Physical methods of dispersing characteristic use particles and compositions thereof
AssigneeShamrock Technologies, Inc.
InventorsCharles A. Cody, Manshi Sui, Youssef Awad
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Abstract
The present invention provides compositions that are capable of being dispersed in a target medium. The compositions include characteristic use particles entrapped within a physical entrapment phase, wherein the physical entrapment phase is dispersible in the target medium. Accordingly, the compositions of the present invention physically prevent the agglomeration or self-association of the characteristic use particles. Also disclosed are processes for manufacturing compositions that are capable of being dispersed in a target medium.
Claims66
A composition that is capable of being dispersed in a target medium, comprising characteristic use particles entrapped within a physical entrapment phase, wherein the physical entrapment phase is dispersible in the target medium.
A process for manufacturing a composition that is capable of being dispersed in a target medium, comprising:
- A. mixing a physical entrapment phase precursor with a characteristic use particle in a processing medium in which the precursor is dispersible;
- B. converting the precursor into a physical entrapment phase which is not dispersible in said processing medium, thereby entrapping the characteristic use particle within the physical entrapment phase;
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- C. separating the physical entrapment phase having the characteristic use particles entrapped therein from the processing medium to obtain said composition.
A method of conferring a desired benefit to a target medium, comprising adding to a target medium a composition that is capable of being dispersed in the target medium, wherein said composition comprises characteristic use particles entrapped within a physical entrapment phase that is dispersible in the target medium, wherein said characteristic use particles confer the desired benefit to the target medium.
A composition comprising
- A. a target medium;
- B. characteristic use particles dispersed within the target medium;
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- C. a physical entrapment phase dispersed within the target medium,
- wherein the composition has a grind gauge improvement of greater than or equal to 1 unit in comparison to the grind gauge for the composition without the physical entrapment phase.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.