Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Stephen T. Murphy
  • Patent number: 8097577
    Abstract: Laundry detergent and cleaning compositions comprising alkoxylated polyalkanolamine polymers obtainable by condensation of N-(hydroxyalkyl)amines and reacting the remaining hydroxy and/or secondary amino groups of the condensation product with alkylene oxides and/or derivatives obtainable by quaternization, protonation, sulphation and/or phosphation of said polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: James Lee Danziger, Frank Hulskotter, Dieter Boeckh, Sophia Ebert, Andrea Misske, Stefan Frenzel
  • Patent number: 8097579
    Abstract: Laundry detergent and cleaning compositions comprising amphiphilic water-soluble alkoxylated polyalkylenimine polymer having an inner polyethylene oxide block comprising 20 to 50 polyethylene oxide units and an outer polypropylene oxide block comprising 10 to 50 polyethylene oxide units and especially to such alkoxylated polyalkylenimines wherein the ratio of polyethylene oxide units and polypropylene oxide units is proportionally related to the square root of the number of polyalkylenimine units present in the backbone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: James Lee Danziger, Frank Hulskotter, Dieter Boeckh, Sophia Ebert, Andrea Misske, Stefan Frenzel
  • Patent number: 8093432
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes processes for the epimerization of a cyclohexene comprising the steps of providing to a reactor a first isomer of a 1-(2-alkyl-3-cyclohexen-1-yl)-alkanone compound according to Formula I wherein R1 ad R2 are each independently C1-C4 alkyl, and R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, and R8 are each independently selected from the group consisting of H and C1-C4 alkyl; and epimerizing the first isomer of the 1-(2-alkyl-3-cyclohexen-1-yl)-alkanone with a metal alkoxide base to form a second isomer of the 1-(2-alkyl-3-cyclohexen-1-yl)-alkanone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Daniel Martin Bourgeois, Gregory Scot Miracle, Phillip John Porter, Eva Boros, Kenneth Richard Seddon, Harambage Quintus Nimal Gunaratne
  • Patent number: 8093202
    Abstract: Laundry detergents and cleaning compositions which provide improved cleaning benefits that comprise a novel polymer system. The polymer system comprises one or more amphiphilic alkoxylated grease cleaning polymers, and either a clay soil cleaning polymer; or a soil suspending polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: James Lee Danziger, Frank Hulskotter, Jean-Pol Boutique, Vincent John Becks, Frederik Vandenberghe
  • Patent number: 8075637
    Abstract: Novel modified lignin polymers containing anionic, cationic, and/or alkoxy substitution are disclosed. Further, new cleaning compositions including the novel substituted lignin polymers are disclosed. Methods of forming the modified lignin polymers and cleaning compositions are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Yonas Gizaw, Bruno Albert Jean Hubesch, Jeffrey Scott Dupont, Xiaoru Jenny Wang, Luke Andrew Zannoni
  • Patent number: 8067644
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes processes for producing cyclohexenes using Lewis acidic ionic liquids comprising the steps of providing to a reactor an ?,?-unsaturated carbonyl dienophile, providing to the reactor a 1,3-diene, providing a Lewis acidic ionic liquid to the reactor; and reacting the ?,?-unsaturated carbonyl dienophile with 1,3-diene to form a substituted cyclohexene product. The ?,?-unsaturated carbonyl dienophile can be mesityl oxide, the 1,3-diene can be piperylene; and the Lewis acidic ionic liquid can be AlCl3:[C2mim]Cl; AlCl3:[C8mim]Cl; or mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Daniel Martin Bourgeois, Gregory Scot Miracle, Phillip John Porter, Eva Boros, Kenneth Richard Seddon, Harambage Quintus Nimal Gunaratne
  • Patent number: 8044249
    Abstract: A process for preparing a detergent alcohol mixture comprising the steps of providing one or more poly-branched poly-olefins, wherein the poly-branched poly-olefins must contain one non-branched terminal olefin and one or more additional branched olefins in the molecule; hydroformylating said poly-branched poly-olefins to produce a poly-branched olefin containing aldehyde product with one or more olefins or mixture thereof; reducing the aldehyde product of step (b) in the presence of hydrogen and a hydrogenation catalyst to form a poly-branched detergent alcohol mixture; and removing said poly-branched alcohol mixture from said catalyst and branched aldehydes, alcohols and surfactants produced from the products of this process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey John Scheibel, Robert Edward Shumate
  • Patent number: 7994369
    Abstract: Acyclic polyaldehydes and polyalcohols having 11, 16 or 21 carbon atoms and comprising at least two aldehyde or hydroxyl alcohol groups, at least three branches, and three or less carbon-carbon double bonds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey John Scheibel, Robert Edward Shumate
  • Patent number: 7951768
    Abstract: A laundry detergent composition comprising an amphiphilic graft polymer based on water-soluble polyalkylene oxides as a graft base and side chains formed by polymerization of a vinyl ester component, said polymer having an average of less than or equal to one graft site per 50 alkylene oxide units and a mean molar mass of from about 3,000 to about 100,000; from about 0.2% to about 8% of organic solvent; and from about 2% to about 20% of a surfactant system; wherein said detergent composition is in a form selected from: liquid; gel; and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jean-Pol Boutique, James Lee Danziger, Frank Hulskotter, Frederik Vandenberghe, Robb Richard Gardner, Arturo Luis Casado-Dominguez
  • Patent number: 7930790
