Patents by Inventor Saroj Rai

Saroj Rai 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).

  • Protease enzymes for tough cleaning and/or spot and film reduction and compositions incorporating same
    Patent number: 6369011
    Abstract: The present relates to cleaning compositions comprising a protease enzyme which is a carbonyl variant having an amino acid sequence not found in nature, which is derived by replacement of a plurality of amino acid residues of a precursor carbonyl ydrolase with different amino acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Saroj Rai, Paul Elliott Correa, Yong Zhu, Thomas Paul Graycar, Richard Ray Bott
  • Enzymatic detergent compositions
    Patent number: 6133227
    Abstract: The present invention relates to detergent compositions comprising an enzyme that increases the water-solubility of fatty acid-containing stains/soils, especially an acid-thiolligase, a desaturase enzyme and/or a glutathione S-transferase. These detergent compositions provide cleaning performance on body soils and/or oily/greasy soils and stains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mary Vijayarani Barnabas, Saroj Rai, Ashoke Kumar Mitra, Andre Christian Convents
  • Cleaning compositions containing bleach and stability-enhanced enzymes
    Patent number: 5904161
    Abstract: Cleaning compositions, particularly automatic dishwashing detergent compositions, comprising a stability-enhanced amylase and bleach-improving materials are provided. More specifically, the invention relates to granular automatic dishwashing detergents which provide enhanced cleaning/bleaching benefits. The automatic dishwashing compositions comprise stability-enhanced amylase enzymes and one or more bleach-improving compounds, such as organic peroxides, quaternary substituted bleach activators, quaternary substituted peracids and manganese or iron bleach catalysts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1999
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Saroj Rai, William Michael Scheper, Lucille Florence Taylor, Gregory Stephen Caravajal, James Charles Theophile Roger Burckett-St. Laurent, Kakumanu Pramod