Patents Represented by Attorney Armina E. Matthews
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Patent number: 6576599Abstract: A laundry and/or automatic dishwashing tablet including a core (10) formed by compressing a particulate material, wherein the particulate material includes a detersive surfactant and a builder. The core (10) is compressed into a tubular configuration having a polygonal cross section and a plurality of surfaces meeting to form a plurality of edges, thereby forming a contoured core (10), wherein at least one of the plurality of edges is chamfered (20). The non-particulate detergent product further includes a coating (12) which substantially covers the contoured core (10).Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2000Date of Patent: June 10, 2003Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventor: Thomas Edward Stone
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Patent number: 6559115Abstract: The present invention relates to a tablet formed by compressing a particulate material, the particulate material comprising a surfactant and a highly soluble compound, the highly soluble compound having a cohesive effect on the particulate material. In a further aspect of the invention there is provided a method of preparing an aqueous solution of a laundry detergent for use in a washing machine, wherein the aqueous solution of laundry detergent is formed by dissolving in water a tablet formed by compressing a particulate material, the tablet comprising a surfactant and a highly soluble compound, the highly soluble compound having a cohesive effect on the particulate material.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2000Date of Patent: May 6, 2003Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Eric Tcheou, Jose Luis Vega, Jean Wevers
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Patent number: 6555119Abstract: A transparent micro-emulsion including two or more nonionic surfactants, two or more oily components, a water-soluble high molecular weight polymer, and a cosmetically acceptable carrier. The sum of the concentration of the surfactants (a) and the oily components (b) is less than about 0.6 wt %. The ratio of the surfactant to the oily component is from about 2:1 to about 1:1.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2001Date of Patent: April 29, 2003Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Kiyoaki Mori, Hidekazu Tanaka, Shuichi Tsunetsugu
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Patent number: 6528071Abstract: The present invention relates to cosmetic compositions, comprising: a.) from about 0.01% to about 50%, by weight, of vitamin B3 compound; b.) from about 0% to about 90%, by weight, of an emollient component comprising from 0% to about 100%, by weight, of an oil liquid at ambient temperature; c.) from about 0.01% to about 40%, by weight, of a polar solvent; d.) from about 0% to about 90%, by weight, of a solidifying agent; and e.) from about 0% to about 90%, on an anhydrous basis, of a color wherein the vitamin B3 compound is added to the composition such that the concentration of the vitamin B3 compound exceeds the saturation solubility of the vitamin B3 compound in the polar solvent.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2001Date of Patent: March 4, 2003Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Michael Lee Vatter, David Edmund Tarantino, Nichole Marie Scherneck, Michael Gary Armstrong, Jr.
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Patent number: 6525012Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid laundry detergent compositions which provide enhance hydrophilic soil cleaning benefits, said compositions comprising: a) from about 0.01 to about 20% by weight, of a zwitterionic polymer which comprises a polyamine backbone, said backbone comprising two or more amino units wherein at least one of said amino units is quaternized and wherein at least one amino unit is substituted by one or more moieties capable of having an anionic charge wherein further the number of amino unit substitutions which comprise an anionic moiety is less than or equal to the number of quaternized backbone amino units; b) from about 0.1% to about 7% by weight, of a polyamine dispersant; c) from about 0.01% to about 80% by weight, of a surfactant system comprising one or more surfactants selected from the group consisting of nonionic, anionic, cationic, zwitterionic, ampholytic surfactants, and mixtures thereof; and d) the balance carriers and adjunct ingredients.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2001Date of Patent: February 25, 2003Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Kenneth Nathan Price, Axel Meyer
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Patent number: 6506716Abstract: The present invention relates to stable, aqueous heavy duty gel laundry detergent compositions comprising anionic surfactants, fatty acids, and detersive amines. The anionic surfactant component comprises alkyl ethoxylated sulfates and fatty acids.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2000Date of Patent: January 14, 2003Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Patrick Firmin August Delplancke, Francesco de Buzzaccarini, Abdennaceur Fredj, Pramod Kakumanu Reddy, Robert Walter Boswell, Eugene Steven Sadlowski
