Patents by Inventor Yonas Gizaw

Yonas Gizaw 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).

  • Publication number: 20190001013
    Abstract: A freshening composition is provided. The freshening composition includes a plurality of particles, a structurant system, and an aqueous carrier. The composition has a spray shear viscosity, as measured according to the SPRAY SHEAR VISCOSITY TEST METHOD described herein, of less than about 0.025 Pa·s. The composition has a creep recovery ratio of at least about 0.1, as measured according to the CREEP RECOVERY RATIO TEST METHOD described herein, or a yield stress of greater than 0 Pa and less than 1.0 Pa, as measured by the YIELD STRESS TEST METHOD described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Matthew Lawrence LYNCH, Carla Jean COLINA, Steven Anthony HORENZIAK, Brandon Philip ILLIE, Yonas GIZAW
  • Publication number: 20180371377
    Abstract: The need for a fast acting and broad spectrum antimicrobial composition which does not reduce surface shine and does not leave visible residues on the surface, while also providing greater residuality of the actives can be met by formulating antimicrobial compositions as described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Alan Edward SHERRY, Molly Pelon BOHLEN, Samuel Kimani NJOROGE, LaShanda Marie GLENN, Janice Lynn DHONAU, Christopher Todd MORRISSEY, Jamesina Anne FITZGERALD, Phillip Kyle VINSON, Melinda Phyllis STEFFEY, Rafael ORTIZ, Benjamin Patrick HALE, Yonas GIZAW, Roy Jerome HARRINGTON, Peter Herbert KOENIG, Nicola John POLICICCHIO, Stefano SCIALLA, Steven Daryl SMITH, Matthew Scott WAGNER
  • Patent number: 10143764
    Abstract: A freshening composition is provided. The composition includes at least one particle, and an aqueous carrier. The composition includes a polysaccharide system having a first polysaccharide and a second polysaccharide. The first polysaccharide is xanthan gum and the second polysaccharide is selected from the group consisting of konjac gum, locust bean gum, and combinations thereof. The composition may include an unencapsulated perfume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Matthew Lawrence Lynch, Carla Jean Colina, Steven Anthony Horenziak, Brandon Philip Illie, Yonas Gizaw, Yiping Sun
  • Publication number: 20180303745
    Abstract: A composition for providing a film on keratin fibres, the composition comprising an aminosilicone polymer; a silicone resin which is a MQ resin; a thickening system comprising a thickening polymer; water; one or more pigments or one or more coloured materials; wherein when drying the composition spread with an average wet thickness of 37 micron the fluidity factor is measured to form a drying curve of fluidity factor over time, wherein the fluidity factor is within the range of 10 Hz to 0.001 Hz within the first 15 minutes of drying and the fluidity factor reduces by at least a factor of 100 within the first 15 minutes of drying; wherein the drying curve of fluidity factor over time is measured according to the fluidity factor measurement method and at 23° C. and ambient conditions. Also associated methods, kits and uses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Mathias Kurt Herrlein, Ilaria Ambrogio, Matthias Morand, Tatjana Schaefer, Andreas Flohr, Marianna Forgione, Matija Crne, Yonas Gizaw, Ursula Christina Glaser
  • Patent number: 10080814
    Abstract: A method of freshening the air or a surface is provided. The method comprises the steps of: providing a freshening composition, the freshening composition comprising a plurality of particles and a structurant system; and spraying the freshening composition in the form of a plurality of spray droplets, wherein the plurality of spray droplets have: a normalized D(90) value of less than 2.5, when sprayed from a TS800 sprayer according to the SPRAY D(90) NORMALIZED AND SPRAY D(4,3) NORMALIZED TEST METHOD described herein, a residue value of less than about 8 at 5 sprays, according to the RESIDUE TEST METHOD described herein, and a phase stability grade of 1 or 2, according to the PHASE STABILITY GRADE AT 25° C. TEST METHOD described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Matthew Lawrence Lynch, Carla Jean Colina, Steven Anthony Horenziak, Brandon Philip Illie, Yonas Gizaw
  • Patent number: 10081910
    Abstract: Nonwoven fabrics comprising an organopolysiloxane polymer coating that can impart softness to said nonwoven fabric surface. Also disclosed are disposable absorbent articles comprising said nonwoven fabrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Carola Barrera, Steven Daryl Smith, Robert Joseph McChain, Yonas Gizaw, Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Charles William Neal, John Lee Hammons
