With Free Higher Fatty Acid Component Patents (Class 510/153)
  • Patent number: 11072763
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hand dishwashing cleaning composition. In particular, the composition includes a surfactant system, the surfactant system includes an anionic surfactant having a weight average degree of alkyl branching between 41% and 50% and a primary co-surfactant selected from the group consisting of amphoteric surfactant, zwitterionic surfactant and mixtures thereof, and wherein the composition further includes a specific cyclic polyamine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Karl Ghislain Braeckman, Nuray Yaldizkaya
  • Patent number: 10655092
    Abstract: An exfoliating mineral soap has a cleansing surfactant base, a first quantity of exfoliating agent, a second quantity of exfoliating agent and a muscle relaxing agent. The first quantity of exfoliating agent is dispersed throughout the cleansing surfactant base. The second quantity of exfoliating agent is concentrated on a first external surface of the cleansing surfactant base. The muscle relaxing agent is concentrated on a second external surface of the cleansing surfactant base. The muscle relaxing agent has a magnesium chloride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Inventor: Maureen E Monteiro
  • Patent number: 10450538
    Abstract: A unit dose of detergent and methods for producing the same are provided. In accordance with one embodiment, a unit dose comprises a body having a viscosity of from about 200,000 centipoise to about 50,000,000 centipoise at a working temperature of from about 0 to about 50 degrees Celsius, where the body has a bloom value of about 200 grams or more at the working temperature. The body comprises a detergent surfactant at from about 1 to about 40 weight percent based on the total weight of the body, and the body comprises a thickener at from about 10 to about 40 weight percent based on the total weight of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: HENKEL IP HOLDING GMBH
    Inventors: Tasha Zander, Morgan Kelley, Jeffrey Bankers, Kelly Adson
  • Patent number: 9949910
    Abstract: A method of improving the rinsability of a cleansing composition comprising an isethionate ester surfactant of formula R6COOCH2CH2SO3?M+ the method comprising incorporating into the composition one or more compounds of formula (I) wherein R1 and R6 each independently represents a C4-36 substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbyl group; each of R2, R3, R4 and R5 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-4 alkyl group and wherein at least one of R2, R3, R4 and R5 is not hydrogen and M+ represents a cation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: INNOSPEC LIMITED
    Inventors: John Nucci, Stephen Moss O'Connor
  • Patent number: 9861565
    Abstract: Described herein are liquid cleansing compositions having a reduced slippery skin feel comprising a) surfactants comprising (i) an alkali metal or ammonium alkyl ether sulfate, (ii) a betaine surfactant and (iii) a fatty acid amide; and b) polyethylene glycol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY
    Inventors: Subhash Harmalker, Emma Alvarado
  • Publication number: 20150024988
    Abstract: A surfactant free soap bar comprising soap, 0.1 to 2.5% by weight free fatty acid, 3 to 7% by weight talc, and 0.1 to 5% glycerin. The talc can be a macrocrystalline talc having D90?20 ?m and optionally D50?20 ?m or D10?5 ?m. The combination provides increased skin feel and leaves skin looking less dry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY
    Inventors: Diana Scala, Patricia Hall-Puzio, Michael Amoafo, Perry Cai, Jeffer Liang
  • Patent number: 8901062
    Abstract: An oil-in-water emulsion comprising droplets of a molten hydrogenated castor oil, the droplets having a mean diameter of between 0.1 ?m and 4 ?m; and an anionic surfactant; and wherein the mean diameter is measured when the emulsion is at a temperature of between 85° C. and 95° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Niels De Meirleir, Walter August Maria Broeckx, Linda Pellens
  • Patent number: 8877696
    Abstract: A cleaning composition may comprise a pH-switchable sudsing system and a cleansing system. The pH-switchable sudsing system may comprise a primary sudsing agent in combination with a pH-switchable co-surfactant. The pH-switchable co-surfactant is selected from diamine molecules having a general formula R1R2—N—R3—N+(CH3)3X?, where R1 is a linear or branched C8 to C16 hydrocarbyl, R2 is a linear or branched C1 to C3 hydrocarbyl, R3 is a linear or branched C3 to C6 hydrocarbylene, and X is a counteranion. The tertiary amine nitrogen of the pH-switchable co-surfactant has a pKa value. When the tertiary amine nitrogen is unprotonated, the pH-switchable co-surfactant may provide a suds-boosting effect in washing solutions at a washing pH above the pKa. When the tertiary amine nitrogen is protonated, the pH-switchable co-surfactant may provide a suds-reducing benefit in rinse waters at a rinse pH below the pKa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Hiroshi Oh, John August Wos, Robb Richard Gardner, Timothy Bates
