Patents by Inventor Robert Richard Dykstra

Robert Richard Dykstra 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: 20160024434
    Abstract: The present invention relates to treatment compositions containing polymer systems that provide stability and benefit agent deposition as well as methods of making and using same. Such treatment compositions may be used for example as through the wash and/or through the rinse fabric enhancers as well as unit dose treatment compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Mark Robert SIVIK, Travis Kyle HODGDON, Alessandro CORONA, III, Robert Richard DYKSTRA, Richard Timothy HARTSHORN, Nicholas David VETTER, Tessa XUAN
  • Publication number: 20160024430
    Abstract: The present invention relates to treatment compositions containing polymer systems that provide stability and benefit agent deposition as well as methods of making and using same. Such treatment compositions may be used for example as through the wash and/or through the rinse fabric enhancers as well as unit dose treatment compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Robert Richard DYKSTRA, Mark Robert SIVIK, Travis Kyle HODGDON, Stephanie Ann URBIN, Alessandro CORONA, III, Jocelyn Michelle MCCULLOUGH, Denise Malcuit BELANGER, Kristi Lynn FLITER, Richard Timothy HARTSHORN, Nicholas David VETTER, Tessa XUAN, Reinhold Joseph LEYRER, Gledison FONSECA, Volodymyr BOYKO, Aaron FLORES-FIGUEROA
  • Publication number: 20160024429
    Abstract: The present invention relates to treatment compositions containing polymer systems that provide stability and benefit agent deposition as well as methods of making and using same. Such treatment compositions may be used for example as through the wash and/or through the rinse fabric enhancers as well as unit dose treatment compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Robert Richard DYKSTRA, Mark Robert SIVIK, Travis Kyle HODGDON, Stephanie Ann URBIN, Alessandro CORONA, III, Jocelyn Michelle MCCULLOUGH, Denise Malcuit BELANGER, Kristi Lynn FLITER, Richard Timothy HARTSHORN, Nicholas David VETTER, Tessa XUAN, Reinhold Joseph LEYRER, Gledison FONSECA, Volodymyr BOYKO, Aaron FLORES-FIGUEROA
  • Publication number: 20160024431
    Abstract: The present invention relates to treatment compositions containing polymer systems that provide stability and benefit agent deposition as well as methods of making and using same. Such treatment compositions may be used for example as through the wash and/or through the rinse fabric enhancers as well as unit dose treatment compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Robert Richard DYKSTRA, Mark Robert SIVIK, Travis Kyle HODGDON, Stephanie Ann URBIN, Alessandro CORONA, III, Denise Malcuit BELANGER, Kristi Lynn FLITER, Richard Timothy HARTSHORN, Nicholas David VETTER, Tessa XUAN, Reinhold Joseph LEYRER, Gledison FONSECA, Volodymyr BOYKO, Aaron FLORES-FIGUEROA
  • Publication number: 20160024433
    Abstract: The present invention relates to treatment compositions containing polymer systems that provide stability and benefit agent deposition as well as methods of making and using same. Such treatment compositions may be used for example as through the wash and/or through the rinse fabric enhancers as well as unit dose treatment compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Mark Robert SIVIK, Travis Kyle HODGDON, Stephanie Ann URBIN, Alessandro CORONA, III, Jocelyn Michelle MCCULLOUGH, Robert Richard DYKSTRA, Denise Malcuit BELANGER, Richard Timothy HARTSHORN, Nicholas David VETTER, Tessa XUAN, Renae Dianna FOSSUM, Reinhold Joseph LEYRER, Gledison FONSECA, Volodymyr BOYKO, Aaron FLORES-FIGUEROA
  • Publication number: 20160024428
    Abstract: The present invention relates to treatment compositions containing polymer systems that provide stability and benefit agent deposition as well as methods of making and using same. Such treatment compositions may be used for example as through the wash and/or through the rinse fabric enhancers as well as unit dose treatment compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Robert Richard DYKSTRA, Mark Robert SIVIK, Travis Kyle HODGDON, Stephanie Ann URBIN, Alessandro CORONA, III, Jocelyn Michelle MCCULLOUGH, Denise Malcuit BELANGER, Kristi Lynn FLITER, Richard Timothy HARTSHORN, Nicholas David VETTER, Tessa XUAN, Renae Dianna FOSSUM, Reinhold Joseph LEYRER, Gledison FONSECA, Volodymyr BOYKO, Aaron FLORES-FIGUEROA
  • Publication number: 20160024426
