Patents by Inventor Rita Erilli

Rita Erilli 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: 6197735
    Abstract: A light duty, liquid comprising: a paraffin sulfonate, an alpha olefin sulfonate, an ethoxylated alkyl ether sulfate, an ethoxylated nonionice surfactant, a magnesium containing inorganic compound, and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Co.
    Inventors: Rita Erilli, Chantal Gallant
  • Patent number: 6187734
    Abstract: A light duty, liquid comprising: a paraffin sulfonate, an alpha olefin sulfonate, an ethoxylated alkyl ether sulfate, a zwitterionic or dialkyl sulfo succinate surfactant, a magnesium containing inorganic compound, and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Co.
    Inventors: Rita Erilli, Chantal Gallant
  • Patent number: 6180579
    Abstract: A light duty, liquid comprising: a paraffin sulfonate, an alpha olefin sulfonate, an ethoxylated alkyl ether sulfate, an amine oxide or ether carboxylide surfactant, a magnesium containing inorganic compound, and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Co.
    Inventors: Rita Erilli, Chantal Gallant
  • Patent number: 6156717
    Abstract: A light duty liquid detergent with desirable cleansing properties and mildness to the human skin comprising: a C.sub.8-18 ethoxylated alkyl ether sulfate anionic surfactant, a sulfonate anionic surfactant, a water insoluble organic compound, a cosurfactant, an ethoxylated methyl ester and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Rita Erilli, Chantal Gallant
  • Patent number: 6046146
    Abstract: An antibacterial liquid cleaning composition with comprising a C.sub.8-18 ethoxylated alkyl ether sulfate anionic surfactant, a sulfonate surfactant, a zinc salt and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignee: Colgate Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Rita Erilli
  • Patent number: 6034049
    Abstract: A light duty liquid microemulsion composition comprises a mixture of a paraffin sulfonate and an ethoxylated alkyl ether sulfate; a biodegradable compound; a cosurfactant; a perfume, essential oil or water insoluble hydrocarbon; and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Co.
    Inventors: Rita Erilli, Barbara Thomas
  • Patent number: 5891839
    Abstract: A light duty liquid detergent with desirable cleansing properties and mildness to the human skin comprising: a sulfonate surfactant, an alkali metal or ammonium salt of a C.sub.8-18 ethoxylated alkyl ether sulfate anionic surfactant, a sulfoacetate, sulfosuccinate or carboxylate surfactant, and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1999
    Assignee: Colgate Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Rita Erilli, Chantal Gallant
  • Patent number: 5866529
    Abstract: A high foaming, nonionic surfactant based, light duty, liquid detergent with desirable cleansing properties and mildness to the human skin comprising a water soluble nonionic surfactant, a sulfate anionic surfactant, a sulfonate anionic surfactant, a water soluble, foaming zwitterionic betaine surfactant, an oil containing gelatin bead, a clay and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Co
    Inventors: Rita Erilli, Chantal Gallant
  • Patent number: 5780411
    Abstract: A high foaming, nonionic surfactant based, light duty, liquid detergent with desirable cleansing properties and mildness to the human skin comprising: a water soluble nonionic surfactant as the major active ingredient, in an amount in excess of 40% by weight of the total surfactant content; a water soluble, foaming, anionic sulfate, a water soluble, foaming zwitterionic betaine surfactant, a pearlescing agent and the balance being water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Rita Erilli
  • Patent number: 5741769
    Abstract: A liquid duty liquid microemulsion composition comprises a mixture of a secondary alkane sulfonate surfactant, an alkyl ether polyethenoxy sulfate surfactant, an anionic biodegradable surfactant, a cosurfactant, a perfume or water insoluble hydrocarbon and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1998
    Assignee: Colgate Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Rita Erilli
  • Patent number: 5703028
    Abstract: This invention relates to a liquid crystal composition comprising a water insoluble organic compound, a sulfonate surfactant, an abrasive, an ethoxylated alkyl ether sulfate surfactant, a cosurfactant and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1997
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Co
    Inventors: Rita Erilli, Chantal Gallant, Regis Lysy
  • Patent number: 5679877
    Abstract: A thickened liquid cleaning composition with desirable cleaning properties and mildness to the human skin comprising a paraffin sulfonate, an ethoxylated alkyl ether sulfate, optionally, a zwitterionic, a clay thickener, optionally, an abrasive and an essential oil and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1997
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Co.