  • Patent number: 10076583
    Abstract: A freshening composition is provided. The freshening composition includes a plurality of particles, a structurant system, and an aqueous carrier. The composition has a spray shear viscosity, as measured according to the SPRAY SHEAR VISCOSITY TEST METHOD described herein, of less than about 0.025 Pa-s. The composition has a creep recovery ratio of at least about 0.1, as measured according to the CREEP RECOVERY RATIO TEST METHOD described herein, or a yield stress of greater than 0 Pa and less than 1.0 Pa, as measured by the YIELD STRESS TEST METHOD described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Matthew Lawrence Lynch, Carla Jean Colina, Steven Anthony Horenziak, Brandon Philip Illie, Yonas Gizaw
  • Patent number: 10045931
    Abstract: A composition for providing a film on keratin fibers, the composition comprising an aminosilicone polymer; a silicone resin which is a MQ resin; a thickening system comprising a thickening polymer; water; one or more pigments or one or more colored materials; wherein when drying the composition spread with an average wet thickness of 37 micron the fluidity factor is measured to form a drying curve of fluidity factor over time, wherein the fluidity factor is within the range of 10 Hz to 0.001 Hz within the first 15 minutes of drying and the fluidity factor reduces by at least a factor of 100 within the first 15 minutes of drying; wherein the drying curve of fluidity factor over time is measured according to the fluidity factor measurement method and at 23° C. and ambient conditions. Also associated methods, kits and uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Noxell Corporation
    Inventors: Mathias Kurt Herrlein, Ilaria Ambrogio, Matthias Morand, Tatjana Schaefer, Andreas Flohr, Marianna Forgione, Matija Crne, Yonas Gizaw, Ursula Christina Glaser
  • Patent number: 9993418
    Abstract: Consumer product compositions providing enhanced hydrophobic benefit agent deposition. The benefit agent is provided as a benefit agent/deposition aid emulsion, where the benefit agent is physically adsorbed to the deposition aid before the emulsion is added to the balance of ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Yonas Gizaw, Steven Daryl Smith, Roy Jerome Harrington
  • Publication number: 20180154033
    Abstract: A freshening composition is provided. The composition includes at least one particle, and an aqueous carrier. The composition includes a polysaccharide system having a first polysaccharide and a second polysaccharide. The first polysaccharide is xanthan gum and the second polysaccharide is selected from the group consisting of konjac gum, locust bean gum, tara gum, and combinations thereof. The composition may include an unencapsulated perfume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Matthew Lawrence LYNCH, Carla Jean COLINA, Steven Anthony HORENZIAK, Brandon Philip ILLIE, Yonas GIZAW, Yiping SUN, Joana Andreia LAMEIRAS DOMINGUES, Susana FERNANDEZ PRIETO, Abel Jerez Gomez
  • Publication number: 20180134992
    Abstract: An automatic dishwashing cleaning composition including a dispersant polymer and a surface-modification surface-substantive polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Stefano SCIALLA, Glenn Steven WARD, James Elliot GOODWIN, Yonas GIZAW
  • Publication number: 20180100125
    Abstract: Liquid hard surface cleaning composition comprising: a hydrophobically modified cationic polymer, in combination with a detersive surfactant, solvent, or mixtures thereof, provide less residues on the surface, less spotting of the surface after treatment, and improved maintenance of surface shine such that less cleaning frequency is needed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Yonas GIZAW, Roy Jerome HARRINGTON, Peter Herbert KOENIG, Nicola John POLICICCHIO, Stefano SCIALLA, Steven Daryl SMITH, Matthew Scott WAGNER
  • Publication number: 20180100083
    Abstract: Use of a copolymer to reduce the development of biofilm on a surface and/or to increase removal ease of removal of a biofilm from a surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Yonas GIZAW, Roy Jerome HARRINGTON, Peter Herbert KOENIG, Samuel Kimani NJOROGE, Jamesina Anne FITZGERALD
  • Publication number: 20180028706
