Patents by Inventor Adam Thomas Yates

Adam Thomas Yates has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7320955
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising (A) a complex of cyclodextrin and at least one laundry treatment active wherein the complex is prepared by the steps of: (a) combining cyclodextrin and at least one laundry treatment active wherein the cyclodextrin and the laundry treatment active is dissolved, dispersed, suspended, or emulsified in at least one solvent; and (b) removing at least partially the solvent; (B) further comprising at least one laundry adjunct material selected from the group consisting of surfactants; stabilizers; builders; perfumes; enzymes; chelating agents; suds suppressors; colors; opacifiers; anti-oxidants; bactericides; neutralizing agents; buffering agents; phase regulants, dye-transfer inhibitors, hydrotropes, thickeners and mixtures thereof. The present invention is further directed to the process of preparing such compositions and to methods of treating substrates with such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Adam Thomas Yates, Alan Thomas Brooker, Sylvestre Canceil, Jean-Luc Bettiol, Andrew Russell Graydon, Paul Lapham
  • Publication number: 20040192568
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Adam Thomas Yates, Alan Thomas Brooker, Sylvestre Canceil, Jean-Luc Bettiol, Andrew Russell Graydon, Paul Lapham
  • Publication number: 20040152381
    Abstract: Fabrics having a laundry-durable finish made by graft polymerisation of a polymerisable monomer and methods of manufacture thereof which comprise exposing the fabric or a region thereof to a polymerisable monomer and exciting the polymerisable monomer within a monomer excitation zone such as a plasma. The methods of the invention provide oleophobic and hydrophobic stain-resistant fabrics having improved laundry-durability without adversely affecting other textile properties such as textile handle, drape and breathability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2004
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: David William York, Alan Thomas Brooker, Shirley Summers, Jonathan Mark Crowther, Nigel Patrick Somerville Roberts, Adam Thomas Yates, Saswati Datta