Patents Assigned to division
  • Process for making perfume containing surfactant compositions having perfume burst when diluted
    Publication number: 20030166498
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing or selecting compositions having a fragrance burst of at least 20% relative to a product before dilution. The composition is selected such that perfume and surfactant in said composition yields a calculated “Perfume Burst Index” (PBI) value of less than 3 as per algorithm defining the PBI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Lin Yang, Judith Lynne Kerschner
  • Perfume containing surfactant compositions having perfume burst when diluted
    Publication number: 20030166499
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions having a fragrance burst of at least 20% relative to a product before dilution. The composition is selected such that perfume and surfactant in said composition yields a calculated “Perfume Burst Index” (PBI) value of less than 3 as per algorithm defining the PBI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Lin Yang, Judith Lynne Kerschner
  • Process for making perfume containing surfactant compositions having perfume burst and enhanced perfume deposition when diluted
    Publication number: 20030166497
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing or selecting compositions having a fragrance burst of at least 20% relative to a product before dilution as well as enhanced deposition. The composition is selected such that perfume and surfactant in said composition yields a calculated “Perfume Burst Index” (PBI) value of less than 3 as per algorithm defining the PBI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Lin Yang, Judith Lynne Kerschner
  • Electrostatic spraying of a cosmetic composition
    Publication number: 20030164417
    Abstract: A personal product comprising a liquid cosmetic composition and a hand-held electrostatic spraying device suitable for applying the composition to the human body, said hand-held electrostatic spraying device comprising a slit nozzle having a maximum width of from 0.05 mm to 0.5 mm, means for containing the liquid cosmetic composition, means for supplying the liquid cosmetic composition to the nozzle, an electricity source, high voltage circuitry arranged so that, in use, liquid cosmetic composition sprayed in atomized form from the nozzle is electrically charged, and control means for selectively applying a high voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Wamadeva Balachandran, Susan Michelle Kutay, Peng Miao, Richard Leslie Wright
  • Process for production of detergent tablets
    Publication number: 20030166489
    Abstract: A method of making a compacted granular detergent tablet comprising a clay component, said method comprising the steps of:
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Adrianus Comelis Van Asten, Daniel Albert Van Doorn, Antje Minke Wierenga
  • Colouring composition
    Publication number: 20030163877
    Abstract: A rinse off colouring composition comprises:
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Edward Baker, Timothy John Madden
  • Detergent composition in tablet form
    Publication number: 20030166491
    Abstract: A compacted laundry detergent tablet which comprises (a) solid particulate detergent base powder comprising surfactant and optionally builder; (b) optionally other particulate detergent ingredients; and (c) a binder material between the detergent base powder particles and/or the optional particulate detergent ingredients wherein the binder comprises (c)(i) from 10 wt % to 90 wt % of a nonionic surfactant having a melting point of from 30 to 70° C.; and (c)(ii) from 10 wt % to 90 wt % of a water-soluble organic material having a melting point of from 30 to 70° C. Preferred nonionic surfactants are the primary and secondary aliphatic alcohol ethoxylates and preferred organic materials are the polyethylene glycols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: John George Chambers, John Edley Wilson, Douglas Wraige
  • Antiperspirant products made from wet-milled anhydrous antiperspirant salts
    Patent number: 6613312
    Abstract: Antiperspirant compositions which comprise: a) a wet-milled antiperspirant active material; b) a silicone and/or hydrocarbon carrier material; and c) a suspending agent or gellant are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Riaz Hassan Rizvi, Rebecca Sue Moen Jenks
  • Shifter with load sensors for sensing shift demands
    Patent number: 6612194
    Abstract: A shifter includes a base and a driver interface module, such as a lever or knob, having a structural member attached to the base and held in a fixed position so that a handle on the structural member can be grasped and loaded by a vehicle operator. At least one load-measuring sensor, such as a strain gage, is attached to the structural member. The sensor outputs an analog signal in proportion to the load applied to the structural member by the vehicle operator. A circuit is connected to the load-measuring sensor for receiving the analog signal. The circuit is configured and programmed to output a transmission-shift control signal when the shift request signal reaches a predetermined minimum load value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Grand Haven Stamped Products, division of JSJ Corporation
    Inventor: Robert A. DeJonge
  • Collapsible carton sleeve
