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).

  • 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
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11624156
    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: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Paul Thomas Weisman, Hui Yang, Alrick Vincent Warner, Andreas Josef Dreher, Mark Robert Sivik
  • Publication number: 20230106704
    Abstract: The composition relates to a laundry care or dish care composition including 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 organic group linked to the poly alpha-1,6-glucan backbone through a carbonate (—OCOO—) linkage moiety; wherein the poly alpha-1,6-glucan backbone has a weight average degree of polymerization of at least 5; and wherein the poly alpha-1,6-glucan derivative has a degree of substitution of carbonate linkage moiety of from 0.20 to 1.00.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Gang SI, Mark Robert SIVIK, Helen LU
  • Publication number: 20230075745
    Abstract: Filaments that contain a filament-forming material and an additive, nonwoven webs, and methods for making such filaments are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Gregory Charles Gordon, Robert Wayne Glenn, Mark Robert Sivik, Mark Ryan Richards, Stephen Wayne Heinzman, Michael David James, Geoffrey William Reynolds, Paul Dennis Trokhan, Paul Thomas Weisman, Alyssandrea Hope Hamad-Ebrahimpour, Frank William Denome, Stephen Joseph Hodson
  • Publication number: 20230071436
    Abstract: Described are effervescent dissolvable solid structures having fibers formed from a composition comprising surfactant and water soluble polymeric structurant, having a total dissolvable solid structure density of from about 0.100 g/cm3 to about 0.380 g/cm3, having a surfactant dose of from about 0.5 to about 2.0 g, and a surfactant density of from about 0.1 g/cm3 to about 0.3 g/cm3. Also described are processes for manufacturing the Dissolvable Solid Structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Sean Pratt, Jennifer Elaine Hilvert, Pamela Ann Keune, Alessandra Massa, Melanie Anne Kay, Mark William Hamersky, Mark Robert Sivik
  • Patent number: 11591453
    Abstract: Fibrous structures, for example sanitary tissue products, containing a plurality of filaments that employ one or more filament-forming materials, such as one or more hydroxyl polymers, and one or more hueing agents, present within the filaments such that the fibrous structures exhibit a Whiteness Index of greater than 72 as measured according to the Whiteness Index Test Method described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gregory Charles Gordon, Jacqueline Besinaiz Thomas, Elaine Marie Suszcynsky-Meister, Mark Robert Sivik, Gregory Scot Miracle
  • Publication number: 20230058562
    Abstract: Product-shipping assembly containing a plurality of water-soluble articles are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Paul Thomas WEISMAN, Frank William DENOME, Stephen Robert GLASSMEYER, Michael Sean PRATT, Gregory Charles GORDON, Mark Robert SIVIK
  • Patent number: 11584901
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to compositions comprising a polysaccharide derivative, wherein the polysaccharide derivative comprises a polysaccharide substituted with a) at least one hydrophobic group, and b) at least one hydrophilic group, wherein the polysaccharide is poly alpha-1,3-glucan, poly alpha-1,6-glucan, or poly alpha-1,3-1,6-glucan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: NUTRITION & BIOSCIENCES USA 4, INC.
    Inventors: Zhengzheng Huang, Helen S. M. Lu, Weiming Qiu, Mukesh C. Shah, Steven W. Shuey, Mark Robert Sivik, Kristi Lynn Fliter
  • Publication number: 20230045856
    Abstract: A liquid hand dishwashing detergent composition containing cationic poly alpha-1,6-glucan ether compound, methods of making the liquid hand dishwashing detergent compositions, and methods of using said liquid hand dishwashing detergent compositions, which provide improved rinsing, solution feel, and finished product viscosity control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Mark Robert SIVIK, Pieter Jan Maria SAVEYN, Evelyne Johanna Lutgarde VAN HECKE
  • Publication number: 20230043452
    Abstract: Fabric conditioning compositions that include a poly alpha-1,3-glucan ether compound and depositable actives, where the poly alpha-1,3-glucan ether compound may be characterized by certain molecular weights and degrees of cationic substitution. Related methods of using and making such compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Carola BARRERA, Mark Robert SIVIK, Kristine Lynn FLITER, Helen S.M. LU, Weiming QIU
  • Patent number: 11555163
    Abstract: The need for a liquid hand dishwashing cleaning composition that is less hazy, while also provides reduced surface tension between the detergent composition and the soiled plate, and hence improvements in cleaning, is met when the liquid hand dishwashing cleaning composition is formulated with a surfactant system and a polyvinyl alcohol having a degree of hydrolysis of from about 40% to about 86%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Karl Ghislain Braeckman, Pieter Jan Maria Saveyn, Mark Robert Sivik, Evelyne Johanna Lutgarde Van Hecke