    Inventors: Rita Erilli, Chantal Gallant, Viviane Tack
  • Patent number: 5646104
    Abstract: A light duty liquid microemulsion composition comprises at least one anionic surfactant; a biodegradable compound; a cosurfactant; a perfume, essential oil or water insoluble hydrocarbon; and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1997
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Rita Erilli, Barbara Thomas
  • Patent number: 5629279
    Abstract: A high foaming, nonionic surfactant based, light duty, liquid detergent with desirable cleansing properties and mildness to the human skin comprising: a water soluble nonionic surfactant as the major active ingredient, in an amount in excess of 50% by weight of the total surfactant content; a supplemental amount of a water soluble, foaming, anionic surfactant excluding the ethoxylated alkyl ether sulfates; and a lesser amount of a water soluble, foaming zwitterionic betaine surfactant, a C.sub.12-14 alkyl monoalkanol amide, a C.sub.12-14 alkyl dialkanol amide, and a amine oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1997
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Co.
    Inventors: Rita Erilli, Stephen Repinec, Jr., Gilbert Gomes
  • Patent number: 5616548
    Abstract: A composition comprising approximately by weight 6 to 50% of a mixture of two different anionic surfactants, one of said anionic surfactants being a sulphonate and the other said anionic surfactant being a sulphate, a ratio of said sulphonate to said sulphate being 10:1 to 1:10; 0 to 6% of a nonionic surfactant; 1 to 20% of at least one of a water insoluble organic compound; 0 to 8% of a solubilizing agent; 0 to 14% of a cosurfactant; and the balance being water, wherein the composition has a pH of about 1 to about 11 and is optically clear having at least 90% light transmission and the interfacial tension between the lipophile droplets of said composition and the aqueous phase less than about 10.sup.-2 mN/m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1997
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Co.
    Inventors: Barbara Thomas, Ammanuel Mehreteab, Rita Erilli, Gilbert Gomes, Frank Bala, Jr., Jiashi Tarng, Regis Lysy, Guy Broze
  • Patent number: 5610127
    Abstract: A high foaming light duty, liquid detergent with desirable cleansing properties and mildness to the human skin comprising a water soluble nonionic surfactant as the major active ingredient, a supplemental amount of a water soluble, foaming, alkyl ethoxylated ether sulfate anionic surfactant, an alkyl sulfate surfactant, and a water soluble, foaming zwitterionic betaine surfactant and the balance being water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1997
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Co.
    Inventors: Rita Erilli, Gilbert S. Gomes, Stephen T. Repinec, Jr., Ronald Kern
  • Patent number: 5604195
    Abstract: An improvement is described in microemulsion compositions which contain an anionic detergent, a grease release agent, a hydrocarbon ingredient, and water which comprises the use of a water-insoluble odoriferous perfume as the essential hydrocarbon ingredient in a proportion sufficient to form either a dilute o/w microemulsion composition containing, by weight, 1.0% to 20% of an anionic detergent, 6 to 50% of a cosurfactant, 0.1% to 10% of a grease release agent which is a polyethylene glycol or a polyvinyl pyrrolidone either of which is complexed with said anionic surfactant, 0.4% to 10% of perfume and the balance being water as well as all purpose hard surface cleaning composition or light duty liquid detergent compositions which contain a grease release agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1997
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Co.
    Inventors: Anne-Marie Misselyn, Rita Erilli, Guy Broze
  • Patent number: 5573702
    Abstract: An improvement is described in microemulsion compositions which contain an anionic detergent, a nonionic surfactant, a grease release agent, a hydrocarbon ingredient, and water which comprises the use of a water-insoluble odoriferous perfume as the essential hydrocarbon ingredient in a proportion sufficient to form either a dilute o/w microemulsion composition containing, by weight, 1% to 20% of an anionic detergent, 6 to 50% of a cosurfactant, 0.1% to 10% of a grease release agent, 0.4% to 10% of perfume and the balance being water as well as all purpose hard surface cleaning composition or light duty liquid detergent compositions which contain a grease release agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1996
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Co.
    Inventors: Genevieve Bonnechere, Georges Yianakopoulos, Marianne Mahieu, Anne-Marie Misselyn, Rita Erilli
  • Patent number: 5561106
    Abstract: A high foaming, light duty, liquid detergent with desirable cleansing properties and mildness to the human skin comprising a partially esterified ethoxylated polyhydric alcohol and at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of a water soluble nonionic surfactant, at least one water soluble, foaming, anionic surfactant and a water soluble, foaming zwitterionic betaine surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1996
    Inventors: Rita Erilli, Steven Adamy, Ammanuel Mehreteab, Frank Bala, Jr., Barbara Thomas
  • Patent number: 5556577
    Abstract: A high foaming, light duty liquid detergent with desirable cleansing properties and mildness to the human skin composing: a water soluble nonionic surfactant; a ethoxylated alkyl ether sulfate anionic surfactant, a zwitterionic betaine surfactant and the balance being water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1996
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Co.
    Inventors: Gilbert S. Gomes, Rita Erilli, Ronald Kern