Patents by Inventor Ivan Maurice Alfons Jan Herbots

Ivan Maurice Alfons Jan Herbots 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).

  • Patent number: 7928055
    Abstract: A fabric enhancer comprising: at least one fabric softening active, wherein said at least one fabric softening active comprises a plurality of particles comprising an intensity weighted particle size distribution wherein greater than about 95% of said plurality of particles have a size below about 170 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Yonas Gizaw, Francesc Corominas, Alessandro Corona, III, Marc Johan Declercq, Hugo Jean Marie Demeyere, Ivan Maurice Alfons Jan Herbots, Andreas Leopold, Matthew Lawrence Lynch, Raul Victorino Nunes, Ke-ming Quan, Alice Marie Ward
  • Patent number: 6734155
    Abstract: Cleaning compositions, including laundry, dishwashing, hard surface cleaner, oral/dental cleaning compositions, comprising an oxidoreductase with an &agr;/&bgr;-hydrolase fold and a catalytic triad consisting of the amino acid residues serine, histidine and aspartic acid, which provide effective and efficient cleaning of colored and/or everyday body stains and/or soils and the sanitization of treated surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ivan Maurice Alfons Jan Herbots, Alfred Busch
  • Patent number: 6492316
    Abstract: Cleaning compositions, including laundry, dishwashing, hard surface and/or oral/dental compositions comprising a cytochrome, particularly cytochrome P450. Said compositions provide effective and efficient cleaning of colored and/or everyday body stains and/or soils and provide sanitization of the treated surfaces. When formulated into a laundry detergent composition, the present invention provides fabric realistic item cleaning and enhanced whitening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ivan Maurice Alfons Jan Herbots, Alfred Busch
  • Patent number: 6486112
    Abstract: The present invention relates to laundry detergent compositions, comprising a saccharide gum degrading enzyme, providing excellent cleaning performance, especially food stain/soil removal, dingy cleaning and whiteness benefits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Philippe Bettiol, Steven Paul Georges Cooremans, Kevin Robert Johnstone, Kotikanyadanam Sreekrishna, Charles Winston Saunders, Ivan Maurice Alfons Jan Herbots, André Cesar Baeck
  • Patent number: 6380145
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cleaning compositions, including laundry, fabric care, dishwashing, hard surface cleaner, oral/dental cleaning compositions, comprising a polyphenol/heterocyclic substrate based oxygenase, which provide effective and efficient cleaning of coloured and everyday body stains and/or soils and provides sanitisation of the treated surfaces. Furthermore, the cleaning compositions of the present invention provide fabric realistic items cleaning and whitening performance while providing excellent fabric colour safety when formulated as a laundry detergent composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Inventors: Ivan Maurice Alfons Jan Herbots, Mary Vijayarani Barnabas, Jean-Luc Philippe Bettiol, Alfred Busch
  • Patent number: 6251845
    Abstract: The present invention relates to detergent compositions, including laundry, fabric care, dishwashing, and hard surface cleaner compositions, comprising an oxygenase directed to body soils, which provide effective and efficient cleaning of everyday body stains and/or soils and provide sanitisation of the treated surfaces. Furthermore, the detergent compositions of the present invention provide substantive fabric realistic items cleaning and whitening performance when formulated as a laundry detergent composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ivan Maurice Alfons Jan Herbots, Alfred Busch
  • Patent number: 6204234
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cleaning compositions, including laundry, dishwashing, hard surface cleaner, oral/dental cleaning compositions, comprising a proteinic substrate based oxygenase, which provide effective and efficient cleaning of proteic based stains and/or soils such as protein containing food stains/soils and everyday body soils and provide sanitisation of the treated surfaces. Furthermore, the cleaning compositions of the present invention provide fabric realistic items cleaning and whitening performance when formulated as a laundry detergent composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: The Proctor & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ivan Maurice Alfons Jan Herbots, Alfred Busch
  • Patent number: 6113655
    Abstract: The present invention relates to detergent compositions comprising a pectinesterase, including dishwashing, hard surface cleaning, and laundry compositions. The compositions are useful for significant overall cleaning performance and stain/soil removal benefits. In particular, the compositions are useful for removal of body, plant, fruit juice, and vegetable juice soils and stains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Shuichi Tsunetsugu, Rosa Laura Moese, Andre Cesar Baeck, Ivan Maurice Alfons Jan Herbots
  • Patent number: 6030933
    Abstract: The present invention relates to detergent compositions comprising one or more enzymes which are immobilized by a covalent binding on an activated polymer. Such enzymes are preferably bound to the activated polymer via a spacer molecule. The enzymes are selected from a variety of enzymes including, for example, cellulases, hemicellulases, peroxidases, proteases, glucoamylases, amylases, lipases, cutinases, pectinases, reductases, oxidases, phenoloxidases, lipoxygenases, laccases, ligninases, pullulanases, xylanases, tannases, pentosanases, manlanases, .beta.-glucanases, arabinosidases, and mixtures thereof. The polymer is selected from a variety of polymers. A preferred polymer for use in the present invention is polyethylene glycol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ivan Maurice Alfons Jan Herbots, Madeleine Petronella Jansen, Andre Cesar Baeck, Jean Wevers
  • Patent number: 5883066
    Abstract: The present invention is a liquid detergent composition containing anionic surfactant and cellulase. Said composition further comprises hydrophobic amines as cellulase stabilizers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ivan Maurice Alfons Jan Herbots, Madeleine Petronella Jansen