Patents Represented by Attorney Milton L. Honig
  • Patent number: 6746706
    Abstract: Food composition containing 20-100 wt. % of an aqueous phase characterized by an enhanced content of tyrosol and hydroxytyrosol in aqueous phase being at least 15 ppm. The aqueous phase preferably results from exposing olive oil that contains polyphenols under hydrolytic conditions to an aqueous phase, so that lipophilic phenolic compounds will hydrolise and will migrate as hydrophilic polyphenols to the aqueous phase. The invention is suited for enhancing the nutritional value particularly of spreads, processed tomato products and dressings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Lipton, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Stella van der Boom, Manon Johanna Zeelenberg-Miltenburg
  • Patent number: 6743265
    Abstract: A method for permanently dyeing hair which comprises subjecting said hair to a number of treatments, having a set time interval between each two consecutive such treatments, wherein each treatment comprises steps a.) and b.) below: a.) contacting said hair, for a period of about 5 seconds to about 5 minutes with a recently made mixture of: part ai: dye intermediates in water with a gelling agent at alkaline pH part aii an oxidizing compound such as hydrogen peroxide in water at acidic pH; b.) rinsing said mixture from said hair with water; and wherein said number of treatments is between about 2 to about 30; and wherein said set time interval between each two consecutive treatments is between about 8 hours and 30 days.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Jitendra Patel, Frank Jones
  • Patent number: 6736266
    Abstract: A packaged cosmetic product is provided which includes multiple effervescent sachets placed within a tub with an open dispensing mouth. A carbon dioxide breathable and moisture barrier foil is arranged sealingly to close the dispensing mouth. Any carbon dioxide generated during storage, usually as a result of moisture prematurely effervescing powder within the sachets, is allowed to slowly diffuse into the atmosphere through the window formed by the special foil. The tub is formed of walls which do not have any substantial carbon dioxide breathability but do prevent inward moisture penetration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond Michael Flaig, Natalie Charambura, Paul Roland Bergquist, Craig Stephen Slavtcheff, Matthew Scott Okin
  • Patent number: 6736860
    Abstract: A method for permanently dyeing hair which comprises subjecting said hair to a number of treatments, having a set time interval between each two consecutive such treatments, wherein each treatment comprises steps a.) and b.) below: a.) contacting said hair, for a period of about 5 seconds to about 5 minutes with a recently made mixture of: part ai: dye intermediates in water and fatty alcohol at alkaline pH, part aii: an oxidizing compound such as hydrogen peroxide in water at acidic pH b.) rinsing said mixture from said hair with water; and wherein said number of treatments is between about 2 to about 30; and wherein said set time interval between each two consecutive treatments is between about 8 hours and 30 days.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Jitendra Patel, Gerald Patrick Newell, Margie Fowler, Elizabeth Kim, Fe P Pascual
  • Patent number: 6736861
    Abstract: A method for permanently dyeing hair which comprises subjecting said hair to a number of treatments, having a set time interval between each two consecutive such treatments, wherein each treatment comprises steps a.) and b.) below: a.) contacting said hair, for a period of about 5 seconds to about 5 minutes with a recently made mixture of: i.) an alkaline composition comprising a dye intermediate in a shampoo base or in a conditioner base; and ii.) an acidic composition comprising an oxidating compound in a shampoo base or in a conditioner base; b.) rinsing said mixture from said hair with water; with the proviso that when a conditioner base is present in a.) i.) above, an independently selected conditioner base is also present in a.) ii.) above; and when a shampoo base is present in a.) i.) above, an independently selected shampoo base is also present in a.) ii.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Jitendra Patel, Gerald Patrick Newell
  • Patent number: 6733766
    Abstract: A substantially dry composition, especially for personal care products is provided which includes a colorant activatable in water to release a visual color, and an oil-soluble carrier. The colorant is insoluble in the carrier and the visual color is not imparted to the composition in its substantially dry state. Addition of water to the composition activates a color change which renders the visual color perceivable by a consumer. Color changes can be associated as a signal of performance by a consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Edward Gott, Ewa Urszula Padlo, Craig Stephen Slavtcheff
  • Patent number: 6733814
    Abstract: The invention concerns a food composition, suitable for shallow frying, comprising triglycerides, wherein least 60 wt. % of triglycerides is of vegetable origin, and 0.05-3 wt. % sunflower lecithin. The invention further concerns a process for the preparation of hydrolyzed sunflower lecithin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Cor 't Hooft, Marcelle Kommer van den, Jacobus Cornelis Segers
  • Patent number: 6729501
    Abstract: A dosing pump for dispensing two or more liquids, gels, slurries and/or pastes, and adapted to be connected to two or more containers for the two or more liquids, gels, slurries and/or pastes is described. The dosing pump may include an operating button, and two or more liquid, gel, slurry and/or paste dispensing assemblies. Each such assembly may be in mechanical contact with an actuator which in turn is in mechanical contact with the operating button, so that on movement of the operating button liquid, gel slurry and/or paste is dispensed simultaneously or nearly simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Erik Peterson
  • Patent number: 6730621
    Abstract: A disposable substantially damp cleansing article is disclosed having a cleansing composition impregnated onto a flexible substrate such as a non-woven cloth. The impregnated compositions include lathering surfactants and water, the compositions having a viscosity ranging from about 50 to about 300,000 centipoise. Amounts of water range from greater than 15% to no higher than about 40% by weight of the total article. Speed of lather formation and foam volume increases within the window of the stated viscosity and water range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Edward Gott, Craig Stephen Slavtcheff
