IP Library Granted Patent US 8,476,219
Granted Patent B2
US 8,476,219 · App. 13/462,157 · Granted Jul 2, 2013

Laundry scent additive

Inventor: Yousef Georges Aouad (Cincinnati, OH)
Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
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Patent No.
US 8,476,219
App. No.
13/462,157
Granted
Jul 2, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A laundry scent additive having polyethylene glycol and perfume. The laundry scent additive enables consumers to control the amount of scent imparted to their laundry.

Claims (15)

1. A method of making a composition comprising the steps of:

providing a viscous material having a glass transition temperature, said viscous material comprising:

(a) from about 65% to about 99% by weight of said composition of polyethylene glycol;

(b) from about 2% to about 12% by weight of said composition free perfume; and

(c) from about 2% to about 12% by weight of said composition of a perfume microcapsule, wherein said perfume microcapsule comprises encapsulated perfume;

providing said viscous material at a processing temperature less than about 20 degrees Celsius higher than said glass transition temperature; and

passing said viscous material through small openings and onto a moving conveyor surface upon which said viscous material is cooled below said glass transition temperature to form a plurality of pastilles.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said viscous material further comprises a dye.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein said polyethylene glycol has a molecular weight from about 3,000 to about 13,000.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein said composition comprises from about 80% to about 95% by weight of said composition of polyethylene glycol.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein said perfume microcapsule is a friable microcapsule and comprises a melamine/formaldehyde shell.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein said perfume microcapsule encapsulates from about 0.6% to about 4% by weight of said composition of perfume.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein said plurality of pastilles include pastilles having a shape selected from the group consisting of spherical, hemispherical, compressed hemispherical, lentil shaped, and oblong.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein said pastilles have a maximum dimension less than about 1 centimeter.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein said pastilles have a mass from about 0.95 mg to about 2 g.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 11, 2012
From: AOUAD, YOUSEF GEORGES
To: PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY, THE
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Priority Claims (1)
CA 2682636 · Nov 5, 2009 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTUS2010055398 · Nov 4, 2010
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