Patents Assigned to division
  • Antiperspirant formulations
    Patent number: 6361766
    Abstract: Anhydrous antiperspirant formulations in which a particulate antiperspirant active is suspended in a carrier fluid can result in significant visible deposits when applied to skin or when transferred onto clothing. Anhydrous antiperspirant suspension sticks which exhibit very low visible deposits are obtainable by employing a carrier fluid in which at least 45% and preferably at least 60% of its weight comprises an oxygen-containing emollient oil having a refractive index of at least 1.465, in conjunction with structurant comprises a wax or a non-polymeric fiber-forming gellant, excluding certain gellants or gellant combinations. Preferred emollient oils include alkyl benzoates and alkylphenylsiloxanes. The waxes can even comprise fatty alcohols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care, USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Ronald Franklin, Graham Andrew Turner
  • Cosmetic compositions
    Patent number: 6361765
    Abstract: Antiperspirant compositions herein comprise an antiperspirant active, together with a carrier and a structurant for the carrier which comprises an organic wax having a melting point of from 40 to 90° C. of which at least 60% of the weight of the wax is provided by at least one aliphatic ester satisfying the formula: CH3—(CH2)n—CO—(CH2)m—CH3 in which n is from 9 to 39 and m is from 0 to 35 to form a solid or a soft solid. The compositions can be anhydrous, in the form of a suspension of antiperspirant active, or can comprise aqueous emulsions. The formulations structured by the selected waxes provide lower visible deposits on topical application compared with conventional wax-structured formulations and the waxes are effective at structuring/thickening at a proportion below that in conventional wax-structured formulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Steven Emslie, Laura Dimitrova Stoimenof, Graham Andrew Turner
  • Pourable transparent/translucent liquid detergent composition with suspended particles
    Patent number: 6362156
    Abstract: A translucent/transparent composition capable of suspending relatively large size particles while remaining readily pourable. The composition is stable, even in presence of readily large amount of electrolyte/surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care, USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Feng-Lung Gordon Hsu, Dennis Stephen Murphy, Kristina Marie Neuser, Myongsuk Bae-Lee, Daniel Joseph Kuzmenka, Kim Garufi, Pascale Germaine Lazare, Cornelis Johannes Buytenhek, Pieter Willem Van Reeven, Charles Cornelis Verburg, Frank Theodor Van De Scheur
  • Composition
    Publication number: 20020034479
    Abstract: Oral composition comprising petroleum jelly in the form of droplets enrobing a particulate active, characterised in that the droplets comprise an amphiphilic organic material, capable of forming, upon contact with moisture, a water-insoluble liquid crystal phase of at least one dimensional periodicity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2001
    Publication date: March 21, 2002
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Alison Katharine Green
  • Ambient stable beverage
    Publication number: 20020034568
    Abstract: An ambient stable tea based beverage that contains a tea extract and a preservative system. The preservative system contains cinnamic acid, one or more essential oils and one or more pasteurization adjuncts that become fungicidal when activated by heat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2001
    Publication date: March 21, 2002
    Applicant: Lipton, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Marian Blyth, Roy Michael Kirby, Hazel Steels, Malcolm Stratford
  • Textile treatment process and product
    Publication number: 20020034588
    Abstract: A process for treating a yarn and/or a fabric to form fine inorganic particulate material in the intra-yarn pores and/or on the surface of the fibers constituting the yarn or fabric, which would substantially maintain fabric reflectance after repeated wash/wear cycles without affecting the desired characteristics of air permeability. The inorganic particles are preferably formed by reacting in an aqueous medium a first reagent selected from mineral and organic acids and a second reagent selected from alkali or alkaline earth metal salts with inorganic anions. The invention also relates to a treatment product composition directed to provide instant inorganic deposits in the yarn or fiber surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2001
    Publication date: March 21, 2002
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Gangundi Prakash Babu, Vinodkumar Ramniranjan Dhanuka, Kaushik Narotam Divecha, Manish Hardas Keswani, Raghavachari Rajan
  • Antiperspirant formulations
    Publication number: 20020034481
    Abstract: Anhydrous antiperspirant formulations in which a particulate antiperspirant active is suspended in a carrier fluid can result in significant visible deposits when applied to skin or when transferred onto clothing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2001
    Publication date: March 21, 2002
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: James Michael Bianchi, Kevin Ronald Franklin, Bruce Howard Glickman, Graham Andrew Turner
  • Oral composition
    Publication number: 20020034478
    Abstract: Oral non-food composition comprising an active agent which is substantially insoluble in water at room temperature and pressure and a silicone with a viscosity within the range 10×10−3 to 90×10−3 m2s−1 at 25° C., said composition obtainable by mixing said active agent and silicone before adding said mixture to the remaining ingredients of the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2001
    Publication date: March 21, 2002
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: David Thomas Littlewood, Philip Christopher Waterfield
  • Water soluble package
    Publication number: 20020033004