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Patent number: 6503876Abstract: This invention relates to laundry detergent products, such as heavy duty aqueous and/or non-aqueous and/or gelled liquid laundry detergents and granular and/or powder laundry detergents, which include one or more low density particles and one or more particulate solids, such as enzymes, bleaching agents, builders, chelants, alkalinity sources, anti-redeposition agents, catalysts, surfactants, and other detergent ingredients, and optionally one or more conventional cleaning adjunct materials.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2001Date of Patent: January 7, 2003Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventor: Walter August Maria Broeckx
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Patent number: 6497322Abstract: Non-aqueous liquid detergent compositions containing bleaching agents and contained in plastic packages are stabilized against package bulging caused by oxygen release by means of transition metal macropolycyclic rigid ligand compounds.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2000Date of Patent: December 24, 2002Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Axel Meyer, Regine Labeque, Steven Jozef Louis Coosemans, Jean-Pol Boutique
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Patent number: 6492326Abstract: The present invention relates to skin care compositions containing combinations of skin care actives and to methods of using such compositions to regulate the condition of skin. The compositions contain a safe and effective amount of amount of a peptide active selected from the group consisting of pentapeptides, derivatives of pentapeptides, and mixtures thereof; a safe and effective amount of at least one additional skin care active; and a dermatologically acceptable carrier.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2000Date of Patent: December 10, 2002Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Larry Richard Robinson, Donald Lynn Bissett, George Endel Deckner, Robert Bao Kim Ha
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Patent number: 6491928Abstract: The present invention relates to a disposable cleansing article comprising: a) a water insoluble substrate comprising: 1) an apertured first layer wherein said first layer has a water flux rate of from about 0.4 cm3/cm2-s to about 20 cm3/cm2-s; 2) a second layer attached to said first layer; and b) a cleansing component comprising a surfactant, said component being disposed adjacent to the substrate. The present invention also relates to a method of cleansing the skin and hair which comprise the steps of: a) wetting with water a disposable cleansing article comprising a water insoluble substrate comprising: 1) an apertured first layer having a water flux rate of from about 0.4 cm3/cm2-s to about 20 cm3/cm2-s; and 2) a second layer attached to said first layer; and a cleansing component comprising one or more surfactants said component being disposed adjacent to the substrate; and b) contacting the skin or hair with the wetted article.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2000Date of Patent: December 10, 2002Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventor: Edward Dewey Smith, III
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Patent number: 6482980Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing maleic acid with close control of the temperature for optimum conversion of maleic anhydride into maleic acid and minimal production of fumaric acid.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2000Date of Patent: November 19, 2002Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Christian Dethloff, Sergio Barbarino
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Patent number: 6455485Abstract: There is provided a liquid nonaqueous detergent composition comprising an alcohol alkoxylate nonionic surfactant and a bleach precursor having a Krafft point of at least 10° C., said surfactant and said precursor being present in a molar ratio of nonionic surfactant to bleach precursor of at least 2:1.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 1998Date of Patent: September 24, 2002Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Steven Jozef Louis Coosemans, Axel Meyer, Jean-Pol Boutique, James Pyott Johnston
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Patent number: 6455716Abstract: A process for the branching of saturated and/or unsaturated fatty acids and/or alkyl esters thereof comprises subjecting the fatty acids and/or alkyl esters to a skeletal isomerization reaction using a catalyst comprising a crystalline porous structure having incorporated therein a metal to form metal sites on said catalyst and isolating branched fatty acids, alkyl esters thereof, or mixtures thereof, from a reaction mixture obtained by said skeletal isomerization reaction. The catalyst used in the isomerization reaction is preferably a zeolite catalyst containing metal sites of a Group VIII metal. The process produces a mixture of fatty acids and/or alkyl esters that contain significant quantities of branched molecules.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2001Date of Patent: September 24, 2002Assignee: The Proctor & Gamble CompanyInventors: Corey James Kenneally, Daniel Stedman Connor
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Patent number: 6455055Abstract: Disclosed are cosmetic compositions including lipsticks, comprising from about 0.01% to about 50%, by weight, of a crystalline vitamin B3 compound having an average particle size of from about 0.01 &mgr;m to about 200 &mgr;m; from about 1% to about 90%, by weight, of an emollient component; and from about 1% to about 90%, by weight, of a solidifying agent. The compositions provide improved skin feel of crystalline vitamin B3 compounds when applied to skin.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 1999Date of Patent: September 24, 2002Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: David William Walling, Michael Lee Vatter
