Patents by Inventor Craig Warren Jones
Craig Warren Jones 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).
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Publication number: 20130122070Abstract: The invention provides a benefit agent delivery particle having an average diameter of less than 50 micron comprising; at least one shell formed by a step-growth polymerisation reaction, preferably involving an isocyanate monomer, more preferably a urethane and/or a urea, interior said shell, at least one region formed by chain-growth polymerisation reaction (preferably a free-radical polymerisation) which does not involve an isocyanate, c) optionally, a benefit agent interior to said shell, and/or a deposition aid exterior to said shell. The invention further provides a process for the preparation of such particles wherein the shell is formed prior to the chain-growth polymerisation of the at least one region interior of the shell, preferably be forming the shell at a temperature at which the chain-growth reaction is inhibited.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2011Publication date: May 16, 2013Inventors: Stuart Anthony Barnett, Craig Warren Jones, Adam John Limer, James Merrington, Jeremy Nicholas Winter
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Publication number: 20100216684Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of core-shell perfume particles by emulsion polymerisation and to the products obtainable by such a process. The core of the particles comprises a perfume and the shell (which preferably comprises an aminoplast polymer) also comprises a non-ionic deposition aid (such as locust bean gum) which is substantive to textiles. The process of the invention is characterised in that, during the emulsion polymerisation step, the solids content of the polymerisation mixture does not fall below 25% wt. The particles obtained by the process are suitable for inclusion in laundry products and show significantly improved deposition and retention onto fabrics being laundered as compared with particles formed at lower solids levels.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2008Publication date: August 26, 2010Inventors: Paul Ferguson, Anthony Hackett, Robert Alan Hunter, Christopher Clarkson Jones, Craig Warren Jones
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Patent number: 7763579Abstract: A method of preparing a composition for use in a unit dose fabric treatment system, the method comprising the steps of reacting together, in the presence of water, a ester-containing soap precursor, a base material, and optionally a solvent.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2005Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Assignee: The Sun Products CorporationInventors: Stephen Leonard Briggs, Craig Warren Jones
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Patent number: 7718596Abstract: A unit dose fabric treatment system comprises a water soluble container in which a liquid fabric treatment composition is disposed, the composition comprising one or more fatty acid esters wherein, in at least one of the fatty acid esters, the average proportion of C18 chains is less than 60%, preferably less than 50%, more preferably less than 40%, e.g. less than 30% by weight of the total weight of fatty acid chains in the fatty acid ester.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2005Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Assignee: The Sun Products CorporationInventors: Stephen Leonard Briggs, Lisa Emma Fildes, Craig Warren Jones
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Patent number: 7691801Abstract: A liquid fabric treatment composition comprising from 50 to 92% by weight of water, from 1 to 15% by weight of one or more alkylated sugars, from 1 to 15% by weight of one or more fatty acids, from 5 to 25% by weight of one or more fatty acid esters, and from 1 to 15% by weight of fatty acid soap.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2007Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignee: The Sun Products CorporationInventors: Stephen Leonard Briggs, Craig Warren Jones, Glyn Roberts
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Publication number: 20080261850Abstract: A unit dose fabric treatment system comprises a water soluble container in which a liquid fabric treatment composition is disposed, the composition comprising a fatty acid and an alkylated sugar.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2005Publication date: October 23, 2008Inventors: Stephen Leonard Briggs, Craig Warren Jones
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Publication number: 20080242579Abstract: A unit dose fabric treatment system comprises a water soluble container in which a liquid fabric treatment composition is disposed, the composition comprising one or more fatty acid esters wherein, in at least one of the fatty acid esters, the average proportion of C18 chains is less than 60%, preferably less than 50%, more preferably less than 40%, e.g. less than 30% by weight of the total weight of fatty acid chains in the fatty acid ester.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2005Publication date: October 2, 2008Inventors: Stephen Leonard Briggs, Lisa Emma Fildes, Craig Warren Jones
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Publication number: 20080242580Abstract: A method of preparing a composition for use in a unit dose fabric treatment system, the method comprising the steps of reacting together, in the presence of water, a ester-containing soap precursor, a base material, and optionally a solvent.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2005Publication date: October 2, 2008Inventors: Stephen Leonard Briggs, Craig Warren Jones
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Patent number: 7083047Abstract: A water soluble package comprises a polymeric film, the polymeric film comprising a polymeric backbone derived from a polymer which is water soluble, as defined herein, and one or more derivatising groups attached to the backbone, the derivatising group(s) being derived from a material having a ClogP of from 0.5 to 6 and/or being derived from a parent material comprising a C4 to C22 hydrocarbyl chain.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2003Date of Patent: August 1, 2006Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Gavin Bone, Robert Walter Fuss, Craig Warren Jones, Steven Paul Rannard, Michael Stephen White
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Patent number: 7015188Abstract: A fabric softening composition comprises a cationic fabric softening compound comprising 2 or more long hydrocarbyl chains, an oil comprising from 8 to 40 carbon atoms, a nonionic stabiliser comprising a nonionic alkoxylate having an average alkoxylation number of from 10 to 40 wherein the composition is in the form of a macroemulsion. A method for softening fabrics comprises adding the fabric softening composition to a laundry operation.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2001Date of Patent: March 21, 2006Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Amanda Jane Adama, Craig Warren Jones, Marie Anne Maxwell