    Abstract: A water soluble package containing a fluid substance for release on dissolution of the package, the package having a dome shaped body portion for containing the fluid substance comprising a first sheet of a water soluble material thermoformed to form a body wall of the body portion, and a second sheet of water soluble material superposed on the first sheet and sealed thereto along a continuous region of the superposed sheets to form a base wall of the body portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2001
    Publication date: March 21, 2002
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: David Brian Edwards, William John McCarthy, Patricia Richardson
  • Submersible motor unit
    Patent number: 6359353
    Abstract: A submersible motor unit is used to drive a pump and is submerged with the pump in liquid (water). The motor unit includes a tubular housing member and a tubular inner member which is enclosed by and disposed in a coaxial relationship with the tubular housing member. A stator is disposed in a stator chamber formed between the tubular inner member and the tubular housing member. A rotor is disposed in a rotor chamber disposed within the inner member. End walls close opposite ends of the tubular housing member and the tubular inner member. An annular capacitor is disposed in the stator chamber in an axially spaced apart relationship with the stator. The capacitor extends around the rotor chamber. A body of potting compound is disposed in the stator chamber and at least partially encloses the stator and the capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: F. E. Myers division of Pentair Pump Group
    Inventor: Jack T. Bevington
  • Cosmetic compositions containing resveratrol and retinoids
    Patent number: 6358517
    Abstract: Cosmetic skin care compositions containing resveratrol in combination with selected retinoids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco
    Inventors: Sreekumar Pillai, Manisha Narayan Mahajan, Stewart Paton Granger, David Joseph Pocalyko, Marieann Barratt
  • Laundry treatment for fabrics
    Patent number: 6358903
    Abstract: A laundry treatment composition comprising peroxygen bleach and a water-soluble or water dispersible rebuild agent for redeposition onto a fabric during the laundry process, wherein the fabric rebuild agent undergoes during the laundry process, a chemical change by which change the affinity of the material for the fabric is increased. The peroxygen bleach was found to increase the deposition of the fabric rebuild agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Unilever Home and Personal Care, USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Hopkinson, Christopher Clarkson Jones, David Richard Mealing
  • Crystallisation process using ultrasound
    Publication number: 20020031577
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the crystallisation of a solid phase from a liquid, characterized in that the liquid during crystallization is subjected to ultrasound in the absence of transient cavitation. In particular the liquid is sonicated under such conditions of time and frequency that nucleation of stable crystals in the liquid is induced without exceeding the cavitation threshold and the occurrence of transient cavitation and the accompagnying flavor deterioration is avoided. The liquid preferably is a triglyceride oil such as a vegetable oil or animal fat, e.g. liquefied milk fat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Publication date: March 14, 2002
    Applicant: Lipton, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Berend Jan Arends, Renoo Avinash Blindt, Jo Janssen, Maria Patrick
  • Sprayable browning composition
    Publication number: 20020031578
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sprayable browning composition which, when applied to a foodstuff, imparts a browning and optionally also a flavoring effect to the surface of the substrate to which it is applied. This is achieved by an oil in water emulsion comprising a browning agent and emulsifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2001
    Publication date: March 14, 2002
    Applicant: Lipton, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Johannes Mattheus Cornelissen, Peter Van Den Enden, Cornelis Willem Van Oosten
  • Oral composition
    Patent number: 6355227
    Abstract: An oral composition comprises perlite, characterised in that it comprises from 0.01 to 0.9% by weight perlite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Isotta Di-Drusco, Derek Michael Hull
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D454309
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Lipton, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Jim Warner, Robert Croft, Sergio Gedanke
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D454501
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Lipton, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicola Tornaletti, Raoul Bianchi
  • Geranium plant named ‘Balfanflai’
    Patent number: PP12476
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Geranium plant named ‘Balfanflai’, characterized by its upright and mounded growth habit; freely basal branching habit; dark green leaves with darker green zonation pattern; and light red-colored semi-double flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Ball FloraPlant, A Division of Ball Horticultural Co.
    Inventor: Scott C. Trees
  • Geranium plant named ‘Balfancardim’
    Patent number: PP12477
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Geranium plant named ‘Balfancardim’, characterized by its upright and mounded growth habit; freely basal branching habit; dark green leaves with darker green zonation pattern; and dark red-colored semi-double flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Ball FloraPlant, A division of Ball Horticultural Co.
    Inventor: Scott C. Trees
  • Container with hinged lid
    Patent number: D454689
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Unilever Home and Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Edward Gonda, Charles A. Curtiss, Stuart Mark Leslie, Michael Edward Ross