Patents Assigned to division
  • Intimate admixtures of salts of sulfo carboxymethyloxy succinate (SCOMS) with selected glycolipid based surfactants to improve the flow and handling
    Patent number: 5714455
    Abstract: A process for improving the flowability of compositions containing SCMOS is disclosed which includes employing the salt of SCMOS in intimate admixture with a nonionic glycolipid surfactant as the major SCMOS containing constituent of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1998
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Eddie Nelson Gutierrez, Shang-Ren Wu
  • Hair treatment compostion
    Patent number: 5714135
    Abstract: A hair treatment composition for use with spray dispensers is provided which includes a crosslinked C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alkyl vinyl ether/maleic anhydride copolymer, a nonionic, surfactant and a film-forming resin. Preferably the compositions are transparent gels. They exhibit reduced clogging of spray nozzle pumps and provide excellent sensory properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1998
    Assignee: Chesebrough-Pond' s USA Co., Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: G. Jae Lee, Susan Kay Hentrich
  • Quick changeover filling, centering bracket
    Patent number: 5711411
    Abstract: A device which centers bottles beneath a filling nozzle and which can be very quickly changed when there is a change in the bottles being run on the line. The device includes an upper bracket which receives the mouth of the bottle and may also include a lower foot against which the back of the bottle is received. The bracket holds the bottle while the bottle is filled. Both the mouth receiving bracket and the foot against which the back of the bottle rests are readily changeable with brackets and feet, respectively, of other sizes. Typically the bottles will be conveyed to the bracket by a star wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1998
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: William Joseph Zurweller
  • Aqueous liquid compositions comprising peracid compounds and substituted phenolic compounds
    Patent number: 5712239
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid detergent compositions comprising:(1) 1-80% by wt. surfactant;(2) defined peroxyacid; and(3) 0.01-20% by wt. of a mono substituted phenolic compound.The compounds help to extend the half life of the peracid bleaches in such compositions. The invention further relates to a method of incorporating stability of surfactant compositions comprising peracid bleaches which method comprises adding 0.01-2.0% by wt. of said substituted phenolic compound to the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1998
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Nathaniel Knowlton, Janet Coope, Daniel Kuzmenka, Mark Stephen Naser
  • Intimate admixtures of salts of 2,2'-oxydisuccinate (ODS) with selected glycolipid based surfactants to improve the flow and handling characteristics of the (ODS) salt
    Patent number: 5712243
    Abstract: A process for improving the flowability of compositions containing ODS is disclosed which includes employing the salt of ODS in intimate admixture with a nonionic glycolipid surfactant as the major ODS containing constituent of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1998
    Assignee: Lever Berothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Eddie Nelson Gutierrez, Shang-Ren Wu, Peter Michael DiGiacomo
  • Process for the manufacture of a food product
    Patent number: 5709898
    Abstract: A process for the manufacture of a food product comprising a wafer filled with a food core, process including the steps of: (i) shaping the food core; (ii) heating at least part of the wafer in order to provide sufficient plastic properties to the wafer to shape; and (iii) shaping the wafer around the pre-shaped food core, the food core acting as a former.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: Good Humor-Breyers Ice Cream, Division of Conopco Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Reginald Biggs, Gerlof Louwrens van Hoek, Johannes Krieg, Franciscus Johannes Hersbach
  • Cotton swabs with expanded tips
    Patent number: 5709010
    Abstract: A cotton swab is described whose stick is formed from an elongate stem with a conical member at each end flared outwardly and having a hollow center. The hollow flared conical members provide expanded swab ends rendering the tips softer and larger yet employing less cotton and paper in its manufacture. A die-cut paper used for forming the swab stick and a manufacturing process are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: Chesebrough-Pond's USA Co., Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Bennett
  • Shuttle vector
    Patent number: 5707862
    Abstract: A shuttle vector containing an yeast gene and an E. coli gene and carrying the expression control region of acid phosphatase gene of yeast, which can be recombined with various genes under control of the phosphatase promoter, to give various recombinant plasmids. The shuttle vector is useful in genetic engineering industries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignees: Juridical Foundation The Chemi-Sero-Therapeutic Research Institute, Science and Technology Agency, Minister's Secretariat Director of Finance Division
    Inventors: Atsushi Miyanohara, Akio Toh-e, Kenichi Matsubara
  • Curtain rod holder
    Patent number: D389035
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: Springs Window Fashions Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles F. Smiley, Cindy R. Jaggi
  • Curtain rod holder
    Patent number: D389036
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: Springs Window Fashions Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles F. Smiley, Cindy R. Jaggi
  • Window treatment accessory
    Patent number: D389039
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: Springs Window Fashions Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles F. Smiley, Cindy R. Jaggi
  • Window treatment accessory
    Patent number: D389040
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: Springs Window Fashions Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles F. Smiley, Cindy R. Jaggi
  • Window treatment accessory
    Patent number: D389041
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: Springs Window Fashions Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles F. Smiley, Cindy R. Jaggi
  • Window treatment accessory
    Patent number: D389042
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: Springs Window Fashions Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles F. Smiley, Cindy R. Jaggi
  • Window treatment accessory
    Patent number: D389043
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: Springs Window Fashions Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles F. Smiley, Cindy R. Jaggi
  • Window treatment accessory
    Patent number: D389044
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: Springs Window Fashions Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles F. Smiley, Cindy R. Jaggi
  • Window treatment accessory
    Patent number: D389045
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: Springs Window Fashions Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles F. Smiley, Cindy R. Jaggi
  • Window treatment accessory
    Patent number: D389046
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: Springs Window Fashions Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles F. Smiley, Cindy R. Jaggi
  • Window treatment accessory
    Patent number: D389048
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: Springs Window Fashions Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles F. Smiley, Cindy R. Jaggi
  • Window treatment accessory
    Patent number: D390097
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1998
    Assignee: Springs Window Fashions Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles F. Smiley, Cindy R. Jaggi, Karen Retelle