Patents Represented by Attorney Melissa G. Krasovec
  • Patent number: 8343907
    Abstract: Particulate bleach additive composition containing enzymes, which can be used to bleach fabrics in conjunction with a conventional granular or liquid laundry detergent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Giulia Ottavia Bianchetti, Gloria Dicapua, Giovanni Grande, Neil Joseph Lant
  • Patent number: 8334250
    Abstract: A process of making a granular detergent composition comprising amphiphilic graft copolymer. The granular detergent composition may have an L-3b value of at least about 73.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Rohan Govind Murkunde, Sarah Jane Melville, Malcolm McClaren Dodd, Stefan James Egan, Christopher Charles Driffield, Andrew Brian Greenaway Patton
  • Patent number: 8309507
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a fluid detergent composition comprising a di-amido gellant and a surfactant, and a method for structuring said composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Susana Fernandez Prieto, Johan Smets, Beatriu Escuder Gil, Juan Felipe Miravet Celades, Vincent Josep Nebot Carda
  • Patent number: 8293697
    Abstract: Fluid detergent compositions comprising from about 0.01% to about 1% by weight of an external structurant comprising dibenzylidene sorbitol acetal derivatives for providing desired rheological benefits such as product thickening, shear thinning behavior, as well as particle suspension capabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jean-Pol Boutique, James Charles Theophile Roger Burckett St. Laurent, Myriam Bouilliche, Dennis Allen Beckholt, Sohan Rajpanth Murthy, Mario Elmen Tremblay
  • Patent number: 8283306
    Abstract: An aqueous laundry detergent composition in the form of a liquid or gel, having a pH of from about 6 to about 11 in a 1% water solution and containing a non-soap anionic surfactant; soap; nonionic surfactant; fabric softening cationic cosurfactant having a molecular weight of less than about 1000; fabric softening quaternized polymer having a molecular weight of at least 100,000; non-quaternized, non polyamine thickener; perfume microcapsules; wherein at least one of the following is true; i) the ratio by weight of nonionic surfactant to anionic surfactant is greater than 1 and the total percentage, by weight of the composition, of the total of anionic surfactant, nonionic surfactant and soap is from 10% to 30%; and/or ii) the aqueous laundry detergent composition further comprises from about 0.5% to about 5% of a hydrotrope. Methods of laundering with such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Raphael Emmanuel Guyot, Marc Jennewein, James Charles Theophile Roger Burckett St. Laurent
  • Patent number: 8263544
    Abstract: Detergent compositions comprising selected deposition polymers for improved deposition of fabric care benefit agents, such as organosilicones, polyolefin dispersions, polymer latexes, microencapsulated fabric care actives, onto fabrics through the laundering operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Mark Robert Sivik, Robert Joe McChain, Susan Eileen Buescher, Timothy Michael Rothgeb, Connie Lynn Sheets, Paul Francis Kindel
  • Patent number: 8236748
    Abstract: The invention is to pH tunable amido-gellant that are suitable for use in consumer product compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Susana Fernandez Prieto, Johan Smets, Beatriu Escuder Gil, Juan Felipe Miravet Celades, Vincent Josep Nebot Carda
  • Patent number: 8222197
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a fluid detergent composition comprising a pH tuneable amido gellant and a surfactant, and a method for structuring said composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Susana Fernandez Prieto, Johan Smets, Beatriu Escuder Gil, Juan Felipe Miravet Celades, Vincent Josep Nebot Carda
  • Patent number: 8207105
    Abstract: The instant disclosure relates to cleaning and/or treatment compositions, such as fabric care, hair care and skin care compositions, containing an aminosilicone, one or more anionic surfactants and one or more deposition aids. The disclosed compositions have improved rheology and performance. The disclosed compositions may provide one or more fabric care benefits including, for example, fabric softness and/or an anti-wrinkle benefit. Methods of making and using the compositions are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Kerry Andrew Vetter, Lenae Virginia Johnson, Julie Ann Menkhaus, Keith Homer Baker, Jennifer Beth Ponder, Peter De Nies
