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).

  • Delivery Particles
    Publication number: 20180360706
    Abstract: The present application relates to encapsulated benefit agents, compositions comprising such encapsulated benefit agents and processes for making and using compositions comprising such encapsulated benefit agents. Such encapsulated benefit agents eliminate or minimize one or more of the drawbacks of current encapsulated benefit agents and thus provide formulators with additional perfume delivery opportunities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Jiten Odhavji Dihora, Johan Smets, Todd Arlin Schwantes, Peggy Dorothy Sands
  • Perfume systems
    Patent number: 10144903
    Abstract: The present application relates to perfume delivery systems and consumer products comprising perfume delivery systems and or perfume raw materials, as well as processes for making and using such perfume delivery systems and consumer products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Benjamin Amorelli, Michael G. Monteleone, Adam P. Closson, Anthony T. Levorse, Jr., Nicole O'Keefe, Gary J. Mertz, Feng Geng, Tingwei Cai, Edward Mark Arruda, Anubhav P. S. Narula, Robert P. Belko, James Anthony Lasome, Heedong Yun, Richard A. Weiss, Takashi Sasaki, Johan Smets, Hugo Robert Germain Denutte, An Pintens, Isabelle Guimet
  • Fragrance compositions and uses thereof
    Patent number: 10138441
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition having improved or enhanced fidelity and/or longevity of the fragrance profile, comprising fragrance materials in a diamond construction and at least one substantially non-odorous fragrance modulator. The invention also relates to methods of use of the compositions for perfuming suitable substrates, including hard surfaces and body parts, particularly skin and hair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Lynette Anne Makins Holland, Christelle Marie Sandrine Bonnet, Fabienne Pastor, Jose Maria Velazquez Mendoza, Jonathan Richard Stonehouse, William Eoghan Staite, David Thomas Stanton, Oreste Todini, Stephen Robert Schofield, Sarah Kyakyo Kanyunyuzi Nyakana, Susana Fernandez Prieto, Johan Smets, Jeffrey John Scheibel, Isabelle Guimet
  • Benefit agent delivery particle
    Patent number: 10092485
    Abstract: The present invention relates to benefit agent containing delivery particles, compositions comprising said particles, and processes for making and using the aforementioned particles and compositions. When employed in compositions, for example, cleaning or fabric care compositions, such particles increase the efficiency of benefit agent delivery, thereby allowing reduced amounts of benefit agents to be employed. In addition to allowing the amount of benefit agent to be reduced, such particles allow a broad range of benefit agents to be employed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Inventors: Johan Smets, An Pintens, Laura Orlandini, Dorothy Peggy Sands
  • FABRIC SOFTENER COMPOSITION COMPRISING ENCAPSULATED BENEFIT AGENT
    Publication number: 20180265811
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid fabric softener compositions comprising a quaternary ammonium ester softening active, cellulose fibers, and benefit agent capsules comprising a core and a shell encapsulating said core, wherein said shell comprises polyacrylate polymer, as well as methods of treating fabric and using same. Such liquid fabric softener compositions provide similar deposition of different types of fabric material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Susana FERNANDEZ PRIETO, Johan SMETS, Pieter Jan Maria SAVEYN, Laura ORLANDINI
  • PROCESS FOR DRYING FABRICS
    Publication number: 20180265817
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a process for drying wet fabrics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Nea Janette LINTULA, Jean-Pol BOUTIQUE, Johan SMETS, Karel Jozef Maria DEPOOT, Pascale Claire Annick VANSTEENWINCKEL
  • Consumer Product Compositions Comprising Microcapsules
    Publication number: 20180265827
    Abstract: A consumer product composition comprises a consumer product adjunct ingredient, a microcapsule, and deposition polymer disposed on an outer surface of the microcapsule. The deposition polymer has a Water Uptake Value (WUV) of at least about 2 grams per gram, as determined according to the WATER UPTAKE VALUE TEST METHOD. The microcapsule comprises a shell material encapsulating a core material, wherein the shell material comprises a polyacrylate and the core material comprises a benefit agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroshi Oh, Dorothy A Hall, Pierre Verstraete, Olivier Fasbender, Johan Smets
