Patents by Inventor Robert Emerson Stidham

Robert Emerson Stidham 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).

  • Branched alcohol-based personal care compositions
    Publication number: 20040076654
    Abstract: Personal care compositions and methods for using them are provided. More particularly, the present invention relates to branched alcohol-based (alcohol and/or its derivatives) personal care compositions and methods employing same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Philip Kyle Vinson, Robert Emerson Stidham, Daniel Stedman Connor, Jack Clinton Heffner, Thomas Anthony Cripe, Jeffrey John Scheibel, Kevin Lee Kott
  • Personal cleansing compositions comprising mid-chain branched surfactants
    Patent number: 6335312
    Abstract: This invention relates to personal cleansing products which include mid-chain branched surfactants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2002
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Timothy Woodrow Coffindaffer, Phillip Kyle Vinson, Thomas Anthony Cripe, Anthony Charles Lanzalaco, Robert Emerson Stidham, Daniel Stedman Connor
  • Light-duty liquid or gel dishwashing detergent compositions comprising mid-chain branched surfactants
    Patent number: 6281181
    Abstract: Light-duty liquid or gel dishwashing detergent compositions that are especially useful for manual washing of heavily soiled dishware under conditions of low temperature and high hardness. Such compositions contain a surfactant system comprising a mid-hain branched surfactant. Preferably, the compositions also comprise a polyhydroxy fatty acid amide-based nonionic surfactant component, a detersive amount of magnesium or calcium, a suds booster which is preferably an amine oxide and an aqueous liquid carrier. The detergent compositions exhibit excellent phase stability at low temperatures and excellent mixing rates with water, even at low temperature and/or high water hardness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Phillip Kyle Vinson, Thomas Anthony Cripe, William Michael Scheper, Robert Emerson Stidham, Daniel Stedman Connor
  • Granular detergent compositions comprising mid-chain branched surfactants
    Patent number: 6228829
    Abstract: This invention relates to granular detergent products which include mid-chain branched surfactants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Phillip Kyle Vinson, Thomas Anthony Cripe, Kenneth William Willman, Robert Emerson Stidham, Daniel Stedman Connor
  • Mid-chain branched surfactants
    Patent number: 6020303
    Abstract: Mid-chain branched surfactants derived from mid-chain branched primary alkyl hydrophobic groups and hydrophilic groups. The present invention also relates to mixtures of mid-chain branched surfactants useful in laundry and cleaning compositions, especially granular and liquid detergent compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Thomas Anthony Cripe, Daniel Stedman Connor, Phillip Kyle Vinson, James Charles Theophile Roger Burckett-St. Laurent, Kenneth William Willman, Jeffrey John Scheibel, Robert Emerson Stidham, Jeffrey Scott Dupont
  • Low streaking and filming hard surface cleaners
    Patent number: 5814590
    Abstract: The present invention relates to hard surface cleaning compositions comprising a dianionic sulfosuccinamate and a polyethoxylated alcohol nonionic surfactant which provides non-streaking and non-filming benefits. The compositions of the present invention are effective on clear and colorless, shiny, or "semi-gloss" surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Alan Edward Sherry, Daniel Stedman Connor, Robert Emerson Stidham
  • Low sudsing, low streaking and filming hard surface cleaners
    Patent number: 5703033
    Abstract: The present invention relates to low sudsing hard surface cleaning compositions comprising a dianionic sulfosuccinamate and a polyethoxylated alcohol nonionic surfactant which provides non-streaking and non-filming benefits. The compositions of the present invention are effective on clear and colorless, shiny, or "semi-gloss" surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1997
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Alan Edward Sherry, Daniel Stedman Connor, Robert Emerson Stidham, Phillip Kyle Vinson