Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm C. Bryant Cook
  • Antimicrobial detergent compositions containing iodine ions
    Patent number: 6387856
    Abstract: Antimicrobial detergent compositions especially suitable for manual diswashing comprise 0.001-2% iodine ions complexed with an amphoteric surfactant, 5-90% uncomplexed surfactant selected from the group consisting of anionic surfactants, nonionic surfactants, amphoteric surfactants and mixture thereof, and 5-50% water. The detergent compositions have pH of 7-10. Preferably at least a portion of the iodine ions are added as an iodine in the form of a compound selected from the group consisting of KI, NaI, KOI, NaOI and Ca(0I)2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kofi Ofosu-Asante, Jeffrey Edward Boucher, Marcus Wayne Evans, David Robert Zint
  • Branched surfactant manufacture
    Patent number: 6320080
    Abstract: Alpha-olefins are dimerized to form branched-chain feedstocks for detersive surfactants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Daniel Stedman Connor