Patents by Inventor Colin Ure

Colin Ure 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).

  • Publication number: 20160177235
    Abstract: Low-pH automatic dishwashing detergent composition comprising an endoprotease having an isoelectric point from about 4 to about 9 and wherein the composition has a pH as measured in 1% weight aqueous solution at 25° C. of from about 5 to about 7.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Alan Thomas BROOKER, Philip Frank SOUTER, Colin URE, Craig Adam WILKINSON, Lindsay Suzanne BEWICK
  • Publication number: 20160177237
    Abstract: Low-pH automatic dishwashing detergent composition comprising a low temperature amylase and a lime soap dispersing agent and wherein the composition has a pH as measured in 1% weight aqueous solution at 25° C. of from about 5 to about 7.5, preferably less than 6.9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Philip Frank SOUTER, Alan Thomas BROOKER, Colin URE, Craig Adam WILKINSON, Lindsay Suzanne BEWICK, Kelly Ann MILLWARD
  • Publication number: 20160177229
    Abstract: A substantially builder-free low-pH automatic dishwashing detergent composition comprising a buffer, an enzyme and an iron chelant and wherein the composition has a pH as measured in 1% weight aqueous solution at 25° C. of from about 5 to about 7.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Philip Frank SOUTER, Alan Thomas BROOKER, Colin URE, Craig Adam WILKINSON
  • Publication number: 20160177232
    Abstract: A method of cleaning a dishwashing load comprising dishware and tableware having bleachable stains in the presence of iron in a dishwasher, the method comprising the step of contacting the ware with a detergent composition comprising an iron chelant wherein the detergent composition is free or substantially free of bleach and preferably has a pH as measured in 1% weight aqueous solution at 25° C. of from about 5 to about 7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Philip Frank SOUTER, Alan Thomas BROOKER, Colin URE, Craig Adam WILKINSON
  • Publication number: 20160177230
    Abstract: A method of washing dishware and tableware in a dishwasher using a low temperature program comprising the step of subjecting the ware during the main wash of the automatic dishwasher to a wash liquor comprising a low pH detergent composition, the composition having a pH as measured in 1% weight aqueous solution at 25° C. of from about 5 to about 7.5, and wherein the temperature of the main wash is 50° C. or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Philip Frank SOUTER, Alan Thomas BROOKER, Colin URE, Craig Adam WILKINSON, Ian Robert WARDLE, Thomas James Wensley
  • Publication number: 20160177236
    Abstract: Low-pH automatic dishwashing detergent composition having a pH as measured in 1% weight aqueous solution at 25° C. of from about 5 to about 7.5 and comprising a protease selected from the group consisting of: (i) a metalloprotease; (ii) a cysteine protease, (iii) an aspartate protease, and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Alan Thomas BROOKER, Philip Frank SOUTER, Colin URE, Craig Adam WILKINSON, Lindsay Suzanne BEWICK
  • Publication number: 20160177231
    Abstract: A method of washing dishware and tableware in a dishwasher using a short program comprising the step of subjecting the ware to a main wash lasting less than 20 minutes wherein the washing liquor of the main wash comprises a low pH detergent composition, the composition having a pH as measured in 1% weight aqueous solution at 25° C. of from about 5 to about 7.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Philip Frank SOUTER, Alan Thomas BROOKER, Colin URE, Craig Adam WILKINSON, Ian Robert WARDLE
  • Publication number: 20160090552
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to detergent compositions and, more specifically, to detergent compositions containing a polyetheramine and an anionic soil release polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Brian Joseph LOUGHNANE, Frank HULSKOTTER, SR., Stefano SCIALLA, Colin URE, Alan Thomas BROOKER
  • Publication number: 20160090562
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid laundry detergent compositions comprising a polyetheramine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Brian Joseph LOUGHNANE, Frank HULSKOTTER, SR., Stefano SCIALLA, Colin URE, Alan Thomas BROOKER
  • Publication number: 20160075970
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to cleaning compositions and, more specifically, to cleaning compositions containing a polyetheramine, a soil release polymer, and a carboxymethylceullulose, which is suitable for removal of stains from soiled materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Frank HULSKOTTER, Stefano SCIALLA, Brian Joseph LOUGHNANE, Alan Thomas BROOKER, Colin URE, Sophia Rosa EBERT, Bjoern LUDOLPH, Christof WIGBERS, Steffen MAAS, Dieter BOECKH, Christian EIDAMSHAUS
  • Patent number: 9193939
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to cleaning compositions and, more specifically, to cleaning compositions containing a polyetheramine, a soil release polymer, and a carboxymethylcellulose, which is suitable for removal of stains from soiled materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Frank Hulskotter, Stefano Scialla, Brian Joseph Loughnane, Alan Thomas Brooker, Colin Ure, Sophia Rosa Ebert, Bjoern Ludolph, Christof Wigbers, Steffen Maas, Dieter Boeckh, Christian Eidamshaus
  • Patent number: 9121001
    Abstract: The present invention is to a laundry detergent powder comprising: (i) from 20 to 80 wt % of a first particle comprising less than 55 wt % sulphate, anionic detersive surfactant, and having a bulk density of from 300 g/l to 1100 g/l: and (ii) from 20 to 80 wt % of a second particle comprising at least 55 wt % sulphate and, having a bulk density of from 350 g/l to 600 g/l, and a process to making the laundry detergent powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Hossam Hassan Tantawy, Andres Arturo Martinez-Guzman, Nigel Patrick Somerville-Roberts, Alan Thomas Brooker, David James Parmley, Victor Stuart Reid, Colin Ure, Carly Pickering