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Patent number: 6444647Abstract: The present invention relates to skin care compositions containing combinations of skin care actives and to methods of using such compositions to regulate the condition of skin. The compositions contain a safe and effective amount of a vitamin B3 compound; a safe and effective amount of a skin care active selected from farnesol, phytantriol, and mixtures thereof; and a dermatologically acceptable carrier.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2000Date of Patent: September 3, 2002Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Larry Richard Robinson, Donald Lynn Bissett, George Endel Deckner, Robert Bao Kim Ha
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Patent number: 6428799Abstract: The present invention relates to a substantially dry, disposable personal care article suitable for cleansing and/or therapeutically treating comprising a water insoluble substrate which comprises a non-scouring, lofty, low density batting layer which comprises synthetic fibers and wherein said batting layer exhibits a number of physical properties either individually or in combination which are believed to contribute to the overall effectiveness of the personal care article of the present invention. The physical properties of the batting include a Lather Permeability of at least 0.2 g/sec at 7 cm H2O, a Lather Permeability Critical Pressure of less than about 4 cm H2O, an Air Permeability of at least 900 ft3/min/ft2, a Compression Relaxation Hysteresis Value of from about 25% to about 60%, and an Abrasiveness Value of greater than about 15. These articles have been found to be particularly useful for personal cleansing applications, namely for the skin and hair.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 1999Date of Patent: August 6, 2002Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Raymond Wei Cen, Nichola Jacqueline Phipps, Edward Dewey Smith, III
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Patent number: 6338855Abstract: The present invention relates to a substantially dry, disposable, personal cleansing article useful for both cleansing the skin or hair and delivering skin care actives onto the skin or hair. These articles are used by the consumer by (i) wetting the dry article with water and (ii) generating lather by subjecting the wetted article to mechanical forces, e.g., rubbing. The article comprises a water insoluble substrate, a lathering surfactant, and a skin care active component. Preferably, the articles of the present invention further comprise a deposition aid and/or a conditioning component.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 1999Date of Patent: January 15, 2002Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Lourdes Dessus Albacarys, David Michael McAtee, George Endel Deckner
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Patent number: 6322801Abstract: The present invention relates to a substantially dry, disposable personal care article suitable for cleansing wherein the article comprises: a) a water insoluble substrate comprising a first layer that includes a nonwoven ply and a polymeric net arranged with the nonwoven ply; and b) a cleansing component disposed adjacent to said first layer, wherein said component comprises from about 10% to about 1000%, by weight of the water insoluble substrate, of a lathering surfactant. The present invention further relates to a substantially dry, disposable personal care article suitable for conditioning wherein the above-described article comprises a therapeutic benefit component, disposed adjacent to the water insoluble substrate, wherein the therapeutic benefit component comprises from about 10% to about 1000%, by weight of the water insoluble substrate, of a therapeutic benefit agent in addition to or in lieu of the cleansing component.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 1999Date of Patent: November 27, 2001Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Marc Paul Lorenzi, Edward Dewey Smith, III
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Patent number: 6309657Abstract: Disclosed are cosmetic compositions, including lipsticks, comprising from 0.01% to about 50%, by weight, of cylindrical crystalline vitamin B3 particles having a particle size distribution such that at least about 70% of the crystalline particles have a height to width ratio greater than 1; from about 1% to about 90%, by weight, of an emollient component; from about 1% to about 90%, by weight, of a solidifying agent; and from about 1% to about 90%, on an anhydrous basis, of a color. The compositions provide improved skin feel of crystalline vitamin B3 compounds when applied to skin.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 1999Date of Patent: October 30, 2001Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Michael Lee Vatter, David Andrew Jakubovic
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Patent number: H2013Abstract: Disclosed are topical compositions providing a high level of hydration and which comprise a vitamin B3 compound and a conditioning component for regulating the condition of skin.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 1997Date of Patent: February 5, 2002Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Roberta Atwood Boyd, George Endel Deckner, James Pedrosa SaNogueira, Jr., Joseph Michael Zukowski