Patents by Inventor Johan Smets

Johan Smets 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).

  • Publication number: 20260317658
    Abstract: A liquid composition including i) from 5% to 90% by weight of the composition of a nonionic material selected from the group consisting of non-ionic surfactants, non-aqueous organic solvents, and a mixture thereof; ii) from 1% to 50% by weight of the composition of perfume capsules, wherein the capsules have a core and a shell and wherein the shell surrounds the core; wherein the core includes a perfume, wherein the shell includes a polymeric material that is the reaction product of chitosan and a cross-linking agent system, iii) up to 25% by weight of the composition of water; and iv) less than 5% by weight of the composition of anionic surfactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2026
    Publication date: October 15, 2026
    Inventors: Mattia COLLU, Julien Christian LABIE, Pieter Jan Maria SAVEYN, Johan SMETS, Wouter WALRAVENS
  • Publication number: 20260308488
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to treatment compositions comprising particles and an adjunct ingredient, wherein the particles comprise a resin and one or more benefit agents, wherein the one or more benefit agents comprises a fragrance material, and the resin is selected from a rosin ester, a terpene polymer resin, or mixtures thereof, and the resin is made from at least one plant rosin acid linked to an alcohol by at least one ester bond, wherein the alcohol is selected from a linear sugar alcohol, a glycol, a triol or a mixture thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2026
    Publication date: October 8, 2026
    Inventors: Michele BAGLIONI, Piero BAGLIONI, Rachel Elisabetta CAMERINI, Mattia COLLU, Laura ORLANDINI, Johan SMETS, Cédric Marc TAHON, Monica TONELLI
  • Publication number: 20260308487
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a treatment composition comprising particles and an adjunct ingredient, wherein the particles comprise a rosin and one or more benefit agents, wherein the one or more benefit agents comprises a fragrance material. Said composition further comprises a non-ionic surfactant comprising an alkyl alkoxylated surfactant selected from an alkyl ethoxylated surfactant, an alkyl propoxylated surfactant or combinations thereof. Said alkyl alkoxylated surfactant comprises between 4 and 12 alkoxylate groups and has an alkyl chain of between 7 and 15 carbon atoms. Said composition is made by: mixing a rosin and one or more benefit agents to create a premix; contacting the premix with a water solution comprising a non-ionic surfactant to form a slurry; and using the slurry to produce said composition. Said composition can be used to treat fabrics: by obtaining a fabric to be washed; and contacting the fabric with a wash liquor, the wash liquor comprising said composition and water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2026
    Publication date: October 8, 2026
    Inventors: Michele BAGLIONI, Piero BAGLIONI, Rachel Elisabetta CAMERINI, Mattia COLLU, Laura ORLANDINI, Johan SMETS, Cédric Marc TAHON, Monica TONELLI
  • Publication number: 20260297474
    Abstract: A liquid composition including i) from 5% to 90% by weight of the composition of a nonionic material selected from the group consisting of non-ionic surfactants, non-aqueous organic solvents, and a mixture thereof; ii) from 1% to 50% by weight of the composition of perfume capsules, wherein the capsules have a core and a shell and wherein the shell surrounds the core wherein the core includes a perfume; iii) from 0.01% to 5% by weight of the composition of a polysaccharide-based cationic polymer; iv) up to 25% by weight of the composition of water; and v) less than 5% by weight of the composition of anionic surfactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2026
    Publication date: October 1, 2026
    Inventors: An PINTENS, Julien Christian LABIE, Pieter Jan Maria SAVEYN, Johan SMETS, Wouter WALRAVENS, Pierre Daniel VERSTRAETE
  • Patent number: 12747409
    Abstract: A solid dissolvable composition comprising a crystallizing agent, water, and a freshness benefit agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2026
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Matthew Lawrence Lynch, Brandon Philip Illie, Kristin Rhedrick Williams, Jocelyn Michelle McCullough, Jamie Lynn Dria, Johan Smets, Vighter Iberi, Karen Diana Hufford
