Patents by Inventor Colin James Lowery

Colin James Lowery 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).

  • Method for cleaning a soiled article
    Patent number: 7114209
    Abstract: A method for measuring soil in a wash liquor or other soil-containing liquid medium, the method comprising: a) a soil sensing step wherein the soil-containing liquid medium is contacted with a plurality of fuzzy-correlated soil-sensing means, each responsive to a distinct physico-chemical soil characteristic and providing one or more soil parameter measurements corresponding thereto; b) a data processing step wherein the soil parameter measurements for each sensing means are entered as input data into a model algorithm defined on the basis of an algorithm dataset comprising experimental or consumer-generated soil parameter and soil concentration information and which functions to generate predicted soil data of enhanced confidence level; and c) a communication step wherein one or more signals dependent upon the predicted soil data is issued to an output device, data store, user interface, data processor, or an appliance director or module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sabine Ursula Metzger-Groom, Colin James Lowery, Michael Duncan
  • Method for cleaning a soiled article
    Publication number: 20030106164
    Abstract: A method for measuring soil in a wash liquor or other soil-containing liquid medium, the method comprising:
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2002
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sabine Ursula Metzger-Groom, Colin James Lowery, Michael Duncan