Patents by Inventor Ann Clowes

Ann Clowes 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).

  • Patent number: 9150822
    Abstract: An aqueous fabric conditioner composition comprising (a) from 2 to 9 wt % of a fabric softening active, by weight of the total composition, wherein the fabric softening active is an ester-linked quaternary ammonium compound having fatty acid chains comprising from 20 to 35 wt % of saturated C18 chains and from 20 to 35 wt % of monounsaturated C18 chains, by weight of total fatty acid chains; and (b) from 0.01 to 0.5 wt %, by weight of the total composition, of a floc prevention agent, which is a non-ionic alkoxylated material having an HLB value of from 8 to 18, wherein the aqueous fabric conditioner composition has a viscosity of greater than 50 cps, preferably from 55 to 200 cps as measured on a cup and bob viscometer; the viscosity being continuously measured under shear at 106 s?1 for 60 seconds, at 25° C. and wherein the composition leads to little or no floc formation upon addition to water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Elizabeth Ann Clowes, Michel Gilbert Jose Delroisse, Denis James Gregory, Robert Allan Hunter, Karl Gareth Kean Jones, James Merrington, Mark Nicholas Newman, Janette Perry, Shaun Charles Walsh, Jenny Wiggans
  • Publication number: 20140057827
    Abstract: An aqueous fabric conditioner composition comprising (a) from 2 to 9 wt % of a fabric softening active, by weight of the total composition, wherein the fabric softening active is an ester-linked quaternary ammonium compound having fatty acid chains comprising from 20 to 35 wt % of saturated C18 chains and from 20 to 35 wt % of monounsaturated C18 chains, by weight of total fatty acid chains; and (b) from 0.01 to 0.5 wt %, by weight of the total composition, of a floc prevention agent, which is a non-ionic alkoxylated material having an HLB value of from 8 to 18, wherein the aqueous fabric conditioner composition has a viscosity of greater than 50 cps, preferably from 55 to 200 cps as measured on a cup and bob viscometer; the viscosity being continuously measured under shear at 106 s?1 for 60 seconds, at 25° C. and wherein the composition leads to little or no floc formation upon addition to water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Inventors: Elizabeth Ann Clowes, Michel Gilbert Jose Delroisse, Denis James Gregory, Robert Allan Hunter, Karl Gareth Kean Jones, James Merrington, Mark Nicholas Newman, Janette Perry, Shaun Charles Walsh, Jenny Wiggans
  • Publication number: 20110269663
    Abstract: A fabric conditioner composition comprising a polymer and a fabric softening active, characterised in that the polymer is a crosslinked water swellable cationic copolymer of at least one cationic monomer and optionally other monomers selected from non-ionic and anionic monomers, characterized in that the polymer comprises less than 25% of water soluble polymers, by total weight of the polymer, and a cross-linking agent concentration of from 500 ppm to 5000 ppm relative to the polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventors: Elizabeth Ann Clowes, Vincent Charles Mole, Mark Nicholas Newman, Janette Perry
  • Publication number: 20080176784
    Abstract: A fabric conditioning composition comprises (a) an ester linked quaternary ammonium fabric softening material; and (b) a nonionic material represented by formula (I) wherein R and R? are independently selected from C1 to C15 optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, hydroxyalkyl and benzyl groups and the combined number of carbons in R and R? is from 7 to 16, n is from 1 to 9 and a is 2 or 3. The nonionic material is used to improve high temperature storage stability of the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2004
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Ann Clowes, John Hubbard