Patents by Inventor Alfred Roy Elmes

Alfred Roy Elmes 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).

  • Soil Release Polymers and detergent compositions containing them
    Patent number: 5786318
    Abstract: A water-soluble copolyester comprising units of a polyglycol or capped polyglycol (for example, polyethylene glycol or polyethylene glycol methyl ether), an aromatic dicarboxylic acid (for example, terephthalic acid) and at least 30 mole % of a polyol having at least three hydroxyl groups (for example, glycerol), but free of ethylene glycol units, is a highly effective soil release polymer for use in detergent compositions. The aromatic dicarboxylic acid units may include units of a sulphonated aromatic dicarboxylic acid (for example, sulphoisophthalic acid).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco Inc.
    Inventors: Wilfried Blokzijl, Andrew Martin Creeth, Alfred Roy Elmes, Andrew David Green, Michael Hull, Katrin Dagmar Joule, Ezat Khoshdel