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Publication number: 20040065578Abstract: A water soluble package comprises a polymeric film, the polymeric film comprising a polymeric backbone derived from a polymer which is water soluble, as defined herein, and one or more derivatising groups attached to the backbone, the derivatising group(s) being derived from a material having a ClogP of from 0.5 to 6 and/or being derived from a parent material comprising a C4 to C22 hydrocarbyl chain.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2003Publication date: April 8, 2004Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Gavin Bone, Robert Walter Fuss, Craig Warren Jones, Steven Paul Rannard, Michael Stephen White
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Publication number: 20040033931Abstract: A fabric softening composition comprises a cationic fabric softening compound comprising 2 or more long hydrocarbyl chains, an oil comprising from 8 to 40 carbon atoms, a nonionic stabiliser comprising a nonionic alkoxylate having an average alkoxylation number of from 10 to 40 wherein the composition is in the form of a macroemulsion. A method for softening fabrics comprises adding the fabric softening composition to a laundry operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2003Publication date: February 19, 2004Inventors: Amanda Jane Adama, Craig Warren Jones, Marie Anne Maxwell
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Publication number: 20030134766Abstract: A fabric conditioning kit comprises a water-soluble package for containing a liquid rinse conditioning composition and an activator provided separately from the water-soluble package and comprising an active ingredient which causes and/or accelerates the disintegration of the water-soluble polymeric film. The package is placed into the washing machine drum at the beginning of the wash cycle and the activator is placed in the rinse compartment of the dispensing drawer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2003Publication date: July 17, 2003Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Craig Warren Jones, Leslie Joseph Joinson
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Publication number: 20030054966Abstract: A water soluble package comprises a substantially non-aqueous liquid rinse conditioning composition therein, wherein the water soluble package comprises a polymeric film. A process for conditioning fabrics comprises the step of adding to the rinse cycle of a washing operation the water soluble package and rinse conditioning composition therein, allowing or causing the package to break so as to release the contents therefrom and contacting the composition with fabric being laundered. The package is either disposed in the drum at the beginning of the wash cycle, remains intact through the wash cycle and disperses and/or dissolves at the beginning of or during the rinse cycle or is disposed in the rinse compartment of the dispenser drawer or in the drum between the wash and rinse cycles and disperses and/or dissolves immediately.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2002Publication date: March 20, 2003Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Gavin Bone, Helene Sylvie Buron, Craig Warren Jones, Laurent Soubiran
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Publication number: 20020198125Abstract: A water soluble package and a substantially non-aqueous liquid rinse conditioning composition therein, wherein the water soluble package comprises a polymeric film provided one or more modifying protective functional groups. The modifying protective functional groups are arranged to protect the active functional groups that may be present in the film so as to prevent decomposition of the film during the wash cycle but to allow or accelerate decomposition of the film during the rinse cycle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2002Publication date: December 26, 2002Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventor: Craig Warren Jones
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Patent number: 6432911Abstract: An aqueous fabric conditioning composition comprises a cationic surfactant, an oil, a solvent and is in the form of a water-in-oil micro-emulsion. The cationic surfactant comprises either (a) quaternary ammonium compounds having at least one ester group and being formed from a parent fatty acid having a degree of unsaturation represented by an iodine value of from 20 to 140 or (b) quaternary ammonium compounds having two C8-C28 alkyl or alkenyl chains directly attached to the nitrogen and being formed from a parent fatty acid having a degree of unsaturation represented by an iodine value of from 0 to 20 or (c) mixtures of (a) and (b). The invention also relates to a process for treating fabrics and a method for preparing a fabric treatment composition.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2000Date of Patent: August 13, 2002Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Helene Sylvie Buron, Craig Warren Jones, Pablo Martinez-Escolano, Laurent Soubiran
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Patent number: 6410501Abstract: A fabric conditioner concentrate is produced comprising a liquid or soft solid derivative of cyclic polyol or a reduced saccharide resulting from 35 to 100% of the hydroxyl groups in the cyclic polyol or reduced saccharide being esterified or etherified, the derivative having at least two or more ether groups independently attached to a C8-C22 alkyl or alkenyl chain or mixtures thereof, containing at least 35% tri- or higher esters, an emulsifying agent, a deposition aid and less than 30% by weight water. The nonionic fabric softening component dissolves the deposition aid, which, if it is a cationic deposition aid, can also act as an emulsifying agent, allowing the composition to emulsify easily on mixing with water. Fabric conditioning concentrates according to the present invention maybe in the form of clear isotropic compositions or clear water-in-oil micro-emulsions. The deposition aid allows the nonionic fabric softening component to deposit onto fabric from the emulsion during a rinse step.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2000Date of Patent: June 25, 2002Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Craig Warren Jones, Mansur Sultan Mohammadi
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Publication number: 20010027173Abstract: A softening compound comprises a derivative of a cyclic polyol or a derivative of a reduced saccharide having, on average, 30 to 80% of its hydroxyl groups esterified and/or etherified, one or more long chain C8 to C22 alkyl, alkenyl or hydroxyalkyl groups and one or more quaternary ammonium group, the C8 to C22 alkyl, alkenyl or hydroxyalkyl group(s) being attached to an ester or ether group. Preferably the compound has two or more ester and/or ether groups. A fabric softening composition comprises from 1 to 80 wt % of the softening compound, based on the total weight of the composition. A method for forming such compounds comprises reacting a cyclic polyol or a reduced saccharide with a fatty acid and a halogen alkyl acid chloride to form an, at least partly, esterified cyclic polyol or reduced saccharide and then quaternising the esterified compound so as to form a CPED or RSED comprising a quaternary ammonium group.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2000Publication date: October 4, 2001Inventors: James Patrick Conroy, Craig Warren Jones