Patents by Inventor Maureen Higgins DesMarais

Maureen Higgins DesMarais 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).

  • High usage of fabric softener compositions for improved benefits
    Patent number: 5977055
    Abstract: Softener actives provide color maintenance benefits for fabrics. In order to inform the consumer, the compositions containing fabric softener actives are placed in packages in association with information that advises the consumer of the benefit. Highly unsaturated fabric softener active compounds, preferably containing ester linkages, are used at levels of at least about 3 grams of fabric softener active per kilogram of fabric deposited on said fabric to provide improved softening, anti-static benefits, wear benefits, color maintenance, etc., without unacceptable oily/greasy feel and/or unacceptable rewettability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Toan Trinh, Ronald Joseph Miller, Jr., Maureen Higgins DesMarais, Errol Hoffman Wahl, Alessandro Corona, III, Richard Thomas Owen, Kathleen Joan Conrad, Chad James Oler, Hugo Jean Marie Demeyere, Dean Larry DuVal, Mitsuyo Okamoto