Patents by Inventor Mark Robert Sivik

Mark Robert Sivik 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).

  • Patent number: 11781093
    Abstract: Laundry additive compositions that include a metal sequestration agent and that may be characterized by an acidic pH. Related methods of treating a fabric, for example with a wash liquor and a rinse liquor, with such compositions and/or agents. Uses of such laundry additive compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sarah Ann Delaney, Sol Melissa Escobar, Renae Dianna Fossum, Mark Robert Sivik
  • Publication number: 20230313445
    Abstract: Active agent-containing articles, for example fibrous structures, that exhibit consumer acceptable article in-use properties, such as article peel strength, flexibility, article dimensions, and/or dissolvability, and methods for making same are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Stephen Robert GLASSMEYER, Michael Sean PRATT, Gregory Charles GORDON, Mark Robert SIVIK, Paul Thomas WEISMAN
  • Publication number: 20230304216
    Abstract: Active agent-containing articles, for example fibrous structures, that exhibit consumer acceptable article in-use properties, such as article peel strength, flexibility, and/or dissolvability, and methods for making same are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Sean PRATT, Stephen Robert GLASSMEYER, Gregory Charles GORDON, Mark Robert SIVIK, Paul Thomas WEISMAN
  • Publication number: 20230287148
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to poly alpha-1,6-glucan ester compounds comprising poly alpha-1,6-glucan substituted with at least one ester group as defined herein and having a degree of substitution of about 0.001 to about 3.0. The poly alpha-1,6-glucan comprises a backbone of glucose monomer units wherein greater than or equal to 40% of the glucose monomer units are linked via alpha-1,6 glycosidic linkages, and optionally at least 5% of the backbone glucose monomer units have branches via alpha-1,2 and/or alpha-1,3 glycosidic linkages. Compositions comprising a poly alpha-1,6-glucan ester compound can be useful in various applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: ZHENGZHENG HUANG, DOUGLAS J. ADELMAN, JEAN-POL BOUTIQUE, RUTH CHILTON, NEIL THOMAS FAIRWEATHER, KRISTI LYNN FLITER, HELEN S.M. LU, MARK ROBERT SIVIK, GANG SI, DAVID GOOD
  • Patent number: 11753745
    Abstract: Fibrous elements containing one or more fibrous element-forming materials and one or more polyethylene oxides, and methods for making same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark Robert Sivik, Mark William Hamersky, Paul R. Mort, III, Jose Manuel Montenegro-Alvarado, Seth Edward Lindberg
  • Patent number: 11753608
    Abstract: Described herein is a household care composition, which delivers active agents onto fabric, in the form of a water-soluble unit dose article comprising a water-soluble fibrous structure and an encapsulated perfume composition, as well as methods for making the article and methods for treating fabrics using the article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark Robert Sivik, Theresa Anne Buehler, Frank William Denome
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20230272312
    Abstract: A method of making a non-fibrous laundry detergent sheet can include dispensing a microcapsule onto a precursor non-fibrous laundry detergent sheet, wherein the precursor non-fibrous laundry detergent sheet can include: (a) at least one surfactant; (b) at least one film former; and (c) a thickness ranging from 0.1 mm to 10 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Hongsing TAN, Ming TANG, Mark Robert SIVIK, Frank William DENOME
  • Patent number: 11732216
    Abstract: A laundry care or dish care composition can include a poly alpha-1,6-glucan derivative, wherein the poly alpha-1,6-glucan derivative includes: (i) a poly alpha-1,6-glucan backbone of glucose monomer units, wherein greater than or equal to 40% of the glucose monomer units are linked via alpha-1,6 glycosidic linkages, and optionally at least 5% of the backbone glucose monomer units have branches via alpha-1,2 and/or alpha-1,3 glycosidic linkages; and (ii) at least one hydrophobic organic group linked to the poly alpha-1,6-glucan backbone through an ether (—O—) linkage moiety; wherein, the poly alpha-1,6-glucan backbone has a weight average degree of polymerization of at least 5; wherein, the poly alpha-1,6-glucan derivative has a degree of substitution of ether linkage moiety of from 0.20 to 1.00; wherein the poly alpha-1,6-glucan derivative is substantially free from hydrophilic substitution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark Robert Sivik, Kristine Lynn Fliter, Neil Thomas Fairweather, Gang Si, David Good, Helen Lu, Weiming Qiu
  • Publication number: 20230242842
    Abstract: The present invention relates to treatment compositions containing polymer systems that provide stability and benefit agent deposition as well as methods of making and using same. Such treatment compositions may be used for example as through the wash and/or through the rinse fabric enhancers as well as unit dose treatment compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Mark Robert SIVIK, Travis Kyle HODGDON, Stephanie Ann URBIN, Alessandro (NMN) CORONA, III, Jocelyn Michelle MCCULLOUGH, Robert Richard DYKSTRA, Denise Malcuit BELANGER, Richard Timothy HARTSHORN, Nicholas David VETTER, Tessa XUAN, Renae Dianna FOSSUM, Reinhold Joseph LEYRER, Gledison FONSECA, Volodymyr BOYKO, Aaron FLORES-FIGUEROA
  • Patent number: 11708542