  • Patent number: 12747418
    Abstract: A treatment composition that includes a treatment adjunct and a population of core/shell delivery particles, where the shell is made, at least in part, of chitosan treated with a redox initiator. Related methods of making and using such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2026
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Susana Fernandez Prieto, Ariel Lebron, Cédric Marc Tahon, Mattia Collu, Johan Smets, Linsheng Feng, Travis Ian Bardsley, Sonia Marcela Malagon Gomez, Meagan Marie Kochel
  • Patent number: 12747410
    Abstract: A low-water composition comprising a solid dissolvable composition domain having a crystallizing agent and a PEGC domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2026
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Matthew Lawrence Lynch, Brandon Philip Illie, Kristin Rhedrick Williams, Jocelyn Michelle McCullough, Pierre Daniel Verstraete, Andre Martim Barros, Mariana B. T. Cardoso, Johan Smets, Vighter Iberi, Karen Diana Hufford
  • Patent number: 12723218
    Abstract: A low-water composition comprising a solid dissolvable composition domain having a crystallizing agent and a PEGC domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Matthew Lawrence Lynch, Brandon Philip Illie, Kristin Rhedrick Williams, Jocelyn Michelle McCullough, Johan Smets, Vighter Iberi, Karen Diana Hufford
  • Publication number: 20260250603
    Abstract: A fabric care composition that includes quaternary ammonium ester material and a population of delivery particles, where the quaternary ammonium ester material includes triester quaternary ammonium material (“triester quats”), and where the shells of the delivery particles include a polymeric material that is the reaction product of a polyisocyanate and chitosan, preferably hydrolyzed chitosan. A method of treating a fabric with the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2026
    Publication date: August 27, 2026
    Inventors: Susana FERNANDEZ PRIETO, Cédric Marc TAHON, Johan SMETS, Linsheng FENG
  • Publication number: 20260242696
    Abstract: Liquid fabric care compositions that include certain fabric treatment adjuncts and/or water, where the compositions further include capsules characterized by substantially inorganic shells, for example silica-based shells. The present disclosure further relates to methods of making and using such compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2026
    Publication date: August 20, 2026
    Inventors: Andre Martim BARROS, Mariana B. T. CARDOSO, Johan SMETS, Steven Daryl SMITH, Pierre Daniel VERSTRAETE, Valerie WONG
  • Publication number: 20260167899
    Abstract: Consumer products that include treatment adjuncts and delivery particles having certain sizes, certain monomers (for example, multifunctional (meth)acrylate monomers), and certain core:wall polymer weight ratios. Methods related to the use and manufacture of such compositions, including methods of treating a surface, such as a fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2025
    Publication date: June 18, 2026
    Inventors: Johan SMETS, An PINTENS, Joana Andreia LAMEIRAS DOMINGUES, Fadi Selim CHAKAR, Linsheng FENG, Presley Genevie NEUMAN, Robert Stanley BOBNOCK
  • Patent number: 12655369
    Abstract: A solid dissolvable composition comprising a crystallizing agent, water, and a freshness benefit agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Matthew Lawrence Lynch, Brandon Philip Illie, Kristin Rhedrick Williams, Jocelyn Michelle McCullough, Jamie Lynn Dria, Pierre Daniel Verstraete, Andre Martim Barros, Mariana B. T. Cardoso, Johan Smets, Vighter Iberi, Karen Diana Hufford
  • Publication number: 20260146217
    Abstract: A composition including a plurality of particles and a process of making such particles, wherein the particles include: a water-soluble carrier, and a plurality of capsules dispersed in the water-soluble carrier, wherein the capsules comprise a core and a shell surrounding the core and the core includes a benefit agent; wherein the capsules are bio-based.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2025
    Publication date: May 28, 2026
    Inventors: Kristin Rhedrick WILLIAMS, Johan SMETS, Mattia COLLU, Peter DE NIES, Laura ORLANDINI
  • Patent number: 12630785
