Patents Assigned to Conopco, Inc.
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Publication number: 20220248840Abstract: A thermally insulated container for storing and serving frozen confectionery items, wherein the container is preferably arranged to be removably mounted within a service cart, such as an inflight service cart.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2020Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVERInventors: Leonie Martine DIKS-WARMERDAM, Johannes KRIEG, René Joachim BUTER
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Publication number: 20220249344Abstract: Personal care topical compositions at skin-tolerant pH with cystine which is solubilized or has small crystal size below 20 microns. A process of making the composition is also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVERInventors: Maria BUCHALOVA, Teanoosh Moaddel, Qiang Qiu
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Publication number: 20220248670Abstract: An aqueous fabric spray composition, comprising: a. 0.0001-10 wt. % free perfume. b. 0.001 to 2 wt. % quaternary ammonium biocide.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2020Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVERInventor: Christopher BOARDMAN
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Publication number: 20220242568Abstract: A thermally insulated container for storing and serving frozen confectionery items, wherein the container is preferably arranged to be removably mounted within a service cart, such as an inflight service cart.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2020Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVERInventors: Leonie Martine DIKS-WARMERDAM, Johannes KRIEG
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Publication number: 20220242621Abstract: An improved snap-on/twist off closure which is very durable. The invention is also directed to a package comprising the closure, e.g., a bottle in combination with the closure. The closure includes an upper wall defining an opening and a cylindrical snap on pipe depending from the upper wall. The pipe includes threads designed to mate with external threads on a neck of the bottle. The threads on the pipe and threads on the neck of the bottle pass over each other when the closure is snapped onto the bottle during manufacture. The pipe includes a resistance recess and a guidance recess.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVERInventors: Slavica CESARE, Gregory LALIER
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Publication number: 20220240556Abstract: Food composition in the form of an oil-in-water emulsion, comprising: ?65 to 85 wt % of vegetable oil, ?Water, ?Plant protein in an amount of from 0.3 to 5 wt %, based on the weight of the composition, wherein more than 60 wt % of said plant protein, based on the weight of the plant protein, is plant albumin, wherein the pH of the composition is between 2 and 5.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2020Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVERInventors: Edwin BERGWERFF, Krassimir Petkov VELIKOV, Robert VREEKER, Nicolaas Jan ZUIDAM
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Patent number: 11401240Abstract: A process for the synthesis of lactams suitable for use in antimicrobial, anti-biofilm and bacteriostatic compositions.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2019Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Conopco, Inc.Inventors: David Anthony Dawkins, Panagiotis Kotsakis, Neil James Parry, David William Thornthwaite
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Publication number: 20220226213Abstract: The present invention relates to Use of thymol or terpineol or an analogue of thymol or terpineol in a topical composition el for balancing microbiota of amenable skin, where balancing means selectively reducing microbial count of at least one genus of harmful microbes or of at least one genus of microbes that exhibit abnormal growth, while selectively increasing microbial count of at least one genus of beneficial microbes or of at least one genus of microbes whose numbers have abnormally reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2020Publication date: July 21, 2022Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVERInventors: Chung-Ching CHU, Mingming PU, Yining XU
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Publication number: 20220226214Abstract: A method for stabilizing retinoic acid precursors and a skin benefit composition with stabilized retinoic acid precursors are described. The composition has a retinoic acid precursor and a resorcinol to impede oxidation of the precursor in situ in the composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2022Publication date: July 21, 2022Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVERInventors: Anjing Lou, Teanoosh Moaddel, Anil Babubhai Patel
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Publication number: 20220220422Abstract: The present invention relates to an ancillary laundry composition comprising: a. Soil release polymer; b. 0.5 to 20 wt. % free perfume; c. 0.5-12 wt. % non-ionic surfactant; and d. Water.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2020Publication date: July 14, 2022Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVERInventors: Karl BURGESS, Andrew Peter ROSE
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Patent number: 11382844Abstract: An acidic aqueous shampoo composition, which comprises: (I) a cleansing surfactant selected from the group consisting of anionic surfactant, zwitterionic or amphoteric surfactant and nonionic surfactant; (II) an emulsified silicone, (III) an anti-settling, thickening polymer, wherein the anti-settling, thickening polymer, comprises: (a) 40 to 74.5 wt % of structural units of C1-4 alkyl acrylate; (b) 20 to 50 wt % of structural units of methacrylic acid; (c) 0.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2018Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Nicholas John Ainger, Wei Gao, Adam Peter Jarvis, Kinjalbahen Joshi, Curtis Schwartz, Neil Scott Shaw, Inna Shulman, Pierre Starck, Sally Elizabeth Wood, Fanwen Zeng
