Patents by Inventor Douglas Robert Watson
Douglas Robert Watson 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: 12415974Abstract: A unit dose multi-purpose cleaner concentrate product includes from 4 grams to 50 grams in mass of a concentrated cleaning composition encased in a water soluble film. The concentrated cleaning compositions include at least one cleaning solvent and at least one surfactant. The concentrated cleaning composition further includes a disinfecting agent, an antimicrobial agent as a preservative, or both. A total weight percentage of the at least one cleaning solvent and the at least one surfactant, expressed on an anhydrous basis, is at least 50% of the weight of the unit dose multi-purpose cleaner concentrate product. Methods of cleaning surfaces using the unit dose multi-purpose cleaner concentrate product are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2021Date of Patent: September 16, 2025Assignee: Korex Canada CompanyInventor: Douglas Robert Watson
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Patent number: 12252673Abstract: A unit dose glass cleaner concentrate product includes from 5 grams to 50 grams of a concentrated glass cleaning composition encased in a water soluble film. The concentrated glass cleaning composition includes at least one cleaning solvent and at least one surfactant. The total weight percentage of the cleaning solvents and surfactants, expressed on an anhydrous basis, is at least 50% of the weight of the unit dose window cleaner concentrate product. The unit dose glass cleaner concentrate product can be added to a container and diluted to produce a glass cleaning solution.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2021Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: KOREX CANADA COMPANYInventors: Douglas Robert Watson, Sanford Pensler
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Patent number: 12071599Abstract: An article includes a unit dose packet of a concentrated cleaning composition for cleaning laundry. The concentrated cleaning composition comprising a nonionic surfactant, fatty acid methyl ester sulfonate, fatty acid soap, one or a plurality of enzymes, and a solvent system. The cleaning composition is compatible with polyvinyl alcohol film. The unit dose packet includes the concentrated laundry cleaning composition disposed in a single chamber, dual chamber, or multi-chamber unit dose packet having a total weight of the concentrated cleaning composition of from 15 grams to 30 grams.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2021Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: KOREX CANADA COMPANYInventor: Douglas Robert Watson
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Publication number: 20220154100Abstract: An article includes a unit dose packet of a concentrated cleaning composition for cleaning laundry. The concentrated cleaning composition comprising a nonionic surfactant, fatty acid methyl ester sulfonate, fatty acid soap, one or a plurality of enzymes, and a solvent system. The cleaning composition is compatible with polyvinyl alcohol film. The unit dose packet includes the concentrated laundry cleaning composition disposed in a single chamber, dual chamber, or multi-chamber unit dose packet having a total weight of the concentrated cleaning composition of from 15 grams to 30 grams.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2021Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: Korex Canada CompanyInventor: Douglas Robert Watson
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Patent number: 11299693Abstract: A dishwasher composition includes at least one strong chelant, at least one weak chelant, at least one surfactant, and at least one enzyme. The dishwasher composition can be a liquid or a gel and has a pH of from 7.0 to 9.5 and may contain less than 1 wt. % silicates based on the total weight of the dishwasher composition. Methods of washing articles include preparing a wash solution that includes water and the dishwasher composition, and contacting at least one article with the washing solution during at least a portion of a wash cycle of a commercially-available dishwasher.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: KOREX CANADA COMPANYInventor: Douglas Robert Watson
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Publication number: 20210277338Abstract: A unit dose multi-purpose cleaner concentrate product includes from 4 grams to 50 grams in mass of a concentrated cleaning composition encased in a water soluble film. The concentrated cleaning compositions include at least one cleaning solvent and at least one surfactant. The concentrated cleaning composition further includes a disinfecting agent, an antimicrobial agent as a preservative, or both. A total weight percentage of the at least one cleaning solvent and the at least one surfactant, expressed on an anhydrous basis, is at least 50% of the weight of the unit dose multi-purpose cleaner concentrate product. Methods of cleaning surfaces using the unit dose multi-purpose cleaner concentrate product are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2021Publication date: September 9, 2021Applicant: Korex Canada CompanyInventor: Douglas Robert Watson