  • Publication number: 20150018263
    Abstract: A laundry detergent composition comprising an agglomerate particle wherein the agglomerate particle comprises; i) from 10% to 35% by weight of the agglomerate particle of linear alkybenzene sulphonate; ii) optionally alkoxylated alkyl sulphate; iii) less than 35% by weight of the agglomerate particle of carbonate material; iv) 30% or higher by weight of the agglomerate particle of a process aid; wherein the ratio of linear alkylbenzene sulphonate to carbonate is from 3:1 to 1:1.5; and wherein the particle has a Mettler moisture content of between 1 and 3% and wherein the Mettler moisture content is a measure of the percentage decrease in the weight of a 2 g sample of the agglomerate which has been heated at a temperature of 160° C. for a period of 5 minutes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Nigel Patrick SOMERVILLE ROBERTS, Colin URE, Zoe Rosa TRISTON, Carly PICKERING, Victor Stuart REID, Alan Thomas BROOKER, Rui SHEN
  • Publication number: 20140296124
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to cleaning compositions and, more specifically, to cleaning compositions containing a polyetheramine, a soil release polymer, and a carboxymethylcellulose, which is suitable for removal of stains from soiled materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Frank HULSKOTTER, Stefano SCIALLA, Brian Joseph LOUGHNANE, Alan Thomas BROOKER, Colin URE, Sophia Rosa EBERT, Bjoern LUDOLPH, Christof WIGBERS, Steffen MAAS, Dieter BOECKH, Christian EIDAMSHAUS
  • Publication number: 20130324454
    Abstract: The present invention is to a laundry detergent powder comprising: (i) from 20 to 80 wt % of a first particle comprising less than 55 wt % sulphate, anionic detersive surfactant, and having a bulk density of from 300 g/l to 1100 g/l: and (ii) from 20 to 80 wt % of a second particle comprising at least 55 wt % sulphate and, having a bulk density of from 350 g/l to 600 g/l, and a process to making the laundry detergent powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Hossam Hassan TANTAWY, Andres Arturo MARTINEZ-GUZMAN, Nigel Patrick SOMERVILLE-ROBERTS, Alan Thomas BROOKER, David James PARMLEY, Victor Stuart REID, Colin URE, Carly PICKERING
  • Patent number: 8541354
    Abstract: A solid laundry detergent composition having multiple catalysts and water-soluble electrolyte, wherein the ratio of (i) the total reduction in activation energy in kilojoules per mole achieved by the catalysts to (ii) the electrolytic strength of the laundry detergent composition at a concentration of 1 g/l in de-ionized water and at a temperature of 25° C. in mScm?1 laundry detergent composition is at least 300.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Alan Thomas Brooker, Nigel Patrick Somerville Roberts, Gregory Scot Miracle, Neil Joseph Lant, Philip Frank Souter, Mark Forrest, Colin Ure
  • Patent number: 8211848
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid laundry detergent composition comprising multiple catalysts and water-soluble electrolyte, wherein the ratio of (i) the total reduction in activation energy in kilojoules per mole achieved by the catalysts to (ii) the electrolytic strength of the laundry detergent composition at a concentration of 1 g/l in de-ionized water and at a temperature of 25° C. in mScm?1 laundry detergent composition is at least 1000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Richard Dykstra, Alan Thomas Brooker, Nigel Patrick Somerville Roberts, Gregory Scot Miracle, Neil Joseph Lant, Philip Frank Souter, Mark Forrest, Colin Ure
  • Publication number: 20110257065
    Abstract: Laundry detergent composition having: a specific bleach catalyst a hueing dye, and a source of peracid, wherein the hueing dye is released faster in a wash liquor than the bleach catalyst or the source of peracid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventors: Alan Thomas Brooker, Gregory Scot Miracle, Nigel Patrick Somerville Roberts, Colin Ure
  • Publication number: 20110257064
    Abstract: A free-flowing solid laundry detergent composition including: (a) detersive surfactant; (b) essentially free from zeolite builder; (c) essentially free from phosphate builder; and (d) optionally, essentially free from silicate salt; wherein the composition has a reserve alkalinity to pH 7.5 of less than 15, and wherein upon dilution in de-ionised water to form a wash liquor at 10° C. temperature and at 1 g/L concentration has a pH profile such that: (i) 3 minutes after contact with water, the pH of the wash liquor is greater than 10; (ii) 10 mins after contact with water, the pH of the wash liquor is less than 9.5; (iii) 20 mins after contact with water, the pH of the wash liquor is less than 9.0; and (iv) optionally, wherein, the equilibrium pH of the wash liquor is in the range of from above 7.0 to 8.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventors: Alan Thomas Brooker, Neil Joseph Lant, Nigel Patrick Somerville Roberts, Colin Ure, Carly Pickering
  • Publication number: 20110015109
    Abstract: A solid laundry detergent composition having multiple catalysts and water-soluble electrolyte, wherein the ratio of (i) the total reduction in activation energy in kilojoules per mole achieved by the catalysts to (ii) the electrolytic strength of the laundry detergent composition at a concentration of 1 g/l in de-ionized water and at a temperature of 25° C. in mScm?1 laundry detergent composition is at least 300.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Alan Thomas Brooker, Nigel Patrick Somerville Roberts, Gregory Scot Miracle, Neil Joseph Lant, Philip Frank Souter, Mark Forrest, Colin Ure