Patents Assigned to division
  • Display device stand with rotatable storage
    Patent number: 6588609
    Abstract: A display device stand with rotatable storage apparatus including a stand having a top and a first cylindrical tube extending downward from the top. The apparatus further includes a carousel beneath the stand top. The carousel has a base and a second cylindrical tube extending upward from the base. The first and second cylindrical tubes have a coaxial relationship relative to one another. A base plate elevates the carousel and maintains an elevated position of the second cylindrical tube relative to the first cylindrical tube. The elevated carousel rotates about the first cylindrical tube of the stand and on the base plate without touching a surface upon which the stand and base plate rest. The carousel may be divided into storage compartments having varying shapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Kensington Technology Group, a division of ACCO Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruno L. A. Richet, Michael A. Simonian
  • Mousse forming hair treatment composition
    Patent number: 6589518
    Abstract: A mousse forming hair treatment composition, which may be a cleansing and/or conditioning composition, comprising a foamable concentrate comprising at least one surfactant, an aqueous carrier, and which is substantially free of anionic surfactants, and an aerosol propellant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: David Charles Steer
  • Pourable water and oil containing emulsions comprising gas bubbles
    Patent number: 6589587
    Abstract: The invention relates to pourable water and oil containing emulsions comprising an aqueous phase and gas bubbles, whereby said gas bubbles are substantially dispersed in the aqueous phase. Emulsions according to the invention show increased stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Lipton, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Jan Benjamins, Jochen Effey, Eckhard Floeter, Rowdy van Gelder
  • Cold water soluble tea
    Patent number: 6589575
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a black leaf tea that is infusible in hot or cold water. The process involves macerating freshly plucked tea leaves, allowing them to ferment, firing the leaves to arrest fermentation and then drying them to yield black leaf tea, wherein the tea leaves are treated with a solubilising compound selected ascorbic acid, dehydroascorbic acid, 1-scorbamic acid, 5-phenyl-3,4-diketo-gamma-butyrolactone (4-phenyl-2,3-diketo-gamma-butyrolactone) or their salts and mixtures thereof in an amount that is sufficient for the black leaf tea to be soluble in water at 5 to 100° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Lipton, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Velu Ganesan, Shovan Ganguli, Kush Garg, Mushtaq Patel, Vilas Pandurang Sinkar, Narayasaswami Subramanian
  • Use of prenylated flavones
    Patent number: 6589982
    Abstract: Flavones with an isoprenyl group in the 8-position possess very good anti-inflammatory properties and can also be used to treat/prevent/cure skin-disorders when applied in food compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Lipton, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Mark Donovan, Martin Richard Green, Maria Catherine Tasker, Paula Rachel Yates
  • Substituted urea retinoid agonists
    Publication number: 20030125383
    Abstract: The current invention provide novel compounds, methods of treating or preventing emphysema, cancer and dermatological disorders, pharmaceutical compositions suitable for the treatment or prevention of emphysema, cancer and dermatological disorders and methods for delivering formulations into the lung of a mammal suffering from emphysema, cancer and dermatological disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Applicant: Roche Bioscience, a division of Syntex (U.S.A.) LLC
    Inventors: Michael Klaus, Jean-Marc Lapierre
  • Method of reducing phosphate ore losses in a desliming process
    Publication number: 20030121833
    Abstract: The specification describes one or more embodiments of the present invention, which relates to a method of reducing phosphate ore losses in a desliming process. A phosphate ore preparation slurry is directed to a desliming unit; surfactants and/or an organic polymers are added to the slurry and mixed into the slurry to reduce the viscosity of the slurry and to settle out the fine phosphate ore particles for recovery. These particles are collected and directed to a beneficiation process for recovering the phosphate ore product. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope of meaning of the claims. 37 CFR 1.72(b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Applicant: ARR-MAZ Products, LP, a division of Process Chemicals, LLCTM
    Inventor: Francisco J. Sotillo
  • Skin treatment
    Publication number: 20030124553
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for determining the predisposition of an individual to a skin condition comprising identifying the profilaggrin alleles present in the genome of an ex vivo sample taken from the individual. Skin conditions include the ability of an individual to produce Natural Moisturising Factors (NMF), dry skin and/or predisposition to detergent-induced erythema. Typically profilaggrin alleles are identified by determining the number of encoded filaggrin repeats. Methods of the invention are particularly useful for grouping individuals for the purposes of participation in clinical trials or for matching an individual to a cosmetic preparation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Rebecca Susan Ginger
  • Process for cleaning a substrate
    Publication number: 20030121106
    Abstract: A process of cleaning a substrate, the process comprising the steps of contacting a substrate with a composition comprising at least two liquids mutually presenting a liquid-liquid interface with an interfacial tension of at least 5 mN/m and agitating the substrate and/or composition whilst they are in mutual contact, wherein the composition and/or the substrate are also subjected to ultrasound before and/or during the agitation step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Vijaya Milind Bargaje, Paul Johan Birker, Cornelis Gerhard van Kralingen, Glyn Roberts, Pieter van der Vlist, Vidur Behal
  • Crease recovery of fabrics
    Publication number: 20030125228
