Patents Assigned to Division of Conopco, Inc.
  • Satiety enhancing food products
    Publication number: 20040258735
    Abstract: The present invention provides a food product comprising an encapsulated satiety agent and at least 2% wt protein, excluding any protein present as or in the encapsulated satiety agent, wherein the satiety agent is encapsulated by cross-linked encapsulation material and further wherein upon consumption of the food product by a subject the satiety agent is predominantly released from the encapsulation material in the intestines of that subject. Also provided is a method of preparing the food product. The food product may be used in a weight loss or weight control plan, e.g. such as a meal replacer or weight control product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Applicant: Slim-Fast Foods Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Wilhelmus Antonius Van Benthum, Gustaaf Servaas Duchateau, Henricus Petrus Peters
  • Satiety enhancing food products
    Publication number: 20040258803
    Abstract: The present invention provides a food product comprising an amount of from 0.1 to 20% wt of an encapsulated satiety agent having a weight average mean particle size in the range of from 1 to 250 &mgr;m, wherein the satiety agent is encapsulated by a cross-linked encapsulation material having a degree of cross-linking of at least 20% and further wherein upon consumption of the food product by a subject the satiety agent is predominantly released from the encapsulation material in the intestines of that subject. Also provided is a method of preparing the food product. The food product is preferably a meal replacer product or a weight control product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Applicant: Slim-Fast Foods Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Wilhelmus Antonius Van Benthum, Gustaaf Servaas Duchateau, Henricus Petrus Peters
  • Method and compositions for coloring hair with taurate copolymers
    Publication number: 20040255399
    Abstract: A method and composition is provided for coloring hair. The method includes applying and thereafter removing from the hair a composition which includes a colorant formula incorporating an oxidation dye precursor and a developer formula incorporating an alkoxylated taurate copolymer in combination with hydrogen peroxide. The colorant and developer formulas are applied to the hair separately or together in a relative weight ratio of 10:1 to 1:10. Particularly preferred alkoxylated taurate copolymers are hydrophobically modified copolymers of acrylamidopropane sulphonic acid or salt and methacrylate esters of ethoxylated or propoxylated fatty alcohols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2003
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Jiang Yang
  • Water treatment
    Patent number: 6833076
    Abstract: A method for the treatment of waste water by the generation of radicals in the waste water comprises applying to the waste water at least one substance which is capable of providing radicals in the waste water. The substance decomposes by a unimolecular mechanism or by hydrogen abstraction to form a carbon-containing radical on exposure to light or heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2004
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, a division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Norman Batchelor, Denise Angela Carr, Robert John Crawford, Lynette Fairclough
  • Process for making tube blanks
    Patent number: 6832462
    Abstract: A process for the manufacture of a tube blank, comprising the following steps: (a) forming a tube hose around a mandrel and advancing the said tube hose along the said mandrel such that a leading edge of the said tube hose is flush with a leading face of the said mandrel; (b) presenting a dispensing assembly to the said leading edge of the said tube hose; (c) sealing the dispensing assembly with the said tube hose to form a tube blank; (d) separating the tube blank from the mandrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2004
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Peacock, Kevin John Stamp
  • Cold water infusing leaf tea
    Patent number: 6833144
    Abstract: A method for preparing a cold water infusing leaf tea. Green tea leaves are macerated, treated with tannase, fermented in the presence of hydrogen peroxide in an amount that is sufficient to activate endogenous peroxidases to oxidize gallic acid and other compounds that are liberated by the tannase treatment, and then dried. The final product is a black leaf tea that infuses in hot or cold water to give good flavor and color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2004
    Assignee: Lipton, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher William Goodsall, Timothy Graham Jones, Joseph Kipsiele Mitei, Andrew David Parry, Richard Safford, Ambalavanar Thiru
  • Detergent composition
    Publication number: 20040254088
    Abstract: The laundry detergent composition of the invention contains a combination of a soap, an anionic surfactant, a nonionic surfactant, optionally a builder system, and optionally other detergent ingredients. The surfactant system comprises from 5 to 85 wt % in which the amount of soap is from 20 to 50 wt %, the amount of anionic is from 10 to 65 wt %, and the amount of nonionic is from 15 to 70 wt %, and wherein from 75 wt % to 100 wt % of the soap is present in the form of a granule which is dry-mixed with the other components, and the soap granule has a concentration of soap of at least 75 wt % based on the weight of the granule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Michel Jan de Ruijter, Zaida Maria Salazar
  • Hair conditioning compositions in stick or bar form containing cationic surfactant and fatty alcohol
    Patent number: 6831046
    Abstract: This invention relates to a hair conditioner composition in solid form comprising at least 5 wt % cationic surfactant and at least 5 wt % fatty alcohol material, wherein the composition contains less than 80 wt % water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Simon Carew, Reginald Manley, Stephen Lee Wire
  • Fabric cleaning
    Patent number: 6829913
    Abstract: A device for spot cleaning a fabric with a liquid cleaning composition, said device comprising at least one absorbent means for absorbing at least some of said composition from the fabric wherein the ratio of the working surface and the thickness or height of the absorbent means is preferably lower than 3000 mm. In a method of use, the liquid cleaning composition is applied to the fabric and some of the composition so applied is absorbed into the absorbent means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, a division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Francesca Goldoni, Jan Kevelam, Arinus Frederikus Leerink, Pieter W. van Reeven, Pieter Van der Vlist, Wendi Hutchinson
  • Frozen food product
    Publication number: 20040247764
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for the manufacture of frozen instant cooking pasta from elongated dried pasta products that substantially retains the pre-processing length of the dried pasta comprising the steps of;
