Patents by Inventor Philip Frank

Philip Frank 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).

  • 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
  • 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: 20140269886
    Abstract: A wireless charging in-band communication system includes a channel encoding for message error correction and detection. A modulation module performs biphase modulation for DC balanced signals and impedance switching to change reflected impedance seen by the source. A synchronization module prepends the message with a synchronization sequence having Golay complementary codes. A receiver module receives the message from the transmitter module. A preamble detection block has a Golay complementary code correlator used for message detection, synchronization, and equalization coefficient estimation and selection. A decoding module that performs biphase demodulation with error correction with a DC offset being estimated as the average value of the signal over the length of the message before channel decoding. The decoding module performs equalization, error correction and detection channel decoding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: William Plumb, Zhen Wang, Zoran Zvonar, Patrick Stanley Riehl, Anand Satyamoorthy, Philip Frank Tustin
  • 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: 8785171
    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: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Philip Frank Souter, Glenn Steven Ward, Viktor Yuryevich Alekseyev, Joshua Roy Basler, Luis Gustavo Cascão-Pereira, David A. Estell, Ayrookaran J. Poulose, James T. Kellis, Jr., Alexander Pisarchik, Daniel Esteban Torres-Pazmino
  • Publication number: 20140193888
    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: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Philip Frank SOUTER, Glenn Steven WARD, Viktor Yuryevich ALEKSEYEV, Joshua Roy BASLER, Luis Gustavo CASAO-PEREIRA, David A ESTELL, Ayrookaran J Poulose, James T KELLIS, JR., Alexander PISARCHIK, Daniel TORRES-PAZMINO
  • Publication number: 20140179585
    Abstract: A phosphate-free automatic dishwashing detergent composition containing a coated bleach particle and one or more of an enzyme particle or an amino-acid based builder, wherein the composition has increased stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Philip Frank SOUTER, Michelle JACKSON, Euan John MAGENNIS
  • Publication number: 20140154782
    Abstract: The present invention provides serine protease variants, more specifically subtilisin variants produced there from. Specifically, the present invention provides serine protease variants, more specifically subtilisin variants having one or more substitutions as compared to a reference serine protease. In addition, the present invention provides compositions comprising these serine protease variants, more specifically subtilisin variants. In some embodiments, the present invention provides cleaning compositions comprising at least one of these serine protease variants, more specifically subtilisin variants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: DANISCO US INC.
    Inventors: Neelam S. Amin, Katherine Augustyn, Joshua R. Basler, Luis G. Cascao-Pereira, Katherine D. Collier, Edward M. Concar, David A. Estell, James T. Kellis, JR., Euan John Magennis, Alexander Pisarchik, Ayrookaran J. Poulose, Philip Frank Souter, Glenn Steven Ward, Jian Yao
  • Publication number: 20140124008
    Abstract: An automatic dishwashing detergent composition comprising: a. at least 0.1 mg of active protease per gram of composition, wherein the protease is a variant of a protease that has at least 70% identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1. wherein said variant comprise variations in one or more of the following positions: 32, 33, 48-54, 58-62, 94-107, 116, 123-133, 150, 152-156, 158-161, 164, 169, 175-186, 197, 198, 203-216 as compared with the protease in SEQ ID NO:1; and b. at least 0.05 mg of an active low temperature amylase per gram of composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
    Inventor: Philip Frank Souter
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8680034
    Abstract: An automatic dishwashing detergent composition comprising: a. at least 0.1 mg of active protease per gram of composition, wherein the protease is a variant of a protease that has at least 70% identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1. wherein said variant comprise variations in one or more of the following positions: 32, 33, 48-54, 58-62, 94-107, 116, 123-133, 150, 152-156, 158-161, 164, 169, 175-186, 197, 198, 203-216 as compared with the protease in SEQ ID NO:1; and b. at least 0.05 mg of an active low temperature amylase per gram of composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Philip Frank Souter
  • Patent number: 8680844
    Abstract: A force compensated probe for electrical measurement is provided and includes a support structure having a back plate and sidewalls, a probe for electrical measurement of an article and an elastic base disposed to supportively couple the probe to the back plate such that the probe normally protrudes away from the back plate beyond distal edges of the sidewalls, and, when the probe is applied to the article for the electrical measurement such that components of the support structure contact the article, a predefined load is consistently applied to the elastic base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Philip Frank Burnett, Daniel Lawrence Banowetz, Lisa Ann Hong
  • 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: 8586521
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of laundering fabric comprising the step of contacting a laundry detergent composition to water to form a wash liquor, and laundering fabric in said wash liquor, wherein the wash liquor has a temperature of above 0° C. to 20° C., and wherein the laundry detergent composition comprises greater than 1 wt % detersive surfactant and other detergent ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Alan Thomas Brooker, Philip Frank Souter
  • 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
  • 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: 20130260438
    Abstract: The present invention provides serine protease variants produced there from. Specifically, the present invention provides serine protease variants having one or more substitutions as compared to a reference serine protease. In addition, the present invention provides compositions comprising these serine protease variants. In some embodiments, the present invention provides cleaning compositions comprising at least one of these serine protease variants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Danisco US Inc.
    Inventors: Viktor Yuryevich Alekseyev, Neelam A Amin, Katherine Auguslyn, Luis Gustavo Cascao-Pereira, Katherine D. Collier, David A. Estell, James T. Kellis, JR., Ayrookaran J. Poulose, Philip Frank Souter, Glenn Steven Ward, Jian Yao
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8462436
    Abstract: This invention relates to a solar photon filter, hereafter known as the SPF, which is a combination band-pass filtering system consisting of a multiple set of cold or hot mirrors and infra-red absorbers set in a 360-degree or linear arrangement. The system removes almost all of the photons carried by waves having lengths longer than 1000 nm (nanometers)+/?100 nm, while passing almost all of the incoming photons carried by waves having lengths shorter than 1000 nm+/?100 nm and/or variations thereof. This is accomplished by positioning a set of cold or hot mirrors in constant optical track with the sun. Such an assembly of cold or hot mirrors allows solar photons carried by light to be split into two distinct bands of frequencies for use requiring such filtering separation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Inventors: Arthur Robert Tilford, Philip Frank Zimmermann