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).
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Publication number: 20160333294Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2016Publication date: November 17, 2016Inventors: Michelle MEEK, Philip Frank SOUTER, Susana FERNANDEZ PRIETO, Johan SMETS, Mohan Gopalkrishna KULKARNI, Parshuram Gajanan SHUKLA, Aruna Narayan BOTE, Arun Savalaram JADHAV
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Patent number: 9493730Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 10, 2011Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: 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
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Publication number: 20160122691Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2016Publication date: May 5, 2016Inventors: Michelle MEEK, Philip Frank SOUTER, Garry Steven GARRETT, Charles Winston SAUNDERS, Nancy L. REEDER, Brian Xiaoqing SONG, Brian Lee KEITH
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Publication number: 20150353873Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2015Publication date: December 10, 2015Inventors: Michelle MEEK, Philip Frank SOUTER, Susana FERNANDEZ PRIETO, Johan SMETS, Mohan Gopalkrishna KULKARNI, Parshuram Gajanan SHUKLA, Aruna Narayan BOTE, Arun Savalaram JADHAV
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Publication number: 20150094250Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2014Publication date: April 2, 2015Inventors: Michelle MEEK, Philip Frank SOUTER, Susana FERNANDEZ PRIETO, Johan SMETS, Mohan Gopalkrishna KULKARNI, Parshuram Gajanan SHUKLA, Aruna Narayan BOTE, Arun Savalaram JADHAV
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Publication number: 20140274862Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Michelle MEEK, Philip Frank SOUTER, Garry Steven GARRETT, Charles Winston SAUNDERS, Nancy L. REEDER, Brian Xiaoqing SONG, Brian Lee KEITH
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Publication number: 20140249066Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2014Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Michelle MEEK, Philip Frank SOUTER, Susana FERNANDEZ PRIETO, Johan SMETS, Mohan Gopalkrishna KULKARNI, Parshuram Gajanan SHUKLA, Aruna Narayan BOTE, Arun Savalaram JADHAV
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Patent number: 8716208Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 1, 2011Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Michelle Meek, Philip Frank Souter, Neil Joseph Lant, Alan Thomas Brooker, Nigel Patrick Somerville Roberts
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Patent number: 8697623Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 22, 2013Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Philip Frank Souter, Nigel Patrick Somerville Roberts, Michelle Meek, Jose David Baez Chavez, Mohammed Badrulhisham Bahari
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Publication number: 20140073547Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2012Publication date: March 13, 2014Inventors: Michelle MEEK, Lindsay Suzanne Bewick, Philip Frank Souter
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Patent number: 8580721Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 1, 2011Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Michelle Meek, Philip Frank Souter, Neil Joseph Lant, Alan Thomas Brooker, Nigel Patrick Somerville Roberts
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Publication number: 20110212876Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2011Publication date: September 1, 2011Inventors: 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
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Publication number: 20110212873Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2011Publication date: September 1, 2011Inventors: Michelle Meek, Philip Frank Souter, Neil Joseph Lant, Alan Thomas Brooker, Nigel Patrick Somerville Roberts
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Publication number: 20110212874Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2011Publication date: September 1, 2011Inventors: Michelle Meek, Philip Frank Souter, Neil Joseph Lant, Alan Thomas Brooker, Nigel Patrick Somerville Roberts
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Publication number: 20110212872Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2011Publication date: September 1, 2011Inventors: Michelle Meek, Philip Frank Souter, Neil Joseph Lant, Alan Thomas Brooker, Nigel Patrick Somerville Roberts
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Publication number: 20110053820Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2010Publication date: March 3, 2011Inventors: Philip Frank Souter, Nigel Patrick Somerville Roberts, Michelle Meek, Jose David Baez Chavez, Mohammed Badrulhisham Bahari
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Publication number: 20110021408Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2010Publication date: January 27, 2011Inventors: Michelle Meek, Phillip Frank Souter, Susana Fernandez Prieto, Johan Smets, Mohan Gopalkrishna Kulkarni, Parshuram Gajanan Shukla, Aruna Narayan Bote, Arun Savalaram Jadhav
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Publication number: 20110009306Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2010Publication date: January 13, 2011Inventors: Michelle Meek, Philip Frank Souter, Susana Fernandez Prieto, Johan Smets, Mohan Gopalkrishna Kulkarni, Parshuram Gajanan Shukla, Aruna Narayan Bote, Arun Savalaram Jadhav
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Publication number: 20090209447Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2009Publication date: August 20, 2009Inventors: Michelle Meek, Philip Frank Souter, Garry Steven Garrett, Charles Winston Saunders, Nancy L. Reeder, Brian Xiaoqing Song, Brian Lee Keith
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Patent number: 4992444Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 2, 1987Date of Patent: February 12, 1991Inventors: Malcolm F. G. Stevens, Roger J. Griffin, Michelle A. Meek