Patents by Inventor Neil Joseph Lant

Neil Joseph Lant 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).

  • DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20150203795
    Abstract: A method for treating textiles wherein textiles are contacted with an aqueous solution comprising optical brightener and optionally, alklyphthalimide derivatives and mixtures thereof, and then rinsed and dried.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Gregory Scot MIRACLE, Michelle JACKSON, Philip Frank SOUTER, Neil Joseph LANT
  • DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20150203796
    Abstract: Detergents comprising optical brightener having high ClogP, dye transfer inhibitor and enzyme and having a pH in deionised water for a 1 wt % solution greater than 5, and methods of treating a textile comprising washing in an aqueous liquor containing such detergents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Gregory Scot MIRACLE, Neil Joseph LANT, Philip Frank SOUTER, Michelle JACKSON
  • DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20150203797
    Abstract: A method for treating textiles having oily soils wherein textiles are contacted with an aqueous solution comprising brightener and optionally, alklyphthalimide derivatives and mixtures thereof, and then rinsed and dried.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Michelle JACKSON, Neil BRADLEY, Philip Frank SOUTER, Gregory Scot MIRACLE, Neil Joseph LANT, Steven George PATTERSON, Andrew Philip MOON
  • Laundry detergent compositions comprising lipolytic or lipase enzymes
    Patent number: 9062279
    Abstract: Detergent compositions containing high efficiency lipase enzymes and specific detergent formulations comprising a high reserve alkalinity, greater than 7.5, and less than 15 wt % zeolite and phosphate builder are described. Preferred formulations comprise surfactants selected from alkyl benzene sulphonates in combination with alkyl ethoxylated sulfates or MES or non-ionic surfactants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Neil Joseph Lant, Steven George Patterson
  • Structured Liquid Compositions
    Publication number: 20150159120
    Abstract: Microfibrillated cellulose, derived from vegetables or wood, can be used to provide a liquid composition which is compatible with a broad range of ingredients suitable for consumer applications, including enzymes, while still providing good structuring of the liquid composition, without affecting ease of pour.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Susana Fernandez-Prieto, Neil Joseph LANT, Vincenzo GUIDA
  • STRUCTURED FABRIC CARE COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20150159119
    Abstract: Microfibrillated cellulose, derived from vegetables or wood, can be used to provide a liquid fabric care composition which is easy to pour, is stable and deposits well onto treated fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Susana FERNANDEZ-PRIETO, Neil Joseph LANT, Pieter Jan Maria SAVEYN, Vincenzo GUIDA
  • Detergent compositions
    Patent number: 8999912
    Abstract: This invention relates to laundry detergent compositions comprising bacterial alkaline enzymes exhibiting endo-beta-1,4-glucanase activity (E.C. 3.2.1.4) and fabric hueing agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Neil Joseph Lant
  • SURFACE TREATMENT COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING PHOTOCHROMIC DYES
    Publication number: 20140357542
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for treating surfaces comprising photochromic dyes, particularly for laundry treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Neil Joseph LANT, Steven George PATTERSON, Andrew Philip MOON
  • Detergent compositions
    Patent number: 8859480
    Abstract: Detergent compositions containing high efficiency lipase enzymes and specific detergent formulations comprising less than 10 wt % zeolite and phosphate builder are described. Preferred formulations comprise surfactants selected from alkyl benzene sulphonates in combination with alky ethoxylated sulfates or MES or non-ionic surfactants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Neil Joseph Lant, Steven George Patterson
  • Composition comprising a cellulase and a bleach catalyst
    Patent number: 8846598
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising: (i) a bacterial alkaline enzyme exhibiting endo-beta-1,4-glucanase activity (E.C. 3.2.1.4); and (ii) a bleach catalyst that is capable of accepting an oxygen atom from a peroxyacid and transferring the oxygen atom to an oxidizeable substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Neil Joseph Lant, Gregory Scot Miracle, Philip Frank Souter
  • METHOD OF LAUNDERING A FABRIC
