Patents by Inventor Janet Sue Littig

Janet Sue Littig 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: 6953485
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substrate comprising fabric, the substrate treated with a composition comprising: a) formaldehyde; b) polyethylene glycol having a molecular weight of from about 700 gm/mol to about 2500 gm/mol; and c) an acid catalyst; wherein the treated substrate has at least three enhanced fabric benefits, said benefits selected from the group consisting of: i) durable press; ii) hand feel; iii) anti-abrasion; iv) anti-shrinkage; and v) anti-yellowing. The present invention further relates to a system and a process for providing a substrate having the above described enhanced fabric benefits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2005
    Assignee: Strike Investments, LLC
    Inventors: Robb Richard Gardner, Janet Sue Littig, Mark Robert Sivik
  • Publication number: 20050026793
    Abstract: Compositions, articles and methods are provided for supplying fabric care benefits to clothing or fabrics in an automated washing machine and by manual washing. The fabric care compositions preferably have less than about 5% detergent surfactants, more preferably less than 3%, even more preferably less than 1% and are most preferably free of detergent surfactants. Similarly, the fabric care compositions preferably have less than about 5% fabric softener actives, more preferably less than 3%, even more preferably less than 1% and are most preferably free of detergent surfactants. The laundry articles can take a variety of forms in a variety of physical states all of which will rapidly dispense a unitized amount of one or more selected fabric care agents to a wash and/or rinse bath solution during the laundering process under a variety of conditions. The invention also pertains to laundry kits that contain a variety of such articles and instructions concerning their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventors: Debra Caswell, Robert Welch, Mark Ridyard, Edward Sayers, David William York, Daniel Dufton, Simon Howe, Johan Eshuis, Angelina Pena-Romero, Christophe Laudamiel-Pellet, Wundriari Hoffmann, George Endel Deckner, Errol Hoffman Wahl, Ruth Anne Murphy, Charles Albert Hensley, Toan Trinh, Jiten Odhavji Dihora, Ellen Schmidt Baker, Janet Sue Littig, Timothy James Schroeder, Steven Louis Diersing, Malcolm McClaren Dodd, Lois Sara Gallon
  • Publication number: 20040259762
    Abstract: The present invention relates to anti-wrinkle fabric treatment compositions comprising:
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Shulin Larry Zhang, Janet Sue Littig, Arturo Luis Casado-Dominguez
  • Patent number: 6818610
    Abstract: The present invention relates to anti-wrinkle fabric treatment compositions comprising: a) from about 0.01% to about 20% by weight, of a cationic silicone polymer or copolymer having the formula: [CAP]—Zm—[CAP]  wherein each Z unit comprises at least one secondary, tertiary, or quaternary amino moiety, or mixtures thereof; [CAP] is a backbone termination or truncation unit; m is from 1 to 50. b) from about 1% to about 30% by weight, of a scavenger effective in scavenging compounds comprising an anionic unit; and c) the balance a carrier system. In addition, the present invention relates to fabric rinse additive compositions comprising: a) from about 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Shulin Larry Zhang, Janet Sue Littig, Arturo Luis Casado-Dominguez
  • Patent number: 6753307
    Abstract: A detergent composition comprising from about 4% to about 70% of a surfactant, and from about 0.05% to about 10% of a dye maintenance polymer or oligomer having at least three net positive chages per molecule. The dye maintenance polymer should have a Dye Maintenance Parameter, as determined by the Dye Maintenance Parameter Test defined herein, of greater than about 0.23. Further, the dye maintenance polymer is not a polyethyleneimine or alkoxylated derivative thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Sherri Lynn Randall, Janet Sue Littig, Eugene Paul Gosselink, David William Bjorkquist
  • Patent number: 6733538
    Abstract: The present invention relates to laundry detergent compositions providing dye protection benefits to fabric comprising: a) from about 4% to about 70% by weight, of a surfactant; b) from about 0.01% by weight, of a dye maintenance polymer or oligomer, said polymer or copolymer comprising one or more linearly polymerizing monomers, cyclically polymerizing monomers, and mixtures thereof; and c) the balance carriers and adjunct ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Sherri Lynn Randall, Janet Sue Littig, Eugene Paul Gosselink, David William Bjorkquist
