Patents by Inventor Anna-Louise McConnachie

Anna-Louise McConnachie 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: 7960330
    Abstract: Microcapsule for use in a liquid detergent composition, the microcapsule having a core and a polymeric polyanion-polycation complex shell wherein the polyanion component is capable of gelling in the presence of calcium and has a storage modulus when gelled with 0.05 moles/litre of calcium of less than about 150 Pa at an angular frequency of about 0.5 rad/s and a polyanion concentration of about 3.8% by weight at 25° C. The invention also relates to a process for making the microcapsules, liquid detergents comprising the microcapsules and cleaning methods using the liquid detergents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jean-Pol Boutique, Walter August Maria Broeckx, Jonathan Richard Stonehouse, Walter Franciscus Joanna Vanderveken, Anna-Louise McConnachie
  • Publication number: 20060040844
    Abstract: Microcapsule for use in a liquid detergent composition, the microcapsule having a core and a polymeric polyanion-polycation complex shell wherein the polyanion component is capable of gelling in the presence of calcium and has a storage modulus when gelled with 0.05 moles/litre of calcium of less than about 150 Pa at an angular frequency of about 0.5 rad/s and a polyanion concentration of about 3.8% by weight at 25° C. The invention also relates to a process for making the microcapsules, liquid detergents comprising the microcapsules and cleaning methods using the liquid detergents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2005
    Publication date: February 23, 2006
    Inventors: Jean-Pol Boutique, Walter Broeckx, Jonathan Stonehouse, Walter Vanderveken, Anna-Louise McConnachie