Patents by Inventor Stephen Leonard Briggs

Stephen Leonard Briggs 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).

  • Publication number: 20180207082
    Abstract: The present invention provides: an aqueous hair care composition comprising; a. 0.5 to 3 w.t. of cationic polymer, b. one or more hair benefit agents, wherein the composition is substantially free of fatty materials, and wherein the benefit agent is selected from glycerine and silicone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventor: Stephen Leonard BRIGGS
  • Patent number: 9402796
    Abstract: Kit comprising an aqueous hair conditioning composition comprising a cationic surfactant and fatty alcohol, and an anhydrous activator composition which comprises polyalkylene glycol. Method of treating the hair comprising applying an activator composition to a hair conditioning composition, mixing, and then applying to the hair. Method of treating the hair comprising applying a hair conditioning composition to the hair and then applying an activator composition to the hair. Method of texturising a hair conditioning composition by mixing with an activator composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Leonard Briggs, Andrew Tattersall
  • Publication number: 20150157544
    Abstract: Kit comprising an aqueous hair conditioning composition comprising a cationic surfactant and fatty alcohol, and an anhydrous activator composition which comprises polyalkylene glycol. Method of treating the hair comprising applying an activator composition to a hair conditioning composition, mixing, and then applying to the hair. Method of treating the hair comprising applying a hair conditioning composition to the hair and then applying an activator composition to the hair. Method of texturising a hair conditioning composition by mixing with an activator composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Stephen Leonard Briggs, Andrew Tattersall
  • Publication number: 20120237468
    Abstract: Conditioning composition comprising a quaternary conditioning surfactant, an acid neutralized amidoamine surfactant of general formula: R1-C(O)-NH-R2-N(R3)(R4) wherein R1 is a fatty acid chain with from 12 to 22 carbon atoms, R2 is an alkylene group containing from one to 4 carbon atoms and R3 and R4 are, independently, an alkyl group having from one to four carbon atoms and from 0.45 to 4% wt. of the composition lactic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: Unilever PLC
    Inventors: Peter Lawrence Bailey, Stephen Leonard Briggs, Kayo Kobori
  • Patent number: 7763579
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: The Sun Products Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Leonard Briggs, Craig Warren Jones
  • Patent number: 7718596
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: The Sun Products Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Leonard Briggs, Lisa Emma Fildes, Craig Warren Jones
  • Patent number: 7691801
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: The Sun Products Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Leonard Briggs, Craig Warren Jones, Glyn Roberts
  • Publication number: 20080261850
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2005
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Inventors: Stephen Leonard Briggs, Craig Warren Jones
  • Publication number: 20080242580
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2005
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Stephen Leonard Briggs, Craig Warren Jones
  • Publication number: 20080242579
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Stephen Leonard Briggs, Lisa Emma Fildes, Craig Warren Jones