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods for removing unwanted materials from the surface of fabrics—such as lint, pills, fuzz, and hair—by contacting the fabric with an open-cell foam or an article of manufacturer comprising an open cell foam and a non-soiling and non-staining benefit agents and/or an auxiliary means for trapping material removed by the fabric exfoliation method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark Robert Sivik, Jeffrey Lee Butterbaugh, Tulani Leola Soffin, Brian Wayne Everingham
  • Patent number: 7928050
    Abstract: An improved method for predicting stability of liquid detergent composition, identifying and designing liquid detergent compositions that provide said desired stability, consumer acceptance and performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Eva Schneiderman, Genevieve Cagalawan Wenning, Peggy Marion Teyssier, David Robert Nassano, David Kent Rollins, Donna Jane Wiedemann, Arturo Luis Casado Dominguez, Rajan Keshev Panandiker
  • Patent number: 7915435
    Abstract: Process of making alkyl-capped alkoxylated esters. More specifically, a process of making alkyl-capped alkoxylated esters that are comprised substantially of triethylene alkoxy ester and substantially free from ethylene glycol monoalkoxy monoester and diethylene glycol monoalkoxy monoester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Lon Montgomery Gray, Jeffrey John Scheibel, Phillip Kyle Vinson, Christopher James Binski
  • Patent number: 7910759
    Abstract: Alkyl-capped alkoxylated ester compounds of the formula wherein R1 is ethyl or butyl, R2 is linear or branched C16 to C18 hydrocarbon and x is greater than 3 to an n of 10.5 which are the reaction products of ethoxylating compounds of the formula R1O(CH2CH2O)nH that are free of ethylene glycol alkyl ether and diethyleneglycol alkyl ether. The ethoxylated reaction products are surfactants that exhibit suds controlling properties with various anionic surfactants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Lon Montgomery Gray, Jeffrey John Scheibel, Phillip Kyle Vinson, Christopher James Binski
  • Patent number: 7892362
    Abstract: A detergent composition comprising an esterified substituted benzene sulfonate, a hydrogen peroxide source, a soil suspending polymer, and an organic catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey John Scheibel, Scott Leroy Cron, Xinbei Song, Kevin Patrick Christmas, Gregory Scot Miracle
  • Patent number: 7776810
    Abstract: Compositions comprising an ionic liquid active composed of an ion active and an ionic liquid-forming counter ion, wherein the ion active is capable of delivering a fabric treating benefit, a surface treating benefit, and/or an air treating benefit. The compositions are substantially free of added water and have a viscosity less than about 5000 mPa·s at room temperature. The compositions are easily diluted with water and/or organic solvent, without formation a gel phase during the dilution process. Various products, especially a unit dose product, made with such compositions are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Glenn Thomas Jordan, IV, Stacie Ellen Hecht, Kenneth Nathan Price, Patricia Sara Berger, Yousef Georges Aouad, Jean Wevers, Dennis Allen Beckholt, Frank William Denome, Kevin George Goodall, Jose Luis Vega, Michael Stanford Showell, Kenneth Richard Seddon, Harambage Quintus Nimal Gunaratne
  • Patent number: 7772175
    Abstract: Detergent compositions comprising selected deposition polymers for improved deposition of fabric care benefit agents, such as organosilicones, polyolefin dispersions, polymer latexes, microencapsulated fabric care actives, onto fabrics through the laundering operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Mark Robert Sivik, Robert Joe McChain, Susan Eileen Buescher, Timothy Michael Rothgeb, Connie Lynn Sheets, Paul Francis Kindel
  • Patent number: 7749952
    Abstract: A fabric care composition containing non-ionic softening compounds, antistatic agents and perfume. Particularly, the fabric care composition is suitable for use in the rinse cycle of a textile laundering operation to provide excellent fabric softening/static control benefits, and surprisingly improved perfume freshness and longevity. The fabric care composition is preferably at a neutral pH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Shulin Larry Zhang, Renae Dianna Fossum, Michelle Marie Mulvaney, Daniel Dale Ditullio, Jr., Glenn Thomas Jordan, IV
  • Patent number: 7737102
    Abstract: A novel class of ionic liquids and methods for their preparation are disclosed. Specifically, these novel ionic liquids can be derived from anionic surfactants, such as alkyl aryl sulfonates, and mid-chain branched derivatives of alkyl sulfates, alkyl alkoxy sulfates, and alkyl aryl sulfonates. In addition, novel ionic liquids can be derived from other anionic surfactants, such as methyl ester sulfonates (MES), alkyl glycerol ether sulfonates, and alpha olefin sulfonates. Anions may be paired with a variety of cations to achieve various advantageous properties. The present invention also relates to compositions containing these novel ionic liquids and method of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Stacie Ellen Hecht, Scott Leroy Cron, Jeffrey John Scheibel, Gregory Scot Miracle, Kenneth Richard Seddon, Martyn Earle, Harambage Quintus Nimal Gunaratne
  • Patent number: 7678755
    Abstract: A modified polyol compound having alkoxylation and having at least one anionic capping unit, uses of the modified polyol compound having alkoxylation and having at least one anionic capping unit and cleaning compositions comprising the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey John Scheibel, Julie Ann Menkhaus, Xinbei Song, Eva Schneiderman
  • Patent number: 7662982
    Abstract: Process of making alkyl-capped alkoxylated esters. More specifically, a process of making alkyl-capped alkoxylated esters that are comprised substantially of triethylene alkoxy ester and substantially free from ethylene glycol monoalkoxy monoester and diethylene glycol monoalkoxy monoester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Lon Montgomery Gray, Jeffrey John Scheibel, Phillip Kyle Vinson, Christopher James Binski