Patents Assigned to division
  • Fabric treatment with polysaccharides containing UV absorbing groups
    Patent number: 6248710
    Abstract: A water-soluble or water-dispersible material for deposition onto a fabric substrate during a treatment process. The material comprises a &bgr;1-4 -linked polysaccharide structure having at least one substituent benefit agent group and optionally, one or more other substituent groups. The average degree of substitution of all substituent groups is from 0.01 to 1.2, preferably from 0.1 to 1.2, more preferably from 0.4 to 1.2. The polysaccharide structure has one or more regions with at least 3, preferably at least 4 consecutive unsubstituted saccharide rings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Assignee: Unilever Home and Personal Care USA, a division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Henri Bijsterbosch, Deborah Cooke, Neil Jones, Ezat Khoshdel
  • Anti-tartar dental product and method
    Patent number: 6248310
    Abstract: An oral product and method is provided for inhibiting tartar formation on the teeth. The product is housed in a container and includes a first composition containing a water soluble calcium phosphate salt or monolithic combination of calcium and phosphate salts in a carrier with the first composition having a pH less than 7, and a second composition containing an alkaline material and a fluoride ion source in a carrier to achieve a pH greater than 7.5. The first and second compositions are separated from one another prior to use. When combined upon application to the teeth, the first and second compositions form a system for inhibiting tartar around the teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Assignee: Chesebrough-Pond's USA Co., division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: G Jae Lee, Alexander George Ziemkiewicz, David Robert Williams, Stephen Roy Barrow
  • Cosmetic compositions
    Patent number: 6248312
    Abstract: A cosmetic composition preferably an antiperspirant composition, in solid or soft-solid form has a continuous phase which contains a water-immiscible liquid carrier and also contains a structurant which is partially or fully esterified cellobiose of the formula wherein each Z is independently hydrogen or an acyl group of the formula where R denotes a hydrocarbyl group containing from 4 to 22 carbon atoms. Not more than half of the Z groups are hydrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Ronald Franklin, Adam Jan Kowalski, David Terence Parrott, Kathryn Elizabeth Rowe, Michael Stephen White
  • Dressing
    Patent number: 6245375
    Abstract: The invention relates to a translucent dressing which can be manufactured and offered to the consumer as a two-phase system, having separate oil and water layers. Upon shaking by hand, an emulsion is produced which remains stable for at least one week. Such a dressing is suitable for use on e.g. salad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Lipton, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Gijsbertus Kuil, Yadi Heydari, Barbara M C Pelan, Bert Schenk
  • Antiperspirant material and compositions containing it
    Patent number: 6245324
    Abstract: A particulate antiperspirant active material which has been surface treated with an alkanolamine is described. After surface treatment, the surface treatment agent is in intimate contact with the surface or outer layer of the substrate material, that is, the antiperspirant material may be either deposited on the surface or at least a fraction of the agent may be absorbed within the outer layer of the substrate. The resultant particulate material shows a reduced tendency to separate from a liquid carrier phase containing a polyglycol ether and a suspending agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Gordon Charles Hough, David Terence Parrott, John Harold Rennie
  • Method of treating a textile
    Patent number: 6245115
    Abstract: A method of treating a textile such as a laundry fabric is provided, in which the textile is contacted with an organic substance which forms a complex with a transition metal, whereby the complex catalyses bleaching of the textile by atmospheric oxygen after the treatment. The organic substance may be used in dry form, or in a liquor that is then dried, such as an aqueous spray-on fabric treatment fluid or a wash liquor for laundry cleaning, or a non-aqueous dry cleaning fluid or spray-on aerosol fluid. The method can confer cleaning benefits to the textile after the treatment. Also provided is a dry textile having an organic substance applied or deposited thereon, whereby bleaching by atmospheric oxygen is catalyzed on the textile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Adrianus Cornelius Maria Appel, Ronald Hage, Gerrit Van Der Voet
  • Antiperspirant compositions
    Patent number: 6241976
    Abstract: An antiperspirant composition is a structured emulsion of a continuous phase containing water-immiscible liquid carrier plus a structurant, and a disperse phase which is a solution of antiperspirant active in water or a mixture of water and water-soluble solvent. The structurant is a fully or partially esterified saccharide. The compositions give low visible residue when applied to skin or to clothing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Isabelle Claire Esser, Kevin Ronald Franklin, Lynda Grainger, Adam Jan Kowalski, Kathryn Elizabeth Rowe
  • Soap bar
    Patent number: 6242399
