Patents by Inventor Alan Pearce Murphy

Alan Pearce Murphy 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 composition
    Patent number: 4107067
    Abstract: Detergent compositions are provided in the form of inversed emulsions, wherein the continuous phase comprises a highly concentrated detersive surfactant and wherein the disperse phase comprises a highly concentrated electrolyte, preferably a detergency builder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1978
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Alan Pearce Murphy, John Rene Paris
  • Fabric treatment compositions
    Patent number: 4103047
    Abstract: A non-staining, anti-static fabric softening composition comprising particular "sorbitan esters" is applied to fabrics in an automatic laundry dryer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1978
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Wahib Nassif Zaki, Alan Pearce Murphy
  • Fabric treatment compositions
    Patent number: 4085052
    Abstract: A non-staining, anti-static fabric softening composition comprising particular "sorbitan esters" is applied to fabrics in an automatic laundry dryer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1978
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Alan Pearce Murphy, Paul Seiden, Francis Louvaine Diehl, Charles Bruce McCarty
  • Fabric treatment compositions
    Patent number: 4022938
    Abstract: Anti-static fabric softening articles and methods which utilize a composition comprising a cationic fabric softener in combination with a "sorbitan ester" as a second fabric softener and release aid. The composition is releasably affixed or incorporated into a dispensing means and applied to fabrics in an automatic laundry dryer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1977
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Wahib Nassif Zaki, Alan Pearce Murphy
  • Clothes dryer additive containing crisping agents
    Patent number: 4000340
    Abstract: Applying water-insoluble, high melting alcohols, carboxylic acids or carboxylate salts to fabrics in an automatic clothes dryer provides a desirable crisp feel thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1973
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1976
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Alan Pearce Murphy, Fred Martin Habermehl, III