Patents by Inventor Philip Frank Souter

Philip Frank Souter 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: 20240166973
    Abstract: Fabric and home care compositions including a surfactant and a protease. The automatic dishwashing composition is in the form of a water-soluble unit-dose pouch including a compartment. The compartment includes both a powder component and a gel component. The protease is a subtilisin variant that includes: (i) a mutation at position 122; and (ii) one or more mutations at positions 126, 127, 128, 211 and 212, with reference to SEQ ID NO: 1. The variant has at least about 80% identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Michelle JACKSON, Karolina Anna KORZYCKA, Carly PICKERING, Philip Frank SOUTER, Viktor Yuryevich ALEKSEYEV, Lilia Maria BABE, Lydia DANKMEYER, Roopa Santosh GHIRNIKAR, Frits GOEDEGEBUUR, Thijs KAPER, Harm Jan MULDER, Nils Henning REDESTIG, Sander VAN STIGT-THANS
  • Publication number: 20240101933
    Abstract: A phosphate-free automatic dishwashing cleaning composition comprising i) a protease wherein the protease is a variant having at least 60% identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 and comprising at least one amino acid substitution (using the SEQ ID NO: 1 numbering) selected from the group consisting of X54T; X126A, D, G, V, E, K, I; X127E, S, T, A, P, G, C; and X128E, C, T, D, P, G, L, Y, N; and ii) from 10 to 50% by weight of the composition of a complexing agent system comprising from 0 to less than 30% by weight of the composition of citric acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Michelle JACKSON, Eva Maria PEREZ-PRAT de VINUESA, David John TARBIT, Philip Frank SOUTER, Lilia Maria BABE, David Aaron ESTELL, Frits GOEDEGEBUUR, Harm Jan MULDER, Sina PRICELIUS, Lydia DANKMEYER, Thijs KAPER, Hatice Billur ENGIN
  • Publication number: 20240060021
    Abstract: Laundry detergent compositions, water-soluble unit dose detergent products and methods of making each, are described. The laundry detergent compositions include renewable components, can be biodegradable, have a low carbon footprint and free of materials with a potential hazard concern, while still providing consumer acceptable performance. Packaging containing such laundry detergent compositions or water-soluble unit dose detergent products are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Robby Renilde François KEULEERS, Phillip Kyle VINSON, Philip Frank SOUTER, Marc H. J. STALMANS
  • Patent number: 11834634
    Abstract: A phosphate-free automatic dishwashing cleaning composition comprising i) a protease wherein the protease is a variant having at least 60% identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 and comprising at least one amino acid substitution (using the SEQ ID NO: 1 numbering) selected from the group consisting of X54T; X126A, D, G, V, E, K, I; X127E, S, T, A, P, G, C; and X128E, C, T, D, P, G, L, Y, N; and ii) from 10 to 50% by weight of the composition of a complexing agent system comprising from 0 to less than 30% by weight of the composition of citric acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michelle Jackson, Eva Maria Perez-Prat de Vinuesa, David John Tarbit, Philip Frank Souter, Lilia Maria Babe, David Aaron Estell, Frits Goedegebuur, Harm Jan Mulder, Sina Pricelius, Lydia Dankmeyer, Thijs Kaper, Hatice Billur Engin
  • Publication number: 20230365897
    Abstract: Fabric and home care compositions including a surfactant and a protease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Michelle JACKSON, Karolina Anna KORZYCKA, Carly PICKERING, Philip Frank SOUTER, Viktor Yuryevich ALEKSEYEV, Lilia Maria BABE, Lydia DANKMEYER, Roopa Santosh GHIRNIKAR, Frits GOEDEGEBUUR, Thijs KAPER, Harm Jan MULDER, Nils Henning REDESTIG, Sander VAN STIGT-THANS
  • Patent number: 11739467
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for treating fabrics by employing an automatic laundry washing machine to selectively add agitation-sensitive detersive actives into the wash liquor during a wash cycle when the mechanical agitation power applied to the fabrics by said washing machine is more than 12 W/kg, so as to improve or optimize the cleaning performance of such agitation-sensitive detersive actives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Carlos Amador Zamarreno, Anju Deepali Massey Brooker, Laura Bueno Romo, Libbi Moon, Despeina Zympeloudi, Philip Frank Souter
  • Publication number: 20230203406
    Abstract: An automatic dishwashing cleaning composition having a new protease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Lilia Maria BABE, Frits GOEDEGEBUUR, Thijs KAPER, Sina PRICELIUS, Eva Maria PEREZ-PRAT VINUESA, Michelle JACKSON, Carly PICKERING, Philip Frank SOUTER
  • Patent number: 11668038
