Ethyl Corporation

Ecolab USA Inc.

Ecolab Inc.

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Albemarle Corporation

Huntington Laboratories, Inc.

Zep IP Holding LLC

Kay Chemical Company

Kim R Smith

James E Borland

Joe D Sauer

Keith Edward Olson

Erik Christian Olson

Robert D P Hei

Steven Eugene Lentsch

Terry Crutcher

Mark Dennis Levitt

Michael Bartelme

Victor F Man

Michael E Besse

Paul J Mattia

Yvonne Marie Killeen

Catherine Hanson

Eric Richard Balz

Lisa Maureen Sanders

Thomas R Mohs

Brenda Lynn Tjelta

Joelle Francine Olson

Jerry D Hoyt

Michael S Rischmiller

Michel Marie Lawrence

David J Falbaum

Victor Fuk-Pong Man

Minyu Li

Guang-Jong Jason Wei

David D McSherry

Richard K Staub

Paul R Kraus

John Ellwood Thomas

Robert J Ryther

Lee J Monsrud

David Arnold Halsrud

Gregory G Griese

Robert Dale Hei

Anthony Wayne Erickson

Joy G Herdt

Lynne A Olson

Brandon L Herdt

Peter J Fernholz

Xin Sun

Wendy M Wiseth

Jeffrey W Perine

Andrew Steven Wold

Sherri Tischler

Burton M Baum

Terence P Everson

Howie Kestell

Teresa C Podtburg

Shaun Patrick Kennedy

Bryan Michael Anderson

Richard D Stardig

Traci Lynn Gioino

Kristen Mills

Carrie Armstrong

Pak Y Fong

Y-d Mark Chen

Rebecca F Smith

Andrew Max Schultz

Tami Jo Tadrowski

Mark Peterson

Robert Dp Hei

Erin Fransen Loosbrock

Jennifer Layton

Jenna M Johnson

Samih S Abouhalkah

Frederick M Boyd

Scott I DeFields

Stephen Engel

Polly D Laugen

Stephan Maria Hubig

Bruce R Cords

Erin Jane Dahlquist

Joseph L Stark

Erin Jane Dahlquist Howlett

David W Gohl

Clinton Hunt, Jr

Ralf Krack

R Woodrow Wilson, Jr

Kevin C Tauer

Nestor U Soriano, Jr

Brandon Matthew Carlson

Dawn N Lock

Sara Peters

Tomoko Nakabayashi

Dennis R Compton

Fred J Impastato

Kim B Peyton

Jennifer Mayhall

Reid Rabon

Raynold J Corona

Sara B Peters

Joshua A Ackerman

Carrie L Armstrong

Benjamin F Reid

Robert Crowley

Josh Kassanchuk

Fred Boyd

Max Guzman

A method of creating a protective coating on an alkali metal hydroxide-containing solid is provided. The method includes providing carbon dioxide to an alkali metal hydroxide-containing solid and allowing the alkali metal hydroxide and carbon dioxide to react thereby forming a carbonate or bicarbonate-containing layer on the exterior of the solid wherein the carbonate or bicarbonate-containing layer is non-hygroscopic and water soluble, and wherein greater than 80% of the hydroxide in the hydroxide-containing solid does not react with the carbon dioxide, and further wherein the alkali metal hydroxide-containing solid is substantially free of lithium hydroxide. A method of testing for the presence of carbonate-containing coating on an alkali metal hydroxide containing solid is also provided. The method includes exposing the coated solid to 95 weight percent ethanol, collecting the ethanol effluent and testing the effluent for alkali metal hydroxide. A suitably coated solid does not have dissolved alkali metal hydroxide in the ethanol effluent or is substantially free of alkali metal hydroxide.

Methods of forming protective coatings for detersive agents

A device for in-situ production of caustic and increasing alkalinity of a detergent and methods for increasing alkalinity of a detergent are disclosed. In particular, in situ electrochemical conversion of bicarbonate, sesquicarbonate or carbonate sources into caustic provides a safe means for increasing alkalinity of a detergent for a variety of cleaning applications. The invention further discloses methods for cleaning using the electrochemically enhanced detergent according to the invention.

Electrochemical enhancement of detergent alkalinity

The present disclosure generally relates to a color indicator that signals when the concentration of an antimicrobial solution changes. In some embodiments, the color indicator is specific for changes in the concentration of an antimicrobial quaternary ammonium compound in an antimicrobial solution. The color indicator can be incorporated into a variety of articles including towels, labels, containers, buckets, trays, sinks, spray bottles, liners for containers, buckets, sinks, or spray bottles, indictor wands or strips, and test kits.

