Patents Assigned to Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division Conopco, Inc.
  • Quaternary ammonium polyol salts as anti-aging actives in personal care compositions
    Patent number: 7176172
    Abstract: A personal care product is provided which includes a package filed with a personal care composition and instructions printed on or associated with the package indicating topical use of the composition on skin for purposes of controlling the signs of aging. The composition includes a quaternary ammonium compound selected from (a) salts of hydroxypropyltri(C1–C3 alkyl)ammonium mono-substituted mono-saccharide; (b) salts of hydroxypropyltri(C1–C3 alkyl)ammonium mono-substituted polyols, the salts having a cation of an average molecular weight no higher than about 450 and the salt having a Tg no higher than about 10° C.; (c) dihydroxypropyltri(C1–C3 alkyl)ammonium salts; (d) chlorohydroxypropyltri(C1–C3 alkyl)ammonium salts; and (e) mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Clive Roderick Harding, Bijan Harichian
  • Shampoo compositions
    Patent number: 7163675
    Abstract: This invention provides aqueous shampoo compositions comprising, in addition to water, an anionic surfactant, a cationic surfactant, and emulsified cationic particles of silicone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Anand Ramchandra Mahadeshwar, Ruby Loo Bick Tan-Walker
  • Foam enhancement by cationic polymers
    Patent number: 7163692
    Abstract: A substantially dry personal care cleansing article is provided which includes a water-insoluble substrate and associated with the substrate a personal care cleansing composition. The latter includes at least one lathering surfactant and at least about 2% of a cationic polymer. The composition has an average particle size ranging from about 75 to about 900 micron. The cationic polymer improves the rapidity and duration of foam formation when the article is wetted with water to activate the surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Shauna Mary Lagatol, Jesus Antonio Urbaez, Paul Roland Bergquist
  • Polymers and laundry detergent compositions containing them
    Patent number: 7160947
    Abstract: Graft copolymers providing soil release benefits in laundry detergent compositions contain backbone units derived from an ethylenically unsaturated monomer, hydrophilic uncharged side chains, and cationically chargeable or charged side chains containing a tertiary or quaternary nitrogen atom. Preferred copolymers have a methacrylate backbone with polyethylene oxide and 2-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA) side chains. The graft copolymers may be prepared by radical polymerisation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Per Martin Claesson, Petrus Wilhelmus Nicolaas de Groot, Donna MacNab, Albert van der Wal, Becky Zhou
  • Polymers and laundry detergent compositions containing them
    Patent number: 7160848
    Abstract: Hydrophobically modified vinyl pyrrolidone polymers which are copolymers having a vinyl pyrrolidone backbone and pendant hydrophobic side chains are useful in laundry detergent compositions to improve detergency and/or antiredeposition. The pendant hydrophobic side chains preferably comprise alkyl chains containing from 4 to 20 carbon atoms and may be linked to the backbone via an ester linkage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Donna Macnab, Catherine Marie-Joseph Soret, Robert Kemeys Thomas, Albert van der Wal
  • Use of graft polymers in fabric cleaning
    Patent number: 7153821
    Abstract: A laundry cleaning composition comprises a graft polysaccharide polymer benefit agent capable of imparting a benefit such as soil release or fabric care, and at least one additional laundry cleaning ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA Division of Conopco, Inc
    Inventors: Wilfried Blokzijl, Christopher Clarkson Jones, Susanne Henning Rogers, Brodyck James Lachlan Royles, Michael Stephen White
  • Process for preparation of particles
    Patent number: 7144852
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for the preparation of polysaccharide-grafted polymer particles wherein the polysaccharide is preferably a ?-1,4 linked polysaccharide, comprising miniemulsion polymerisation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Ferguson, Christopher Clarkson Jones, Paul Simon Stevenson
  • Applicator for liquid cosmetic compositions
    Patent number: 7144174
    Abstract: An applicator for liquid cosmetic products, wherein product is dispensed primarily by capillary flow of the cosmetic product through the applicator and wherein the liquid cosmetic composition has a flow rate outward from the porous polymeric applicator head of about 0.05 to about 1.0 cc/s when a pressure gradient of 0.5 psi is applied across the applicator device. The cosmetic products are preferably antiperspirant and/or deodorant products comprising an antiperspirant and/or deodorant active.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Alan Erickson, Liang Bin Chen
  • Aqueous-aqueous emulsions comprising a dispersed phase and a continuous surfactant phase with rod-like surfactants
