Patents by Inventor Michelle A. Meek

Michelle A. Meek 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: 20160333294
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to benefit agent delivery particles containing at least one benefit agent and at least one cellulosic polymer. The disclosure further relates to compositions containing benefit agent delivery particles and processes for making and using such compositions. The disclosure further relates to methods of imparting a benefit delivery capability to a cleaning composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Michelle MEEK, Philip Frank SOUTER, Susana FERNANDEZ PRIETO, Johan SMETS, Mohan Gopalkrishna KULKARNI, Parshuram Gajanan SHUKLA, Aruna Narayan BOTE, Arun Savalaram JADHAV
  • Patent number: 9493730
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cleaning compositions comprising variants of an alpha-amylase having improved stability to chelating agents relative to its parent enzyme and cleaning processes comprising such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michelle Meek, Philip Frank Souter, Lindsay Suzanne Bewick, Allan Svendsen, Annette Helle Johansen, Mads Eskelund Bjoernvad, Frank Winther Rasmussen, Michael Skjoet, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Jens Oebro, Svend Kaasgaard, Lars Beier
  • Publication number: 20160122691
    Abstract: The present application relates to nil phosphate and nil borate cleaning compositions comprising a protease cleaning system and a wetting agent, and processes for making and using such compositions. Such compositions offer improved enzyme stability in product and a consumer desirable cleaning profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Michelle MEEK, Philip Frank SOUTER, Garry Steven GARRETT, Charles Winston SAUNDERS, Nancy L. REEDER, Brian Xiaoqing SONG, Brian Lee KEITH
  • Publication number: 20150353873
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to benefit agent delivery particles containing at least one benefit agent and at least one cellulosic polymer. The disclosure further relates to compositions containing benefit agent delivery particles and processes for making and using such compositions. The disclosure further relates to methods of imparting a benefit delivery capability to a cleaning composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Michelle MEEK, Philip Frank SOUTER, Susana FERNANDEZ PRIETO, Johan SMETS, Mohan Gopalkrishna KULKARNI, Parshuram Gajanan SHUKLA, Aruna Narayan BOTE, Arun Savalaram JADHAV
  • Publication number: 20150094250
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to benefit agent delivery particles containing at least one benefit agent and at least one cellulosic polymer. The disclosure further relates to compositions containing benefit agent delivery particles and processes for making and using such compositions. The disclosure further relates to methods of imparting a benefit delivery capability to a cleaning composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Michelle MEEK, Philip Frank SOUTER, Susana FERNANDEZ PRIETO, Johan SMETS, Mohan Gopalkrishna KULKARNI, Parshuram Gajanan SHUKLA, Aruna Narayan BOTE, Arun Savalaram JADHAV
  • Publication number: 20140274862
    Abstract: The present application relates to nil phosphate and nil borate cleaning compositions comprising a protease cleaning system and a wetting agent, and processes for making and using such compositions. Such compositions offer improved enzyme stability in product and a consumer desirable cleaning profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michelle MEEK, Philip Frank SOUTER, Garry Steven GARRETT, Charles Winston SAUNDERS, Nancy L. REEDER, Brian Xiaoqing SONG, Brian Lee KEITH
  • Publication number: 20140249066
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to benefit agent delivery particles containing at least one benefit agent and at least one cellulosic polymer. The disclosure further relates to compositions containing benefit agent delivery particles and processes for making and using such compositions. The disclosure further relates to methods of imparting a benefit delivery capability to a cleaning composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michelle MEEK, Philip Frank SOUTER, Susana FERNANDEZ PRIETO, Johan SMETS, Mohan Gopalkrishna KULKARNI, Parshuram Gajanan SHUKLA, Aruna Narayan BOTE, Arun Savalaram JADHAV
  • Patent number: 8716208