  • Publication number: 20140274852
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bar soap composition that contains zinc pyrithione (ZPT) and a metal-pyridine oxide complex, preferably a zinc-pyridine oxide complex. The bar soap may be characterized by enhanced discoloration resistance, extended shelf life, and/or increased anti-microbial efficacy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Chunpeng JIANG, Brian Joseph LIMBERG, Edward Dewey SMITH, III, Juan WANG, Zhe LIU, Enjun CHENG, Casey Patrick KELLY, Jason Edward COOK, Patrick Christopher STENGER
  • Patent number: 8802607
    Abstract: A composition comprising a) a surfactant comprising an anionic surfactant; b) at least 8 weight % of the composition of a C12-18 fatty alcohol, and c) water. A cleansing method includes applying the composition to skin or hair and washing, and optionally rinsing with water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Aixing Fan, Jeffrey Mastrull, Edward Simpson
  • Patent number: 8722603
    Abstract: The present invention relates to soap bars having improved lather. Specifically, by limiting amounts of myristic acid and keeping specifically defined ratios of sum of C8-C10 fatty acids to C12 fatty acid bars having substantially improved lather and unexpectedly obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Rafael Astolfi, Andre Messias Krell Pedro, Sergio Roberto Leopoldino
  • Patent number: 8703686
    Abstract: It has been found that transparency and water-white appearance of soap bars is improved by adding a fluorescer at selective levels. Disclosed is a transparent soap bar comprising: (i) 20 to 78 wt % total fatty matter; and (ii) 0.003 to 0.5 wt % fluorescer, wherein (i) CIELAB b* value of said bar at 0° viewing and 75° illumination is less than 0; and (ii) color of said bar expressed as Y+5R on LOVIBOND® scale is 0 to 3 and wherein the soap bar includes 0.05 to 10 wt % C2 to C3 alcohol. Also disclosed is a process for making transparent soap bar comprising the steps of: (i) saponification of oils or fatty acids in presence of polyols to get a molten mass, where after complete neutralization, the free alkali content measured as sodium hydroxide is not greater than 0.1%; and (ii) molding said molten mass to get the bar, wherein 0.003 to 0.5 parts fluorescer and 0.05 to 10 parts C2 to C3 alcohol is mixed with said molten mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Ajit Manohar Agarkhed, Abir Chatterjee
  • Patent number: 8697620
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to improve the solidification point and the hardness of a soap of the fatty acid soap series wherein the percentage of potassium used as the counter ion is large. The solid soap of the present invention to achieve the above-described object is characterized by comprising 1 to 5 mass % of a betaine, and in that sodium and potassium are contained as the fatty acid counter ion, and potassium is 20 mole % or more of the counter ion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: P & PF Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Nishina, Takahito Makita, Tomoko Toda, Yoshinobu Saito, Takahiro Okuda
  • Patent number: 8658589
    Abstract: A surfactant concentrate is provided that includes C8-C22 acyl amido compounds, a polyol and C8-C22 fatty acids. The concentrate is formed via an interesterification reaction between a fatty acid ester and an amino compound or salt thereof in a polyol. The resultant surfactant concentrate will have a Hunter Lab Color Scale value L ranging from 70 to 100.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Bijan Harichian, Van Au, Badreddine Ahtchi-Ali, John Robert Winters, Peter Anthony Divone, Sr.
  • Patent number: 8653018
    Abstract: A surfactant concentrate is provided that includes C8-C22 acyl amido compounds, a polyol and C8-C22 fatty acids. The concentrate is formed via an interesterification reaction between a C1-C3 alkyl ester of a C8-C22 fatty acid and an amino compound or salt thereof in a polyol. The resultant surfactant concentrate will have a Hunter Lab Color Scale value L ranging from 70 to 100.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Bijan Harichian, Van Au, Badreddine Ahtchi-Ali, John Robert Winters, Peter Anthony Divone, Sr.