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Patent number: 11383897Abstract: A pivotable disc closure actuator, a closure including the actuator and the closure combined with a bottle or other container. The actuator includes a closing surface which includes a product dispensing opening at a front thereof, at least two pivots on the closing surface, an extension panel extending from a peripheral wall of the closing surface and having a locking and an unlocking position, the pivots being intermediate the product opening and the extension panel, and the extension panel having a latch member extending inwardly toward the closing surface when the extension panel is in the locked position. The closure may include a closure base which may in turn include a cutout or opening in its outer wall. In its locked position the extension panel may rest on a surface of the cut out or outer wall to prevent the actuator from rotating from its closed position to an open position.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: Conopco, Inc.Inventor: Gregory Lalier
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Patent number: 11382847Abstract: The invention is directed to a stable, high polyol containing wash composition. More particularly, the invention is directed to a wash composition comprising polyol, surfactant and a gelling agent whereby the wash composition is air pocket free, has excellent moisturizing capabilities, a viscosity of 40,000 cps or less, and a slope from ?0.5 to 0.0. The isotropic composition has an oil-like appearance.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2020Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Zhaowei Ding, Kerin Frances Jacob, Tirucherai Varahan Vasudevan
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Patent number: 11384320Abstract: A bar composition comprising: a) 10%-60% synthetic (non-soap) surfactant; b) 0%-50% fatty acid and soap wherein total fatty acid soap is less than 60% of total synthetic surfactant; c) 6.8%-54% water-soluble structurant, selected from • polyalkylene oxides having MW 1,500-10,000, • PEO-PPO blockcopolymers, wherein the water soluble structurant has a melting point of 40-100° C. and further comprises polyalkylene oxides having MW 50,000-500,000, 1-5 wt %; d) 0.1%-4.8% alkali metal isethionate; e) 2.7%-13.5% water, wherein the sum of water, alkali metal isethionate and water-soluble structurant is 10%-60%, wherein based on the total amount of water, alkali metal isethionate and said water-soluble structurant, • water is present 4-27%, • alkali metal isethionate is present less than 8%, • water-soluble structurant is present 68-90%. Use of the composition for eliminating efflorescence.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2017Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: CONOPCO, INC.Inventor: Terence James Farrell
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Patent number: 11385181Abstract: Disclosed is a method of determining efficacy of a cosmetic composition to inhibit an atmospheric pollutant from contacting skin, comprising the steps of: (i) filling a sample holder of known dimensions with known amount of said composition to form a layer of defined thickness therein, where said sample holder is amenable to fluorescence-based assay; (ii) depositing, on said layer, a known amount of a model fine particulate matter which resembles an atmospheric pollutant at least in size and which comprises a material responsive to fluorescence microscopy which is excitable by a wavelength (?ex) and which emits radiation (?em) where (?ex)?(?em); (iii) irradiating said composition and said model fine particulate matter by said ?ex and recording intensity of fluorescence at ?em a plurality of times for a defined period during which said model fine particulate matter interacts with said layer; and, (iv) determining, corrected intensity of fluorescence at ?em by the following equation; corrected Intensity=recordeType: GrantFiled: September 2, 2019Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: CONOPCO, INC.Inventors: Yi Fang, Sheng Meng, Shangchun Yi
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Publication number: 20220211596Abstract: Topical personal care compositions containing amino acids and 4-substituted resorcinols for potentiating glutathione synthesis within skin cells. The compositions can be used to improve skin appearance of chronological aging or photoaging, resulting from exposure to UV light/sunlight, or environmental pollutants. The compositions are also useful for attaining even skin color and reducing pigmentation, age spots and discoloration.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2022Publication date: July 7, 2022Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UnileverInventors: Marian Pereira GUELAKIS, Jianming LEE, Jose Guillermo ROSA, Stephen Alan MADISON, Tingyan MI, Anita DAMODARAN, Annu KUMARI, Nan HUANG, Bijan HARICHIAN
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Publication number: 20220211600Abstract: The invention relates to isotropic liquid composition comprising acyl isethionate, methyl acyl taurate and amphoteric, zwitterionic and/or nonionic surfactant. Unexpectedly, it has been found that, when ratio of isethionate to taurate is monitored, enhanced lather is achieved.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2020Publication date: July 7, 2022Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a/ UNILEVERInventors: Douglas John HIBAN, Jamie Lynn MILLER, Tirucheral Varahan VASUDEVAN
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Publication number: 20220212841Abstract: A plug for use in a cap assembly of a refill capsule is disclosed. The plug (300) generally comprises a hollow tubular body (302) with an open proximal end that is surrounded by a first rim (304) that provides a proximal abutment surface for bearing against a frangible sealing component of a cap assembly. A tubular skirt wall (306) is arranged coaxially with respect to the tubular body, and extends around the skirt wall (306) to form a plug recess (308) between the skirt wall (306) and the tubular body (302). The skirt wall (306) extends from a skirt distal end at which the skirt wall (306) is connected to the tubular body (302), to a free proximal end. The free proximal end of the skirt comprises an outwardly extending flange (310) comprising a distal facing abutment surface (312) for abutting a rim (406) of a refillable vessel (400).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2020Publication date: July 7, 2022Applicant: Conopco Inc., d/b/a UNILEVERInventors: Sebastiaan Wilhelmus Josephus Den Boer, Matthijs Lucas Bookelmann, Sjoerd Bastiaan Zwartkruis
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Patent number: D958567Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2020Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Simon Neil Grundy, Royston John Horne, Varkey Berty Jacob, Jeffrey Alan Reeve
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Patent number: D959278Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2019Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Liam Martin Breen, Jerome Emmanuel Berard