    Abstract: A solid particulate laundry detergent composition including: (a) polyethylene glycol polymer including a polyethylene glycol backbone and polyvinyl acetate side chains, wherein the average molecular weight of the polyethylene glycol backbone is in the range of from 4,000 Da to 8,000 Da, wherein the molecular weight ratio of the polyethylene glycol backbone to the polyvinyl acetate side chains is in the range of from 1:1.2 to 1:2, and wherein the average number of graft sites per ethylene oxide units is in the range of from 0.2 to 0.4; (b) amylase with greater than 90% identity to the AA560 alpha amylase endogenous to Bacillus sp. DSM 12649 and including: (i) mutations at one or more of positions 9, 149, 182, 186, 202, 257, 295, 299, 323, 339 and 345; and (ii) mutations at four or more of positions 118, 183, 184, 195, 320 and 458; and (c) laundry detergent ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michelle Meek, Philip Frank Souter, Neil Joseph Lant, Alan Thomas Brooker, Nigel Patrick Somerville Roberts
  • Patent number: 8697623
    Abstract: An automatic dishwashing detergent composition comprising by weight of the composition: a) at least 9% of coated bleach particles the particles having a coating comprising at least 5% by weight of the particle of an efflorescent material; b) at least 0.5% of granulates containing active enzyme wherein the granulates comprise efflorescent material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Philip Frank Souter, Nigel Patrick Somerville Roberts, Michelle Meek, Jose David Baez Chavez, Mohammed Badrulhisham Bahari
  • Publication number: 20140073547
    Abstract: A detergent composition containing: (a) peptidoglycan-digesting enzyme having an amino acid sequence identity of at least 80% to the amino acid SEQ ID NO: 1, 2 or 3; (b) detersive surfactant; and a detergent ingredient selected from the group consisting of: (c) perfume microcapsule; (d) a builder system that is: (i) substantially free of phosphate builder; (ii) substantially free of zeolite builder; and (iii) optionally, substantially free of silicate salt; (e) protease system comprising: (i) protease; and (ii) stabiliser system selected from the group consisting of: borate, polyol, 4-formylphenylboronic acid, encapsulating material, and any mixture thereof; and (f) any mixture thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Inventors: Michelle MEEK, Lindsay Suzanne Bewick, Philip Frank Souter
  • Patent number: 8580721
    Abstract: A solid particulate laundry detergent composition including: (a) substituted cellulosic polymer including carboxymethyl substituent groups, and having a degree of substitution (DS) of at least 0.55, and having a degree of blockiness (DB) of at least 0.35, and having a DS+DB is in the range of from 1.05 to 2.00; (b) amylase with greater than 90% identity to the AA560 alpha amylase endogenous to Bacillus sp. DSM 12649 and including: (i) mutations at one or more of positions 9, 149, 182, 186, 202, 257, 295, 299, 323, 339 and 345; and (ii) mutations at four or more of positions 118, 183, 184, 195, 320 and 458; and (c) laundry detergent ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michelle Meek, Philip Frank Souter, Neil Joseph Lant, Alan Thomas Brooker, Nigel Patrick Somerville Roberts
  • Publication number: 20110212876
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cleaning compositions comprising variants of an alpha-amylase having improved stability to chelating agents relative to its parent enzyme and cleaning processes comprising such compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventors: Michelle MEEK, Philip Frank Souter, Lindsay Suzanne Bewick, Allan Svendsen, Annette Helle Johansen, Mads Eskelund Bjoernvad, Frank Winther Rasmussen, Michael Skjoet, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Jens Oebro, Svend Kaasgaard, Lars Beier
  • Publication number: 20110212873
    Abstract: A solid particulate laundry detergent composition including: (a) substituted cellulosic polymer including carboxymethyl substituent groups, and having a degree of substitution (DS) of at least 0.55, and having a degree of blockiness (DB) of at least 0.35, and having a DS+DB is in the range of from 1.05 to 2.00; (b) amylase with greater than 90% identity to the AA560 alpha amylase endogenous to Bacillus sp. DSM 12649 and including: (i) mutations at one or more of positions 9, 149, 182, 186, 202, 257, 295, 299, 323, 339 and 345; and (ii) mutations at four or more of positions 118, 183, 184, 195, 320 and 458; and (c) laundry detergent ingredients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventors: Michelle Meek, Philip Frank Souter, Neil Joseph Lant, Alan Thomas Brooker, Nigel Patrick Somerville Roberts
  • Publication number: 20110212874
    Abstract: A solid particulate laundry detergent composition including: (a) co-bleach particle including bleach activator, source of hydrogen peroxide and optionally bleach catalyst; (b) amylase with greater than 90% identity to the AA560 alpha amylase endogenous to Bacillus sp. DSM 12649 and including: (i) mutations at one or more of positions 9, 149, 182, 186, 202, 257, 295, 299, 323, 339 and 345; and (ii) mutations at four or more of positions 118, 183, 184, 195, 320 and 458; and (c) laundry detergent ingredients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventors: Michelle Meek, Philip Frank Souter, Neil Joseph Lant, Alan Thomas Brooker, Nigel Patrick Somerville Roberts
