Patents Represented by Attorney Milton L. Honig

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  • Skin and hair darkening composition
    Patent number: 6696417
    Abstract: A cosmetic skin/hair darkening composition for topical application to skin and/or hair is provided that comprises for 0.1 to 10% by weight of a peptide having an isoelectric point ranging from 6 to 11.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Chesebrough-Pond's USA Co., division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Subramanian Raghupathi, Abburi Ramaiah, Govindarajan Raman, Sushama Shripad Wagh
  • Hair treatment compositions
    Patent number: 6696050
    Abstract: This invention relates to an aqueous hair treatment comprising coated particles comprising a solid core having a D3, 2 average particle size in the range from 10 to 700 nm, and a coating polymer covalently bonded to the solid core. Use of the coated particles in a hair treatment composition to impart body to the hair is also described.
    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, Cheryl Anne Taylor, Stephen Lee Wire
  • Cosmetic cream cleanser
    Patent number: 6696068
    Abstract: A cosmetic cream cleansing composition is provided based on the presence of a silicate, a crosslinked carboxyvinyl polymer, a silicone copolyol sulfosuccinate and a carrier. The composition has a viscosity from about 20,000 to about 500,000 centipoise. The combination of components achieves a product of good viscosity, pleasant skinfeel, rich lather and phase stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Andrew Crotty, Craig Stephen Slavtcheff, Michael Charles Cheney
  • Composition and method for bleaching a substrate
    Patent number: 6696403
    Abstract: The invention relates to catalytically bleaching substrates, especially laundry fabrics, with a bleaching composition using either air or a peroxyl source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Riccardo Filippo Carina, Michel Gilbert Jose Delroisse, Ronald Hage, David Tetard
  • Hair care compositions
    Patent number: 6689347
    Abstract: This invention relates to an aqueous hair care composition comprising water-insoluble particles having a layered structure comprising oxygen atoms and silicon and/or phosphorus atoms, and comprising organic functional groups which are bonded to silicon and/or phosphorus atoms in the layers by covalent bonds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Elena Maria Gabriella Barbuzzi, Wolfgang Robert Bergmann, Mrunalini Dhamdhere, Kevin Ronald Franklin, Cheryl Anne Taylor, Nicola Whilton
  • Personal care compositions and methods-high internal phase water-in-volatile silicone oil systems
    Patent number: 6685952
    Abstract: A composition which is: A.) A hair care composition which is a high internal phase water-in-oil emulsion which comprises: (I) an oil phase which further comprises i.) a mixture of non-volatile and volatile silicone oils, and ii.) a silicone surfactant; and (II) which comprises an aqueous phase; and which substantially lacks a fatty alcohol; and B.) A skin care composition which is a high internal phase water-in-oil emulsion which comprises: (I) an oil phase which further comprises i.) a mixture of non-volatile and volatile silicone oils, and ii.) a silicone surfactant; and (III) which comprises an aqueous phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhuning Ma, Paul Howard Neill, Loralei Marie Brandt, Anthony Aloysius Scafidi, Bozena Nogaj, Gerald Patrick Newell
  • Zinc citrate beads in oral compositions
    Patent number: 6682720
    Abstract: An oral product, particularly for anti-tartar use, is provided which includes from about 0.001 to about 20% of beads which include a zinc salt, the zinc salt having an average particle size ranging from about 0.01 to about 5 mm, and a dental base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Christine Watson Ryles, David Robert Williams, Alexander George Ziemkiewicz, Jesus Antonio Urbaez
  • Targeted moieties for use in bleach catalysts
    Patent number: 6677288
    Abstract: There is provided a targeted bleaching composition comprising an organic substance which forms a complex with a transition metal, the complex catalyzing bleaching of a substrate by a precursor selected from atmospheric oxygen and/or a peroxyl species. The complex is bound to a recognizing portion having a high binding affinity for stains present on fabrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernard Lucas Feringa, Ronald Hage, Steven Howell, Neil James Parry, Johannes Gerardhus Roelfes, Cornelis Theodorus Verrips
  • Lipstick machine
    Patent number: 6663818
