a mixture of: (1) water and/or a polar solvent; (2) a colloidal dispersion of mineral particles; and (3) a phosphonate terminated poly(oxyalkene) polymer; the invention also relates to process for stab... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7307053 | Combination air sanitizer, soft surface deodorizer/sanitizer and hard surface disinfectant An improved combination air sanitizer, soft surface sanitizer, soft surface deodorizer and hard surface disinfectant is disclosed. The preferred active ingredient for the air sanitization and soft surface odor treatment functions is triethylene glycol (TEG). The pre... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7291290 | Phosphor, method of manufacturing same, and plasma display panel using same An Eu-activated phosphor that maintains high wavelength conversion efficiency and suppresses deterioration with time due to vacuum ultraviolet irradiation, as well as a plasma display panel having superior display performance by suppressing sticking image caused by ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7249492 | Method and device for evaluating and/or adjusting the cleaning performance of a cleaning liquid A method and device are provided for measuring and/or adjusting the cleaning performance of a cleaning liquid. One method of the invention includes determining a control value (i.e., the number of drops of the cleaning liquid to provide a selected volume) indicative... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7241724 | Personal care compositions comprising alkyl phosphate surfactants and selected auxiliary surfactants The invention provides personal care compositions comprising both alkyl phosphate surfactants and selected auxiliary surfactant. By using specific auxiliary surfactant whose pKa is higher than that of the alkyl phosphate surfactants, particularly in specific rations... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7238652 | Personal care compositions comprising alkyl phosphate surfactants and selected weak acid auxiliary agents The invention provides personal care compositions comprising both alkyl phosphate surfactants and selected auxiliary agent/acid. By using specific auxiliary agent whose pKa is higher than that of the alkyl phosphate surfactants, particularly in specific ratios, it i... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7223987 | Process for producing phosphor and plasma display panel unit Fine particles of a phosphor are weighed, mixed, and filled. Provided after this step are at least one step of firing the particles in a reducing atmosphere, and a step of pulverizing, dispersing, rinsing, drying and then treating the particles in an ozone atmospher... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7183244 | Detergent compositions comprising a mixture of phosphate esters Provided is a detergent composition having components (A) and (B1): (A) a phosphate monoester (1), and (B1) a phosphate monoester (2), wherein n=1; components (A), (B1) and (B2): (A) a phosphate monoester (1), (B1 | 02/27/2007 |
| 7169742 | Process for the manufacture of polycarboxylic acids using phosphorous containing reducing agents A method for the production of polycarboxylic acids is provided via the present invention. The novel method herein comprises the steps of i) mixing a phosphorous containing reducing agent with at least one carboxylic acid monomer to form a reaction mixture; ii) addi... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7163985 | Polymer systems and cleaning compositions comprising the same 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... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7144431 | Textile finishing composition and methods for using same Novel textile finishing compositions for finishing textile articles are provided via the present invention. The textile finishing compositions disclosed herein comprise a cross-linking agents and a catalytic amount of an esterification agent. The cross-linking agent... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7122509 | High temperature foamer formulations for downhole injection Disclosed is a process for preparing a foamer composition having an anionic surfactant and a neutralizing amine. The process includes the steps of estimating an extent to which the anionic surfactant will decompose into acidic components under an elevated temperatur... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7018975 | Cleaning formulation and method of cleaning a surface comprising the salt of a phosphorus-containing acid A cleaning formulation comprising a cleaning agent, a particulate clay material and an aqueous carrier. The formulation has a pH less than about 4.0 and is characterized by at least a 90% reduction in viscosity at 25° C. at a shear rate of up to about 0.10 sâˆ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7018964 | Detergent composition The cleaning composition of this invention comprises, as effective components, a compound (A) represented by the formula (1) and a nonionic surfactant (B): wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a straight-... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7008457 | Textile finishing composition and methods for using same Novel textile finishing compositions for finishing textile articles are provided via the present invention. The textile finishing compositions disclosed herein comprise a cross-linking agent and a catalytic amount of an esterification agent. The cross-linking agents... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7001877 | Organic laundry detergent and method of producing the same The present invention is a laundry detergent or powder and method of making the same utilizing natural components such as but not limited to milk, beeswax, sodium hydroxide or lye, vegetable or soy oil, sugar, baking soda, and corn starch. It is still further contem... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6982242 | Aqueous detergent composition and method of use An aqueous detergent composition is provided containing phosphoric acid or salt thereof, an organic phosphate surfactant, a nonionic surfactant, and water. The aqueous detergent composition may be employed to improved the adhesion of a coating to a substrate. Also p... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6946430 | Surfactant composition To provide a surfactant composition with an excellent foamability and thickening performance and further an excellent storage stability, it comprises the following components (a) and (b): (a) at least one anionic surfactant selected from (1) sulfonate-type an... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6946432 | Anti-foaming preparation and use thereof The anti-foaming preparations comprise aqueous formulations, which contain at least one substance, from the group of polyhydroxy compounds, non-ionic detergents and phosphoric acid esters and their salts, preferably alkyl polygluocosides, alkoxylated long-chain alco... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6875288 | Cleaning agent and cleaning method The cleaning agent described above comprises a surfactant and an organic solvent, and the cleaning method described above is characterized by allowing the cleaning agent described above to flow on the surface of the material to be treated at a high speed to thereby ... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6855677 | Detergent composition Detergent compositions each of which comprises (A) at least one phosphate ester or a salt thereof represented by the following formula (1): wherein R1 represents a C8-C18 hydrocarbon gr... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6835702 | Compositions and methods for mitigating corrosion of applied color designs The present invention relates to compositions and methods for mitigating corrosion of applied color designs on a bottle, or on another glass or ceramic item. More specifically the composition or method of the present invention can mitigate corrosion even in the pres... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6821944 | Compositions of alkanolamine salts of alkyl phosphate esters Disclosed are pumpable surfactant compositions of alkanolamine salts of alkyl phosphate esters. The compositions have a solids content of about 60% by weight or more. Alkanolamines useful in preparation of the alkyl phosphate ester salts of the compositions of the p... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6815403 | Toilet drain cleaning composition A new and improved toilet drain composition and method of using is disclosed for use in disinfecting and decalcifying. The toilet drain composition comprises a phosphoric acid derivative admixed with paradichlorobenzene and a diluent. The phosphoric acid derivative ... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6689731 | Phosphoric esters as emulsifiers and dispersants The invention relates to the use of particular phosphoric esters as emulsifiers and dispersants for pigments and fillers, based on polystyrene-block (b)-polyalkylene oxide copolymers. The invention provides block copolymeric phosphoric esters and their salts ... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6653266 | Binding agent for solid block functional material A solid functional material comprises a functional agent such as a cleaning composition, a sanitizing agent, where a rinse agent, etc. in a solid block format. The solid block is formed by a binding agent that forms the active ingredients into a solid blo... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6635613 | Urea phosphate cleaning formulation and method of cleaning a surface A cleaning formulation comprising a cleaning agent, a particulate clay material and an aqueous carrier. The formulation has a pH less than about 4.0 and is characterized by at least a 90% reduction in viscosity at 25° C. at a shear rate of up to about 0.... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6616705 | Laundry detergent compositions A detergent composition comprising: (a) a surfactant selected from the group consisting of an anionic surfactant, a nonionic surfactant, an amphoteric surfactant, a zwitterionic surfactant, and mixtures thereof; (b) a cationic polymer; and (c) a ph... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6613727 | Stabilized oxalic acid sour The present invention provides a composition that is suitable for lowering the alkalinity of a textile. The composition is also suitable for cleansing or treating a hard surface or a porous surface. The composition exhibits stability as a solution or as a... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6566313 | Shampoo and body wash composition and method of use thereof The present invention provides a conditioning shampoo and/or body wash composition and a method of using the same. The composition of the present invention contains at least one anionic surfactant, at least one conditioning complex, and water. The conditi... | 05/20/2003 |