Patents by Inventor Andrew John Crossman

Andrew John Crossman 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: 6506723
    Abstract: Described is a single phase aqueous surfactant-free nontoxic air freshening composition containing 30-70% water, 5-20% of a fragrance, at least 60% of the components of which has a C log10 P≦2.5 and 30-60 weight percent of a mixture of two glycol ether components: (i) dipropylene glycol methyl ether; and (ii) propylene glycol propyl ether or propylene glycol butyl ether. Also described is an air freshener device comprising a vessel for the aforementioned composition, an emanating surface and a wick for supplying the composition to the emanating surface. In another embodiment of the invention is a stain removal wipe, which contains a fragrant aqueous system with low solvent and substantially free of surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
    Inventors: Arnoud Van Walsum, Jan-Willem Zacharias Ruizendaal, Richard M. Boden, Andrew John Crossman, Michael John Robert White
  • Patent number: 6328951
    Abstract: Described is a water-soluble solid-phase ironing aid-freshening composition for use in forming controllably dimensioned tablets, which have controlled weights and densities and which are conveniently added to the water-containing steam chamber of a steam iron. The use of the tablets produced from the composition enables textiles which are ironed to be freshened and de-wrinkled. The composition includes (i) a support substance; (ii) a tablet binder substance; and (iii) a fragrance composition and, optionally, a silicone resin, a chelating agent and/or a surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
    Inventors: Michael John Robert White, Andrew John Crossman, David Neil Ellison