Patents by Inventor Michele Ann Watkins

Michele Ann Watkins 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).

  • Fabric color restoration composition, article, and method
    Publication number: 20090178212
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a stable, preferably well dispersed, more preferably translucent, and even more preferably clear, aqueous fabric color-restoring composition, fabric color-restoring methods, and articles of manufacture that use such fabric color-restoring composition. The fabric color-restoring composition comprises an effective amount of a silicone polymer fabric color-restoring agent, typically the minimum levels of fabric color-storing agent included in the composition are at least about 1.75%, preferably at least about 2.0%, more preferably at least about 2.5%, even more preferably at least about 3.0% and typically maximum levels of fabric color-restoring agent are less than about 10.0%, preferably less than about 7.0%, particularly in the range of about 3.0% to about 6.0%; and optionally, but preferably, an effective amount to increase the coefficient of static friction, of a static friction-increasing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventors: Errol Hoffman Wahl, Michele Ann Watkins, Jodi Lee Brown, Gayle Marie Frankenbach, Brent Michael Heist
  • Fabric color restoration composition, article, and method
    Publication number: 20090178211
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a stable, preferably well dispersed, more preferably translucent, and even more preferably clear, aqueous fabric color-restoring composition, fabric color-restoring methods, and articles of manufacture that use such fabric color-restoring composition. The fabric color-restoring composition comprises an effective amount of a silicone polymer fabric color-restoring agent, typically the minimum levels of fabric color-restoring agent included in the composition are at least about 1.75%, preferably at least about 2.0%, more preferably at least about 2.5%, even more preferably at least about 3.0% and typically maximum levels of fabric color-restoring agent are less than about 10.0%, preferably less than about 7.0%, particularly in the range of about 3.0% to about 6.0%; and optionally, but preferably, an effective amount to increase the coefficient of static friction, of a static friction-increasing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventors: Errol Hoffman Wahl, Michele Ann Watkins, Jodi Lee Brown, Gayle Marie Frankenbach, Brent Michael Heist
  • Fabric care composition
    Patent number: 7534759
    Abstract: The articles, compositions, and kits of the present invention are useful for conditioning fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Errol Hoffman Wahl, Jodi Lee Brown, Lisa Grace Brush, Ruth Anne Wagers, George Endel Deckner, Eric Scott Johnson, Barbara Kay Williams, Jiping Wang, Jean-Pol Boutique, Patrick Firmin August Deplancke, Francesco de Buzzaccarini, Michele Ann Watkins
  • Fabric care composition
    Patent number: 7528099
    Abstract: The articles, compositions, and kits of the present invention are useful for conditioning fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Errol Hoffman Wahl, Jodi Lee Brown, Lisa Grace Brush, Ruth Anne Wagers, George Endel Deckner, Eric Scott Johnson, Barbara Kay Williams, Jiping Wang, Jean-Pol Boutique, Patrick Firmin August Deplancke, Francesco de Buzzaccarini, Michele Ann Watkins