IP Library Granted Patent US 8,580,720
Granted Patent B2
US 8,580,720 · App. 12/341,730 · Granted Nov 12, 2013

Laundry detergent composition comprising a glycosyl hydrolase and a benefit agent containing delivery particle

Inventors: Jean-Pol Boutique (Gembloux, BE); Nathalie Jean Marie-Louise Vanwyngaerden (Leuven, BE); Neil Joseph Lant (Newcastle upon Tyne, GB); Philip Frank Souter (Morpeth, GB); Eugene Steven Sadlowski (Cincinnati, OH); Genevieve Cagalawan Wenning (Villa Hills, KY)
Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
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Patent No.
US 8,580,720
App. No.
12/341,730
Granted
Nov 12, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a laundry detergent composition comprising a glycosyl hydrolase and a benefit agent containing delivery particles, compositions comprising said particles, and processes for making and using the aforementioned particles and compositions.

Claims (11)

1. A laundry detergent composition comprising:

(a) a glycosyl hydrolase having enzymatic activity towards both xyloglucan and amorphous cellulose substrates, wherein the glycosyl hydrolase belongs to glycosyl hydrolase family 44 or and has a sequence at least 90% homologous to sequence ID No. 1;

(b) a benefit agent containing delivery particle comprising a core material and a wall material that surrounds the core material, said particle's core material comprising a benefit agent, wherein said benefit agent comprises a perfume composition, said particle comprising, based on total particle weight, from about 20 weight % to about 95 weight % of said perfume composition, said particle's wall material comprising melamine crosslinked with formaldehyde, said particle having a Delivery Index of at least about 0.05 said composition being a consumer product; and

(c) detersive surfactant.

2. A composition according to claim 1 , wherein the glycosyl hydrolase enzyme has a sequence at least 95% homologous to sequence ID No. 1.

3. A composition according to claim 1 , wherein the composition is in the form of a liquid.

4. A composition according to claim 1 , wherein said particle has a Delivery Index of at least 7.

5. A composition according to claim 1 , wherein said particle's core material further comprises a material selected from the group consisting of silicone oils, waxes, hydrocarbons, higher fatty acids, essential oils, lipids, skin coolants, vitamins, sunscreens, antioxidants, glycerine, catalysts, bleach particles, silicon dioxide particles, malodor reducing agents, dyes, brighteners, antibacterial actives, antiperspirant actives, cationic polymers and mixtures thereof.

6. A composition according to claim 1 , wherein said perfume composition comprises a Quadrant III perfume raw material.

7. A composition according to claim 1 , wherein said composition comprises, based on total composition weight, from about 0.2 to about 10 weight % of said particle.

8. A composition according to claim 1 , wherein the composition comprises a material selected from the group consisting of calcium formate, formic acid, polyamines and mixtures thereof.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2009
From: BOUTIQUE, JEAN-POL; VANWYNGAERDEN, NATHALIE JEAN MARIE-LOUISE; LANT, NEIL JOSEPH; SOUTER, PHILIP FRANK; SADLOWSKI, EUGENE STEVEN; WENNING, GENEVIEVE CAGALAWAN
To: PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY, THE
Reel/Frame 022186/0983 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 8, 2009
From: BOUTIQUE, JEAN-POL; VANWYNGAERDEN, NATHALIE JEAN MARIE-LOUISE; LANT, NEIL JOSEPH; SOUTER, PHILIP FRANK; SADLOWSKI, EUGENE STEVEN; WENNING, GENEVIEVE CAGALAWAN
To: PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY, THE
Reel/Frame 022087/0175 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 61010112 · Jan 4, 2008
Provisional Application 61114584 · Nov 14, 2008
Related Publication 20090176291A1 · Jul 9, 2009