Patents by Inventor Jayne Michelle Bird

Jayne Michelle Bird 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).

  • SHADING COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20110072595
    Abstract: The present invention provides a laundry treatment composition comprising a cationic azine dye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2009
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventors: Stephen Norman Batchelor, Jayne Michelle Bird, Susan Barbara Joyce
  • Shading composition
    Patent number: 7902139
    Abstract: A laundry treatment composition comprising: (i) from 2 to 70 wt % of a surfactant, and from 0.0001 to 0.1 wt % of an azine dye, wherein the dye is of the following core structure (I), wherein Ra, Rb, Rc, and Rd are selected from: H, an branched or linear C1 to C7-alkyl chain, benzyl a phenyl, and a naphthyl; the dye is substituted with at least one SO3? or —COO? group; the B ring does not carry a negatively charged group or salt thereof; and the A ring may further substituted to form a naphthyl; the dye is optionally substituted by groups selected from: amine, methyl, ethyl, hydroxyl, methoxy, ethoxy, phenoxy, Cl, Br, I, F, and NO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Conopco Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Norman Batchelor, Jayne Michelle Bird
  • TRIPHENODIOXAZINE DYES
    Publication number: 20100197555
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the use of a blue or violet triphenodioxazine direct dye in a laundry composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2008
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventors: Stephen Norman Batchelor, Jayne Michelle Bird
  • SHADING COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20100115707
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the use of pigment and dye combinations for enhanced whiteness of fabrics during laundering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Stephen Norman Batchelor, Jayne Michelle Bird, Sarah Dixon, Sue Joyce
  • Laundry treatment compositions
    Publication number: 20090223003
    Abstract: The present invention provides a treatment composition comprising a hydrophobic dye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Inventors: Stephen Norman Batchelor, Jayne Michelle Bird
  • Shading Composition
    Publication number: 20090217467
    Abstract: A laundry treatment composition comprising: (i) from 2 to 70 wt % of a surfactant, and from 0.0001 to 0.1 wt % of an azine dye, wherein the dye is of the following core structure (I), wherein Ra, Rb, Rc, and Rd are selected from: H, an branched or linear C1 to C7-alkyl chain, benzyl a phenyl, and a naphthyl; the dye is substituted with at least one SO3? or —COO? group; the B ring does not carry a negatively charged group or salt thereof; and the A ring may further substituted to form a naphthyl; the dye is optionally substituted by groups selected from: amine, methyl, ethyl, hydroxyl, methoxy, ethoxy, phenoxy, Cl, Br, I, F, and NO2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Inventors: Stephen Norman Batchelor, Jayne Michelle Bird
  • Liquid Whitening Maintenance Composition
    Publication number: 20090118155
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid laundry liquid detergent formulation comprising a dye that reduces precipitation of the dye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2007
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Stephen Norman Batchelor, Jayne Michelle Bird, Carol Meacock, Dawn Rigby, Jacqueline Williams