Patents by Inventor Paul Lapham

Paul Lapham 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).

  • Measurement method
    Patent number: 8681334
    Abstract: A method for quantifying the soil dispersion capacity of a cleaning product or component thereof where the method comprises the following steps: a) making a solution comprising the cleaning product or component thereof; b) adding the soil to the cleaning product or component thereof solution to form a mixture; and c) measuring the light blocked by the mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Paul Lapham, Eric San Jose Robles
  • MEASUREMENT METHOD
    Publication number: 20110141474
    Abstract: A method for quantifying the soil dispersion capacity of a cleaning product or component thereof where the method comprises the following steps: a) making a solution comprising the cleaning product or component thereof; b) adding the soil to the cleaning product or component thereof solution to form a mixture; and c) measuring the light blocked by the mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Paul Lapham, Eric San Jose Robles
  • DETERGENT USE
    Publication number: 20110139182
    Abstract: Use of an automatic dishwashing product in an automatic dishwasher for cleaning the internal parts of a dishwasher during an automatic dishwashing operation wherein the operation involves the delivery of at least 250 ppm of a non-ionic surfactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Paul Lapham, Eric San Jose Robles, Gillian Margaret Hardy, Mark Stewart Slassor
  • Compositions comprising complexes of cyclodextrin and at least one laundry treatment active
    Patent number: 7320955
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising (A) a complex of cyclodextrin and at least one laundry treatment active wherein the complex is prepared by the steps of: (a) combining cyclodextrin and at least one laundry treatment active wherein the cyclodextrin and the laundry treatment active is dissolved, dispersed, suspended, or emulsified in at least one solvent; and (b) removing at least partially the solvent; (B) further comprising at least one laundry adjunct material selected from the group consisting of surfactants; stabilizers; builders; perfumes; enzymes; chelating agents; suds suppressors; colors; opacifiers; anti-oxidants; bactericides; neutralizing agents; buffering agents; phase regulants, dye-transfer inhibitors, hydrotropes, thickeners and mixtures thereof. The present invention is further directed to the process of preparing such compositions and to methods of treating substrates with such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Adam Thomas Yates, Alan Thomas Brooker, Sylvestre Canceil, Jean-Luc Bettiol, Andrew Russell Graydon, Paul Lapham
  • Compositions comprising complexes of cyclodextrin and at least one laundry treatment active
    Publication number: 20060128594
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising (A) a complex of cyclodextrin and at least one laundry treatment active wherein the complex is prepared by the steps of: (a) combining cyclodextrin and at least one laundry treatment active wherein the cyclodextrin and the laundry treatment active is dissolved, dispersed, suspended, or emulsified in at least one solvent; and (b) removing at least partially the solvent; (B) further comprising at least one laundry adjunct material selected from the group consisting of surfactants; stabilizers; builders; perfumes; enzymes; chelating agents; suds suppressors; colours; opacifiers; anti-oxidants; bactericides; neutralizing agents; buffering agents; phase regulants, dye-transfer inhibitors, hydrotropes, thickeners and mixtures thereof. The present invention is further directed to the process of preparing such compositions and to methods of treating substrates with such compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2006
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventors: Adam Yates, Alan Brooker, Sylvestre Canceil, Jean-Luc Bettiol, Andrew Graydon, Paul Lapham
  • Compositions comprising complexes of cyclodextrin and at least one laundry treatment active
    Publication number: 20040192568
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Adam Thomas Yates, Alan Thomas Brooker, Sylvestre Canceil, Jean-Luc Bettiol, Andrew Russell Graydon, Paul Lapham