Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Matthew Boxer
  • Antiperspirant or deodorant composition
    Patent number: 5932199
    Abstract: A substantially anhydrous stick antiperspirant composition comprising from 1-35% of an antiperspirant active, a carrier for the active and from 0.1 to 30% of a moisturising cream comprising one or more humectants, which comprise at least one hydroxyl group and a perfume carrier material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: Helen Curtis, Inc.
    Inventor: Isabelle Claire Helene Marie Esser
  • Dairy based spread and process of making
    Patent number: 5916608
    Abstract: Creamy, cultured dairy based water continuous spread comprising less than 35% fat, up to 4.5% milk protein, gelatin or a gelatin replacer, optionally up to 2% structuring agent, the spread having a pH value between 4.6 and 5.2, and a Stevens value hardness at 10.degree. C. of 200-500 g and of 50-250 g at 20.degree. C., a whey protein to casein weight ratio higher than in milk, and the spread having a butter-like mouthfeel, texture and taste. In one preferred embodiment, the fat is a dairy fat. In another embodiment, the fat is a mixture of non-dairy fat and dairy fat, preferably 10-55% non-dairy fat and 90-45% dairy fat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1999
    Assignee: Van den Bergh Foods Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Feico Lanting, Albert Johann Biggel, Freek Reckweg
  • Hair treatment composition
    Patent number: 5911978
    Abstract: A rinse-off hair treatment composition for improved delivery of amino-acid to the hair and/or scalp comprising:(a) a particulate metal-amino acid complex;(b) at least one surfactant; and(c) a deposition aid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1999
    Assignee: Helene Curtis, Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart William Carr, Melvin Carvell, Paul Alfred Cornwell, Therese Desmond, Andrew Mark Waller, Johann Wilhelm Wiechers
  • Water-in-oil emulsion spread
    Patent number: 5904949
    Abstract: A fat continuous spread is described having up to about 65 wt % fat and a dispersed aqueous phase which contains an amylose containing gelling starch characterized by a G'.sub.eq of 400 dyne/cm.sup.2 or greater and a critical strain value (.gamma.cr) of 12 or greater at 10.degree. C. provided the starch is prepared at a concentration having an anhydrous starch solid content of 10 wt %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1999
    Assignee: Van den Bergh Foods Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Podutoori Ravinder Reddy, Peter Trzasko, James Kasica, Judith Jackson
  • Natural composition for combatting fungi
    Patent number: 5888504
    Abstract: Composition suitable for combatting fungi characterized in that it comprises at least one fungi cell wall lytic enzyme and a natural microbial cell membrane affecting substance in an effective concentration. Preferably the composition is a food product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: Van den Bergh Foods Co., Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Stanley Brul, Peter Coote, Shanti Dielbanhoesing, Suzanna Oomes, Wilma M. Stam, Geke Naaktgeboren-Stoffels, Malcolm Stratford
  • Triglyceride fat crystallization
    Patent number: 5888575
    Abstract: Saturated triglycerides which have a big difference in chain length between the longest and the shortest fatty acid chain and which are able, when incorporated in a small amount into a slow crystallizing fat, particularly a low-trans fat, to increase considerably the speed of crystallization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: Lipton, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Gabriel Jacobus Lansbergen, Cornelis Laurentius Sassen, John Schuurman
  • Fractionation of triglyceride oils
    Patent number: 5872270
    Abstract: Process for separating solid fatty material from a triglyceride oil, which comprises the stepsa. heating the oil or a solution of the oil in an inert solvent until no longer a substantial amount of solid material is present,b. adding a crystallisation modifying substance to the oil or to the solution of the oil,c. cooling the oil resulting in crystallising a solid stearin phase besides a liquid olein phase andd. recovering the stearin phase by separating it from the olein phase,characterized in that the crystallisation modifying substance is a polysaccharide being an inulin or phlein with a molecular weight of 500-3990 Da, preferably 1300-2500 Da, of which at least 50% of the hydroxyl groups on the saccharide subunits are connected to (C8-C24) unbranched alkyl chains and the remaining hydroxyl groups, optionally, are connected with a (C1-C7)-alkyl chain, preferably in the form of an acetic ester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1999
    Assignee: Van Den Bergh Foods Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Petrus Henricus van Dam, Cornelis Winkel, Adrianus Visser
  • Process for making a margarine hardstock
    Patent number: 5858445
    Abstract: A margarine fat blend and a plastic W/O emulsion spread comprising 5-14% of a hardstock being a stearin fraction of an interesterified mixture of 25-65% unhardened lauric fat stearin and 75-35% unhardened C.sub.16+ fat stearin. Also provided is a process for preparing such hardstock without the use of chemical modification or solvent or Lanza fractionation. As byproduct of this process an olein fraction can be obtained suitable for use in cooking or baking fats or W/O emulsion spreads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: Van den Bergh Foods Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Hindrik Huizinga, Cornelis Laurentius Sassen, Leo Frans Vermaas, Paul Schur
  • Fabric softening composition
    Patent number: 5858960
    Abstract: A fabric softening composition comprising a compound of formula I ##STR1## in which R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are independently selected from C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl groups or C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 alkenyl groups, a is from 1 to 4, x.sup.- is a compatible anion and R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are independently selected from C.sub.12 -C.sub.22 alkyl or alkenyl groups, the sum of the chain lengths or R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 preferably being at least 30.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: James Patrick Conroy, Stephen Graham Hales, Abid Nadim Khan-Lodhi
  • Low fat spread
    Patent number: 5858441
    Abstract: A fat continuous spread having less than about 35 wt. % of a fat phase and a method of preparing the spread are described. The fat blend of the product must have a solid fat content at 10.degree. C. of greater than 25 wt. % and the aqueous phase must contain 0.05 to 0.5 wt. % of a modified protein. The viscosity of the aqueous phase must be at least 25 mPa.s at a shear rate of 17090 sec-.sup.1 and a temperature of 5.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: Van den Bergh Foods Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Podutoori Ravinder Reddy, Thomas John Wajda, Jr.
