Patents by Inventor Alice Marie Ward

Alice Marie Ward 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).

  • DILUTE FABRIC CARE COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING THICKENERS AND FABRIC CARE COMPOSITIONS FOR USE IN THE PRESENCE OF ANIONIC CARRY-OVER
    Publication number: 20120036651
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fabric care compositions that comprise thickeners and the use of fabric care composition in high anionic surfactant conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Gayle Marie Frankenbach, Alessandro Corona, III, Alice Marie Ward, Sanaul Siddiquee, Yonas Gizaw, Lisa Grace Brush, Geoffrey Marc Wise, Darren Franklin King, Aniesa Parakkat, Jocelyn Michelle McCullough, Walter Augusta Maria Broeckx, Mark Robert Sivik, Jose Andres Rojo Moreno
  • FABRIC ENHANCERS COMPRISING NANO-SIZED LAMELLAR VESICLE
    Publication number: 20110281785
    Abstract: A fabric enhancer comprising: at least one cationic softening compound, wherein said cationic softening compound comprises a plurality of lamellar vesicles, said lamellar vesicles having an average diameter from about 10 nm to about 170 nm, wherein said fabric enhancer is capable of forming phase stable mixtures with enhanced stability in the presence of at least one cationic polymer and processes for making the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: Yonas Gizaw, Raul Victorino Nunes, Ke-ming Quan, Alessandro Corona, III, Matthew Lawrence Lynch, Alice Marie Ward, Marc Johan Declercq
  • Clear and/or translucent fabric enhancers comprising nano-sized particles
    Patent number: 7928055
    Abstract: A fabric enhancer comprising: at least one fabric softening active, wherein said at least one fabric softening active comprises a plurality of particles comprising an intensity weighted particle size distribution wherein greater than about 95% of said plurality of particles have a size below about 170 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Yonas Gizaw, Francesc Corominas, Alessandro Corona, III, Marc Johan Declercq, Hugo Jean Marie Demeyere, Ivan Maurice Alfons Jan Herbots, Andreas Leopold, Matthew Lawrence Lynch, Raul Victorino Nunes, Ke-ming Quan, Alice Marie Ward
  • Fabric enhancing compositions comprising nano-sized particles and anionic detergent carry over tolerance
    Patent number: 7833961
    Abstract: A fabric enhancing composition comprising: at least one fabric softening active, wherein said fabric softening active comprises a plurality of particles comprising a intensity weighted particle size distribution wherein at least about 50% said particles have a particle size below about 170 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Marc Johan Declercq, Yonas Gizaw, Raul Victorino Nunes, Ke-ming Quan, Alessandro Corona, III, Matthew Lawrence Lynch, Alice Marie Ward, Hugo Jean Marie Demeyere
  • Fabric care compositions comprising cationic starch
    Patent number: 7625857
    Abstract: Compositions comprising cationic high amylose starch are effective for use in fabric care compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Alice Marie Ward, Yonas Gizaw
  • Clear and/or translucent fabric enhancers comprising nano-sized particles
    Publication number: 20090042767
    Abstract: A fabric enhancer comprising: at least one fabric softening active, wherein said at least one fabric softening active comprises a plurality of particles comprising an intensity weighted particle size distribution wherein greater than about 95% of said plurality of particles have a size below about 170 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Yonas Gizaw, Francesc Corominas, Alessandro Corona, III, Marc Johan Declercq, Hugo Jean Demeyere, Ivan Maurice Herbots, Andreas Leopold, Matthew Lawrence Lynch, Raul Vitorino Nunes, Ke-ming Quan, Alice Marie Ward
  • Fabric enhancers comprising nano-sized lamellar vesicle
    Publication number: 20090042765
    Abstract: A fabric enhancer comprising: at least one cationic softening compound, wherein said cationic softening compound comprises a plurality of lamellar vesicles, said lamellar vesicles having an average diameter from about 10 nm to about 170 nm, wherein said fabric enhancer is capable of forming phase stable mixtures with enhanced stability in the presence of at least one cationic polymer and processes for making the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Yonas Gizaw, Raul Victorino Nunes, Ke-ming Quan, Alessandro Corona, III, Matthew Lawrence Lynch, Alice Marie Ward, Marc Johan Declereq
  • Fabric enhancing compositions comprising nano-sized particles and anionic detergent carry over tollerance
    Publication number: 20080263780
    Abstract: A fabric enhancing composition comprising: at least one fabric softening active, wherein said fabric softening active comprises a plurality of particles comprising a intensity weighted particle size distribution wherein at least about 50% said particles have a particle size below about 170 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Marc Johan Declercq, Yonas Gizaw, Raul Victorino Nunes, Ke-ming Quan, Alessandro Corona, Matthew Lawrence Lynch, Alice Marie Ward, Hugo Jean Marie Demeyere
  • Fabric care compositions comprising cationic starch
    Publication number: 20070027059
    Abstract: Fabric care compositions comprise cationic starch and fabric softening active, wherein the composition comprises a viscosity of less than about 2000 centipoise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Inventors: Alessandro Corona, Alice Marie Ward, Yonas Gizaw, Donald Ray Brown, Anna Liza Tolentino, Gayle Marie Frankenbach
  • Fabric care compositions comprising cationic starch
    Patent number: 7135451
    Abstract: Fabric care compositions comprise cationic starch and fabric softening active, wherein the composition comprises a viscosity of less than about 2000 centipoise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Alessandro Corona, III, Alice Marie Ward, Yonas Gizaw, Donald Ray Brown, Anna Liza Tolentino, Gayle Marie Frankenbach
  • Concentrated stable, translucent or clear fabric softening compositions including chelants
    Patent number: 6943144
    Abstract: Clear or translucent fabric softening compositions having a biodegradable fabric softening active and an added chelating agent are disclosed. The biodegradable fabric softening active preferably has the formula: [(R)4-m—N(+)—[(CH2)n—Y—R1]m]X(?)??(1) wherein each R substituent is hydrogen or a short chain C1-C6, preferably C1-C3 alkyl or hydroxyalkyl group, e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Errol Hoffman Wahl, John Cort Severns, Scott William Waite, Frederick Anthony Hartman, Hugo Jean Marie Demeyere, Marc Johan Declercq, Alice Marie Ward
  • Fabric care compositions comprising cationic starch
    Publication number: 20040204337
    Abstract: Fabric care compositions comprise cationic starch and fabric softening active, wherein the composition comprises a viscosity of less than about 2000 centipoise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Alessandro Corona, Alice Marie Ward, Yonas Gizaw, Donald Ray Brown, Anna Liza Tolentino, Gayle Marie Frankenbach