    Abstract: A freshening composition is provided. The composition includes at least one particle, and an aqueous carrier. The composition includes a polysaccharide system having a first polysaccharide and a second polysaccharide. The first polysaccharide is xanthan gum and the second polysaccharide is selected from the group consisting of konjac gum, locust bean gum, and combinations thereof. The composition may include an unencapsulated perfume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Matthew Lawrence LYNCH, Carla Jean COLINA, Steven Anthony HORENZIAK, Brandon Philip ILLIE, Yonas GIZAW, Yiping SUN
  • Publication number: 20180028708
    Abstract: A method of freshening the air or a surface is provided. The method comprises the steps of: providing a freshening composition, the freshening composition comprising a plurality of particles and a structurant system; and spraying the freshening composition in the form of a plurality of spray droplets, wherein the plurality of spray droplets have: a normalized D(90) value of less than 2.5, when sprayed from a TS800 sprayer according to the SPRAY D(90) NORMALIZED AND SPRAY D(4,3) NORMALIZED TEST METHOD described herein, a residue value of less than about 8 at 5 sprays, according to the RESIDUE TEST METHOD described herein, and a phase stability grade of 1 or 2, according to the PHASE STABILITY GRADE AT 25° C. TEST METHOD described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Matthew Lawrence LYNCH, Carla Jean COLINA, Steven Anthony HORENZIAK, Brandon Philip ILLIE, Yonas GIZAW
  • Publication number: 20180028707
    Abstract: A freshening composition is provided. The freshening composition includes a plurality of particles, a structurant system, and an aqueous carrier. The composition has a spray shear viscosity, as measured according to the SPRAY SHEAR VISCOSITY TEST METHOD described herein, of less than about 0.025 Pa-s. The composition has a creep recovery ratio of at least about 0.1, as measured according to the CREEP RECOVERY RATIO TEST METHOD described herein, or a yield stress of greater than 0 Pa and less than 1.0 Pa, as measured by the YIELD STRESS TEST METHOD described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Matthew Lawrence LYNCH, Carla Jean COLINA, Steven Anthony HORENZIAK, Brandon Philip ILLIE, Yonas GIZAW
  • Patent number: 9844499
    Abstract: A solid composition comprising: (a) an aminosilicone polymer, wherein the aminosilicone polymer comprises amino sidechains, and wherein the aminosilicone polymer has a weight average molecular weight of from 10,000 Dalton to 60,000 Dalton; (b) a silicone resin; (c) an ether of a water-soluble polyhydric alcohol; (d) one or more pigments or one or more colored materials; (e) a thickening system comprising: a deposition enhancer, wherein the deposition enhancer is a hydrophilic and non-ionic polymer, and wherein the deposition enhancer has a weight average molecular weight of from 700,000 Dalton to 3,000,000 Dalton; and a thickening polymer, wherein the thickening polymer has a weight average molecular weight of at least 10,000 Dalton, and wherein the thickening polymer is a cationic thickening polymer or is a non-ionic thickening polymer. Also associated methods, kits and uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Noxell Corporation
    Inventors: Mathias Kurt Herrlein, Tatjana Schaefer, Andreas Flohr, Rosalind Mary Holmes, Marianna Forgione, Matija Crne, Yonas Gizaw, Ursula Christina Glaser
  • Patent number: 9701929
    Abstract: Consumer product compositions providing enhanced hydrophobic benefit agent deposition. The benefit agent is provided as a benefit agent/deposition aid emulsion, where the benefit agent is physically adsorbed to the deposition aid before the emulsion is added to the balance of ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Yonas Gizaw, Steven Daryl Smith, Robert Joseph McChain, Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Carola Barrera, Peter Herbert Koenig, Sumanth Narahari Jamadagni
  • Patent number: 9611362
    Abstract: Inventive organopolysiloxanes and consumer product compositions comprising such organopolysiloxanes. Such compositions can deposit effectively onto target substrates to deliver consumer-desired benefits such as conditioning, anti-wrinkle, softness, and anti-static.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Steven Daryl Smith, Robert Joseph McChain, Yonas Gizaw, Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Carola Barrera
  • Patent number: 9580670
    Abstract: Consumer product compositions comprising organopolysiloxane conditioning polymers. Also disclosed are processes for making such compositions and to methods of using such compositions to provide a conditioning benefit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Carola Barrera, Steven Daryl Smith, Robert Joseph McChain, Yonas Gizaw, Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Michael Albert Snyder