Patents Assigned to Conopco
  • Patent number: 11788090
    Abstract: Disclosed is a substance which down-regulates the activity of a MAST gene, or the activity of a transcription or translation product of a MAST gene, for use in the prevent and/or treatment of an inflammatory skin condition in a mammalian subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: CONOPCO, INC.
    Inventors: Luba Milena Pardo Cortes, Rebecca Susan Ginger, David Andrew Gunn, Tamarius Edmond Christoffel Nijsten, Martijn Gerard Hendrik Sanders, Adrian Michael Smith
  • Patent number: 11785964
    Abstract: An aerated food product is provided which includes Volvariella volvacea extract. Also provided is the use of a Volvariella volvacea extract in a method of inhibiting bubble coarsening in aerated food products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Sarah Twigg, Stephen Wilson
  • Patent number: 11788035
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a soap bar composition. It more particularly relates to a soap bar composition which comprises low amount of soap where high amount of water can be incorporated. This is achieved by including a selective polymer therein. The soap bars of the invention are easy to extrude and stamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: CONOPCO, INC.
    Inventors: Rodrigo Alves De Mattos, Gislene Splendore Bortolai, Nikhil J. Fernandes, Lyndsay M. Leal, Uwe Hagemann, Sergio Roberto Leopoldino, Yuriy Konstantinovich Yarovoy
  • Publication number: 20230323249
    Abstract: A concentrated laundry detergent composition premix comprising 10 to 70% wt. surfactant, a fatty acid, and methyl glycine diacetic acid (MGDA), from 3 to 15% wt. hydrotrope, and having a pH of from 6 to 8.. A method for forming a laundry detergent composition by diluting such a premix in water such that the final concentration of fatty acid anti-foam is from 0.5 to 1.5% wt. A container comprising a premix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Andrew David GREEN, Alyn James PARRY
  • Publication number: 20230323251
    Abstract: An ancillary laundry composition comprising: hydrolysed protein, free perfume and 0 to 2 wt. % anionic and/or cationic surfactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Conopco, lnc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventor: Karl BURGESS
  • Patent number: 11779525
    Abstract: Disclosed a method of preparing composite particles comprising a non-porous spherical particulate inorganic material deposited on a plate-like inorganic material, where refractive index of said particulate inorganic material is greater than that of said plate-like inorganic particulate material, wherein, said spherical material occupies 20 to 80% of total surface area of said plate-like material and wherein the amount of said spherical material accounts for 2 to 20 wt % of said composite particles, further wherein said plate-like inorganic material is mica and said non-porous spherical particulate inorganic material is silicone dioxide, said method comprising the steps of: (iv) silanization of said plate-like inorganic material to get a silanized material having functional groups “A”; (v) silanization of said non-porous spherical particulate inorganic material to get a silanized material having functional groups “B”, where A?B; and where said “A” and said “B” are capable of reacting with each other such that
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: CONOPCO, INC.
    Inventors: Huailing Gao, Zhao Pan, Lin Wang, Shuhong Yu, Shuqi Zhu
  • Patent number: 11779017
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an antimicrobial composition and more particularly to an antimicrobial composition at the pH of skin. The present invention provides an antimicrobial composition comprising: a. 0.5 to 20% by weight of a solvent comprising an alkyl glycol ether, b. 0.1 to 20% by weight of a carboxylic acid selected from an aromatic carboxylic acid having pKa greater than 4 or an aliphatic carboxylic acid having pKa greater than 4.5 or mixtures thereof c. 1 to 80% by weight of an anionic surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: CONOPCO, INC.
    Inventors: Sameer Keshav Barne, Maya Treesa Saji
  • Patent number: 11780806
    Abstract: The invention comprises a process for preparing mixtures of DEFI and amide taurate (ATA) having excellent yields of ATA and substantial absence of browning of final ATA and DEFI mixtures. The process permits much greater flexibility in ratios of DEFI to ATA. The invention further relates to mixtures prepared by processes of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: CONOPCO, INC.
    Inventors: Van Au, Bijan Harichian
  • Patent number: 11779528
    Abstract: Disclosed are water-based personal cleansing compositions having an isotropic surfactant phase, the compositions containing (a) cationic surfactant that includes a quaternary ammonium compound and/or an amidoamine, (b) cleansing surfactant and (c) water, the cleansing surfactant containing 85 to 100% by weight of a combination of betaine surfactant and taurate surfactant in particular ratios; also disclosed are methods of thickening such compositions by the addition of electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: CONOPCO, INC.