    Abstract: Liquid fabric care compositions that include certain fabric treatment adjuncts and/or water, where the compositions further include capsules characterized by substantially inorganic shells, for example silica-based shells. The present disclosure further relates to methods of making and using such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Andre Martim Barros, Mariana B. T. Cardoso, Johan Smets, Steven Daryl Smith, Pierre Daniel Verstraete, Valerie Wong
  • Patent number: 12624316
    Abstract: A treatment composition that includes a treatment adjunct and a population of core/shell delivery particles, where the shell is made from an acid-treated chitosan and a cross-linking agent, where the acid-treated chitosan results from treating chitosan with a weak acid, or even a mixture of a strong acid and a weak acid. Related methods of making and using such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Conny Erna Alice Joos, Johan Smets, Ariel Lebron, Jennifer Beth Allison, Mattia Collu, Susana Fernandez Prieto, Olav Pieter Dora Tony Keijzer, Linsheng Feng, Sonia Marcela Malagon Gomez, Meagan Marie Kochel
  • Patent number: 12624308
    Abstract: A biodegradable delivery particle having a benefit agent containing core and a shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: Encapsys, LLC
    Inventors: Susana Fernández Prieto, Valerie Francine Hans Eykens, Rita Del Pezzo, Johan Smets, Linsheng Feng, Fadi Selim Chakar, Travis Ian Bardsley, Robert Stanley Bobnock
  • Patent number: 12624312
    Abstract: A fabric care composition that includes quaternary ammonium ester material and a population of delivery particles, where the quaternary ammonium ester material includes triester quaternary ammonium material (“triester quats”), and where the shells of the delivery particles include a polymeric material that is the reaction product of a polyisocyanate and chitosan, preferably hydrolyzed chitosan. A method of treating a fabric with the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Susana Fernandez-Prieto, Cedric Marc Tahon, Johan Smets, Linsheng Feng
  • Patent number: 12624315
    Abstract: A consumer product composition that includes a population of delivery particles, where the delivery particles include a core and a polymer wall surrounding the core, the polymer wall being derived from (meth)acrylate monomers and at least one free radical initiator, and the core including a benefit agent such as perfume, where the core and the polymer wall are present in a weight ratio of from about 95:5 to about 99.5:0.5, and where the initiator is typically used at a certain level. Related methods of making and using such consumer product compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Johan Smets, An Pintens, Fadi Selim Chakar, Linsheng Feng, Presley Genevie Neuman, Robert Stanley Bobnock, Joana Andreia Lameiras Domingues, Raul Rodrigo-Gomez
  • Patent number: 12577510
    Abstract: A dryer sheet including: a nonwoven fibrous substrate; a fabric softener composition engaged with the nonwoven fibrous layer, wherein the fabric softener composition includes: a fabric softening active; a clay; and delivery particles including a core and a polymer wall surrounding the core; wherein the core includes: a benefit agent; and about 5% to about 55% partitioning modifier by weight of the of core; wherein the polymer wall includes a (meth)acrylate polymer derived, at least in part, from one or more oil-soluble or oil-dispersible multifunctional (meth)acrylate monomers or oligomers, the one or more oil-soluble or oil-dispersible multifunctional (meth)acrylate monomers or oligomers having at least three radical polymerizable functional groups, wherein at least one of the radical polymerizable groups is acrylate or methacrylate, wherein the core and the polymer wall are present at a weight ratio of from about 96:4 to about 99.5:0.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Emmy Holland Orf, Michael Paul Fontaine, Ahmadreza Ghobadi, Johan Smets
  • Publication number: 20260071153
    Abstract: A population of core/shell delivery particles, where the shell is made, at least in part, of a polymeric material that is the reaction product of chitosan and a cross-linking agent, where the chitosan is characterized by a particular weight average molecular weight, such as from 100 kDa to 600 kDa. Related methods of making and using such compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 12, 2026
    Applicant: Encapsys, LLC
    Inventors: Linsheng Feng, Ariel Lebron, Conny Erna Alice Joos, Susana Fernandez-Prieto, Olav Pieter Dora Tony Keijzer, Johan Smets, Mattia Collu