Patents by Inventor Marcel J. Gillis

Marcel J. Gillis 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).

  • Antistatic laundry detergent composition and processes therefor
    Patent number: 4968443
    Abstract: An antistatic particulate laundry detergent composition comprises synthetic organic detergent, preferably sodium linear dodecylbenzene or sodium linear tridecylbenzene sulfonate, inorganic and/or organic builder for the detergent, preferably sodium tripolyphosphate and/or zeolite builder, and higher alkyl or alkylbenzene hydroxyethyl imidazoline of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is an alkyl or alkylbenzene of 8 to 24 carbon atoms preferably stearyl, which detergent composition is of improved detergency due to the presence therein of the higher alkyl or alkylbenzene hydroxyethyl imidazoline antistat. In preferred detergent compositions of this type bentonite is desirably present for its fabric softening activity, and such activity is improved by the presence of the higher alkyl or alkylbenzene hydroxyethyl imidazoline, which also possesses fabric softening properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 6, 1990
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Pierre M. Lambert, Eduardo E. Puentes-Bravo, Marcel J. Gillis, Harold E. Wixon, Alain M. Gourgue, Genevieve P. Bonnechere