  • METHODS FOR MAKING ENCAPSULATE-CONTAINING PRODUCT COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20180265823
    Abstract: Methods relating to making product compositions that include encapsulates and borate compounds, where the encapsulates include polyvinyl alcohol polymer. Compositions made from such methods. Encapsulate slurries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Xinbei SONG, Corey James KENNEALLY, Eugene Steven SADLOWSKI, Jeffrey John SCHEIBEL, Johan SMETS, Pascale Claire Annick VANSTEENWINCKEL
  • Benefit agent containing delivery particle composition
    Publication number: 20180265818
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions of benefit agent containing delivery particles and slurries comprising benefit agent containing delivery particles, compositions comprising said particles, and processes for making and using the aforementioned particles and compositions. Such slurries and benefit agent containing delivery particles are stable and when employed in compositions, for example, cleaning or fabric care compositions, the particles in such slurries increase the efficiency of benefit agent delivery, thereby allowing reduced amounts of benefit agents to be employed. In addition to allowing the amount of benefit agent to be reduced, such particles allow a broad range of benefit agents to be employed. The compositions can comprise particles, cakes, powders, particulates, aggregates, aggregate clusters and slurries comprising the benefit agent containing delivery particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: Encapsys,LLC
    Inventors: Johan Smets, Corey James Kenneally, Ariel Lebron, Pascale Claire Annick Vansteenwinckel, Robert Stanley Bobnock, Peggy Dorothy Sands, Todd Arlin Schwantes, Chad Alexander Hladilek
  • METHODS FOR MAKING ENCAPSULATE-CONTAINING PRODUCT COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20180265824
    Abstract: Methods relating to making product compositions that include encapsulates, borate compounds, and a cationic polysaccharide, where the encapsulates include polyvinyl alcohol polymer. Compositions made from such methods. Encapsulate slurries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Xinbei SONG, Johan SMETS, Pascale Claire Annick VANSTEENWINCKEL, Jeffrey John SCHEIBEL
  • Consumer Product Compositions Comprising Microcapsules
    Publication number: 20180264425
    Abstract: A consumer product composition comprises a consumer product adjunct ingredient, a microcapsule, and chitosan disposed on an outer surface of the microcapsule. The chitosan has a weight average molecular weight of at least about 100 kDa and/or a degree of deacetylation of at least about 60%. The microcapsule comprises a shell material encapsulating a core material, wherein the shell material comprises a polyacrylate and the core material comprises a benefit agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Pierre Verstraete, Olivier Fasbender, Hiroshi OH, Dorothy A Hall, Johan Smets
  • LIQUID LAUNDRY DETERGENT COMPOSITION COMPRISING A CORE/SHELL ENCAPSULATE
    Publication number: 20180265816
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid laundry detergent compositions comprising core/shell encapsulates, water-soluble unit dose articles comprising said encapsulates and methods of using said compositions and unit dose articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Nea Janette LINTULA, Jean-Pol BOUTIQUE, Johan SMETS, Laura ORLANDINI, Robby Renilde Francois KEULEERS
  • PERFUME SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20180258371
    Abstract: The present application relates to perfume raw materials, perfume delivery systems and consumer products comprising such perfume raw materials and/or such perfume delivery systems, as well as processes for making and using such perfume raw materials, perfume delivery systems and consumer products. Such perfume raw materials and compositions, including the delivery systems, disclosed herein expand the perfume communities' options as such perfume raw materials can provide variations on character and such compositions can provide desired odor profiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Johan SMETS, Hugo Robert Germain DENUTTE, An PINTENS, Koen VAN AKEN, Freek Annie Camiel VRIELYNCK
  • PERFUME SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20180230398