    Abstract: The crease recovery of fabrics can be improved using C20-C40 saturated or unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbons which have melting points below 0° C., such as squalane. The hydrocarbons may be included in garment care products adapted for use in a tumble dryer, such as flexible sheets, in sprayable formulations or in fabric care compositions, such as fabric conditioning compositions which comprise a fabric softening agent. Fabrics may be treated with the hydrocarbons as part of a domestic laundering process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: William Mooney
  • Cleaning cart
    Publication number: 20030122331
    Abstract: A compact cleaning cart for efficient cleaning that transports a vacuum cleaner, cleaning equipment, and a mop bucket or refuse container from the storeroom to the cleaning area, all in one trip. The compact size and contoured shape of the cleaning cart make it highly maneuverable in tight areas. The cleaning cart includes a rear vacuum cleaner platform for a vacuum cleaner and a front platform for a mop bucket or refuse container. A top shelf includes a zippered vinyl refuse bag to conceal trash. A plastic trash liner is preferably used within the vinyl refuse bag. A deep storage pocket, utility hooks, handle holes and handle slot, molded in top shelf, are provided for cleaning supplies, broom handles, bottles, dusters, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2003
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Applicant: Akro-Mils, A Division of Myers Industries Inc
    Inventors: Alex P. DiGiacomo, Douglas S. Hardesty
  • Application service provider and automated transaction machine system and method
    Publication number: 20030126084
    Abstract: An application service provider (ASP) and automated transaction machine method and system is provided. The method includes providing a plurality of individually accessible server side ATM applications through at least one ASP server. The method further includes enabling a plurality of ATMs to selectively access each server side ATM application through communication with the at least one ASP server. The method also includes performing services for the ATMs with the at least one ASP server responsive to the plurality of server side ATM applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2003
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Applicant: Diebold Self Service System, Division of Diebold, Incorporated
    Inventors: Jay Paul Drummond, Dale H. Blackson, Mark D. Smith
  • Enhancing epidermal barrier development in skin
    Publication number: 20030124159
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of skin compsitions and to the identification of novel effects of molecules when incorporated into a skin composition. More particularly the invention relates to systemic or topical compositions and their use in providing a variety of skin care benefits by enhancing the development of a healthy epidermal barrier layer in the skin through the activation of the nuclear receptor LXR&agr;.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc
    Inventors: Gail Jenkins, Joanne Read, Katherine Louise Rumary
  • Wipe dispenser
    Patent number: 6585130
    Abstract: A dispenser for the wipes is described suitable for use in a shower environment, utilizing a shell having opposed top and bottom ends and, in a preferred embodiment, a support device connected to the shell for securing the dispenser to an outside surface. In another embodiment, the dispenser prevents water spray from the shower from contaminating the wipes contained therein. The bottom end has a dispensing slot with a length dimension greater than a width dimension and a finger-access opening to enable the user to urge wipes in the direction of the dispensing slot. The inventive wipe dispenser also is conveniently refilled with disposable wipes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care, USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: James Lynn Turbett, Natalie Charambura, Michael Edward Ross
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D476894
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Unilever Bestfoods, North America, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent Michael Masotta, James Lindsay Clark
  • New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Balcebstar’
    Patent number: PP13939
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Balcebstar’ characterized by its upright, rounded and uniform plant habit; light pink and red bi-colored flowers that are positioned above and beyond the leaves; and very dark green-colored leaves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Ball FloraPlant, a division of Ball Horticultural Co.
    Inventor: Kerry Strope
  • Geranium plant named ‘Baldescart’
    Patent number: PP13940
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Geranium plant named ‘Baldescart’, characterized by its upright and mounded growth habit; freely basal branching habit; medium green-colored leaves with a distinct zonation pattern; and scarlet red-colored semi-double flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Ball FloraPlant, a division of Ball Horticultural Co.
    Inventor: Scott C. Trees
  • Verbena plant named ‘Balazwhit’
    Patent number: PP13943
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Verbena plant named ‘Balazwhit’, characterized by its compact, mounded and outwardly spreading plant habit; dark green leaves; and white-colored flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Ball FloraPlant, a division of Ball Horticultural Co.
    Inventor: Scott C. Trees
  • Geranium plant named ‘Balshodel’
    Patent number: PP13944
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Geranium plant named ‘Balshodele’, characterized by its upright and mounded growth habit; freely basal branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; and scarlet red-colored semi-double flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Ball FloraPlant, a division of Ball Horticultural Co.
    Inventor: Scott C. Trees
  • Geranium plant named ‘Baldesreim’
    Patent number: PP13945
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Geranium plant named ‘Baldesreim’, characterized by its upright and mounded growth habit; freely basal branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; and bright red-colored semi-double flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Ball FloraPlant, a division of Ball Horticultural Co.
    Inventor: Scott C. Trees