Patents by Inventor Barry Thomas Ingram
Barry Thomas Ingram 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).
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Patent number: 6730656Abstract: A solid detergent composition comprising a clay system, said clay system comprises a hectorite clay and a dioctahedral smectite clay, wherein the weight ratio of said hectorite clay to said dioctahedral smectite clay is less than 1:1. The two clay types may be present in a solid detergent composition in the form of an agglomerate.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2003Date of Patent: May 4, 2004Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Richard Timothy Hartshorn, Alison Lesley Main, Nathalie Sophie Letzelter, Barry Thomas Ingram
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Publication number: 20040005993Abstract: A solid detergent composition comprising a clay system, said clay system comprises a hectorite clay and a dioctahedral smectite clay, wherein the weight ratio of said hectorite clay to said dioctahedral smectite clay is less than 1:1. The two clay types may be present in a solid detergent composition in the form of an agglomerate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2003Publication date: January 8, 2004Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Richard Timothy Hartshorn, Alison Lesley Main, Nathalie Sophie Letzelter, Barry Thomas Ingram
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Patent number: 6627598Abstract: The present invention relates to detergent compositions which comprise a flocculating agent and an organophilic smectite clay whereof at least 30%, preferably at least 40% of the exchangeable cations in the clay is replaced by one or more long-chain organic cations, preferably having at least one long carbon chain of at least 10 or even 12 carbon atoms. The compositions provide improved fabric softening and deliver good cleaning.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2002Date of Patent: September 30, 2003Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Barry Thomas Ingram, Stephen Wayne Heinzman, Nathalie Sophie Letzelter, Robin Gibson Hall
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Publication number: 20030119696Abstract: The present invention relates to pouched compositions which comprise an alkoxylated compound. Preferably the alkoxylated compound has an average alkoxylation degree of at least 50, preferably at least 80.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2002Publication date: June 26, 2003Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Barry Thomas Ingram, Bruno Matthieu Dasque
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Patent number: 6300302Abstract: The present invention relates to a substantially anhydrous effervescent particle, having an average particle size of from 75 microns to 2 cm, comprising an anhydrous particle core, which comprises one or more components of an effervescence system intimately mixed with a substantially anhydrous stabilizing agent.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 1999Date of Patent: October 9, 2001Assignee: The Procter & GambleInventors: Alan Thomas Brooker, Stephen Wayne Heinzman, Barry Thomas Ingram, Gerard Marcel Baillely, Francisco Ramon Figueroa
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Patent number: 6258750Abstract: The invention provides pesticidal, algicidal, herbicidal and/or fungicidal compositions, containing a complexing agent containing ethylene diamine disuccinic acid and one or selected metal ions, preferably cobalt, zinc or ions. The invention also relates to an aqueous pesticidal, algicidal, herbicidal, fungicidal composition comprising specific levels of calcium ions and complexing agent, containing a complex of a specific metal ion and a complexing a compound.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2000Date of Patent: July 10, 2001Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Anthony Joseph Simpson, Stephen Wayne Heinzman, Barry Thomas Ingram
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Patent number: 6239093Abstract: This invention relates to a liquid cleaning composition or shampoo comprising a surfactant system containing a dianionic or alkoxylated dianionic surfactant having a structural skeleton of at least five carbon atoms to which two anionic substituent groups spaced at least three atoms apart are attached, wherein one anionic substituent group is a sulfate group or an alkoxy-linked sulfate group and the other anionic substituent is selected from sulfate and sulfonate optionally alkoxy-linked, in combination with one or more other co-surfactants.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 1998Date of Patent: May 29, 2001Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Peter Robert Foley, Jean-Luc Philippe Bettiol, John Michael Gardlik, Curtis Bobby Motley, Stephen Wayne Heinzman, Barry Thomas Ingram, Alison Lesley Main
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Patent number: 6127329Abstract: The present invention relates to detergent compositions or components thereof containing a detersive enzyme and one or more cationic surfactants of the formula:R.sup.1 R.sup.2 R.sup.3 R.sup.4 N.sup.+ X.sup.-in which R.sup.1 is a hydroxyalkyl group having no greater than 6 carbon atoms; each of R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 is independently selected from C.sub.1-4 alkyl or alkenyl; R.sup.4 is a C.sub.5-11 alkyl or alkenyl; and X.sup.- is a counterion.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 1999Date of Patent: October 3, 2000Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Gerard Marcel Baillely, Robin Gibson Hall, Barry Thomas Ingram, Michael Alan John Moss
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Patent number: 5958858Abstract: Detergent compositions comprising: a) a dianionic cleaning agent comprising a structural skeleton of at least five carbon atoms to which two anionic substituent groups spaced at least three atoms apart are attached, wherein one anionic substituent group is a sulfate group and the other anionic substituent is selected from sulfate and sulfonate; b) a nonionc surfactant (preferably alkyl ethoxylates, especially alkyl ethoxylates having an average of at least 3 ethoxylates); c) in total, less than about 20% by weight anionic surfactants; d) optionally, co-surfactants selected from the group consisting of amphoteric surfactants, zwitterionic surfactants, cationic surfactants, and mixtures thereof; and e) detergent composition adjunct ingredients; and wherein the weight ratio of anionic surfactant to nonionic surfactant plus any optional co-surfactant d) is with the range of from about 1:1 to about 1:10.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 1997Date of Patent: September 28, 1999Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Jean-Luc Philippe Bettiol, Peter Robert Foley, Stephen Wayne Heinzman, Barry Thomas Ingram, Alison Lesley Main
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Patent number: 5955416Abstract: The present invention relates to detergent compositions comprising lipases, a lipase compatible anionic surfactant system, and a gemini polyhydroxy fatty acid amide. The anionic surfactant system comprises alkyl alkoxylated sulphates having specific ratios of mono-, di- and tri-alkoxylated sulphates. The detergent compositions provide improved greasy soil removal over a wide range of temperatures.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 1997Date of Patent: September 21, 1999Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Gerard Marcel Baillely, Barry Thomas Ingram, Christian Leo Marie Vermote
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Patent number: 5877140Abstract: The present invention relates to anionic compounds and their application in detergent compositions. The compounds have the dual benefits of surfactancy and suds suppression.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 1997Date of Patent: March 2, 1999Inventors: Frederick Edward Hardy, Barry Thomas Ingram, Christian Leo Marie Vermote
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Patent number: 5854196Abstract: The present invention relates to detergent compositions comprising an anionic surfactant system. The anionic surfactant system comprises alkyl alkoxylated sulphate having specific ratios of mono-, di- and trialkoxylated sulphate. The anionic surfactant system provides improved oily and greasy soil removal over a wide temperature range.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 1997Date of Patent: December 29, 1998Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Gerard Marcel Baillely, Barry Thomas Ingram, Christian Leo Marie Vermote