    Abstract: An apparatus, mold assembly and related method for manufacturing a personalized lipstick is described, the apparatus including a housing or cabinet, a plurality of different color blends each held within a separate pot fitted with a dispensing system, an ultrasonic wave heating/mixing probe, a mold assembly held within the probe and a transport rail for moving the probe from one station to another within the housing. The lipstick mold assembly includes a sheath containing a solidified base wax formed with a well for receiving color pigments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Statham, Liam Anthony Murray
  • Self foaming cosmetic product
    Patent number: 6660282
    Abstract: A foaming cosmetic product is provided packaged in a non-aerosol mechanical dispenser. The dispenser includes a container for holding a liquid composition, a dispensing head with a housing enclosing a pump mechanism and a screen material in the flow path to convert liquid composition into a foam, and a diptube for delivering liquid from the container to the dispensing head. The cosmetic composition is an opaque creamy, relatively non-viscous fluid, the creamy appearance imparted by a latex with suspended polymer particles compatible with the foaming mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Andrew Crotty, Craig Stephen Slavtcheff, Michael Charles Cheney
  • Electric toothbrush
    Patent number: 6654979
    Abstract: An electric toothbrush comprises a handle and a head, characterized in that the head has a rubbery cleaning element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care, USA, a division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Giuseppe Calabrese
  • Dual-phased styling product that provides styling and conditioning benefits
    Patent number: 6656457
    Abstract: A hair styling and conditioning composition, for use in heat styling hair, and which are dual-phased until shaken, and wherein said composition comprises: (a) a hydroalcoholic phase comprising at least one hair fixative; an emulsifier; a salt; and (b) an anhydrous phase comprising at least one volatile silicone or volatile hydrocarbon, are described. A method for heat styling hair so as to obtain both styling and conditioning benefits, which comprises applying a composition of the invention to hair prior to the application of heat, is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Kimberly Kamis, Mark Dailey (II), Matthew Kuznitz, Keith Leslie Rutherford, Robert George Riley
  • Composition and method for bleaching a substrate
    Patent number: 6653271
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid bleaching composition for catalytically bleaching substrates, especially laundry fabrics, with atmospheric oxygen or air. A liquid bleaching composition is provided comprising an organic substance which forms a complex with a transition metal, the complex catalysing bleaching of a substrate by atmospheric oxygen, and a liquid carrier or solvent, wherein the composition is substantially devoid of peroxygen bleach or a peroxy-based or -generating bleach system. Also provided is a method of bleaching a substrate comprising applying the liquid bleaching composition to the substrate. Also provided is a method of treating a textile by contacting the textile with the liquid bleaching composition, whereby the complex catalyses bleaching of the textile by atmospheric oxygen after the treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Hage, Simon Marinus Veerman
  • Composition suitable for preparing an oil in water emulsion
    Patent number: 6649207
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition comprising emulsifier, cold hydrating viscosifying agent, and optionally fat and protein, which composition is suitable for use in the preparation of an oil in water emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Lipton, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Elisabeth Coote, Donald Bernard Farrer, Roger Morley Finlayson, Timothy John Foster, Alison Louise Russell
  • Electric toothbrush head
    Patent number: D483183
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Rosario Donato De Salvo
  • Toothbrush head
    Patent number: D485439
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, a division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Olivier Breit
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D486065
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Wendi Hutchinson, Benjamin Phalan Oates, Graham John Blair
  • Botttle
    Patent number: D486395
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conocpo, Inc.
    Inventors: Francis John Lovell, Aurele Hurtis, Valerie Julie Marie Faure, Theirry Michel Moliere, Jotge Alberto Sirna
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D486398
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Francis John Lovell, Aurele Hurtis, Valerie Julie Marie Faure, Theirry Michel Moliere, Jotge Alberto Sirna
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D486737
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Benjamin Phalan Oates