  • Patent number: 6642200
    Abstract: A composition comprising A) from about 0.1% by weight of a polymer, copolymer, or mixtures thereof, said polymer or copolymer comprising one or more monomers having a cationic group and which is capable of attenuating and/or abating the loss of fabric dye; and B) the balance carriers and adjunct ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Shulin Larry Zhang, Janet Sue Littig, Neil James Gordon
  • Publication number: 20030104969
    Abstract: Compositions, articles and methods are provided for supplying fabric care benefits to clothing or fabrics in an automated washing machine and by manual washing. The fabric care compositions preferably have less than about 5% detergent surfactants, more preferably less than 3%, even more preferably less than 1% and are most preferably free of detergent surfactants. Similarly, the fabric care compositions preferably have less than about 5% fabric softener actives, more preferably less than 3%, even more preferably less than 1% and are most preferably free of detergent surfactants. The laundry articles can take a variety of forms in a variety of physical states all of which will rapidly dispense a unitized amount of one or more selected fabric care agents to a wash and/or rinse bath solution during the laundering process under a variety of conditions. The invention also pertains to laundry kits that contain a variety of such articles and instructions concerning their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2001
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Inventors: Debra Sue Caswell, Robert Gary Welch, Mark William Ridyard, Edward Sayers, David William York, Daniel James Dufton, Simon Howe, Johan Eshuis, Angelina Pena-Romero, Christophe Laudamiel-Pellet, Wundriari Hoffman, George Endel Deckner, Errol Hoffman Wahl, Ruth Anne Murphy, Charles Albert Hensley, Toan Trinh, Jiten Odhavji Dihora, Ellen Schmidt Baker, Janet Sue Littig, Timothy James Schroeder, Steven Louis Diersing, Malcolm McClaren Dodd, Lois Sara Gallon
  • Patent number: 6573228
    Abstract: The present invention relates to laundry detergent compositions which can optionally comprise bleach, said compositions comprising a fabric enhancement system, said fabric enhancement system comprising one or more modified polyamine compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Janet Sue Littig, Dieter Boeckh, Oliver Borzyk, Michael Ehle, Frederick Anthony Hartman, John Cort Severns, Shulin Zhang
  • Publication number: 20030096728
    Abstract: The present invention relates to anti-wrinkle fabric treatment compositions comprising:
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Shulin Larry Zhang, Janet Sue Littig, Arturo Luis Casado-Dominguez
  • Patent number: 6566323
    Abstract: The present invention relates to laundry detergent compositions which can optionally comprise bleach, said compositions comprising from about 0.01% to about 10% by weight, of a polyalkyleneimine. These detergent compositions provide fabric appearance benefits inter alia mitigation of fabric damage via bleaching agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Janet Sue Littig, Dieter Boeckh, Oliver Borzyk, Michael Ehle, Frederick Anthony Hartman, John Cort Severns, Shulin Zhang
  • Patent number: 6551986
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fabric enhancement compositions which provide reduced fabric abrasion damage. The compositions of the present invention comprise from about 0.01% by weight, of a fabric enhancement system, a softening active, and the balance carriers and adjunct ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Janet Sue Littig, Dieter Boeckh, Oliver Borzyk, Michael Ehle, Frederick Anthony Hartman, John Cort Severns, Shulin Zhang
  • Patent number: 6544296
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substrate comprising fabric, the substrate treated with a composition comprising: a) an aldehyde, said aldehyde a mono-functional aldehyde, a di-functional aldehyde, or mixtures thereof; b) a polyethylene glycol having the formula: R(OCH2CH2)xOR  wherein R is hydrogen, C1-C4 alkyl, and mixtures thereof, and the index x has a value of 15 to 45; c) an acid catalyst; and d) optionally, a surface modifying agent; wherein the treated substrate has at least three enhanced fabric benefits, said benefits selected from the group consisting of: i) durable press; ii) hand feel; iii) anti-abrasion; iv) anti-shrinkage; and v) anti-yellowing. The present invention further relates to a system and a process for providing a substrate having the above described enhanced fabric benefits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: The Proctor & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robb Richard Gardner, Janet Sue Littig, Mark Robert Sivik