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fabric and/or home care products that comprise an inverse dispersion comprising at least one cationic polymer and at least one a stabilizing agent as well as at least a tri- and/or polyfunctional crosslinker wherein the stabilizing agent has one or more hydrophobic chains with more than 30 carbon atoms. The polymer is obtainable by polymerizing at least one cationic monomer and optionally at least one nonionic monomer. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a process for manufacturing fabric and/or home care products that comprise such inverse dispersion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Mark Robert SIVIK, Travis Kyle HODGDON, Robert Richard DYKSTRA, Denise Malcuit BELANGER, Reinhold Joseph LEYRER, Gledison FONSECA, Volodymyr BOYKO, Aaron FLORES-FIGUEROA
  • Publication number: 20150232786
    Abstract: Compositions and methods of bleaching are described herein, wherein the compositions include a metal bleach catalyst which is a complex of a transition-metal and a macrocyclic ligand, wherein the metal bleach catalyst is present in the composition in an amount ranging from about 0.0001% to about 10%, based on total weight of the composition, and a bleaching primer, wherein the composition has a molar ratio of bleaching primer to metal bleach catalyst of from about 1:20 to about 100:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Robert Richard DYKSTRA, Daniel Dale DITULLIO, JR., Mario Elmen TREMBLAY, Marc Eric GUSTWILLER
  • Patent number: 8846596
    Abstract: Liquid cleaning compositions are described herein that include a metal bleach catalyst which is a complex of a transition-metal and a macrocyclic ligand, the ligand having a calculated Octanol/Water Partition Coefficient value of from about ?1.50 to about ?0.10, a formulation enabling fraction comprising at least one formulation enabling ingredient, the formulation enabling fraction having a Hydrophilic Index of from about 4.0 to about 10.0, and a formulation deactivating fraction comprising at least one formulation deactivating ingredient that has a calculated Octanol/Water Partition Coefficient value of from about ?3.5 to about ?0.10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Richard Dykstra, Mario Elmen Tremblay, Xiaoru Jenny Wang, James Lee Danziger, Daniel Dale Ditullio, Jr., Consuelo Kong, Ismael Cotte-Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 8815789
    Abstract: Metal bleach catalysts that are complexes of a transition-metal and a dioxo ligand, cleaning compositions comprising such metal bleach catalysts, and methods of using such metal bleach catalysts, are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: David Tétard, Adam Phillip Robinson-Miller, Robert Richard Dykstra, Gregory Scot Miracle
  • Publication number: 20120260433
    Abstract: Metal bleach catalysts that are complexes of a transition-metal and a dioxo ligand, cleaning compositions comprising such metal bleach catalysts, and methods of using such metal bleach catalysts, are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventors: David Tétard, Adam Phillip Robinson-Miller, Robert Richard Dykstra, Gregory Scot Miracle
  • Publication number: 20120208739
    Abstract: Liquid cleaning compositions are described herein that include a metal bleach catalyst which is a complex of a transition-metal and a macrocyclic ligand, the ligand having a calculated Octanol/Water Partition Coefficient value of from about ?1.50 to about ?0.10, a formulation enabling fraction comprising at least one formulation enabling ingredient, the formulation enabling fraction having a Hydrophilic Index of from about 4.0 to about 10.0, and a formulation deactivating fraction comprising at least one formulation deactivating ingredient that has a calculated Octanol/Water Partition Coefficient value of from about ?3.5 to about ?0.10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Robert Richard Dykstra, Mario Elmen Tremblay, Xiaoru Jenny Wang, James Lee Danziger, Daniel Dale Ditullio, JR., Consuelo Kong, Ismael Cotte-Rodriguez
  • Publication number: 20120205581
    Abstract: Compositions and methods of bleaching are described herein, wherein the compositions include a metal bleach catalyst which is a complex of a transition-metal and a macrocyclic ligand, wherein the metal bleach catalyst is present in the composition in an amount ranging from about 0.0001% to about 10%, based on total weight of the composition, and a bleaching primer, wherein the composition has a molar ratio of bleaching primer to metal bleach catalyst of from about 1:20 to about 100:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Robert Richard Dykstra, Daniel Dale Ditullio, JR., Mario Elmen Tremblay, Marc Eric Gustwiller
  • Patent number: 8211848
