Patents by Inventor Riad Ahmed Taha

Riad Ahmed Taha 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).

  • Agglomerated clay carrier with an antibacterial agent for laundry applications
    Patent number: 5952280
    Abstract: A particulate agglomerated carrier is described which is suitable for use in admixture with a laundry detergent composition and which is capable of depositing an effective amount of an antibacterial agent on laundered fabrics and for providing an effective amount of same in the wash solution. The carrier is an agglomerate of a smectite-type clay and an antibacterial agent.Also, described is a laundry detergent composition containing such agglomerated carrier and process for depositing an effective amount of an antibacterial agent on laundered fabrics and for providing an effective amount of such antibacterial agent in the wash solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Co.
    Inventors: Riad Ahmed Taha, Patrick J. Getty
  • Agglomerated carrier containing a soil release polymer and an antibacterial agent for laundry applications
    Patent number: 5840323
    Abstract: A particulate agglomerated carrier is described which is suitable for use in admixture with a laundry detergent composition and which is capable of depositing an effective amount of an antibacterial agent on laundered fabrics and for providing an effective amount of same in the wash solution. The carrier is an agglomerate of (i) a soil release copolymer of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and polyoxyethylene terephthalate (POET); and (ii) an antibacterial agent.Also, described is a laundry detergent composition containing such agglomerated carrier and process for depositing an effective amount of an antibacterial agent on laundered fabrics and for providing such antibacterial agent in the wash solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Co.
    Inventors: Riad Ahmed Taha, Patrick J. Getty