  • Patent number: 8618035
    Abstract: A millable solid soap. The millable solid soap contains a solid phase soap base and hydrogel phase particles dispersed in said soap base. The hydrogel phase particles act as fillers to render a low total fatty matter solid soap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mac Lai, Jayprakash Vidwans, Qian Wu
  • Patent number: 8569218
    Abstract: A gelled cleaning composition is provided that includes a standard temperature and pressure (STP) liquid oil or STP malleable wax present from 0.1 to 9.9 total weight percent. An emulsifier is present from 0.01 to 10 total weight percent, along with an alkylene glycol present from 0.002 to 11 total weight percent. A microemulsion is present in the composition from 0.2 to 15 total weight percent. Water forms a majority of the composition such that the composition is monophasic for at least 4 months storage at 20° Celsius. The composition is well suited for use in a process to remove a lipophilic substance from hands or an inanimate substrate by applying the composition and after allow sufficient time for the substance to be softened or solubilized, removing the composition and at least a portion of the substance. Silicone gaskets, as well as other cured resins and paints are readily removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
    Inventor: Claudia E. Britton
  • Publication number: 20130281343
    Abstract: The present invention relates to soap bars having improved lather. Specifically, by limiting amounts of myristic acid and keeping specifically defined ratios of sum of C8-C10 fatty acids to C12 fatty acid bars having substantially improved lather and unexpectedly obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Rafael Astolfi, Andre Messias Krell Pedro, Sergio Roberto Leopoldino
  • Patent number: 8563493
    Abstract: Provided are: an oil composition for cosmetics which is readily miscible with a makeup stain and can rinse out freshly through washing with water without leaving oily feeling, regardless of whether the skin is wet or not, and excels in safety and temporal stability; and a cleansing cosmetic containing the oil composition for cosmetics. The oil composition for cosmetics contains 1 to 30 percent by weight of a medium-chain polyglycerol monoalkyl ether; 1 to 30 percent by weight of a long-chain polyglycerol monoalkyl ether; and 40 to 98 percent by weight of at least one oily ingredient selected from the group consisting of silicone oils, ester oils, and triglycerols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Daicel Corporation
    Inventor: Yuichi Sakanishi
  • Patent number: 8492323
    Abstract: The present invention relates to soap bars having improved lather. Specifically, by limiting amounts of myristic acid and keeping specifically defined ratios of sum of C8-C10 fatty acids to C12 fatty acid bars having substantially improved lather and unexpectedly obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Conoppo, Inc.
    Inventors: Rafael Asolfi, Andre Messias Krell Pedro, Sergio Roberto Leopoldino
  • Patent number: 8476213
    Abstract: Scrub bars and methods for making scrub bars are disclosed. In some embodiments, the scrub bars comprise multiple layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Inventor: Monika S. Rudie
  • Publication number: 20130130960
    Abstract: The present invention relates to soap bars having improved lather. Specifically, by limiting amounts of myristic acid and keeping specifically defined ratios of sum of C8-C10 fatty acids to C12 fatty acid bars having substantially improved lather and unexpectedly obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: CONOPCO, INC., D/B/A UNILEVER
    Inventor: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
  • Patent number: 8278261
    Abstract: Soap and cosmetic products can be made from oil-bearing microbial biomass via the alkaline hydrolysis of glycerolipids and fatty acid esters to fatty acid salts. The saponified microbial oils/lipids can be combined with a variety of additives to produce compositions for use as soaps and other cosmetic products, which may also contain other constituents of the biomass, including unsaponified oils, glycerol and carotenoids, among others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Solazyme, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony G. Day, Geoffrey Brooks, Scott Franklin
  • Patent number: 8168576
    Abstract: The present invention is related to an aqueous cleansing composition especially for keratin fibers such as human hair with excellent volume enhancing effect. First object of the present invention is a cleansing composition for hair comprising at least one surfactant selected from anionic, non-ionic and amphoteric ones and furthermore comprising at least one ethoxylated monoglyceride according to the general formula wherein R1 is a saturated or unsaturated and branched or straight alkyl chain with a chain length of 7 to 21 C atoms and x+y+z has a value of 3 to 200 and at least one (poly)propylene glycol according to the following formula wherein n has a value between 1 and 70.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: KAO Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Hoffmann, Diana Leukel-Schäfer
  • Patent number: 8119583