  • Patent number: 8207107
    Abstract: The invention is to di-amido gellant that are suitable for use in consumer product compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Susana Fernandez Prieto, Johan Smets, Beatriu Escuder Gil, Juan Felipe Miravet Celades, Vincent Josep Nebot Carda
  • Patent number: 8202831
    Abstract: The present invention relates to detergent compositions comprising a variant of a parent xyloglucanase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Neil Joseph Lant, Werner Besenmatter, Esben Peter Friis, Keith Gibson, Frank Winther Rasmussen, Michael Skjøt
  • Patent number: 8193141
    Abstract: The instant disclosure relates to stable color maintenance and/or rejuvenation compositions comprising at least one cationic polymer and anionic surfactant, and methods for providing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Alessandro Corona, III, Brian W. Everingham, Gayle Marie Frankenbach, Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Beth Ann Schubert, Mark Robert Sivik, Kerry Andrew Vetter, Gregory Thomas Waning
  • Patent number: 8177858
    Abstract: Aqueous laundry detergent compositions containing surfactants and fatty acid, having a pH of from about 6 to about 11 and containing a polymer having a number average molecular weight of from about 700,000 to about 4,000,000 and comprising monomeric units including: nonionic monomers selected from acrylamide, N,N-dialkyl acrylamide, methacrylamide, N,N-dialkylmethacrylamide, hydroxyalkyl acrylate and vinyl pyrrolidone, vinyl acetate, vinyl alcohol, and mixtures thereof; cationic monomers selected from N,N-dialkylaminoalkyl methacrylate, N,N-dialkylaminoalkyl acrylate, N,N-dialkylaminoalkyl acrylamide, N,N-dialkylaminoalkylmethacrylamide, methacylamidoalkyl trialkylammonium chloride, acrylamidoalkylltrialkylammonium chloride, vinylamine, quaternized vinyl imidazole and diallyl dialkyl ammonium chloride, and mixtures thereof; and anionic monomers selected from acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, maleic acid, vinyl sulfonic acid, styrene sulfonic acid, acrylamidopropylmethane sulfonic acid (AMPS), salts thereof, and
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: The Proctor and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Tim Roger Michel Vanpachtenbeke, Francesco De Buzzaccarini, Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Johan Depoortere, Karel Jozef Maria Depoot, Kerry Andrew Vetter
  • Patent number: 8168579
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a fluid detergent composition comprising a di-amido gellant and a surfactant, and a method for structuring said composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Susana Fernandez Prieto, Johan Smets, Beatriu Escuder Gil, Juan Felipe Miravet Celades, Vincent Josep Nebot Carda
  • Patent number: 8091559
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an applicator (1) which allows for precise, non-messy and even application of a hair treatment composition to a hair strand. The applicator (1) comprises a plate (10) movably joined by a connection (30) to a well (20) and at least one metering layer selected from non-wovens, foams or combinations thereof. The metering layer has a caliper of from 0.15 mm to 39.5 mm and a compressibility as defined herein of from 59% to 93%. The metering layer may be a first metering layer (50) and be laid upon the rim (222) of the well (20) or may be a second metering layer (60) and be laid upon the internal surface (101) of the plate (10), preferably along the perimeter (103).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble COmpany
    Inventors: Mark Thomas Lund, Paul James Smith
  • Patent number: D646575
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: William John Davis, David James McNeill, Paul Robert Scott, Joost Marinus Verburg
  • Patent number: D667300
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: William John Davis, An De Coninck, David James McNeill, Cezary Adam Pieczetowski, Paul Robert Scott, Filip Dominique Hubert Vangeel
  • Patent number: D669354
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: William John Davis, An De Coninck, David James McNeill, Cezary Adam Pieczetowski, Paul Robert Scott, Filip Dominique Hubert Vangeel
  • Patent number: D673049
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Robert Kopulos, Brian David Andres
  • Patent number: D673857
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Robert Kopulos, Brian David Andres