    Patent number: 7129201
    Abstract: The invention relates to stable aqueous-aqueous emulsions defined by a dispersed phase having molecule(s) meeting special criteria and continuous phase having surfactant or surfactant system with micelles in rod-like shapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Lin Yang, Rajesh Patel, Kavssery Parameswaran Ananthapadmanabhan, Judith Lynne Kerschner
  • LIQUID CLEANSING COMPOSITION HAVING SIMULTANEOUS EXFOLIATING AND MOISTURIZING PROPERTIES
    Publication number: 20060234886
    Abstract: Liquid lamellar cleansing compositions are described that contain synthetic surfactants, hydrophilic emollients and exfoliant particles where 80% or more of the particles have a major axis length of between 100 and 1000 microns. The combination of the mild surfactants, moisturizers, and exfoliants provide the user with simultaneous moisturization and exfoliation in a convenient liquid cleansing product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2006
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Applicant: UNILEVER HOME & PERSONAL CARE USA, DIVISION OF CONOPCO, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Massaro, Jessica Goldberg, Krishna Subramanyan, Anthony Johnson, Craig Slavtcheff, Suzanne Gencarelli, Philip Miner
  • Cleansing article for personal care
    Patent number: 7122238
    Abstract: A disposable personal care cleansing article is provided having a cleansing composition adjacent to a water insoluble substrate formed of a fibrous web. A plurality of slits having a length ranging from about 6 to 40 mm are cut into the web. The slits allow the article to expand when a consumer applies the article to cleanse the body under a flow of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Filomena Augusta Macedo
  • Process for making bar composition having little or no efflorescence
    Patent number: 7119051
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel method of incorporating free fatty acid into soap-based bars to minimize or eliminate efflorescence and to compositions made by the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care, USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Terence James Farrell, Michael Irwin Hill
  • Combination toilet bar composition
    Patent number: 7109154
    Abstract: A combination toilet bar composition is described that contains soap, both amphoteric, and synthetic anionic surfactants in a specified ratio and a blend of hydrophobic emollients including a hydrocarbon with a titer of less than about 50 C. The toilet bar provides mild cleansing, moisturization, and creamy lather during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Syed Husain Abbas
  • Article and method for selection of individualized personal care products
    Patent number: 7104800
    Abstract: A diagnostic article and method is disclosed wherein the article includes a mirror, a plurality of attribute selection sites arranged along or associated with the mirror with each of the sites having a plurality of choice selectors, and an output for recommending at least one personal care product based upon input from the choice selectors. A diagnostic for skin includes attribute selection sites hosting questions related to a customer's age, skin coloration, dryness, sunburn susceptibility, pimple breakout affinity, wrinkle formation and pore size. Hair, dental and underarm products may also be personalized by the diagnostic system. The mirror allows a customer in-store to more accurately answer attribute questions through reference to the customer's mirror reflection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Carlos Ortiz-Valero, John Depiano, Mark Dieter Dziersk, Miles Hugh Eddowes, Gail Eileen Gibford, Christine Elizabeth Kennedy, Anthony Pannozzo
  • Fabric treatment compositions comprising organically modified particles
    Patent number: 7105476
    Abstract: This invention relates to fabric treatment compositions comprising a textile compatible carrier and water insoluble particles having a layered structure comprising oxygen atoms and silicon and/or phosphorus atoms and comprising organic functional groups which are bonded to silicon and/or phosphorus atoms by direct covalent bonds between the silicon and/or phosphorus atoms and a carbon atom. A number of the compositions may impart anti-wrinkling ie, reduced crease formation or other benefits to fabrics washed or otherwise treated therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Nicola Whilton
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D529810
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Neil Davies, Martyn Noel Wallwork
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D529811
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Jörg Ratzlaff
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D529812
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Jörg Ratzlaff
  • Tub for cosmetic articles
    Patent number: D534066
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Daniel Arkins
  • Tub
    Patent number: D536608
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Daniel Arkins