    Inventors: Massimiliano Trentini, Helen Diane Thompson, Christopher David Bentley, Lynsey Joanne Coan
  • Publication number: 20230313086
    Abstract: The present invention provides a unit dose capsule (101) for treatment of a substrate, the capsule (101) comprising three compartments (102, 103, 104) containing a substrate treatment composition, wherein: the capsule (101) is formed from two sheets of water-soluble film, the two sheets of film being sealed together forming a sealing web lying on a sealing plane, the sealing web comprising a peripheral sealing skirt (108), inter-compartment sealing webs (1024, 1023, 1034) between compartments thereby separating the compartments from one another and a central sealing web (10234), wherein wherein the compartments have an average surface extention ratio in the range of 1.5 to 3, the surface extension ratio is the surface area of the film above the sealing plane to surface area of footprint the compartments located in the sealing plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventor: Yanchao CHEN
  • Publication number: 20230313085
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing a unit dose capsule for treatment of a substrate comprising the steps of a. placing a first sheet of water-soluble polyvinyl alcohol film over a mould having sets of cavities, each set comprising three cavities arranged on the sealing plane one after the other in circumferential direction such that footprint area of the second and the third compartments is from 0.8 to 2.5 times the area of the footprint of the first compartment; b. heating and applying vacuum to the film to mould the film into the cavities and hold it in place to form three recesses in the film; a first recess, the second recess, and a third recess, the three recesses being connected to respective side recesses by the film; c. filling three different parts of a substrate treatment composition into the three recesses, the three parts together forming a full substrate treatment composition; d.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Conopco, lnc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventor: Jun SHEN
  • Publication number: 20230310283
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel oil-in-water nanoemulsions. The oil phase contains oil selected from the group consisting of triglyceride oil and/or petrolatum as well as C8 to C18 fatty acid; and the aqueous phase contains specific N-acyl derivatives of amino acid salt as emulsifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Congling QUAN, David John LANG
  • Publication number: 20230312184
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Slavica CESARE, Gregory LALIER
  • Publication number: 20230310304
    Abstract: An antibacterial composition comprises water, alcohol, a thickening agent, and a moisturizing oil, wherein at least 50% of droplets of the moisturizing oil present in the antibacterial composition have a particle size of 5 micrometers to 10 millimeters. A method of making an antibacterial composition comprises dispersing a thickening agent in water to form a first phase; combining a moisturizing oil and a humectant to form a second phase; combining the first phase with an alcohol to form a third phase; adding the second phase to the third phase, forming a fourth phase; and adding a neutralizer to the fourth phase, thereby forming the antibacterial composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Prem CHANDAR, Bivash Ranjan DASGUPTA, Gabriella Satchi Olivia FREY, Teanoosh MOADDEL, Anat SHILOACH
  • Publication number: 20230310292
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a natural preservative system that comprises a substituted amino acid and with benzoic acid and/or a derivative thereof. The preservative system provides superior antimicrobial benefits and color stability to end use compositions even when the compositions are formulated to have a pH in the range of 3.5 to 8.2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Jamie Lynn MILLER, Matthew Joseph RIENZO
  • Publication number: 20230303950
    Abstract: A concentrated liquid laundry detergent composition premix having a viscosity measure at 21° C. 106 s-1 of from 100 to 800 mPa·s. and which is dilutable in water to form a stable laundry liquid composition, said premix comprising from 20% wt. water, from 14-20% wt. hydrotrope, from 20 to 70% wt. surfactant, and wherein the surfactant comprises anionic surfactant and non-ionic surfactant in a weight ratio of from 1:1 to 1:99 and wherein the composition comprises from 0 to 5% wt. alkyl ether sulphate. Method of forming a laundry detergent composition by diluting one part premix in from 1 to 10 parts water. Container comprising the premix. Kit comprising the container in combination with a further keeper container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Arlene FICHE, Andrew David GREEN, Alyn James PARRY
  • Publication number: 20230301883
    Abstract: A transparent antibacterial composition comprises water, alcohol, a humectant, and a sensory oil. A method of making a transparent antibacterial composition comprises combining a sensory oil and a humectant forming a first phase; combining water with an alcohol forming a second phase; combining the first phase and the second phase forming a third phase; and adding a neutralizer to the third phase, thereby forming the antibacterial composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Prem CHANDAR, Teanoosh MOADDEL, Ajay Singh NEGI, Bharath PALANISAMY, Toral PATEL, Anat SHILOACH, Sapna SINGH
  • Publication number: 20230303951
    Abstract: The invention concerns a detergent composition, comprising: (a) from 1 to 40 wt. % of a secondary alkane sulfonate surfactant with an average of 15 to 18 carbon atoms in a linear alkane chain; (b) from 1 to 40 wt. % of an anionic surfactant other than a); and, (c) from 0.01 to 8%, of an alkyl hydroxysultaine co-surfactant; and wherein greater than 50 wt. % of the alkyl chain of the secondary alkane sulfonate is C15 to C18, secondary alkane sulfonate; the invention also concerns a method, preferably a domestic method of treating a textile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: David Stephen GRAINGER, Uyai IKPATT, Paul Simon STEVENSON, David Christopher THORLEY
  • Patent number: D1000280
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Lalier, Mary Margaret Sheridan, Daniel Martin, Wooyeon Cho, Heesop Chong, Mariana Escobar Jimenez, Michelle C Mak, Laurent Jean-Marie Hainaut
  • Patent number: D1001642
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Lalier, Mary Margaret Sheridan, Daniel Martin, Wooyeon Cho, Heesop Chong, Mariana Escobar Jimenez, Michelle C Mak, Laurent Jean-Marie Hainaut