    Abstract: A soap bar comprises: (A) 30-60% by wt of an alkali metal salt of a fatty acid mixture consisting of: (i) 65-90% soap having 1-14 carbon atoms, which includes 2-15% soap having 1-10 carbon atoms, and which further includes 1-10% by wt soap having 1-8 carbon atoms, and (ii) 10-35% of soap having greater than fourteen carbon atoms of which 0-25% is unsaturated soap; (B) 3-35% by wt. fatty acid; (C) 2-25% by wt. structurant; and (D) the remainder water. The product provides higher and creamier lather than other toilet soaps, and also provides a preferred post-use ‘draggy’ (non-frictional) feel to consumers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, a division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: John George Chambers, Geoffrey Irlam, Bryan Stuart Joy
  • Process for producing soap bars
    Patent number: 6242398
    Abstract: A soap bar comprises 40-85% soap, 1-40% water immiscible benefit agent 1-40% solid water soluble carrier and 5-25% water. The carrier is initially mixed with the benefits agent to form a premix which is subsequently dispersed into the soap. Suitable benefit agents are oils and humectants whereas suitable carriers are starches, modified starches and water soluble solid polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: John George Chambers, Geoffrey Irlam, Bryan Stuart Joy
  • Verbena plant named ‘Balwilblu’
    Patent number: PP11911
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Verbena plant named ‘Balwilblu’, characterized by its light pink-colored flowers with dark pink “eye”; mounded, low-growing, decumbent plant habit; and freely basal-branching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: Ball Floraplant, a division of Ball Horticultural Co.
    Inventor: Carolyn T. Parsons
  • Container
    Patent number: D443521
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Lipton, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Vinod Kumar Bansal, Karen Lynn Ortiz-Valero, Bartlett Henderson Goodell, Bert Davis Heinzelman, Donald Richard Lamond
  • New Guinea impatiens plant named ‘Balcebhopi’
    Patent number: PP11916
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Balcebhopi’, characterized by its dark pink-colored flowers; upright and mounded plant habit; good basal branching; and dark green leaves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Ball FloraPlant, a division of Ball Horticultural Co.
    Inventor: Scott C. Trees
  • New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Balcebchro’
    Patent number: PP11919
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Balcebchro’, characterized by its cherry red-colored flowers; upright and mounded plant habit; good basal branching; and dark green leaves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Ball FloraPlant, a division of Ball Horticultural Co.
    Inventor: Scott C. Trees
  • Geranium plant named ‘Balgalsabe’
    Patent number: PP11921
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Geranium plant named ‘Balgalsabe’, characterized by its semi-double dark red-colored flowers; floriferousness; upright and rounded to spreading growth habit; and freely basal-branching habit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Ball Floraplant, a division of Ball Horticultural Co.
    Inventor: Scott C. Trees
  • New Guinea impatiens plant named ‘Balcelilae’
    Patent number: PP11922
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Balcelilae’, characterized by its light purple-colored flowers; upright and mounded plant habit; good basal branching and dark green leaves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Ball FloraPlant, a division of Ball Horticultural Co.
    Inventor: Scott C. Trees
  • New Guinea impatiens plant named ‘Balcelrost’
    Patent number: PP11924
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Balcelrost’, characterized by its red and purple bi-colored flowers; upright and mounded plant habit; good basal branching; and dark green leaves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Ball FloraPlant, a division of Ball Horticultural Co.
    Inventor: Scott C. Trees
  • Geranium plant named ‘Balgalpipn’
    Patent number: PP11925
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Geranium plant named ‘Balgalpipn’, characterized by its semi-double dark pink-colored flowers with reddish purple veins and central spot; large umbels; floriferousness; upright and rounded to spreading growth habit; freely basal-branching growth habit; and good vigor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Ball FloraPlant, a division of Ball Horticultural Co.
    Inventor: Scott C. Trees
  • Petunia plant named ‘Balrufpurp’
    Patent number: PP11928
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘Balrufpurp’, characterized by its large red purple double flowers; mounded and eventually semi-trailing plant habit; and freely basal-branching habit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Ball FloraPlant, a division of Ball Horticultural Co.
    Inventor: Kerry Strope
  • Packaged confection
    Patent number: D443751
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Assignee: Good Humor-Breyers Ice Cream, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: David Robert Graham Cox, Erin Lynn Murray, Patricia Mary Seidl
  • Verbena plant named ‘Balwildaav’
    Patent number: PP11951
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Verbena plant named ‘Balwildaav’, characterized by its purple-colored flowers; mounded, low-growing, decumbent plant habit; and freely basal-branching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Assignee: Ball Floraplant, a division of Ball Horticultural Co.
    Inventor: Carolyn T. Parsons