    Publication number: 20140230156
    Abstract: A method of laundering a fabric, comprising the steps of; (i) contacting a fabric with a lipid esterase; (ii) contacting the fabric from step (i) with a cationically charged fabric softening active, wherein the cationically charged fabric softening active is a substrate for the lipid esterase; (iii) contacting the fabric from step (ii) with a laundry detergent composition, wherein the laundry detergent composition comprises an anionic surfactant, wherein the anionic surfactant is present at the ratio of anionic surfactant to fabric on a weight to weight basis of from 1:200 to 1:500.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Neil Joseph Lant, Linsey Sarah Bennie, Steven George Patterson, Lindsay Suzanne Bewick
  • METHOD OF LAUNDERING A FABRIC
    Publication number: 20140230157
    Abstract: A method of laundering a fabric comprising the steps of; (i) contacting the fabric with a cutinase, (ii) contacting the fabric from step (i) with a soil; (iii) contacting the fabric from step (ii) with a laundry detergent composition, wherein the laundry detergent composition comprises a hueing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Neil Joseph Lant, Linsey Sarah Bennie, Steven George Patterson, Lindsay Suzanne Bewick
  • METHOD OF LAUNDERING A FABRIC
    Publication number: 20140230155
    Abstract: A method of laundering a fabric comprising the steps of; (i) contacting the fabric with a lipid esterase selected from class E.C. 3.1.1.3, class E.C. 3.1.1.1 or a combination thereof; (ii) contacting the fabric from step (i) with a soil; (iii) contacting the fabric from step (ii) with a laundry detergent composition, wherein the laundry detergent composition optionally comprises a detersive surfactant, and optionally comprises a lipid esterase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Neil Joseph Lant, Linsey Sarah Bennie, Steven George Patterson, Lindsay Suzanne Bewick, Keith Gibson
  • Enzyme and fabric hueing agent containing compositions
    Patent number: 8722611
    Abstract: This invention relates to compositions comprising certain lipase variants and a fabric hueing agent and processes for making and using such compositions. Including the use of such compositions to clean and/or treat a situs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Neil Joseph Lant
  • Composition comprising polyethylene glycol polymer and amylase
    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
  • METHODS OF TREATING A SURFACE AND COMPOSITIONS FOR USE THEREIN
    Publication number: 20140093943
    Abstract: This invention relates to compositions comprising certain fungal serine proteases and methods of treating a surface, preferably a textile using such compositions including the use of such compositions to clean a surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Neil Joseph LANT, Euan John MAGENNIS
  • Laundry detergent composition comprising a glycosyl hydrolase and a benefit agent containing delivery particle
    Patent number: 8580720
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a laundry detergent composition comprising a glycosyl hydrolase and a benefit agent containing delivery particles, compositions comprising said particles, and processes for making and using the aforementioned particles and compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jean-Pol Boutique, Nathalie Jean Marie-Louise Vanwyngaerden, Neil Joseph Lant, Philip Frank Souter, Eugene Steven Sadlowski, Genevieve Cagalawan Wenning
  • Composition comprising substituted cellulosic polymer and amylase
    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
  • Catalytic laundry detergent composition comprising relatively low levels of water-soluble electrolyte
    Patent number: 8541354
    Abstract: A solid laundry detergent composition having multiple catalysts and water-soluble electrolyte, wherein the ratio of (i) the total reduction in activation energy in kilojoules per mole achieved by the catalysts to (ii) the electrolytic strength of the laundry detergent composition at a concentration of 1 g/l in de-ionized water and at a temperature of 25° C. in mScm?1 laundry detergent composition is at least 300.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Alan Thomas Brooker, Nigel Patrick Somerville Roberts, Gregory Scot Miracle, Neil Joseph Lant, Philip Frank Souter, Mark Forrest, Colin Ure
  • Enzyme and fabric hueing agent containing compositions
    Patent number: 8512418
    Abstract: This invention relates to compositions comprising certain glycosyl hydrolases and a fabric hueing agent and processes for making and using such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Neil Joseph Lant, Eugene Steven Sadlowski, Genevieve Cagalawan Wenning