    Abstract: A method of laundering fabric including: (a) calculating a final amount of water to be added to a final wash bath; (b) calculating the amount of energy needed to heat this final amount of water to a desired final temperature; (c) contacting an amount of water that is less than the final amount water with fabric to form an intermediate wash bath, wherein a detergent composition is contacted to the fabric during the formation of the intermediate wash bath, or prior to the formation of the intermediate wash bath; (d) heating the water that contacts the fabric during (c) with the energy calculated in (b) such that the intermediate wash bath has a temperature above the desired final temperature; (e) washing the fabric in the intermediate wash bath for at least 3 minutes; (f) contacting the remaining amount of water to the intermediate wash bath to form the final wash bath having the desired final temperature; (g) washing the fabric in the final wash bath for at least 5 minutes; and (h) rinsing the fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Anju Deepali Massey Brooker, Carlos Amador Zamarreno, Laura Bueno Romo, Philip Frank Souter
  • Patent number: 11649419
    Abstract: The use of a first water-soluble film and a second water-soluble film to make a unit dose article and the use of the unit dose article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: MONOSOL, LLC
    Inventors: Philip Frank Souter, Robby Renilde Francois Keuleers, Regine Labeque, Florence Catherine Courchay, Marc Rene Bert Renmans
  • Patent number: 11492571
    Abstract: A phosphate-free automatic dishwashing cleaning composition comprising a protease wherein the protease has at least 80%, preferably at least 85%, more preferably at least 90% and especially at least 96% identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 or with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2 and wherein the protease comprises amino acid substitutions selected from the group consisting of: (i) at least two amino acid substitutions selected from the group consisting of: X198G/A/K/L/Q/R/T/V/S/L, X207Q, X211Q/N and X212Q in combination with at least three amino acid substitutions selected from the group consisting of: X039E, X074D, X099R, X126A, X127E and X128G; or (ii) X039E-X074D-X099R-X116R-X126A-X127E-X128G-X211Q; X039E-X074D-X099R-X126A-X127E-X128G-X211N; X039E-X074D-X099R-X126A-X127E-X128G-X211Q; X039E-X074D-X099R-X126A-X127E-X128G-X207Q; or (iii) any of the proteases of (i) and (ii) further comprising at least one amino acid substitution selected from X242D and X256E; or (iv) X039E-X074D-X099R
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Philip Frank Souter, Eva Maria Perez-Prat Vinuesa, Michelle Jackson, Carly Pickering, Viktor Yuryevich Alekseyev, Lilia Maria Babe, Frits Goedegebuur, Thijs Kaper, Sina Pricelius, Sander Van Stigt Thans, Harm Mulder, Nils Henning Redestig, Lydia Dankmeyer, Michael Stoner, Adam Garske, Roopa Santosh Ghirnikar
  • Patent number: 11473039
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to pouches made from a combination of chemically different water-soluble films and optionally containing a composition (e.g. a household care composition or non-household care composition) that is at least partially enclosed by the water-soluble films in at least one compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: MONOSOL, LLC
    Inventors: Philip Frank Souter, Robby Renilde Francois Keuleers, Regine Labeque, Florence Catherine Courchay, Marc Rene Bert Renmans, David M. Lee, Steven G. Friedrich, Lee K. Yeung, Shinsuke Nii
  • Patent number: 11421189
    Abstract: An automatic dishwashing cleaning composition having a new protease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Lilia Maria Babe, Frits Goedegebuur, Thijs Kaper, Sina Pricelius, Eva Maria Perez-Prat Vinuesa, Michelle Jackson, Carly Pickering, Philip Frank Souter
  • Publication number: 20220098524
    Abstract: A phosphate-free automatic dishwashing cleaning composition including: a) a protease wherein the protease is a variant having at least 60% identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 or SEQ ID NO:2 including two negatively charged amino acid residues, aspartic acid (D) and/or glutamic acid (E), in positions 124-131 using the SEQ ID NO: 1 numbering and the SEQ ID NO:2, respectively; and b) from 10 to 50% by weight of the composition of a complexing agent system comprising from 0 to less than 30% by weight of the composition of citric acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Philip Frank SOUTER, Eva Maria PEREZ-PRAT de VINUESA, Lilia Maria BABE, David Aaron ESTELL, Frits GOEDEGEBUUR, Harm Jan MULDER, Sina PRICELIUS, Lydia DANKMEYER, Thijs KAPER, Hatice Billur ENGIN
  • Publication number: 20220039629
    Abstract: A method of cleaning ware in a domestic dishwasher using a program having a main wash and a rinse cycle, the method having the step of delivering a dose of a cleaning composition wherein the delivery of the cleaning composition is split between the main wash and the rinse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventor: Philip Frank SOUTER
  • Publication number: 20210310171