  • Publication number: 20220403558
    Abstract: Natural polymer-based fibrous elements including a modified polymer derived from a natural polymer and a surfactant, method for making such natural polymer-based fibrous elements and methods for making such fibrous structures are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Mark William Hamersky, Mark Robert Sivik, John David Sadler, Luke Andrew Zannoni
  • Patent number: 11529292
    Abstract: Described are effervescent dissolvable solid structures having fibers formed from a composition comprising surfactant and water soluble polymeric structurant, having a total dissolvable solid structure density of from about 0.100 g/cm3to about 0.380 g/cm3, having a surfactant dose of from about 0.5 to about 2.0 g, and a surfactant density of from about 0.1 g/cm3 to about 0.3 g/cm3. Also described are processes for manufacturing the Dissolvable Solid Structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael Sean Pratt, Jennifer Elaine Hilvert, Pamela Ann Keune, Alessandra Massa, Melanie Anne Kay, Mark William Hamersky, Mark Robert Sivik
  • Patent number: 11505379
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a container system comprising a flat package, which has walls that define an interior space, and at least one fibrous water-soluble unit dose article in the interior space, where the fibrous water-soluble unit dose article comprises household care active agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Girish Jagannath, Grace Catherine Cook, Mark Robert Sivik, Sun-Jan Alan Huang, Reginald Edward Crutcher, II, Frank William Denome
  • Publication number: 20220364021
    Abstract: A detergent composition can include a cleaning composition including: (a) linear alkyl benzene sulphonate surfactant; (b) alkyl ethoxylated sulphate surfactant; and (c) alkoxylated polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Mark Robert SIVIK, Kristine Lynn FLITER, Robert Edward Shumate, Stephen Anthony Derose, Gang Si, Michael McDonnell, Sophia Rose Ebert, Bjoern Ludolph
  • Publication number: 20220356416
    Abstract: A cleaning composition can include: (a) linear alkyl benzene sulphonate surfactant; (b) alkyl ethoxylated sulphate surfactant; and (c) alkoxylated polymer, wherein the alkoxylated polymer includes a core structure selected from sugar alcohol including at least 4 hydroxy moieties, wherein at least one of the hydroxy moieties of the core structure is modified with an alkylene oxide moiety selected from ethylene oxide (EO), propylene oxide (PO), butylene oxide (BO) and mixtures thereof, and wherein at least one of the hydroxy moieties derived from the alkylene oxide moiety is further substituted with an amino functional group, wherein the weight ratio of non-soap surfactant to polymer is greater than 4.0:1, and wherein the weight ratio of linear alkyl benzene sulphonate surfactant to alkyl ethoxylated sulphate surfactant is less than 2.0:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Mark Robert SIVIK, Kristine Lynn Fliter, Robert Edward Shumate, Stephen Anthony DeRose, Gang Si, Michael McDonnell, Bjoern Ludolph, Sophia Rosa Ebert
  • Publication number: 20220323309
    Abstract: Described are effervescent dissolvable solid structures having fibers formed from a composition comprising surfactant and water soluble polymeric structurant, having a total dissolvable solid structure density of from about 0.100 g/cm3to about 0.380 g/cm3, having a surfactant dose of from about 0.5 to about 2.0 g, and a surfactant density of from about 0.1 g/cm3 to about 0.3 g/cm3. Also described are processes for manufacturing the Dissolvable Solid Structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Sean Pratt, Jennifer Elaine Hilvert, Pamela Ann Keune, Alessandra Massa, Melanie Anne Kay, Mark William Hamersky, Mark Robert Sivik
  • Patent number: 11434586
    Abstract: Filaments that contain a filament-forming material and an additive, nonwoven webs, and methods for making such filaments are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gregory Charles Gordon, Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr., Mark Robert Sivik, Mark Ryan Richards, Stephen Wayne Heinzman, Michael David James, Geoffrey William Reynolds, Paul Dennis Trokhan, Paul Thomas Weisman, Alyssandrea Hope Hamad-Ebrahimpour, Frank William Denome, Stephen Joseph Hodson
  • Patent number: 11395789
    Abstract: Described are effervescent dissolvable solid structures having fibers formed from a composition comprising surfactant and water soluble polymeric structurant, having a total dissolvable solid structure density of from about 0.100 g/cm3 to about 0.380 g/cm3, having a surfactant dose of from about 0.5 to about 2.0 g, and a surfactant density of from about 0.1 g/cm3 to about 0.3 g/cm3. Also described are processes for manufacturing the Dissolvable Solid Structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael Sean Pratt, Jennifer Elaine Hilvert, Pamela Ann Keune, Alessandra Massa, Melanie Anne Kay, Mark William Hamersky, Mark Robert Sivik