...that Thomas Edison's patent application on his phonograph was approved by the Patent Office in just seven weeks? In contrast, it took Gordon Gould, the inventor of the laser, 30 years to obtain his patent -- finally awarded in 1988!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8053405 | Fragrance delivery system A fragrance delivery system comprises a suspension concentrate including a suspending matrix and a fragrance material which system can be diluted with water to form a use composition such as a body wash formulation. ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 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 |
| 7439220 | Anionic softeners and methods for the production thereof A dispersion including anionic softeners and a process for producing compositions of anionic softeners is provided and obtainable by (a) reacting partial glycerides with maleic anhydride at a temperature above 53° C., wherein maleic anhydride is used in stoichiomet... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7390776 | Liquid detergent builder and liquid detergent containing the same A liquid detergent builder which is highly compatible with a surfactant and gives transparent liquid detergents having extremely excellent detergency, a liquid detergent containing the builder, and a liquid detergent containing an acrylic acid-based polymer (salt) h... | 06/24/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7375068 | Anti-soiling detergent composition comprising a polyetheramide-modified organopolysiloxane To provide an anti-soiling detergent composition that has excellent detergency, endows cleaned surfaces with a pronounced anti-soiling effect, effectively sustains the anti-staining effect, possesses superb storage stability, and can be used on restrooms, sinks, bat... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7358221 | Metathesis depolymerizable surfactants A class of surfactant molecules whose structure includes regularly spaced unsaturation in the tail group and thus, can be readily decomposed by ring-closing metathesis, and particularly by the action of a transition metal catalyst, to form small molecule products. T... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7285523 | Enzyme-containing granule and detergent composition The instant invention discloses an enzyme-containing granule comprising: (a) a core granule comprising one or more enzyme particles; and (b) a water-soluble polymer coating therefor which substantially completely encapsulates said enzyme particles, wherein the polym... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7273838 | Laundry detergent formulation including dirt suspending agent comprising benzalkonium chloride and isobutylene-maleic anhydride A laundry detergent formulation includes a dirt suspending agent which is a blend of an anionic material, such as an anionic polymer, and a quaternary ammonium salt. This suspending agent prevents redeposition of dirt which is removed from clothing by a laundry dete... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7273842 | Colorants, dispersants and dispersions containing polymeric nanoparticles Colorants, dispersants, and dispersions are provided which include PNPs having a mean diameter in the range of from 1 to 50 nanometers, an acid value in the range of from 0 to 700 mg KOH/g PNP solids, an amine value in the range of from 0 to 250, a hydroxyl number i... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7270131 | Hard surface cleaning composition Aqueous hard surface cleaning compositions comprising a non associative, acrylic copolymer alkali swellable emulsion and a set of alkaline detergent builders. Methods of producing the compositions, using the compositions for cleaning hard surfaces, and improving the... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7244697 | Detergent composition comprising a silicon derivative having a group containing both a hydroxy group and a nitrogen atom AbtractProvided is a detergent composition comprising the following components (a), (b) and (c): (a) an anionic surfactant, (b) a water soluble cationized polymer having a weight average molecular weight of from 100,000 to 2,000,000 and a charge density of from 0.6 ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7241729 | Compositions and methods for using polymeric suds enhancers The present invention relates to methods for using polymeric suds enhancers (stabilizers) to increase the suds and/or foam volume and suds and/or foam retention in suds-forming and/or foam-forming compositions comprising such polymeric suds stabilizers. Suitable sud... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7235231 | Cosmetic composition comprising a block copolymer The present invention relates to a cosmetic composition comprising at least one diblock copolymer, as well as to the use of the said diblock copolymer as a modifier of properties of cosmetic compositions, more preferably of compositions for the skin and/or the hair.... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232475 | Chemical upgrading of filters The invention provides a filter treated with a humectant which may optionally be in combination with a surfactant. The treatment may also include a water soluble rheology modifier to alter the viscosity of water drawn onto the filter by the humectant. A tackifier ma... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7232794 | Dishwashing wipe A dishwashing wipe having a nonwaven hydroentangled polymer fiber topsbeet; a polymeric membrane; a nonwoven batting layer; and a polymeric scrim, with a dishwashing composition having an amine, a polymeric suds stabilizer, or enzymes incorporated in the wipe, where... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7229954 | Carpet cleaning composition with citrus A carpet cleaning composition comprises a terpene hydrocarbon solvent that also functions as a fragrance, one or more surfactants, an anti-soil component, an anti-stain component, water, and, optionally, an anti-foam agent and a pH adjusting agent. In the preferred ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7214653 | Polyalkyleneimine alkyleneoxide copolymer It is an object of the present invention to provide a polyalkyleneimine alkyleneoxide copolymer, which is suitably used as a builders for a detergent, a detergent, a water treatment agent, a dispersant and the like and which can exert high basic performance in point... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7214276 | Ether carboxylic acids based on alkoxylated styrylphenols The invention relates to compounds of the formula (1) in which A is C2- to C4-alkylene, B is C1- to C4-alkylene, x is a number fr... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7214650 | Detergent compositions comprising polymeric suds enhancers which have improved mildness and skin feel Compositions comprising one or more polymeric suds volume and suds duration enhances which are mild on the user's skin. The polymeric suds enhances are suitable for use in methods which in use as compositions light duty liquid, LDL compositions, hand dishwashing com... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7202203 | Softener composition The softener composition of the present invention comprises a compound having one or more C8-36 hydrocarbon groups and two or more groups selected from an amino group and a quaternary ammonium group in the molecule (component (a)), an anionic surfactant h... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7192911 | Nonaqueous 3 in 1 dishwasher products A machine dishwasher product comprising: a) 1 to 60% by weight of nonaqueous solvent(s), b) 0.1 to 70% by weight of copolymers of i) unsaturated carboxylic acids ii... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7183250 | Surfactant composition containing hydrophobically modified polymer The present invention is related to a concentrated surfactant composition containing a hydrophobically modified polymer and/or a hydrotrope. The addition of the polymer or hydrotrope to the concentrated surfactant changes the physical properties of the concentrated ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7169745 | Hand dishwashing compositions comprising polymeric suds volume and suds duration enhancers and methods for washing with same The present invention relates to hand shishwashing compositions comprising polymeric suds volume and suds duration enhancers. These polymeric materials provide enhanced suds volume and suds duration during hand dishwashing. ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7160947 | Polymers and laundry detergent compositions containing them Graft copolymers providing soil release benefits in laundry detergent compositions contain backbone units derived from an ethylenically unsaturated monomer, hydrophilic uncharged side chains, and cationically chargeable or charged side chains containing a tertiary o... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7160849 | Specific polymer-compounded detergent composition A detergent composition containing at least 0.1% by weight of at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of 1) a polycarboxylic acid-based polymer containing a polyalkylene glycol chain in the structure thereof, 2) a sulfonic acid group-terminated (meth... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7157414 | Methods of reducing irritation in personal care compositions Provided are methods of reducing the irritation associated with a personal care composition comprising an anionic surfactant, the methods comprising combining a hydrophobically-modified material capable of binding a surfactant thereto with an anionic surfactant to p... | 01/02/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7138139 | Tablet coating The present invention relates to water soluble tablet coatings prepared from water soluble, partially and completely neutralized acrylic polymers and at least one film modifying agent. ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7119059 | Mild and effective cleansing compositions A mild cleansing composition is disclosed. The composition includes a from about 3.5 percent to about 8.5 percent of an anionic surfactant; from about 0.1 percent to about 3 percent of a hydrophobically modified, crosslinked, anionic acrylic copolymer; and c) from a... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7098180 | Mild and effective cleansing compositions A mild cleansing composition is disclosed. The composition includes a from about 4 percent to about 8.5 percent of an anionic surfactant; from about 1 percent to about 30 percent of an amphoteric surfactant; and from about 0.1 percent to less than about 3 percent of... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7094747 | Process for cleaning a surface using an aqueous composition containing a dispersed polymer Process for enhancing the cleaning properties of an aqueous cleaning composition comprising at least one surfactant, intended for cleaning a surface which has been soiled with soiling, by adding to said cleaning composition, at least one polymer (P) comprising: ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7084101 | Aqueous based solvent free cleaner compositions containing two nonionic surfactants The present invention relates to an aqueous based, solvent free degreaser composition, comprising a blend of two nonionic surfactants selected from, alcohol alkoxylate with a fatty alcohol moiety, alkoxylated fatty alcohol, fatty alcohol having oxyethylate moieties,... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7084104 | Mild and effective cleansing compositions A mild cleansing composition is disclosed. The composition includes a from about 1 percent to about 8 percent of an anionic surfactant; and from about 0.1 percent to about 3 percent of a hydrophobically modified, crosslinked, anionic acrylic copolymer, wherein the w... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7056874 | Cleaning solutions for carbon removal Cleaning compositions are disclosed. Methods of making and using the cleaning compositions are also disclosed. ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7041628 | Aqueous 3 in 1 dishwasher products Liquid aqueous machine dishwasher products comprising a) 20 to 50% by weight of one or more water-soluble builder(s), b) 0.1 to 70% by weight of copolymers of i) unsaturated carboxylic ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7033984 | Detergent compositions A particulate detergent composition, which comprises a minor amount of a herbal extract beneficial to human skin, the herbal extract being present in the form of granules comprising an aqueous solution of the herbal extract absorbed into and/or adsorbed onto a granu... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7033983 | Detergent compositions Particulate laundry detergent compositions, especially high bulk density powders and tablets, contain low levels of aloe vera. The aloe vera is preferably present in the form of colored, preferably, green, speckles having a 1% solution pH not exceeding 9. The deterg... | 04/25/2006 |