    Abstract: The present application relates to perfume raw materials, perfume delivery systems and consumer products comprising such perfume raw materials and/or such perfume delivery systems, as well as processes for making and using such perfume raw materials, perfume delivery systems and consumer products. Such perfume raw materials and compositions, including the delivery systems, disclosed herein expand the perfume communities' options as such perfume raw materials can provide variations on character and such compositions can provide desired odor profiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Hugo Robert Germain DENUTTE, An PINTENS, Johan SMETS, Freek Annie Camiel VRIELYNCK, Koen VAN AKEN
  • FABRIC SOFTENER COMPOSITION HAVING IMPROVED VISCOSITY STABILITY
    Publication number: 20180179470
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fabric softener compositions as well as the methods of making and using same. Such liquid fabric softener compositions comprise a quaternary ammonium ester fabric softening active, cellulose fibers and dispersed perfume. Such fabric softener compositions exhibit viscosity stability while also delivering the softening benefits that are desired by consumers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Pieter Jan Maria SAVEYN, Susana FERNANDEZ PRIETO, Dries VAES, Evelyne Johanna Lutgarde VAN HECKE, Laura ORLANDINI, Johan SMETS
  • FABRIC SOFTENER COMPOSITION HAVING IMPROVED DISPENSING PROPERTIES
    Publication number: 20180179472
    Abstract: The present invention relates to thickened liquid fabric softener compositions as well as the methods of making and using same. Such thickened, structured liquid fabric softener compositions comprise a quaternary ammonium ester fabric softening active and cellulose fibers. Such fabric softener compositions provide softening benefits, phase stability, and easy dosing that are desired by consumers while minimizing the formation of dispenser residues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Pieter Jan Maria SAVEYN, Susana FERNANDEZ PRIETO, Dries VAES, Evelyne Johanna Lutgarde VAN HECKE, Laura ORLANDINI, Johan SMETS
  • Fragrance Compositions and Uses Thereof
    Publication number: 20180180391
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition having improved or enhanced fidelity and/or longevity of the fragrance profile, comprising fragrance materials in a diamond construction and at least one substantially non-odorous fragrance modulator. The invention also relates to methods of use of the compositions for perfuming suitable substrates, including hard surfaces and body parts, particularly skin and hair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Lynette Anne Makins Holland, Christelle Marie Sandrine Bonnet, Fabienne Pastor, Jose Maria Velazquez Mendoza, Jonathan Richard Stonehouse, William Eoghan Staite, David Thomas Stanton, Oreste Todini, Stephen Robert Schofield, Sarah Kyakyo Kanyunyuzi Nyakana, Susana Fernandez Prieto, Johan Smets, Jeffrey John Scheibel, Isabelle Guimet
  • Perfume systems
    Patent number: 9994793
    Abstract: The present application relates to perfume raw materials, perfume delivery systems and consumer products comprising such perfume raw materials and/or such perfume delivery systems, as well as processes for making and using such perfume raw materials, perfume delivery systems and consumer products. Such perfume raw materials and compositions, including the delivery systems, disclosed herein expand the perfume communities' options as such perfume raw materials can provide variations on character and such compositions can provide desired odor profiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Johan Smets, Hugo Robert Germain Denutte, An Pintens, Koen Van Aken, Freek Annie Camiel Vrielynck
  • Encapsulates
    Patent number: 9994801
    Abstract: The present application relates to perfume compositions, delivery systems comprising such perfumes products comprising such perfumes and/or delivery systems, and processes for making and using same. Such perfumes and delivery systems provide improved perfume performance under high soil conditions and in cold water washing and a shell that at least partially surrounds said core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Hugo Robert Germain Denutte, Jonathan Richard Clare, Javier Medina, Philip Andrew Cunningham, Johan Smets, Laura Orlandini
  • Delivery particles
    Patent number: 9993793
    Abstract: The present application relates to encapsulated benefit agents, compositions comprising such encapsulated benefit agents and processes for making and using compositions comprising such encapsulated benefit agents. Such encapsulated benefit agents eliminate or minimize one or more of the drawbacks of current encapsulated benefit agents and thus provide formulators with additional perfume delivery opportunities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jiten Odhavji Dihora, Johan Smets, Todd Arlin Schwantes