Patents by Inventor Kathleen Mary MCDONOUGH

Kathleen Mary MCDONOUGH 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).

  • Treatment compositions comprising cationic poly alpha-1,6-glucan ethers
    Patent number: 11905495
    Abstract: Treatment compositions, such as fabric care or dish care compositions, that include poly alpha-1,6-glucan ether compounds, which include poly alpha-1,6-glucans substituted with at least one positively charged organic group, the compounds being characterized by, for example, a degree of substitution of about 0.001 to about 3.0, and optionally, where about 3% or more of the backbone glucose monomer units have branches via alpha-1,2- and/or alpha-1,3-glycosidic linkages. Methods related to making and using such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark Robert Sivik, Carola Barrera, Kristine Lynn Fliter, Karel Jozef Maria Depoot, Wouter Walravens, Cedric Joseph Volont, Claire Rebecca Yates, Julie Ann Menkhaus, David Good, Gang Si, Ruth Chilton, Michael D. Gagnon, Brandon J. Burkhart, Helen Lu, Weiming Qiu, Kathleen Mary McDonough
  • LAUNDRY DETERGENT COMPOSITION COMPRISING POLYVINYL ALCOHOL ACETAL POLYMER
    Publication number: 20230279314
    Abstract: A laundry detergent composition can include a detersive surfactant and a polyvinyl acetal polymer having a structure including the structural units (I), (II) and (III):
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Jana Verena Margarethe HERZBERGER, Kathleen Mary MCDONOUGH, Kristine Lynn NIEHAUS, Pieter Jan Maria SAVEYN, Mark Robert SIVIK
  • PRODUCT COMPRISING POLY ALPHA 1,3-GLUCAN ESTERS
    Publication number: 20230116339
    Abstract: A laundry detergent composition includes: (i) detersive surfactant; and (ii) polyalpha-1,3-glucan compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Mark Robert SIVIK, Kristine Lynn FLITER, Kathleen Mary MCDONOUGH, Gang SI, David Good, Michael McDonnell, Zheng-Zheng Huang, Helen LU
  • TREATMENT COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING CATIONIC POLY ALPHA-1,6-GLUCAN ETHERS
    Publication number: 20210395649
    Abstract: Treatment compositions, such as fabric care or dish care compositions, that include poly alpha-1,6-glucan ether compounds, which include poly alpha-1,6-glucans substituted with at least one positively charged organic group, the compounds being characterized by, for example, a degree of substitution of about 0.001 to about 3.0, and optionally, where about 3% or more of the backbone glucose monomer units have branches via alpha-1,2- and/or alpha-1,3-glycosidic linkages. Methods related to making and using such compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Mark Robert SIVIK, Carola BARRERA, Kristine Lynn FLITER, Karel Jozef Maria DEPOOT, Wouter WALRAVENS, Cedric Joseph VOLONT, Claire Rebecca YATES, Julie Ann MENKHAUS, David GOOD, Gang SI, Ruth CHILTON, Michael D. GAGNON, Brandon J. BURKHART, Helen LU, Weiming QIU, Kathleen Mary MCDONOUGH