    Abstract: Soap and cosmetic products can be made from oil-bearing microbial biomass via the alkaline hydrolysis of glycerolipids and fatty acid esters to fatty acid salts. The saponified microbial oils/lipids can be combined with a variety of additives to produce compositions for use as soaps and other cosmetic products, which may also contain other constituents of the biomass, including unsaponified oils, glycerol and carotenoids, among others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Solazyme, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony G. Day, Geoffrey Brooks, Scott Franklin
  • Patent number: 8080503
    Abstract: Cleansing bar compositions having high water content comprise: (a) at least about 15%, by weight of the composition, of water; (b) from about 40% to about 84%, by weight of the composition, of soap; and (c) from about 1% to about 15%, by weight of the composition, of inorganic salt. The bar compositions further comprise a component selected from the group consisting of carbohydrate structurant, humectant, free fatty acid, synthetic surfactants, and mixtures thereof. The bar compositions preferably have a Water Activity (“Aw”) of less than about 0.95, preferably less than about 0.90, and more preferably less than about 0.85. The bar compositions are preferably manufactured by a milling process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Charlie Reyes Salvador, Chunpeng Jiang, Lihuan Wu, Toshihiko Okano, Yan Zhang, Pamela Angeles Diocos, Daniel Samuel Samaco Perez
  • Patent number: 8017567
    Abstract: A personal care cleansing composition having enhanced perceptible skin benefits, for example, by selecting certain ratios of quaternary ammonium compounds and free fatty acids. Additionally, in accordance with various aspects of the present invention, the present inventors have discovered that the addition of talc in varying percentages increases qualities to the user such as freshness, smoothness, lather and creaminess. Additionally, aspects relating to fragrance retention, deposition and the amounts perceived are improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: The Dial Corporation
    Inventors: Catherine Schmit, James Dalton, Celeste Rosenberg, E. Gary Myers, Robert Dail
  • Patent number: 7989410
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of obtaining enhanced perfume bloom, e.g., bars providing enhanced perfume impact. By selecting specific bar compositions (e.g., with low TFM and specific starch-polyol structuring system), it has been unexpectedly found that bloom is actually increased upon dilution of such bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Conopco, INc.
    Inventors: Lin Yang, Georgia Shafer, Yury Yarovoy, Ricardo-Neri Da Silva, Sergio Roberto Leopoldino
  • Patent number: 7977302
    Abstract: A detergent composition comprising 40 to 80% by weight soap, 2 to 10% by weight Zinc oxide, and balance of other conventional ingredients, wherein at least 25% by weight of said soap is a salt of Lauric acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Debojit Chakrabarty, Amit Kumar Chaudhary, Srilaxmi Venkata Medepalli, Kalpana Kamlakar Nayak
  • Publication number: 20110143985
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of enhanced perfume retention, e.g., bars providing enhanced retention. By selecting specific bar compositions (e.g., with low TFM and specific starch-polyol structuring system), it has been unexpectedly found that retention of perfume during dry bar storage is actually increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: CONOPCO, INC., D/B/A UNILEVER
    Inventors: Lin Yang, Georgia Shafer, Ricardo-Neri Da Silva, Sergio Roberto Leopoldino
  • Patent number: 7939481
    Abstract: A color changing bar soap includes a small toy or figurine located inside a color changing layer such as a bicarbonate shell. The bicarbonate shell is housed within a body of soap. The bicarbonate surrounds and encapsulates the small toy. The soap fully surrounds and encapsulates the bicarbonate layer. The body of soap can be shaped like an egg or other various shapes to be determined, depending on the type of toy to be used with the soaps. In one embodiment, the egg-shaped soap is packaged onto a “nest-like” bail of hay or straw. This is placed inside a wooden or plastic crate for storage and use in a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Inventor: John Nazzaro
  • Patent number: 7875582
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising a structured benefit agent pre-mix or delivery vehicle comprising benefit agent structured with crystalline materials, as defined, which, when separately prepared and combined after preparation, provides enhanced delivery of benefit agent from a carrying composition into which the premix is added. The use of structured benefit agent also enhances delivery of separate benefit agents in the premix (which may or may not be structured) and of separate benefit agents added separately from the premix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Quynh Pham, Stephen M. O'Connor, John R. Glynn, Jr., Alexander Lips
  • Patent number: 7871969
    Abstract: A personal cleansing composition in solid or bar form which is mild to the skin and very effective in removing dirt and grime from the body, particularly the hands. Importantly, such soap bars do not have a noticeable abrasive feel when in contact with the skin. Another feature is that the bar exhibits a so called “drag effect” when the soap bar is used for washing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: The Dial Corporation