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to products including a polysaccharide derivative wherein the polysaccharide derivative includes a polysaccharide substituted with at least one of: a) at least one sulfate group; b) at least one sulfonate group; c) at least one thiosulfate group; or d) a combination thereof; wherein the polysaccharide is poly alpha-1,3-glucan, poly alpha-1,6-glucan, poly alpha-1,3-1,6-glucan, or a mixture thereof; and the polysaccharide derivative has a degree of substitution of about 0.001 to about 3. The products can be useful as anti-deposition and/or anti-graying agents in laundry detergents, and in home care applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark Robert Sivik, Zhengzheng Huang, Helen S. M. Lu, Rakesh Nambiar, Jayme L. Paullin
  • Patent number: 11697905
    Abstract: Active agent-containing articles, for example fibrous structures, that exhibit consumer acceptable article in-use properties, such as article peel strength, flexibility, article dimensions, and/or dissolvability, and methods for making same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Stephen Robert Glassmeyer, Michael Sean Pratt, Gregory Charles Gordon, Mark Robert Sivik, Paul Thomas Weisman
  • Patent number: 11697904
    Abstract: Active agent-containing articles, for example fibrous structures, that exhibit consumer acceptable article in-use properties, such as article peel strength, flexibility, and/or dissolvability, and methods for making same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael Sean Pratt, Stephen Robert Glassmeyer, Gregory Charles Gordon, Mark Robert Sivik, Paul Thomas Weisman
  • Patent number: 11697906
    Abstract: Active agent-containing articles, for example fibrous structures, that exhibit consumer acceptable article in-use properties, such as flexibility, article dimensions, and/or dissolvability, and product-shipping assemblies for containing the same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Paul Thomas Weisman, Frank William Denome, Stephen Robert Glassmeyer, Michael Sean Pratt, Gregory Charles Gordon, Mark Robert Sivik
  • Publication number: 20230212325
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to poly alpha-1,6-glucan derivatives comprising poly alpha-1,6-glucan substituted with at least one organic group linked to the poly alpha-1,6-glucan through a linkage moiety selected from ether, sulfonyl, carbonate, or carbamoyl/carbamate, and having a degree of substitution of about 0.001 to about 3.0. The poly alpha-1,6-glucan comprises a backbone of glucose monomer units wherein greater than or equal to 40% of the glucose monomer units are linked via alpha-1,6 glycosidic linkages, and optionally at least 5% of the backbone glucose monomer units have branches via alpha-1,2 and/or alpha-1,3 glycosidic linkages. Compositions comprising a poly alpha-1,6-glucan derivative can be useful in various applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: ZHENGZHENG HUANG, DOUGLAS J. ADELMAN, NEIL THOMAS FAIRWEATHER, KRISTI LYNN FLITER, DAVID GOOD, HELEN S.M. LU, WEIMING QIU, GANG SI, MARK ROBERT SIVIK
  • Patent number: 11680232
    Abstract: A method of making a non-fibrous laundry detergent sheet can include dispensing a microcapsule onto a precursor non-fibrous laundry detergent sheet, wherein the precursor non-fibrous laundry detergent sheet can include: (a) at least one surfactant; (b) at least one film former; and (c) a thickness ranging from 0.1 mm to 10 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Hong Sing Tan, Ming Tang, Mark Robert Sivik, Frank William Denome
  • Publication number: 20230151550
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to fibrous structures including active agents and having a graphic printed thereon. In some embodiments, a nonwoven web may include a fibrous structure comprising filaments. In turn, the filaments may include filament forming material, and an active agent releasable from the filaments when exposed to conditions of intended use. In addition, a graphic may be printed directly onto the fibrous structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Paul Thomas Weisman, Hui Yang, Alrick Vincent Warner, Andreas Josef Dreher, Mark Robert Sivik
  • Patent number: 11643618
    Abstract: The present invention relates to treatment compositions containing polymer systems that provide stability and benefit agent deposition as well as methods of making and using same. Such treatment compositions may be used for example as through the wash and/or through the rinse fabric enhancers as well as unit dose treatment compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark Robert Sivik, Travis Kyle Hodgdon, Stephanie Ann Urbin, Alessandro Corona, III, Jocelyn Michelle McCullough, Robert Richard Dykstra, Denise Malcuit Belanger, Richard Timothy Hartshorn, Nicholas David Vetter, Tessa Xuan, Renae Dianna Fossum, Reinhold Joseph Leyrer, Gledison Fonseca, Volodymyr Boyko, Aaron Flores-Figueroa
  • Publication number: 20230116102
    Abstract: A laundry care or dish care composition including a poly alpha glucan derivative, wherein the poly alpha glucan derivative includes: (i) a poly alpha glucan backbone of glucose monomer units, wherein greater than or equal to 40% of the glucose monomer units are linked via alpha-1,3 glycosidic linkages, or a combination of alpha-1,3 and alpha-1,6 glycosidic linkages, and optionally at least 5% of the backbone glucose monomer units have branches via alpha-1,2 glycosidic linkages; and (ii) at least one organic group linked to the poly alpha glucan backbone through a linkage moiety; wherein, the poly alpha glucan backbone has a weight average degree of polymerization of from 51 to 150; and wherein, the poly alpha glucan derivative has a degree of substitution of linkage moiety of from 0.001 to 3.00.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Mark Robert SIVIK, Kristine Lynn FLITER, Neil Thomas FAIRWEATHER, Gang SI, Zheng-Zheng Huang, Helen Lu, Douglas Adelman
  • 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