Patents by Inventor Alan Thomas Brooker

Alan Thomas Brooker 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: 20180112153
    Abstract: Process of washing fabrics where the fabrics have a softening active deposited thereon. Use of a liquid laundry detergent composition used in the described process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Colin Ure, Alan Thomas Brooker, Samantha Jane Martell
  • Publication number: 20180112154
    Abstract: Process of washing fabrics where the fabrics have a softening active deposited on them. Use of a liquid laundry detergent composition used in the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Colin Ure, Alan Thomas Brooker, Samantha Jane Martell
  • Patent number: 9951301
    Abstract: A solid free-flowing particulate laundry detergent composition comprising: (a) from 0.1 wt % to 5 wt % hueing agent particle comprising: (i) from 2 wt % to 10 wt % hueing agent, wherein the hueing agent has the following structure: wherein: R1 and R2 are independently selected from the group consisting of: H; alkyl; alkoxy; alkyleneoxy; alkyl capped alkyleneoxy; urea; and amido; R3 is a substituted aryl group; X is a substituted group comprising sulfonamide moiety, and wherein the substituent group comprises at least one alkyleneoxy chain that comprises an average molar distribution of at least four alkyleneoxy moieties; and (ii) from 60 wt % to 98 wt % clay; and (b) from 0.5 wt % to 20 wt % ethoxylated alkyl sulphate particle including: (i) from 40 wt % to 60 wt % partially ethoxylated alkyl sulphate anionic detersive surfactant; (ii) from 20 wt % to 50 wt % salt; and (iii) from 10 wt % to 30 wt % silica.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Andre Chieffi, Jill Robyn Dorgan, Anthony McMeekin, Alan Thomas Brooker, Carly Pickering, Paul Anthony Gould, William Alexander Caufield
  • Patent number: 9951296
    Abstract: A solid free-flowing particulate laundry detergent composition including: (a) from 0.5 wt % to 20 wt % ethoxylated alkyl sulphate particle including: (i) from 40 wt % to 60 wt % partially ethoxylated alkyl sulphate anionic detersive surfactant; (ii) from 20 wt % to 50 wt % salt; and (iii) from 10 wt % to 30 wt % silica; and (b) from 0.01 wt % to 2 wt % perfume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Andrew Richard Constable, Andre Chieffi, Jonathan Richard Clare, Alan Thomas Brooker, Carly Pickering, Paul Anthony Gould
  • Publication number: 20180094225
    Abstract: The present invention also relates to a solid free flowing particulate laundry detergent composition including: (a) anionic detersive surfactant; (b) wherein the composition is essentially free of zeolite builder; (c) wherein the composition is essentially free of phosphate builder; (d) wherein the composition is essentially free of sodium carbonate; (e) wherein the composition is essentially free of sodium silicate; and (f) from about 4 wt % to about 20 wt % organic acid, wherein the composition at 1 wt % dilution in deionized water at 20° C., has an equilibrium pH in the range of from about 6.5 to about 9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Andre CHIEFFI, Alan Thomas BROOKER, Craig Adam WILKINSON, Linsey Sarah FULLER, Paul Anthony GOULD, Hossam Hassan TANTAWY, Jose Rodel Mabilangan CARAGAY, Eric San Jose ROBLES
  • Publication number: 20180094215
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid free flowing particulate laundry detergent composition including: (a) anionic detersive surfactant; (b) wherein the composition is essentially free of zeolite builder; (c) wherein the composition is essentially free of phosphate builder; (d) wherein the composition is essentially free of sodium carbonate; (e) wherein the composition is essentially free of sodium silicate; (f) from about 4 wt % to about 20 wt % organic acid; and (g) carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), wherein the composition at 1 wt % dilution in deionized water at 20° C., has an equilibrium pH in the range of from about 6.5 to about 9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Andre CHIEFFI, Alan Thomas BROOKER, Craig Adam WILKINSON, Linsey Sarah FULLER, Paul Anthony GOULD, Hossam Hassan TANTAWY
  • Publication number: 20180094222
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid free flowing particulate laundry detergent composition including: (a) anionic detersive surfactant; (b) wherein the composition is essentially free of zeolite builder; (c) wherein the composition is essentially free of phosphate builder; (d) wherein the composition is essentially free of sodium carbonate; (e) wherein the composition is essentially free of sodium silicate; (f) from about 4 wt % to about 20 wt % organic acid; and (g) variant of the wild-type amylase from Bacillus sp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Andre CHIEFFI, Alan Thomas BROOKER, Craig Adam WILKINSON, Linsey Sarah FULLER, Paul Anthony GOULD, Hossam Hassan TANTAWY, Neil Joseph LANT
