Inventor · Sharonville, OH, US

Michael E. Burns

60Patents
27h-index
93Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 13, 1915 → Jan 5, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
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.