  • Patent number: 6531438
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fabric care compositions which comprise low molecular weight linear or cyclic polyamines which provide the compositions with addition fabric enhancement benefits inter alia fabric softness, fabric integrity, fabric appearance, fabric lubricity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Janet Sue Littig, Dieter Boeckh, Oliver Borzyk, Serge Gabriel Pierre Roger Cauwberghs, Michael Ehle, Neil James Gordon, Frederick Anthony Hartman, Soren Hildebrandt, Jurgen Alfred Lux, Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Mark Robert Sivik, William Conrad Wertz, Christian Leo Marie Vermote
  • Patent number: 6525013
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fabric care and laundry detergent compositions which comprise low molecular weight modified and unmodified amines which provide enhanced fabric appearance benefits. The low molecular weight polyamines of the present invention which mitigate fabric damage and improve fabric appearance are preferably polypropyleneimines having three or four backbone amino units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Janet Sue Littig, Dieter Boeckh, Oliver Borzyk, Serge Gabriel Pierre Roger Cauwberghs, Michael Ehle, Neil James Gordon, Frederick Anthony Hartman, Sören Hildebrandt, Jürgen Alfred Lux, Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Mark Robert Sivik, William Conrad Wertz, Christian Leo Marie Vermote
  • Publication number: 20020104169
    Abstract: The present invention relate to a manufacturing process for providing fabric with an enhanced fabric benefit, said process comprising the steps of contacting fabric with a composition in the form of an aqueous emulsion, said composition comprising:
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark Robert Sivik, Janet Sue Littig, Ellen Schmidt Baker, Brent Alan Kolb
  • Publication number: 20020002126
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substrate comprising fabric, the substrate treated with a composition comprising:
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2001
    Publication date: January 3, 2002
    Inventors: Robb Richard Gardner, Janet Sue Littig, Mark Robert Sivik
  • Publication number: 20010049244
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substrate comprising fabric, the substrate treated with a composition comprising:
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2001
    Publication date: December 6, 2001
    Inventors: Robb Richard Gardner, Janet Sue Littig, Mark Robert Sivik
  • Patent number: 6277796
    Abstract: The present invention relates to dryer-activated fabric softening compositions comprising: (A) pro-perfume acetal compounds; (B) fabric softening compounds; and (C) optionally, (1) a carboxylic acid salt of a tertiary amine and/or a tertiary amine ester; and (2) a nonionic softener; wherein, preferably, the Iodine Value of the total number of fatty acyl groups present in (A), (C)(1), and (C)(2) is from about 3 to about 60. These compositions exhibit good antistatic properties as well as improved delivery from a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark Robert Sivik, Jill Bonham Costa, Daniel Dale Ditullio, Jr., John Michael Gardlik, Frederick Anthony Hartman, Janet Sue Littig, Rafael Ortiz, John Cort Severns, Toan Trinh
  • Patent number: 6245732
    Abstract: A laundry agent delivery particle and granular compositions including the particle are provided. The particle comprises a porous carrier selected from the group consisting of Zeolite X, Zeolite Y and mixtures thereof with the porous carrier including a number of pore openings. The laundry release inhibitor is then incorporated into the porous carrier so that the cross-sectional area of the release inhibitor is larger than the cross-sectional area of the pore openings of the porous carrier. The laundry release inhibitor includes the residue of a deliverable agent such as a perfume component. The deliverable agent is then entrapped in the porous carrier until the release inhibitor is hydrolyzed thereby releasing the deliverable agent and allowing it to escape from the porous carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: The Procter Gamble Co.
    Inventors: Lois Sara Gallon, Janet Sue Littig