Patents by Inventor Annick Julia Oscar Mertens

Annick Julia Oscar Mertens 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).

  • Hard surface cleaning composition
    Patent number: 8546317
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hard surface cleaning composition comprising a polybetaine polymer, wherein said polybetaine polymer comprises a zwitterionic unit A or a mixture thereof, wherein said unit A comprises a betaine group or a mixture thereof and wherein said betaine group of said unit A is a sulphobetaine group or a mixture thereof, and a vinylpyrrolidone homopolymer or copolymer, wherein said polybetaine polymer and said vinylpyrrolidone homopolymer or copolymer are present in said composition at a weight ratio of polybetaine polymer to vinylpyrrolidone homopolymer or copolymer of at utmost 1.5:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Annick Julia Oscar Mertens, Geert Andre Deleersnyder, Patrick Firmin August Delplancke, Stefano Scialla
  • METHOD FOR COATING A HARD SURFACE WITH AN ANTI-FILMING COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20110129610
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a method of coating a hard surface, particularly glass, with an anti-filming composition comprising the steps of contacting the hard surface with an effective amount of a composition comprising a water-soluble polymer, wherein the water-soluble polymer comprises an alkoxylated polyacrylic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: Patrick Fimin August Delplancke, Annick Julia Oscar Mertens, Xinbei Song
  • Hard Surface Cleaning Composition
    Publication number: 20110009309
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hard surface cleaning composition comprising a polybetaine polymer, wherein said polybetaine polymer comprises a zwitterionic unit A or a mixture thereof, wherein said unit A comprises a betaine group or a mixture thereof and wherein said betaine group of said unit A is a sulphobetaine group or a mixture thereof, and a vinylpyrrolidone homopolymer or copolymer, wherein said polybetaine polymer and said vinylpyrrolidone homopolymer or copolymer are present in said composition at a weight ratio of polybetaine polymer to vinylpyrrolidone homopolymer or copolymer of at utmost 1.5:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Annick Julia Oscar Mertens, Geert Andre Deleersnyder, Patrick Firmin August Delplancke, Stefano Scialla
  • Hard surface cleaning composition
    Patent number: 7811387
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hard surface cleaning composition comprising a copolymer, wherein said copolymer comprises a zwitterionic unit A or a mixture thereof and another unit B or a mixture thereof, wherein said unit A comprises a betaine group or a mixture thereof and wherein said betaine group of said unit A is a sulphobetaine group or a mixture thereof, and wherein said unit B is derived from vinyl-pyrrolidone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Stefano Scialla, Luca Sarcinelli, Annick Julia Oscar Mertens, Marc Francois Theophile Evers, Evelyne Prat, Olivier Anthony, Marie Pierre Labeau, Chi-Thanh Vuong
  • HARD SURFACE CLEANING COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20090029895
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hard surface cleaning composition comprising a copolymer, wherein said copolymer comprises a zwitterionic unit A or a mixture thereof and another unit B or a mixture thereof, wherein said unit A comprises a betaine group or a mixture thereof and wherein said betaine group of said unit A is a sulphobetaine group or a mixture thereof, and wherein said unit B is derived from vinyl-pyrrolidone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Stefano Scialla, Luca Sarcinelli, Annick Julia Oscar Mertens, Marc Francois Theophile Evers