Patents by Inventor Vivian B. John

Vivian B. John 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).

  • Silicone containing hard surface scouring cleansers
    Patent number: 5316692
    Abstract: A cleanser composition for hard surfaces, for example baths, tiles, laminated surfaces and the like, which contains at least one surfactant, an abrasive substance, water and an organosiloxane component which comprises both (A) a dimethylsiloxane having from 2 to 10 silicon atoms and (B) a polydiorganosiloxane in which there is present at least one Si-bonded substituent selected from alkyl groups having from 6 to 50 carbon atoms and the styryl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1994
    Assignee: Dow Corning Limited
    Inventor: Vivian B. John
  • Compositions and process for treating textiles
    Patent number: 4624794
    Abstract: A textile treating composition, useful as a composition for the softening of textiles during the rinse cycle of a laundry operation, comprises a cationic surfactant which is substantive to water rinse on textiles and a polydiorganosiloxane having at least one amido containing substitutent, preferably of the formula ##STR1## where R is an alkylene group. The composition is preferably utilized in the form of an aqueous dispersion. A process for treating textile fabrics is also described.Textile fabrics when treated with this composition exhibit a less greasy feel than prior art textile fabrics and also have an improved rewet time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1986
    Assignee: Dow Corning, Ltd,
    Inventors: David J. Cooke, Brian J. Griffiths, Vivian B. John, George C. Sawicki