Real time indicator for quaternary ammonium compound concentration

Protective coatings for detersive agents and methods of forming and detecting the same

The present invention relates to a method of pre-rinsing laundry and treating other surfaces employing a composition that can kill bedbug eggs. The composition includes an anionic compound and is at pH just above neutral, e.g., about 7 to about 9.

Method of killing bedbug eggs

A composition of co-polymers, surfactants and solvents is provided for use in methods of reducing paraffin and wax deposition from crude oils in storage and transportation vessels.

Composition and method for dispersing paraffins in crude oils

A soil resistant laminate composition and a soil resistant treatment use composition are provided. In particular, a laminate composition comprising a multilayer composition of a clean surface and a dried layer of a soil resistant agent are disclosed. Soil resistant agents according to the invention include copolymers of a maleic/olefin, an olefin/acrylate and combinations thereof and are suitable for delivery with a water or other organic solvent carrier. A kit and methods for treating a clean surface using a soil resistant laminate composition and a soil resistant treatment use composition are provided by the present invention.

Soil resistant surface treatment

The present invention relates to methods, apparatuses, and systems for treating water. The methods, apparatuses and systems reduce scaling associated with solubilized water hardness using a sequence of water treatment agents, including an inlet, one or more treatment reservoirs containing a first treatment agent that is an exhausted ionic resin that is incapable of performing ion exchange and a second treatment agent consisting of a metal oxide and/or hydroxide compound, an outlet, and a treated water delivery line.

Synergistic interaction of weak cation exchange resin and magnesium oxide

A cleaning composition is provided including an alkalinity source, builder, surfactant, water, a reducing agent and amylase in the ratio of from about 1:1 to about 1:3 wherein the total amount of amylase in the composition is equal to or less than about 1.0 weight percent; and wherein the composition is substantially free of polyols, alkanolamine, phosphates, and boric acid. A method of presoaking soiled substrates is further provided. The method including the steps of providing presoak solution to a soiled substrate at a temperature of between about 65.5&#xb0; C. up to about 80&#xb0; C., the presoak solution including the provided composition; draining the presoak solution from the substrate; providing a detergent to a soiled substrate including the composition of the present invention; and removing or draining the detergent; and rinsing the substrate with water.

Enzyme-containing detergent and presoak composition and methods of using

Methods of cleaning sugar evaporators with a cleaning composition comprising a sugar or sugar-moiety containing compound are disclosed. The methods are capable of improved scale and fouling removal from treated surfaces, including scale containing calcium oxalate, calcium dihydrogen phosphate, silica and/or other components from sugar evaporators. The methods reduce time required for scale removal without the need for highly alkaline cleaning compositions, elevated temperatures and/or mechanical force applied to the scale.

Control of sugar evaporator scale using sugar or sugar moieties

The present invention relates to a method of pre-rinsing laundry and treating other surfaces employing a composition that can kill bedbug eggs. The composition includes a fatty alcohol and an alcohol ethoxylate.

Compositions and methods for improved cleaning using neutral cleaners are disclosed. In particular, neutral pH cleaning compositions according to the invention employ a synergistic combination of water insoluble surfactants and an anionic hydrotropes capable of forming a stable, low-foaming solution. The neutral cleaning solutions provide significant benefits over water insoluble microemulsions traditionally used for neutral cleaning compositions and provide at least equivalent cleaning efficacy as non-neutral cleaning compositions.

Neutral floor cleaner

According to the invention, the compositions and methods provide for the complete removal of synthetic glues or adhesives from a plurality of surfaces through the use of amide solvents in combination with surfactants, chelants, acidulants and/or additional bottle wash additives. Beneficially, the compositions and methods are suitable for use at lower temperatures, including below 35&#xb0; C., and lower pH conditions, including from 5 to 10, from 6 to 9, and from 6 to 8, in comparison to conventional caustic-based adhesive removal compositions.

Label removal solution for low temperature and low alkaline conditions

In situ cleaning systems and methods of use are disclosed and provide cleaning use solutions with minimal chemical additives providing environmentally-friendly cleaning compositions. The in situ cleaning system provides one or more in situ cleaning components, including water treatment components, oxidizing agent generating component and/or alkalinity generating component, providing a cleaning use solution to a washing system.

In situ cleaning system

A soil resistant floor surface treatment composition is provided. In particular, a composition comprises a maleic/olefin copolymer and an optional cleaning agent. Methods for treating a porous floor surface with a soil resistant agent and kits comprising a floor treatment composition, an applicator, a removal agent for removing a plurality of soils from a treated surface, and instructions for use are further provided by the present invention.

Soil resistant floor treatment

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