Patents by Inventor Daniel Wayne Smith

Daniel Wayne Smith 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).

  • Fabric care composition comprising fabric or skin beneficiating ingredient
    Patent number: 6620777
    Abstract: Stable fabric softening compositions are disclosed comprising: (a) a cationic softening compound; (b) a non-confined fragrance oil; (c) at least one fabric or skin beneficiating ingredient free of any water-insoluble polymer or non-polymeric carrier material and which beneficiating ingredient is contained within friable microcapsules comprising an aminoplast polymeric shell with the proviso that when the beneficiating ingredient is a fragrance oil, the fabric softening composition is prepared by adding sequentially or in combination (i) said non-confined fragrance oil of (b); and (ii) the encapsulated fragrance oil of (c) to said cationic softening compound in the absence of any suspending agent; and (d) balance water whereby the ordinary manipulation of fabric during wearing or handling is capable of rupturing the polymeric shell of said microcapsules to release said fabric or skin beneficiating ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Co.
    Inventors: Marija Heibel, Alain Jacques, Joseph Reul, Daniel Wayne Smith, Karen Drehs, Amjad Farooq
  • Fabric care composition comprising fabric or skin beneficiating ingredient
    Publication number: 20030045447
    Abstract: Stable fabric softening compositions are disclosed comprising:
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2001
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Inventors: Marija Heibel, Alain Jacques, Joseph Reul, Daniel Wayne Smith, Karen Drehs, Amjad Farooq