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Applicant: Lipton, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Roberto Nardi, Sandro Panaioli, Valerio Simeone
  • Silky feel cosmetic emulsion chassis based on glycerin and chemically modified starch
    Publication number: 20040241128
    Abstract: A cosmetic composition is provided which includes a high level of glycerin, a chemically modified starch which is preferably a hydroxypropyl di-starch phosphate or an acetylated di-starch adipate, and a crystalline gel structurant comprising a surfactant and co-surfactant, the structurant having an enthalpy ranging from about 2 to about 15 Joule per gram. The composition has a silky sensory feel and exhibits a positive normal force, preferably ranging from about +0.5 to about +5 grams. The glycerin to chemically modified starch is present in a weight ratio ranging from about 100:1 to about 2:1. Advantageously, the composition has a SkiCon Value ranging from about 10 to about 80.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Roy Barrow, Michael Charles Cheney, Brian John Dobkowski, Christy Ann Bridges
  • Effervescent cleaning composition
    Publication number: 20040242448
    Abstract: The present invention provides an aqueous effervescent liquid detergent composition which upon contact with water provides effervescent action, and which comprises at least 5% by weight of a surfactant and from 0.1 to less than 3% by weight of a volatile organic solvent selected from pentane, hexane, cyclohexane and diethylether. Said solvent is present in sufficient amount to provide the effervescent action, and has a higher solubility in an aqueous surfactant-containing composition than in water, the boiling point of said solvent being lower than the typical temperature during the washing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Neeraj Gupta
  • Method for preparing a gelled food product
    Publication number: 20040241305
    Abstract: A gelled food product is prepared by opening a closed container of thermo-reversible gel (A) that is based on polysaccharide gelling agent, heating gel (A) to a temperature of at least 60° C., combining the gel (A) with at least one taste or flavour imparting food component before, during or after the heating, to provide a combined gel composition (B) that comprises at least 1 wt % protein, such that the gel (A) constitutes 50-98 wt % of the composition (B), and allowing the combined gel composition (B) to set in a mould.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2003
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Renoo Avinash Blindt, Allan Hugh Clark, Bronwyn Elliott, Timothy John Foster, Ian Timothy Norton
  • Compositions containing malonate salts in preventing in-grown hair arising from shaving
    Publication number: 20040241131
    Abstract: A new moisturizing agent for personal care compositions is provided which is a mono-hydroxy substituted amine salt of a polymer with acid pendant groups. Particularly preferred are dimethylaminoethanol (DMAE) salts of the polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Charles Cheney, Brian John Dobkowski, Joanna Hong Zhang
  • Method for preparing a gelled food product and semi-finished product for use in the method
    Publication number: 20040241306
    Abstract: A gelled food product can be prepared by heating thermo-reversible sheared gel that is based on non-starch polysaccharide gelling agent and that comprises a combined amount of water and fat of 60-99.9 wt %, to a temperature of 60-95° C. and allowing the gel to set in a mould under quiescent conditions. There is also provided a semi-finished product comprising a closed container that contains thermo-reversible sheared gel suitable for use in the present method, which sheared gel is based on non-starch polysaccharide gelling agent and comprises a combined amount of water and fat of 60-99.9 wt %, which container is provided with instructions to the user to heat the sheared gel to a temperature of 60-95° C. and allow the gel to set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2003
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Renoo Avinash Blindt, Bronwyn Elliott
  • Personal product bar compositions comprising crystalline wax structured premix or delivery vehicle
    Publication number: 20040234469
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising a structured benefit agent pre-mix or delivery vehicle comprising benefit agent structured with crystalline materials, as defined, which when separately prepared and combined after preparation, provides enhanced delivery of benefit agent from a personal product bar carrying composition into which the premix is added. The use of structured benefit agent also enhances delivery of separate benefit agents in the premix (which may or may not be structured) and of separate benefit agents added separately from the premix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen M. O'Connor, Birnur Aral, John Richard Nicholson, Quynh Pham, John R. Glynn, Alexander Lips
  • Personal product compositions comprising structured benefit agent premix or delivery vehicle
    Publication number: 20040234558
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising a structured benefit agent pre-mix or delivery vehicle comprising benefit agent structured with crystalline materials, as defined, which when separately prepared and combined after preparation, provides enhanced delivery of benefit agent to a carrying composition into which the premix is added.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen M. O'Connor, Michael Joseph Fair, John Richard Nicholson, Bozena Marianna Piatek, David John Lang, Gregory McFann, Birnur Aral
  • Nonbar personal product compositions comprising crystalline wax structured benefit agent premix or delivery vehicle
    Publication number: 20040235691
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising a structured benefit agent pre-mix or delivery vehicle comprising benefit agent structured with crystalline materials, as defined, which, when separately prepared and combined after preparation, provides enhanced delivery of benefit agent from a carrying composition into which the premix is added. The use of structured benefit agent also enhances delivery of separate benefit agents in the premix (which may or may not be structured) and of separate benefit agents added separately from the premix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Quynh Pham, Stephen M. O'Connor, John R. Glynn, Alexander Lips
  • Confection
    Patent number: D498896
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Good Humor-Breyers Ice Cream, a division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephanie Marie Stoddart, Craig Luther Evans
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D499639
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: Unilever Bestfoods, North America, a division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip Bordet-Stead, David Helps