Michael E. Burns
60Patents
27h-index
93Co-inventors
91Inventor score
Filing activity: Apr 13, 1915 → Jan 5, 2022
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5576282A | Color-safe bleach boosters, compositions and laundry methods employing same | Textiles; Paper | 287 | Expired |
| US6306812A | Bleach compositions containing metal bleach catalyst, and bleach activators and/or organic percarboxylic acids | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 176 | Expired |
| US4634551A | Bleaching compounds and compositions comprising fatty peroxyacids salts thereof and precursors therefor having amide moieties in the fatty chain | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 154 | Expired |
| US5574179A | Concentrated biodegradable quaternary ammonium fabric softener compositions and compouds containing intermediate iodine value unsaturated fatty acid chains | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 102 | Expired |
| US4000093A | Alkyl sulfate detergent compositions | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 89 | Expired |
| US4100095A | Peroxyacid bleach composition having improved exotherm control | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 79 | Expired |
| US5998350A | Bleaching compounds comprising N-acyl caprolactam and/or peroxy acid activators | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 75 | Expired |
| US4605509A | Detergent compositions containing sodium aluminosilicate builders | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 70 | Expired |
| US4686063A | Fatty peroxyacids or salts thereof having amide moieties in the fatty chain and low levels of exotherm control agents | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 61 | Expired |
| US5460747A | Multiple-substituted bleach activators | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 54 | Expired |
| US5677272A | Bleaching compositions comprising protease enzymes | Human Necessities | 49 | Expired |
| US5686015A | Quaternary substituted bleach activators | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 48 | Expired |
| US4606838A | Bleaching compositions comprising alkoxy substituted aromatic peroxyacids | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 45 | Expired |
| US5405412A | Bleaching compounds comprising N-acyl caprolactam and alkanoyloxybenzene sulfonate bleach activators | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 43 | Expired |
| US5562849A | Concentrated biodegradable quaternary ammonium fabric softener compositions and compounds containing intermediate iodine value unsaturated fatty acid chains | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 42 | Expired |
| US5405413A | Bleaching compounds comprising acyl valerolactam bleach activators | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 42 | Expired |
| US4274975A | Detergent composition | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 41 | Expired |
| US5545340A | Concentrated biodegradable quaternary ammonium fabric softener compositions and compounds containing intermediate iodine value unsaturated fatty acid chains | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 41 | Expired |
| US4136038A | Fabric conditioning compositions containing methyl cellulose ether | Textiles; Paper | 35 | Expired |
| US6387862B2 | Bleach compositions | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 34 | Expired |
| US5686401A | Bleaching compounds comprising N-acyl caprolactam for use in hand-wash or other low-water cleaning systems | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 33 | Expired |
| US5523434A | Synthesis of bleach activators | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 33 | Expired |
| US4100094A | Novel cellulose ethers and detergent compositions containing same | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 32 | Expired |
| US4174305A | Alkyl benzene sulfonate detergent compositions containing cellulose ether soil release agents | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 30 | Expired |
| US6566318B2 | Bleach compositions containing metal bleach catalyst, and bleach activators and/or organic percarboxylic acids | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 29 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.