    Inventor: E. Gary Myers
  • Patent number: 7867964
    Abstract: Intricately shaped toilet bars with specific compositions and plasticity properties can be advantageously manufactured via three dimensional cutting. Such cut bars are characterized by specific surface profiles and topographic features. Intricately shaped toilet bars with a wide range of formulations for enhanced skin treatment can be thus economically and reliably manufactured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Jay McFann, Manoj Misra, Peter Daniel Kaplan, George Giugno, Robert Paul Velthuizen
  • Patent number: 7858571
    Abstract: An extruded and stamped personal washing bar comprising an artisan crafted appearance having top and bottom stamped faces bounded by a parting line or edge band and a horizontal plane intersecting the parting line or edge band, said bar further comprising an outer surfactant phase and a substantially contiguous inner vein comprising a thermoplastic mass, wherein said inner vein is located between the top and bottom stamped faces of the bar and wherein a projection of the inner vein onto the horizontal plane intersecting the parting line or edge band has a maximum width that is at least 20% of a maximum width of the bar in said horizontal plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Pedro Marques da Silva, Katia Cristina Baquete
  • Patent number: 7838480
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for the manufacture of a personal washing bar having an artisan crafted appearance that has one or more inclusions emanating from its surface. The process involves forming a billet of an extruded cleansing base; placing one or more inclusion masses on the surface of this billet; and stamping the inclusion bearing billet in a direction perpendicular to the surface on which the inclusion mass is placed so as to embed the inclusion mass in and fuse it with the extruded cleansing base to form a personal washing bar having one or more visually distinct surface inclusions substantially continuous with the continuous phase at the surface of the bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Ewa Urszula Sidwa, Maria Jose Imbrunito Delben, Cristiane Ayres, Mariangela Gomes de Oliveira Sichmann, Dikshika Patel
  • Patent number: 7829515
    Abstract: The invention relates to method of signaling temperature and/or benefit agent release using bar compositions comprising thermochromatic pigment or dye. In a preferred embodiment, the pigment is introduced in the form of a separate domain (e.g., separate chips) which separate chip or chips is combined with a surfactant-containing chips to form the final bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Christine Marie Nixon Lee, Michael Augustine Brennan, Vivek Subramanian
  • Patent number: 7799746
    Abstract: The present invention relates to beauty wash bar compositions which deliver enhanced visual benefits to the skin with specific optical attributes. This is accomplished using specific deposition systems (where oil/emollient comprises part of deposition system) and/or by ensuring dispersion of particles onto skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajesh Patel, Jack Polonka, Quynh Pham, Alexander Lips, Prem Chandar
  • Patent number: 7776807
    Abstract: The present invention relates to personal care liquid cleansing compositions comprising bacterially produced microfibrous cellulose (MFC) suspending polymers which have not previously been used in personal care compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Cristiane Aparecida F. Canto, Chandra Shekar Palla Venkata, Yuntao Thomas Hu, Prabhjyot Singh, Lin Yang, Martin Swanson Vethamuthu, Alexander Lips
  • Patent number: 7737096
    Abstract: A mild toilet bar composition contains C8-C18 mono and diacyl isethionates in a specified ratio in a first preferred embodiment of the invention and a specified ratio of calcium and magnesium diacyl isethionates in a second preferred embodiment of the invention. Both toilet bars provide substantial lather, mild cleansing, low mush and wear rate levels during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Augustine Brennan, Michael Massaro, Syed Husain Abbas, Yury Yarovoy
  • Patent number: 7732392
    Abstract: A soap bar comprising at least two different portions wherein the portions have a difference in solubility of at least 1.0%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Elizabeth Volz, Melissa Kuzmich
  • Patent number: 7709432
    Abstract: A solid soap composition which comprises as essential ingredients a soap ingredient (a), a specific polyoxyalkylene-modified polysiloxane Co), and a tetrakis(2-hydroxyalkyl)ethylenediamine(c). It is a detergent with which makeup removal and ordinary face washing can be simultaneously conducted at a time. It lathers well and gives a fresh use feeling after washing. It can sufficiently remove not only foundations but acid pigments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: P & PF Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Saito, Daiji Nagahama, Shinya Yamasaki, Takahiro Okuda, Tetsuo Nishina
  • Patent number: 7709431