  • Publication number: 20180094224
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid free flowing particulate laundry detergent composition comprising: (a) anionic detersive surfactant; (b) wherein the composition is essentially free of zeolite builder; (c) wherein the composition is essentially free of phosphate builder; (d) wherein the composition is essentially free of sodium carbonate; (e) wherein the composition is essentially free of sodium silicate; (f) from about 4 wt % to about 20 wt % organic acid; and (g) hueing agent selected from Acid Violet 50, Direct Violet 9, 66 and 99, Solvent Violet 13 and any combination thereof, wherein the composition at 1 wt % dilution in deionized water at 20° C., has an equilibrium pH in the range of from about 6.5 to about 9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Andre CHIEFFI, Alan Thomas BROOKER, Craig Adam WILKINSON, Linsey Sarah FULLER, Paul Anthony GOULD, Hossam Hassan TANTAWY
  • Publication number: 20180094226
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of laundering fabric, wherein a detergent composition is contacted with fabric in a main wash, and wherein a fabric softener composition is subsequenty contacted to the fabric in one or more subsequent rinsing steps, wherein the detergent composition is a solid free flowing particulate laundry detergent composition, wherein the composition at 1 wt % dilution in deionized water at 20° C., has an equilibrium pH in the range of from about 6.5 to about 9.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Andre (NMN) CHIEFFI, Alan Thomas BROOKER, Craig Adam WILKINSON, Linsey Sarah FULLER, Paul Anthony GOULD, Hossam Hassan TANTAWY, Carly (NMN) PICKERING, Phillip Jan HOWARD
  • Publication number: 20180094219
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid free flowing particulate laundry detergent composition including: (a) anionic detersive surfactant; (b) wherein the composition is essentially free of zeolite builder; (c) wherein the composition is essentially free of phosphate builder; (d) wherein the composition is essentially free of sodium carbonate; (e) wherein the composition is essentially free of sodium silicate; (f) from about 4 wt % to about 20 wt % organic acid, (g) from about 1 wt % to about 20 wt % sodium percarbonate; (h) from about 0.5 wt % to about 5 wt % bleach activator; and (i) from about 0.5 wt % to about 5 wt % sodium salt of methylglycine diacetic acid (MGDA) chelant, wherein the composition at 1 wt % dilution in deionized water at 20° C., has an equilibrium pH in the range of from about 6.5 to about 9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Andre (NMN) CHIEFFI, Alan Thomas BROOKER, Craig Adam WILKINSON, Linsey Sarah FULLER, Paul Anthony GOULD, Hossam Hassan TANTAWY
  • Publication number: 20180094220
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid free flowing particulate laundry detergent composition including: (a) anionic detersive surfactant; (b) wherein the composition is essentially free of zeolite builder; (c) wherein the composition is essentially free of phosphate builder; (d) wherein the composition is essentially free of sodium carbonate; (e) wherein the composition is essentially free of sodium silicate; (f) from about 4 wt % to about 20 wt % organic acid; and (g) phthalocyanine photobleach, wherein the composition at 1 wt % dilution in deionized water at 20° C., has an equilibrium pH in the range of from about 6.5 to about 9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Andre CHIEFFI, Alan Thomas BROOKER, Craig Adam WILKINSON, Linsey Sarah FULLER, Paul Anthony GOULD, Hossam Hassan TANTAWY, Benjamin Mark HADDRELL
  • Publication number: 20180094228
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid free flowing particulate laundry detergent composition including: (a) anionic detersive surfactant; (b) wherein the composition is essentially free of zeolite builder; (c) wherein the composition is essentially free of phosphate builder; (d) wherein the composition is essentially free of sodium carbonate; (e) wherein the composition is essentially free of sodium silicate; and (f) from about 4 wt % to about 20 wt % organic acid, wherein the composition at 1 wt % dilution in deionized water at 20° C., has an equilibrium pH in the range of from about 6.5 to about 9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Andre (NMN) CHIEFFI, Alan Thomas BROOKER, Craig Adam WILKINSON, Linsey Sarah FULLER, Paul Anthony GOULD, Hossam Hassan TANTAWY, Richard Timothy HARTSHORN, Nigel Patrick SOMERVILLE ROBERTS, Jose Rodel Mabilangan CARAGAY
  • Publication number: 20180094212
