Patents by Inventor Andrew Brian Greenaway Patton

Andrew Brian Greenaway Patton 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).

  • Patent number: 9528080
    Abstract: A process of making a granular detergent composition comprising the steps of: a) forming an aqueous detergent slurry; b) spray drying the aqueous detergent slurry to form a plurality of spray-dried detergent particles; c) forming an emulsion comprising a surfactant; and d) adding the emulsion from step c) to at least a portion of the plurality of spray-dried detergent particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Hossam Hassan Tantawy, Sabrina Beatrice Danielle Gault, Andrew Brian Greenaway Patton, Adam Porter, Stephen John Walker, Hossein Ahmadian
  • Patent number: 9528081
    Abstract: A process of making a granular detergent composition comprising the steps of: a) forming an aqueous detergent slurry; b) spray drying the aqueous detergent slurry to form a plurality of spray-dried detergent particles; c) forming an emulsion comprising a polymer; and d) adding the emulsion from step c) to at least a portion of the plurality of spray-dried detergent particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Hossam Hassan Tantawy, Sabrina Beatrice Danielle Gault, Andrew Brian Greenaway Patton, Adam Porter, Stephen John Walker, Hossein Ahmadian
  • Publication number: 20150038397
    Abstract: A process of making a granular detergent composition comprising the steps of: a) forming an aqueous detergent slurry; b) spray drying said aqueous detergent slurry to form a plurality of spray-dried detergent particles; c) forming an emulsion comprising a polymer; and d) adding the emulsion from step c) to at least a portion of said plurality of spray-dried detergent particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Hossam Hassan TANTAWY, Sabrina Beatrice Danielle GAULT, Andrew Brian Greenaway PATTON, Adam PORTER, Stephen John WALKER, Hossein AHMADIAN
  • Publication number: 20150038395
    Abstract: A process of making a granular detergent composition comprising the steps of: a) forming an aqueous detergent slurry; b) spray drying said aqueous detergent slurry to form a plurality of spray-dried detergent particles; and c) forming an emulsion comprising a surfactant and an amphiphilic graft co-polymer, d) adding the emulsion from step c) to at least a portion of said plurality of spray-dried detergent particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Hossam Hassan TANTAWY, Sabrina Beatrice Danielle GAULT, Andrew Brian Greenaway PATTON, Adam PORTER, Stephen John WALKER, Hossein AHMADIAN
  • Publication number: 20150038396
    Abstract: A process of making a granular detergent composition comprising the steps of: a) forming an aqueous detergent slurry; b) spray drying said aqueous detergent slurry to form a plurality of spray-dried detergent particles; c) forming an emulsion comprising a surfactant; and d) adding the emulsion from step c) to at least a portion of said plurality of spray-dried detergent particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Hossam Hassan TANTAWY, Sabrina Beatrice Danielle GAULT, Andrew Brian Greenaway PATTON, Adam PORTER, Stephen John WALKER, Hossein AHMADIAN
  • Patent number: 8334250
    Abstract: A process of making a granular detergent composition comprising amphiphilic graft copolymer. The granular detergent composition may have an L-3b value of at least about 73.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Rohan Govind Murkunde, Sarah Jane Melville, Malcolm McClaren Dodd, Stefan James Egan, Christopher Charles Driffield, Andrew Brian Greenaway Patton
  • Publication number: 20120245073
    Abstract: Spray-dried laundry detergent particles wherein from 5 wt % to 25 wt % of the particles are small particles having a particle size of less than 250 micrometers, wherein from 75 wt % to 95 wt % of the particles are large particles having a particle size of 250 micrometers or greater, wherein the ratio of the organic carbon content of the small particles in weight percent to the organic carbon content of the large particles in weight percent is in the range of from 1.00 to 1.20, and wherein the water-soluble inorganic salt has a volume average particle size in the range of from 10 micrometers to 50 micrometers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventors: Hossam Hassan TANTAWY, Andrew Latimer, Andrew Brian Greenaway Patton
  • Publication number: 20120245072
    Abstract: Spray-dried laundry detergent particles including: (a) organic anionic detersive surfactant; (b) water-soluble inorganic salt selected from the group consisting of sodium carbonate and/or sodium sulphate; (c) essentially no zeolite builder; (d) essentially no phosphate builder; (e) essentially no bleach; (f) essentially no clay: (g) essentially no non-ionic detersive surfactant; and (h) other detergent ingredients, wherein from 5 wt % to 25 wt % of the particles are small particles having a particle size of less than 250 micrometers, wherein from 75 wt % to 95 wt % of the particles are large particles having a particle size of 250 micrometers or greater, wherein the ratio of (i) the organic carbon to inorganic carbon weight ratio of the small particles to (ii) the organic carbon to inorganic carbon weight ratio of the large particles is in the range of from 1.00 to 1.25, and wherein the water-soluble inorganic salt has a volume average particle size in the range of from 10 micrometers to 50 micrometers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventors: Hossam Hassan Tantawy, Andrew Latimer, Andrew Brian Greenaway Patton
  • Publication number: 20110152160
    Abstract: A process of making a granular detergent composition comprising amphiphilic graft copolymer. The granular detergent composition may have an L-3b value of at least about 73.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Rohan Govind Murkunde, Sarah Jane Melville, Malcolm McClaren Dodd, Stefan James Egan, Christopher Charles Driffield, Andrew Brian Greenaway Patton
  • Publication number: 20110152161
    Abstract: A granular detergent composition comprises greater than about 1.5% of amphiphilic graft copolymer. The amphiphilic graft copolymer in turn comprises a graft copolymer of polyethylene, polypropylene or polybutylene oxide with vinyl acetate in a weight ratio of from about 1:0.2 to about 1:10. The granular detergent composition has an L?3b value of at least about 73.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Rohan Govind Murkunde, Sarah Jane Melville, Malcolm McClaren Dodd, Stefan James Egan, Christopher Charles Driffield, Andrew Brian Greenaway Patton
  • Publication number: 20090325844
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a spray-dried powder comprising: (a) anionic detersive surfactant; (b) from 0 wt % to 10 wt % zeolite builder; (c) from 0 wt % to 10 wt % phosphate builder; (d) at least 2 wt % water; (e) clay; and (f) optionally from 0 wt % to 20 wt % silicate salt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Hossam Hassan Tantawy, Andrew Brian Greenaway Patton
  • Publication number: 20090325845
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid laundry detergent composition comprising: (a) anionic detersive surfactant; (b) from 0 wt % to 10 wt % zeolite builder; (c) from 0 wt % to 10 wt % phosphate builder; (d) at least 2 wt % water; (e) clay; and (f) optionally from 0 wt % to 20 wt % silicate salt, wherein the clay is in non-spray-dried form, and wherein at least part of the anionic detersive surfactant is in spray-dried form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Hossam Hassan Tantawy, Andrew Brian Greenaway Patton