Patents by Inventor Thomas Anthony Cripe

Thomas Anthony Cripe 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).

  • Detergent compositions containing mixtures of crystallinity-disrupted surfactants
    Patent number: 6274540
    Abstract: A cleaning composition comprising: a) about 0.1% to about 99.9% by weight of said composition of an alkylarylsulfonate surfactant system comprising from about 10% to about 100% by weight of said surfactant system of two or more crystallinity-disrupted alkylarylsulfonate surfactants of formula (B-Ar-D)a(Mq+)b(Defined herein after); and b) from about 0.00001% to about 99.9% by weight of said composition of cleaning composition adjunct ingredients, at least one of which is selected from the group consisting of: i) detersive enzymes; ii) organic detergent builders; iii) oxygen bleaching agent; iv) bleach activators; v) transition metal bleach catalysts; vi) oxygen transfer agents and precursors; vii) polymeric soil release agents; viii) water-soluble ethoxylated amines having clay soil removal and antiredeposition properties; ix) polymeric dispersing agents; x) polymeric dye transfer inhibiting agents; xi) alkoxylated polycarboxylates; and xii) mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey John Scheibel, Thomas Anthony Cripe, Kevin Lee Kott, Daniel Stedman Connor, James Charles Theophile Roger Burckett-St. Laurent, Phillip Kyle Vinson
  • Granular detergent compositions comprising mid-chain branched surfactants
    Patent number: 6228829
    Abstract: This invention relates to granular detergent products which include mid-chain branched surfactants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Phillip Kyle Vinson, Thomas Anthony Cripe, Kenneth William Willman, Robert Emerson Stidham, Daniel Stedman Connor
  • Polyoxyalkylene surfactants
    Patent number: 6153577
    Abstract: Mid-chain branched primary alkyl polyoxyalkylene surfactants useful in laundry and cleaning compositions, especially granular and liquid detergent compositions. These surfactants are also suitable for formulation with other surfactants for the purpose of providing improved surfactant systems, especially for use in detergent compositions which will be used in laundry processes involving low water temperature wash conditions. The present invention also relates to novel mid-chain branched primary alkyl polyoxyalkylene surfactants suitable for use in the surfactant mixtures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Thomas Anthony Cripe, Daniel Stedman Connor, Phillip Kyle Vinson, James Charles Theophile Roger Burckett-St. Laurent, Kenneth William Willman
  • Alkoxylated cationic detergency ingredients
    Patent number: 6136769
    Abstract: Alkoxylated cationic surfactants, and mixtures thereof, are used in detergent compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kaori Asano, Stuart Clive Askew, Hajime Baba, Andre Cesar Baeck, Jean-Luc Bettiol, Thomas Anthony Cripe, Laura Cron, Ian Martin Dodd, Peter Robert Foley, Richard Timothy Hartshorn, Lynda Anne (Jones) Speed, Rinko Katsuda, Frank Andrej Kvietok, Kaori Minamikawa, Mark Hsiang-Kuen Mao, Michael Alan John Moss, Susumu Murata, Royohei Ohtani, Mitsuyo Okamoto, Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Kakumanu Pramod, Khizar Mohamed Kahn Sarnaik, Jeffrey John Scheibel, Christiaan Arthur Jacques Kamiel Thoen, Kenneth William Willman
  • Detergent compositions containing selected mid-chain branched surfactants
    Patent number: 6133222
    Abstract: Detergent composition comprising a mid-chain branched surfactant and also containing a bleaching agent, aluminosilicate, silicate, and/or detersive enzyme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Phillip Kyle Vinson, Peter Robert Foley, Thomas Anthony Cripe, Daniel Stedman Connor, Kenneth William Willman
  • Polyoxyalkylene surfactants
    Patent number: 6093856
    Abstract: Mid-chain branched primary alkyl polyoxyalkylene surfactants useful in laundry and cleaning compositions, especially granular and liquid detergent compositions. These surfactants are also suitable for formulation with other surfactants for the purpose of providing improved surfactant systems, especially for use in detergent compositions which will be used in laundry processes involving low water temperature wash conditions. The present invention also relates to novel mid-chain branched primary alkyl polyoxyalkylene surfactants suitable for use in the surfactant mixtures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Thomas Anthony Cripe, Daniel Stedman Connor, Phillip Kyle Vinson, James Charles Theophile Roger Burckett-St. Laurent, Kenneth William Willman
  • Liquid cleaning compositions containing selected mid-chain branched surfactants
    Patent number: 6087309
    Abstract: This invention relates to a liquid cleaning composition comprising a surfactant system containing selected mid-chain branched surfactant and co-surfactants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Phillip Kyle Vinson, Peter Robert Foley, Thomas Anthony Cripe, Daniel Stedman Connor
  • Mid-chain branched alkyl sulfate surfactants
    Patent number: 6060443
    Abstract: Mixtures of mid-chain branched primary alkyl sulfate surfactants useful in cleaning compositions, especially for lower water temperature applications, alone or formulated with other surfactants for the purpose of modifying the low temperature cleaning properties of the cleaning formulations. The present invention also relates to novel mid-chain branched primary alkyl sulfate surfactants suitable for use in surfactant mixtures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Thomas Anthony Cripe, Daniel Stedman Connor, Phillip Kyle Vinson, James Charles Theophile Roger Burckett-St. Laurent, Kenneth William Willman, Jeffrey Scott Dupont
  • Liquid cleaning compositions containing selected mid-chain branched surfactants
    Patent number: 6046152
    Abstract: This invention relates to a liquid cleaning composition comprising a surfactant system containing selected mid-chain branched surfactant and co-surfactants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Phillip Kyle Vinson, Peter Robert Foley, Thomas Anthony Cripe, Daniel Stedman Connor
  • Mid-chain branched surfactants
    Patent number: 6020303
    Abstract: Mid-chain branched surfactants derived from mid-chain branched primary alkyl hydrophobic groups and hydrophilic groups. The present invention also relates to mixtures of mid-chain branched surfactants useful in laundry and cleaning compositions, especially granular and liquid detergent compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Thomas Anthony Cripe, Daniel Stedman Connor, Phillip Kyle Vinson, James Charles Theophile Roger Burckett-St. Laurent, Kenneth William Willman, Jeffrey John Scheibel, Robert Emerson Stidham, Jeffrey Scott Dupont
  • Detergent compositions containing selected mid-chain branched surfactants
    Patent number: 6015781
    Abstract: Detergent composition comprising a mid-chain branched surfactant and also containing a bleaching agent, aluminosilicate, silicate, and/or detersive enzyme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2000
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Phillip Kyle Vinson, Peter Robert Foley, Thomas Anthony Cripe, Daniel Stedman Connor, Kenneth William Willman
  • Mid-Chain branched Alkoxylated Sulfate Surfactants
    Patent number: 6008181
    Abstract: Mid-chain branched primary alkyl alkoxylated sulfate surfactants useful in laundry and cleaning compositions, especially granular and liquid detergent compositions. These surfactant mixtures are also suitable for formulation with other surfactants for the purpose of providing improved surfactant systems, especially for use in detergent compositions which will be used in laundry processes involving low water temperature wash conditions. The present invention also relates to novel mid-chain branched primary alkyl alkoxylated sulfate surfactants suitable for use in the surfactant mixtures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1999
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Thomas Anthony Cripe, Daniel Stedman Connor, Phillip Kyle Vinson, James Charles Theophile Roger Burckett-St. Laurent, Kenneth William Willman