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid laundry detergent composition comprising 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 1000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Richard Dykstra, Alan Thomas Brooker, Nigel Patrick Somerville Roberts, Gregory Scot Miracle, Neil Joseph Lant, Philip Frank Souter, Mark Forrest, Colin Ure
  • Patent number: 8187580
    Abstract: Benefit agent delivery systems, compositions incorporating such benefit agent delivery systems, and methods for making the delivery system in the compositions are provided. The benefit agent delivery systems of the present invention employ polymer particles having affinities for selected benefit agents, such as perfume, to form the polymeric assisted benefit agent delivery systems, which can effectively deposit benefit agents onto, onto the surface of a substrate, e.g., fabrics being laundered, hard surfaces, hair, skin or nails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Richard Dykstra, Lois Sara Gallon, Mannie Lee Clapp
  • Publication number: 20120015009
    Abstract: A multi-phase personal care composition is described comprising is a first phase and a second phase. The personal care composition comprises at least 0.25%, by weight of the composition, of blooming perfume ingredients having a KI of less than about 1500.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventors: Rebecca Ann Taylor, Karl Shiqing Wei, Jimmie Lee Ward, Robert Richard Dykstra, Julie Anne Mathews, Lois Sara Gallon, Zerlina Guzdar Dubois, Virginia Tzung-Hwei Hutchins, Jianjun Justin Li
  • Publication number: 20110257062
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a non-unit dose liquid laundry detergent composition suitable for use in a single-compartment container comprising: (a) detersive surfactant; (b) from 0 wt % to 20 wt % water; (c) source of peracid; (d) optionally, from 0 wt % to 5 wt % citric acid; and (e) optionally, from 0 wt % to 5 wt % fatty acid, wherein the pH of the undiluted composition is at least 0.5 pH units higher than the pKa of the source of peracid, and wherein upon dilution in de-ionized water to a concentration of 1 g/L at 20° C., the composition forms a wash liquor, wherein the equilibrium pH of the wash liquor is at least 0.5 pH units lower than the pKa of the source of peracid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventors: Robert Richard Dykstra, Eugene Joseph Pancheri
  • Publication number: 20110257060
    Abstract: A non-unit dose laundry detergent composition suitable for use in a single-compartment container including: (a) detersive surfactant; (b) from 0 wt % to 10 wt % water; (c) bleach; (d) optionally, from 0 wt % to 5 wt % citric acid; and (e) optionally, from 0 wt % to 5 wt % fatty acid, wherein the composition comprises at least 1 wt % solid particles suspended within a continuous liquid phase, wherein the suspended solid particles comprise bleach, wherein the weight average particle size of the suspended solid bleach particles is at least 1 micrometer, wherein at least 95 wt % of the suspended solid bleach particle sizes have a size in the range of from 0.1 micrometers to 500 micrometers, wherein the density of the suspended solid bleach particles is less than 500 g/l, and wherein the dynamic viscosity of the continuous liquid phase is in the range of from 100 mPas to 500 mPas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventor: Robert Richard Dykstra
  • Publication number: 20110240510
    Abstract: The need for a stable, safe on fabric, bleaching laundry detergent, that is also convenient to use, can be met by incorporating an aryliminium cation and/or zwitterion, and an activated peroxygen source, into fluid portions of a unit dose laundry detergent article. Such unit dose articles also result in reduced damage from bleach spotting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventors: Johan Maurice Theo De Poortere, Robert Richard Dykstra, Regine Labeque, Daniel Dale Ditullio, JR.
  • Publication number: 20110165101
    Abstract: The present invention relates to photo-labile pro-fragrance conjugates comprising: a) a photo-labile unit which upon exposure to electromagnetic radiation is capable of releasing a pro-fragrance unit; and b) a pro-fragrance unit, which when so released is either i) a pro-fragrance compound capable of releasing a fragrance raw material; or ii) a fragrance raw material. The present invention relates to systems for delivering fragrances to a situs, and to laundry detergent compositions, fine fragrances, personal care and hair care compositions comprising said systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Robert Richard DYKSTRA, Gregory Scot MIRACLE, Lon Montgomery GRAY