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid free flowing particulate laundry detergent composition including: (a) anionic detersive surfactant; (b) wherein the composition is essentially free of zeolite builder; (c) wherein the composition is essentially free of phosphate builder; (d) wherein the composition is essentially free of sodium carbonate; (e) wherein the composition is essentially free of sodium silicate; (f) from about 4 wt % to about 20 wt % organic acid; and (g) hueing agent having the following structure: wherein the index values x and y are independently selected from 1 to 10, wherein the composition at 1 wt % dilution in deionized water at 20° C., has an equilibrium pH in the range of from about 6.5 to about 9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Andre (NMN) CHIEFFI, Alan Thomas BROOKER, Craig Adam WILKINSON, Linsey Sarah FULLER, Paul Anthony GOULD, Hossam Hassan TANTAWY, Benjamin Mark HADDRELL
  • Publication number: 20180094221
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid free flowing particulate laundry detergent composition including: (a) anionic detersive surfactant; (b) wherein the composition is essentially free of zeolite builder; (c) wherein the composition is essentially free of phosphate builder; (d) wherein the composition is essentially free of sodium carbonate; (e) wherein the composition is essentially free of sodium silicate; (f) from about 4 wt % to about 20 wt % organic acid, (g) a variant of the wild-type amylase from Bacillus sp. which has at least 90% identity for amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:5, and which includes one or more mutations at positions N195, G477, G304, W140, W189, D134, V206, Y243, E260, F262, W284, W347, W439, W469 and/or G476, wherein the composition at 1 wt % dilution in deionized water at 20° C., has an equilibrium pH in the range of from about 6.5 to about 9.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Andre CHIEFFI, Alan Thomas BROOKER, Craig Adam WILKINSON, Linsey Sarah FULLER, Paul Anthony GOULD, Hossam Hassan TANTAWY, Neil Joseph LANT
  • Publication number: 20180094223
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid free flowing particulate laundry detergent composition including: (a) anionic detersive surfactant; (b) wherein the composition is essentially free of zeolite builder; (c) wherein the composition is essentially free of phosphate builder; (d) wherein the composition is essentially free of sodium carbonate; (e) wherein the composition is essentially free of sodium silicate; (f) from about 4 wt % to about 20 wt % organic acid; and (g) hueing agent having the following structure: wherein: R1 and R2 are independently selected from the group consisting of: H; alkyl; alkoxy; alkyleneoxy; alkyl capped alkyleneoxy; urea; and amido; R3 is a substituted aryl group; X is a substituted group comprising sulfonamide moiety, and wherein the substituent group comprises at least one alkyleneoxy chain that comprises an average molar distribution of at least four alkyleneoxy moieties, wherein the composition at 1 wt % dilution in deionized water at 20° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Andre CHIEFFI, Alan Thomas BROOKER, Craig Adam WILKINSON, Linsey Sarah FULLER, Paul Anthony GOULD, Hossam Hassan TANTAWY, Benjamin Mark HADDRELL
  • Publication number: 20180066212
    Abstract: Liquid laundry detergent compositions comprising a first and a second cellulosic polymer and a cellulase. Related methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Carly Pickering, Alan Thomas Brooker, Nigel Patrick Somerville Roberts, Colin Ure
  • Publication number: 20180066211
    Abstract: Liquid laundry detergent compositions comprising a first and second polymer. Water-soluble unit dose articles containing such compositions. Related methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Carly Pickering, Alan Thomas Brooker, Nigel Patrick Somerville Roberts, Colin Ure
  • Publication number: 20180037854
    Abstract: The present invention relates to water-soluble unit dose articles comprising hydrogenated castor oil, methods of their manufacture, and methods of their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Nigel Patrick Somerville Roberts, Carlos Amador Zamarreno, Antonio Quintieri, Alan Thomas Brooker, Harry William Broening, Laura Bueno Romo
  • Publication number: 20180037857
    Abstract: The present invention relates to water-soluble unit dose articles comprising cyclic diamines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Robby Renilde Francois Keuleers, Stefan Schittko, Alice Michele Boutoille, Nigel Patrick Somerville Roberts, Alan Thomas Brooker
  • Publication number: 20180037858
    Abstract: The present invention relates to water-soluble unit dose articles comprising an amphoteric surfactant, methods of making and methods of use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Robby Renilde Francois Keuleers, Stefan Schittko, Alice Michele Boutoille, Nigel Patrick Somerville Roberts, Alan Thomas Brooker