  • Push-up dispenser suitable for dilatant materials
    Patent number: 5833382
    Abstract: A dispensing container for dispensing a desired quantity of a highly viscous material. The dispenser includes a generally tubular housing having an upper edge, an inner surface, a top secured to the upper end of the housing with at least one restricted dispensing opening, and a platform with a peripheral edge mounted for reciprocal axial movement within the housing. The peripheral edge of the platform is slidingly guided by the inner surface of the housing and supports the platform at a desired position within the housing. Further, the platform is slidably advanced towards the dispensing opening in the top by exertion of force by a user, where the force compresses the material against the top. Upon release of the force, the platform slidably moves in a reverse direction to relieve the stress in the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Assignee: Helene Curtis, Inc.
    Inventors: Rebecca Sue Moen Jenks, Kurt Gerard Baumann
  • Topically effective antiperspirant compositions
    Patent number: 5833965
    Abstract: Gelled or solid topically-effective compositions comprising a topically-active compound, like an antiperspirant compound; a borate crosslinker; a surfactant, and preferably, a nonionic surfactant or nonionic surfactant blend; a carrier comprising water; and, optionally, a hydrophobic compound, are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Assignee: Helene Curtis, Inc.
    Inventors: Wei Mei Sun, Zhu-ning Ma, Maximo M. Panitch, Ramiro Galleguillos
  • Method of pretreating stained fabrics with pretreater or laundry additive compositions containing hydrophobically modified polar polymers
    Patent number: 5820637
    Abstract: A pretreater or laundry additive composition which removes stains and as a laundry additive, whiten fabrics are described herein. The compositions contain 0.1 to 20 wt. % of a nonionic surfactant, 0.1% to 10 wt. % of a hydrophobically modified polymer and less than about 5 wt. % of an anionic soap. Methods of using the composition are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Barbara Helen Bory, Dennis Stephen Murphy, Tamara Padron, Lucia Victoria Salas
  • Aerosol antiperspirant composition
    Patent number: 5814309
    Abstract: Transparent aerosol antiperspirant compositions comprising an active antiperspirant salt, a carrier capable of solubilizing the active antiperspirant salt and having an effective solubility parameter of about 11 to about 13, and a liquified hydrocarbon gas propellant are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignee: Helene Curtis, Inc.
    Inventor: Maximo M. Panitch
  • 4-substituted pyrazoloquinoline derivatives
    Patent number: 5786480
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.11, and c are as set forth herein are described. These compounds are useful as agents for the treatment of mammals infected with herpes group virus. Certain of these compounds are useful as antitumor agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Adriano Afonso, Joseph M. Kelly, Samuel Chackalamannil
  • Fabric softening composition
    Patent number: 5773409
    Abstract: A fabric softening composition is described which has a substantially water-insoluble fabric softening compound and a solubilizing agent which is a non-ionic surfactant and may include a non-surfactant cosolubilizer. The composition is up to at least 70 wt. % soluble when diluted in water to a concentration of 5 wt. % of the mixture of the fabric softening compound and the solubilizing agent. The fabric softening compound comprises a head group and two alkyl or alkenyl chains each having an average chain link equal to a greater than C.sub.14 or a single alkyl or alkenyl chain with an average chain link equal to a greater than C.sub.20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Ziya Haq, Abid Nadim Khan-Lodhi, Philip John Sams
  • Stable conditioning shampoo having a high foam level containing a graft copolymer of polyethylenimine and silicone as a conditioner
    Patent number: 5756080
    Abstract: A conditioning shampoo containing an anionic cleansing surfactant, in an amount of about 5% to about 65% by weight, preferably about 5% to about 25% by weight, e.g., an ethoxylated (C.sub.12 -C.sub.22) alkyl sulfate and/or a long chain (C.sub.12 -C.sub.22) alkyl sulfonate, and a graft copolymer of a polyethylenimine and a silicone polymer in an amount of about 0.1% to about 20% by weight, preferably about 0.1% to about 10% by weight, is disclosed. The composition provides excellent foaming, conditioning, and phase stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignee: Helene Curtis, Inc.
    Inventors: Ben Janchitraponvej, William Brown
  • Dispensing cap
    Patent number: D408736
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Assignee: Helene Curtis, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Wilson, Peter Simpson, Janet Stoddard, Sky Underwood, Elizabeth Kilbourne, Michael Armbruster
  • Dispensing device
    Patent number: D412839
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Assignee: Helene Curtis, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Wilson, Peter Simpson, Janet Stoddard, Sky Underwood, Elizabeth Kilbourne, Michael Armbruster
  • Dispensing device
    Patent number: D412840
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Assignee: Helene Curtis, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Wilson, Peter Simpson, Janet Stoddard, Sky Underwood, Elizabeth Kilbourne, Michael Armbruster