  • Patent number: 6725493
    Abstract: Toothbrush comprises a handle and a head, said head comprising upstanding bristles and at least one upstanding tooth polishing element, characterised in that the tooth polishing element is in the form of a resilient wall-like member and is flanked by bristles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Giuseppe Calabrese, Nicola Conte, Allesandro Manfredi
  • Patent number: 6726903
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a foaming hair conditioner which comprises a monoalkyl quat from C14 to higher carbon chain lengths (preferably C16 to C22) and a dialkyl quat which is a mixture of C16, C16 dialkyl quat and C18, C18 dialkyl quat. Optionally, a silicone compound may be included. The monoalkyl quat may be in a ratio to the dialkyl quat of about 15:1 to about 2:1. The carbon chain lengths within the dialkyl quat are present in a weight ratio of about 1:3 to about 3:1 of C16, C16 dialkyl quat to C18, C18 dialkyl quat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Leslie Rutherford, Mrunalini Shireesh Dhamdhere
  • Patent number: 6726729
    Abstract: A method for permanently dyeing hair which comprises subjecting said hair to a number of treatments, having a set time interval between each two consecutive such treatments, wherein each treatment comprises steps a.) and b.) below: a.) contacting said hair, for a period of about 5 seconds to about 5 minutes with a recently made mixture of: part ai: oxidative dye intermediates in a shampoo base at alkaline pH and wherein part ai optionally has about 0.01 to about 5.0% of a conditioning agent; part aii: an oxidative compound in a shampoo base at acidic pH and wherein part ai optionally has about 0.01 to about 5.0% of a conditioning agent; with the proviso that at least one of part ai and part aii has about 0.01 to about 5.0% of a conditioning agent; b.) rinsing said mixture from said hair with water; and wherein said number of treatments is between about 2 to about 30; and wherein said set time interval between each two consecutive treatments is between about 8 hours and 30 days.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Jitendra Patel, Gerald Patrick Newell, Elizabeth Kim, Fe P Pascual, Margie Fowler
  • Patent number: 6719967
    Abstract: A hair treatment composition which has a thickened fluid form comprising: (i) a first (shear gel) phase comprising at least one naturally derived polymer which is capable of forming a reversible gel, which polymer is present in the composition as a shear gel (i.e., a multiplicity of separate gel particles which have been formed by subjecting the polymer to shear while gel formation takes place), and (ii) a second (suspended) phase suspended therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Rupert Telford Brown, Peter Fairley, Stanley Lam
  • Patent number: 6709468
    Abstract: A method for permanently dyeing hair which comprises subjecting said hair to a number of treatments, having a set time interval between each two consecutive such treatments, wherein each treatment comprises steps a.) and b.) below: a.) contacting said hair, for a period of about 5 seconds to about 5 minutes with a recently made mixture of: i) part ai dye intermediates in water at alkaline pH with quaternary ammonium compounds; ii) part aii an oxidizing compound such as hydrogen peroxide in water at acidic pH; b.) rinsing said mixture from said hair with water; and wherein said number of treatments is between about 2 to about 30; and wherein said set time interval between each two consecutive treatments is between about 8 hours and 30 days.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA
    Inventors: Jitendra Patel, Gerald Patrick Newell, Elizabeth Kim, Fe P Pascual, Margie Fowler
  • Patent number: 6706077
    Abstract: A coloring system for hair and/or skin comprises at least three separately packaged components: a) a thio compound capable of breaking the S—S bond between cysteine residues, and an alkaline reagent; b) a material and/or extract obtainable from the mucuna plant; and c) an oxidizing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Krithivasan Bhagyalakshmi, Indu Mani, Govindarajan Raman
  • Patent number: 6706258
    Abstract: An aqueous shampoo composition comprising, in addition to water: i) at least one cleansing surfactant; ii) a cationic deposition polymer, and iii) a silicone component consisting of a blend of: (a) emulsified particles of an insoluble silicone, in which the emulsified particles of insoluble silicone are incorporated into the shampoo composition as a preformed aqueous emulsion having an average silicone particle size in the emulsion and in the shampoo composition of from 0.15 to 30 microns, and (b) microemulsified particles of an insoluble silicone, in which the microemulsified particles of insoluble silicone are incorporated into the shampoo composition as a preformed aqueous microemulsion having an average-silicone particle size in the microemulsion and in the shampoo composition of less than 0.10 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Gallagher, Tipawan Kreu-Nopakun, Andrew Malcolm Murray
  • Patent number: 6696051
    Abstract: This invention relates to an aqueous conditioner composition comprising (i) a cationic surfactant, (ii) a fatty alcohol material, and (iii) from 0.01 to 10 wt % coated particles comprising (a) a solid core having a D3,2 average particle size in the range from 10 to 700 nm, and (b) a coating of silicone polymer covalently bonded to the solid core. Use of the coated particles in a conditioner composition to impart body to the hair is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Elena Maria Gabriella Barbuzzi, Wolfgang Robert Bergmann, David Howard Birtwistle, Cheryl Anne Taylor, Stephen Lee Wire
  • Patent number: D487400
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Benjamin Phalen Oates
  • Patent number: D487636
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care, USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Rosario Donato De Salvo
  • Patent number: D490566
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Roland Bergquist, Craig Stephen Slavtcheff