  • Publication number: 20110212872
    Abstract: A solid particulate laundry detergent composition including: (a) polyethylene glycol polymer including a polyethylene glycol backbone and polyvinyl acetate side chains, wherein the average molecular weight of the polyethylene glycol backbone is in the range of from 4,000 Da to 8,000 Da, wherein the molecular weight ratio of the polyethylene glycol backbone to the polyvinyl acetate side chains is in the range of from 1:1.2 to 1:2, and wherein the average number of graft sites per ethylene oxide units is in the range of from 0.2 to 0.4; (b) amylase with greater than 90% identity to the AA560 alpha amylase endogenous to Bacillus sp. DSM 12649 and including: (i) mutations at one or more of positions 9, 149, 182, 186, 202, 257, 295, 299, 323, 339 and 345; and (ii) mutations at four or more of positions 118, 183, 184, 195, 320 and 458; and (c) laundry detergent ingredients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventors: Michelle Meek, Philip Frank Souter, Neil Joseph Lant, Alan Thomas Brooker, Nigel Patrick Somerville Roberts
  • Publication number: 20110053820
    Abstract: An automatic dishwashing detergent composition comprising by weight of the composition: a) at least 9% of coated bleach particles the particles having a coating comprising at least 5% by weight of the particle of an efflorescent material; b) at least 0.5% of granulates containing active enzyme wherein the granulates comprise efflorescent material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: Philip Frank Souter, Nigel Patrick Somerville Roberts, Michelle Meek, Jose David Baez Chavez, Mohammed Badrulhisham Bahari
  • Publication number: 20110021408
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to benefit agent delivery particles containing at least one benefit agent and at least one cellulosic polymer. The disclosure further relates to compositions containing benefit agent delivery particles and processes for making and using such compositions. The disclosure further relates to methods of imparting a benefit delivery capability to a cleaning composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Michelle Meek, Phillip Frank Souter, Susana Fernandez Prieto, Johan Smets, Mohan Gopalkrishna Kulkarni, Parshuram Gajanan Shukla, Aruna Narayan Bote, Arun Savalaram Jadhav
  • Publication number: 20110009306
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to benefit agent delivery particles containing at least one benefit agent and at least one cellulosic polymer. The disclosure further relates to fabric care compositions containing benefit agent delivery particles and processes for making and using such compositions. The disclosure further relates to methods of imparting a benefit delivery capability to a fabric care composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Michelle Meek, Philip Frank Souter, Susana Fernandez Prieto, Johan Smets, Mohan Gopalkrishna Kulkarni, Parshuram Gajanan Shukla, Aruna Narayan Bote, Arun Savalaram Jadhav
  • Publication number: 20090209447
    Abstract: The present application relates to nil phosphate and nil borate cleaning compositions comprising a protease cleaning system and a wetting agent, and processes for making and using such compositions. Such compositions offer improved enzyme stability in product and a consumer desirable cleaning profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventors: Michelle Meek, Philip Frank Souter, Garry Steven Garrett, Charles Winston Saunders, Nancy L. Reeder, Brian Xiaoqing Song, Brian Lee Keith
  • Patent number: 4992444
    Abstract: 2,4-Diamino-5-phenylpyrimidines in the form of the free base or an acid addition salt thereof are provided having the structural formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is an alkoxy, aralkoxy or a mono-substituted or disubstituted amino group, R.sup.2 is a nitro group, and R.sup.3 is an alkyl group. The compounds act as antifolate agents and are useful for therapeutic treatment, for example as antitumour agents, antipsoriatic agents, antibacterial agents, antitrypanosomal agents and antimalarial agents. Pharmaceutical preparations comprising these compounds for administration to mammals, and methods for preparing the compounds, are disclosed. Particularly useful new compounds, especially for antitumour therapy, have the structural formula IA: ##STR2## in which formula IA: n is 1-6; R.sub.1 represents hydrogen or alkyl; R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6, which may be identical or different, each represnt hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, halo, nitro, perfluoroalkyl, a group of formula --CO.sub.2 R.sup.a wherein R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1991
    Inventors: Malcolm F. G. Stevens, Roger J. Griffin, Michelle A. Meek