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Publication number: 20210230519Abstract: A unit dose glass cleaner concentrate product includes from 5 grams to 50 grams of a concentrated glass cleaning composition encased in a water soluble film. The concentrated glass cleaning composition includes at least one cleaning solvent and at least one surfactant. The total weight percentage of the cleaning solvents and surfactants, expressed on an anhydrous basis, is at least 50% of the weight of the unit dose window cleaner concentrate product. The unit dose glass cleaner concentrate product can be added to a container and diluted to produce a glass cleaning solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Applicant: Korex Canada CompanyInventors: Douglas Robert Watson, Sanford Pensler
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Publication number: 20200362268Abstract: A dishwasher composition includes at least one strong chelant, at least one weak chelant, at least one surfactant, and at least one enzyme. The dishwasher composition can be a liquid or a gel and has a pH of from 7.0 to 9.5 and may contain less than 1 wt. % silicates based on the total weight of the dishwasher composition. Methods of washing articles include preparing a wash solution that includes water and the dishwasher composition, and contacting at least one article with the washing solution during at least a portion of a wash cycle of a commercially-available dishwasher.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2020Publication date: November 19, 2020Applicant: Korex Canada CompanyInventor: Douglas Robert Watson
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Patent number: 10767140Abstract: A dishwasher composition includes at least one strong chelant, at least one weak chelant, a structural constituent, at least one surfactant, and a primary polymer. The primary polymer includes a copolymer having sulfonic acid monomer units and monomer units comprising one or more supplemental monomers, wherein the primary polymer comprises from 10 wt. % to 50 wt. % sulfonic acid monomer units and has a weight average molecular weight of less than or equal to 20,000 g/mol. The dishwasher composition can be a liquid or a gel and has a pH of from 7.0 to 9.5. Methods of washing articles include preparing a wash solution that includes water and the dishwasher composition, and contacting at least one article with the washing solution during at least a portion of a wash cycle of a commercially-available dishwasher.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2018Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Korex Canada CompanyInventor: Douglas Robert Watson
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Patent number: 10316277Abstract: A unit dose laundry composition includes from 1 wt. % to 10 wt. % of one or more coated enzymes, from 1 wt. % to 40 wt. % of a bleach composition comprising an oxidizing agent and one or more bleach activators, from 15 wt. % to 80 wt. % of a surfactant composition, and one or more of an alkaline compound, a detergent builder, a chelant, or a polymer composition. The unit dose laundry composition is in the form of a powder, which has a bulk density of from 500 g/L to 1300 g/L, encapsulated a polymer film. A method of making the unit dose laundry composition includes combining one or more liquid active components with one or more high absorbing solid active components to produce a powder intermediate which may be blended with other solid components.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2016Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: KOREX CANADA COMPANYInventor: Douglas Robert Watson
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Publication number: 20190161706Abstract: A dishwasher composition includes at least one strong chelant, at least one weak chelant, a structural constituent, at least one surfactant, and a primary polymer. The primary polymer includes a copolymer having sulfonic acid monomer units and monomer units comprising one or more supplemental monomers, wherein the primary polymer comprises from 10 wt. % to 50 wt. % sulfonic acid monomer units and has a weight average molecular weight of less than or equal to 20,000 g/mol. The dishwasher composition can be a liquid or a gel and has a pH of from 7.0 to 9.5. Methods of washing articles include preparing a wash solution that includes water and the dishwasher composition, and contacting at least one article with the washing solution during at least a portion of a wash cycle of a commercially-available dishwasher.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2018Publication date: May 30, 2019Applicant: Korex Canada CompanyInventor: Douglas Robert Watson
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Publication number: 20170175056Abstract: A unit dose laundry composition includes from 1 wt. % to 10 wt. % of one or more coated enzymes, from 1 wt. % to 40 wt. % of a bleach composition comprising an oxidizing agent and one or more bleach activators, from 15 wt. % to 80 wt. % of a surfactant composition, and one or more of an alkaline compound, a detergent builder, a chelant, or a polymer composition. The unit dose laundry composition is in the form of a powder, which has a bulk density of from 500 g/L to 1300 g/L, encapsulated a polymer film. A method of making the unit dose laundry composition includes combining one or more liquid active components with one or more high absorbing solid active components to produce a powder intermediate which may be blended with other solid components.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2016Publication date: June 22, 2017Applicant: Korex Canada CompanyInventor: Douglas Robert Watson