    Patent number: 6612482
    Abstract: A sleeve is provided which in assembled form slides over an openable carton with a protuberance to maintain the carton in its closed position. The sleeve may be assembled prior to production and stored flat or in a roll to minimize storage space and save production costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Edward Ross
  • Ironing aid composition
    Patent number: 6613244
    Abstract: This invention relates to an ironing aid composition which is suitable for pouring directly into the water reservoir chamber of a steam iron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Alan John Fry
  • Mono and dialkyl quats in hair conditioning compositions
    Patent number: 6613316
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous opaque 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. Also included is an amount of fatty alcohol to opacify the conditioner. 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 to C18, C18. The fatty alcohol may be present in an amount from about 1% to about 10%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Wei-Mei Sun, Teresa Jolanta Dowell
  • Bleach catalyst enhancement
    Publication number: 20030162681
    Abstract: The invention relates to catalytically bleaching substrates, especially laundry fabrics, with a bleaching catalyst and peroxide in the presence of an enzymatic bleach enhancing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Hage, Jan Klugkist, Ton Swarthoff
  • Composition for treating hair
    Publication number: 20030161796
    Abstract: A hair treatment composition comprises particles having a first non-aqueous phase and, retained within said first non-aqueous phase, a second hydrophilic phase which is an aqueous solution, dispersion, emulsion or a solid or liquid having a log P value less than 1, said second phase comprising a hair benefit agent, wherein said first non-aqueous phase has a melting point of from 30° C. to 100° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2003
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Gillian Bracken, Julie Hutchison Cooper, Paul John Cunningham, Paul Howard Neill, Robert George Riley, Sigrun Tollerton
  • Functionally interdependant two component cooking systems
    Publication number: 20030161930
    Abstract: A complementary combination liquid/paste sauce composition and a dry, particulate seasoning composition, both of which are interdependent for effective cook up is taught. The sauce is fluid and thus has a selected amount of water and could be subject to microbiological attack which in turn requires pH control. The seasoning component is designed to buffer acidic taste of the the sauce composition to achieve selected taste.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2003
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Applicant: Lipton, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Roland Bauer, Kenneth Gimelli, Birgitha Tray, Bert Kuil, Nicolaas Jan Verhoef, Stephanie Doan
  • Detergent compositions
    Publication number: 20030162680
    Abstract: The invention provides a tablet of a compacted particulate composition for use in fabric washing which contains detergent-active, detergency builder and other ingredients, characterized in that the tablet contains:
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2002
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Applicant: Unilever Home and Personal Care, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Mirjam Sta, Ronaldus Wilhelmus Westerhout
  • Polymers and their use
    Publication number: 20030162688
    Abstract: A substituted polysaccharide comprising &bgr;1-4 linkages having covalently bonded on the polysaccharide moiety thereof, at least one deposition enhancing group which undergoes a chemical change in water at a use temperature to increase the affinity of the substituted polysaccharide to a substrate, the substituted polysaccharide further comprising one or more independently selected silicone chains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2002
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Hugh Findlay, Christopher Clarkson Jones, Dax Kukulj
  • Triglyceride fat suitable for spread manufacture
    Publication number: 20030161934
    Abstract: Triglyceride fat which comprises HUU triglycerides and at least 18 wt. % of HOH and HLH triglycerides, while the ratio HOH:HLH is in the range 30/70 to 85/15, which fat is characterized in that the fat contains at least 20 wt. % of HUU and 8-30 wt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Applicant: Unilever Bestfoods North America, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Eckhard Floter
  • Skin cosmetic compositions containing a weak carboxylic acid and random copolymers of ethylene oxides and propylene oxides
    Patent number: 6610741
    Abstract: Cosmetic skin compositions containing a weak carboxylic acid and a random copolymer of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide. The copolymer reduces skin irritation that is sometimes caused by the weak acid active without reducing delivery of weak acids to skin tissues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Surajit Mukherjee, Donald Rick, Stephan Samuel Habif
  • Dishwashing sachet
    Patent number: D479123
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Naresh Dhirajlal Ghatlia, Natasha Pfeiffer, Isaac Israel Secemski