    Abstract: A solid composition comprising oil core aphrons dispersed in a solid surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Disperse Limited
    Inventors: Anthony Fred Mercurio, Derek Alfred Wheeler
  • Patent number: 7662761
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel bar compositions comprising complexes formed from interaction of multivalent ions and soap. The insoluble complexes permit greater solid contents which counterintuitively, enhance lather (i.e., even if soluble soap is complexed, it is believed more can be used). Further, the complexes enhance rate of wear, hardness, mildness and deposition. The invention further comprises process for enhancing benefits by adding multivalent ions to soap stock during processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Vivek Subramanian, Pravin Shah
  • Patent number: 7659236
    Abstract: The invention relates to bar compositions comprising thermochromatic pigment or dye signaling temperature and/or benefit agent release. In a preferred embodiment, the pigment is introduced in the form of a separate domain (e.g., separate chips) which separate chip or chips is combined with a surfactant-containing chips to form the final bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Christine Marie Nixon Lee, Michael Augustine Brennan, Vivek Subramanian
  • Patent number: 7582592
    Abstract: A skin cleansing composition contains, in addition to water, the following ingredients (A) to (D): (A) a polyoxyethylene alkylether sulfate, (B) an ether carboxylic acid-type surfactant, (C) an alkyl polyglycoside, and (D) one or more of a higher fatty acid and a higher alcohol. A total amount of the ingredients (A), (B) and (C) ranges from 5 to 30 wt % based on the whole composition, with the ingredient (A) amounting to from 20 to 80 wt %, the ingredient (B) amounting to from 7 to 70 wt %, and the ingredient (C) amounting to from 7 to 70 wt %, the amount of the ingredient (D) ranges from 0.3 to 3 wt % based on the whole composition. A pH of the composition ranges from 4.5 to 7 when diluted to 5 wt % by weight with deionized water. The skin cleansing composition can produce abundant foam of fine and smooth quality without an increase in foam viscosity, and therefore, allows the body to be washed with comfort.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Naoko Yamamoto, Masaki Shimizu, Natsuko Toshida
  • Publication number: 20090156450
    Abstract: The invention provides personal care or hair liquid cleansing compositions comprising fatty acyl isethionate products having more than 5% by wt. free fatty acid/fatty soaps which are stabilized using specific mixture of long chain and short chain fatty acids/fatty soaps; as well as by using proper ratio of total linear fatty acid/fatty soap to total synthetic surfactants (the total synthetic is the sum of (1) fatty acyl surfactant component of (a)—that is, the “pure” fatty acyl isethionate which does not include free fatty acids and/or fatty acid soaps in the fatty acyl surfactant “product”—and (2) the synthetic co-surfactant of (b)).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventor: Liang Sheng Tsaur
  • Patent number: 7531196
    Abstract: A cosmeceutical formulation is provided that includes a mixture of a refined, bleached, deodorized (RBD) palm oils and red palm olein. The resulting formulation is a homogeneous blend with a considerable shelf life. The formulation may be a cream, lotion, sunscreen, or a soap and may be formulated to include additional beneficial oils and EFAs. If a cream formulation is desired, RBD palm stearin is the preferred palm oil for producing a creamy texture. If a lotion is desired, RBD palm oil may be used and chemically modified to produce a tailored oil with a desired melting point and consistency. The formulation may be used to treat a variety of skin conditions including adverse and age-related skin conditions or as an effective moisturizer for the prolonged maintenance of ordinary skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Pacific Specialty Oils, Inc.
    Inventors: Patricia McKane Kopas, George Kopas
  • Patent number: 7473673
    Abstract: The invention relates to both compositions comprising flat platy particles wherein the particles individually have deposition system (i.e., cationic polymers and anionic surfactant) on them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack Polonka, Joseph Oreste Carnali, Pravin Shah, Rajesh Patel, Georgia Shafer, Teanoosh Moaddel
  • Patent number: 7459417
    Abstract: An aqueous hair conditioner composition comprising: a) a cationic conditioning surfactant, b) discrete, dispersed droplets comprising a water-insoluble conditioning oil and c) a block copolymer with a mean molecular weight of 1000 unified atomic mass units or more, comprising polyethyleneoxide and polypropyleneoxide blocks selected from the group consisting of (i) poloxamers according to formula (I), wherein the mean value of (y) is from 18 to 60 and the mean value (x) is from 7 to 140 such that the mean value of the ratio (x/y) is from 0.4 to 3.0 and (ii) poloxamines according to formula (II), wherein the mean value of (a) is 2 or more and the mean value of (b) is 2 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Leo Derici, Paul David Jenkins, Andrew Malcolm Murray, Neil Scott Shaw