Patents by Inventor Catherine Marie-Joseph Soret

Catherine Marie-Joseph Soret 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).

  • Polymers and laundry detergent compositions containing them
    Patent number: 7160848
    Abstract: Hydrophobically modified vinyl pyrrolidone polymers which are copolymers having a vinyl pyrrolidone backbone and pendant hydrophobic side chains are useful in laundry detergent compositions to improve detergency and/or antiredeposition. The pendant hydrophobic side chains preferably comprise alkyl chains containing from 4 to 20 carbon atoms and may be linked to the backbone via an ester linkage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Donna Macnab, Catherine Marie-Joseph Soret, Robert Kemeys Thomas, Albert van der Wal
  • Polymers and laundry detergent compositions containing them
    Publication number: 20040127390
    Abstract: Hydrophobically modified vinyl pyrrolidone polymers which are copolymers having a vinyl pyrrolidone backbone and pendant hydrophobic side chains are useful in laundry detergent compositions to improve detergency and/or antiredeposition. The pendant hydrophobic side chains preferably comprise alkyl chains containing from 4 to 20 carbon atoms and may be linked to the backbone via an ester linkage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Donna Macnab, Catherine Marie-Joseph Soret, Robert Kemeys Thomas, Albert van der Wal