    Abstract: A method of laundering fabric including: (a) calculating a final amount of water to be added to a final wash bath; (b) calculating the amount of energy needed to heat this final amount of water to a desired final temperature; (c) contacting an amount of water that is less than the final amount water with fabric to form an intermediate wash bath, wherein a detergent composition is contacted to the fabric during the formation of the intermediate wash bath, or prior to the formation of the intermediate wash bath; (d) heating the water that contacts the fabric during (c) with the energy calculated in (b) such that the intermediate wash bath has a temperature above the desired final temperature; (e) washing the fabric in the intermediate wash bath for at least 3 minutes; (f) contacting the remaining amount of water to the intermediate wash bath to form the final wash bath having the desired final temperature; (g) washing the fabric in the final wash bath for at least 5 minutes; and (h) rinsing the fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Anju Deepali Massey BROOKER, Carlos AMADOR ZAMARRENO, Laura BUENO ROMO, Philip Frank SOUTER
  • Publication number: 20210147769
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a first water-soluble film and a second water-soluble film to make a unit dose article and the use of said unit dose article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Philip Frank Souter, Robby Renilde Francois Keuleers, Regine Labeque, Florence Catherine Courchay, Marc Rene Bert Renmans
  • Publication number: 20210122997
    Abstract: A phosphate-free automatic dishwashing cleaning composition comprising a protease wherein the protease has at least 80%, preferably at least 85%, more preferably at least 90% and especially at least 96% identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 or with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2 and wherein the protease comprises amino acid substitutions selected from the group consisting of: (i) at least two amino acid substitutions selected from the group consisting of: X198G/A/K/L/Q/R/T/V/S/L, X207Q, X211Q/N and X212Q in combination with at least three amino acid substitutions selected from the group consisting of: X039E, X074D, X099R, X126A, X127E and X128G; or (ii) X039E-X074D-X099R-X116R-X126A-X127E-X128G-X211Q; X039E-X074D-X099R-X126A-X127E-X128G-X211N; X039E-X074D-X099R-X126A-X127E-X128G-X211Q; X039E-X074D-X099R-X126A-X127E-X128G-X207Q; or (iii) any of the proteases of (i) and (ii) further comprising at least one amino acid substitution selected from X242D and X256E; or (iv) X039E-X074D-X099R
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Philip Frank SOUTER, Eva Maria PEREZ-PRAT VINUESA, Michelle JACKSON, Carly PICKERING, Viktor Yuryevich ALEKSEYEV, Lilia Maria BABE, Frits GOEDEGEBUUR, Thijs KAPER, Sina PRICELIUS, Sander VAN STIGT THANS, Harm MULDER, Nils Henning REDESTIG, Lydia DANKMEYER, Michael STONER, Adam GARSKE, Roopa Santosh GHIRNIKAR
  • Patent number: 10982176
    Abstract: Described herein is a process of laundering fabrics using a household care composition, which delivers active agents onto fabric or hard surfaces while modifying the pH of the wash liquor to greater than 8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark Robert Sivik, Frank William Denome, Philip Frank Souter
  • Publication number: 20210108156
    Abstract: A method of laundering fabrics includes: a) contacting a laundry detergent to water to form a wash liquor, wherein the laundry detergent includes detersive surfactant, wherein the wash liquor includes detersive surfactant at a concentration in the range of from 100 ppm to 2500 ppm; b) contacting fabric to the wash liquor, and washing the fabric in the wash liquor; c) after a period of time of at least 6 minutes from contacting the fabric to the wash liquor, introducing calcium cations into the wash liquor to form a calcium enriched wash liquor, wherein the calcium enriched wash liquor includes calcium cations at a concentration in the range of from 20 ppm to 400 ppm; d) washing the fabric in the calcium-enriched wash liquor for a period of time of at least 2 minutes; and e) removing the excess calcium-enriched wash liquor from the fabric, and rinsing the fabric in water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Laura BUENO ROMO, Carlos AMADOR ZAMARRENO, Anju Deepali Massey BROOKER, Libbi MOON, Philip Frank SOUTER, Eric San Jose ROBLES
  • Publication number: 20210071113
    Abstract: This invention relates to fabric and home care products comprising one or more cold water proteases and processes for making and using such products. Such compositions provide improved cleaning and freshness. Such cold water proteases may be derived from parent enzymes, including BPN? subtilisin and subtilisin derived from Bacillus lentus, by substitution, insertion and/or deletion of one or more of the parent enzymes' amino acids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Philip Frank SOUTER, Glenn Steven WARD, Viktor Yuryevich ALEKSEYEV, Joshua Roy BASLER, Luis Gustavo CASCAO-PEREIRA, David A ESTELL, Ayrookaran J Poulose, James T KELLIS, Jr., Alexander PISARCHIK, Daniel TORRES-PAZMINO