Patents Assigned to Unilever PLC
  • Publication number: 20120237468
    Abstract: Conditioning composition comprising a quaternary conditioning surfactant, an acid neutralized amidoamine surfactant of general formula: R1-C(O)-NH-R2-N(R3)(R4) wherein R1 is a fatty acid chain with from 12 to 22 carbon atoms, R2 is an alkylene group containing from one to 4 carbon atoms and R3 and R4 are, independently, an alkyl group having from one to four carbon atoms and from 0.45 to 4% wt. of the composition lactic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: Unilever PLC
    Inventors: Peter Lawrence Bailey, Stephen Leonard Briggs, Kayo Kobori
  • Publication number: 20120178835
    Abstract: The present invention relates to branched addition copolymers which can be cured post synthesis to form films or membranes, methods for their preparation, compositions comprising such copolymers and their use in film or membrane preparation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: Unilever PLC
    Inventors: Paul Hugh Findlay, Sharon Todd, Steven Paul Rannard, Brodyck James Lachlan Royles, Neil John Simpson, Roselyne Marie Andree Baudry
  • Publication number: 20120095110
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a branched addition copolymer as a dispersant in a gaseous, liquid or solid formulation in a range of applications and to the copolymers per se wherein the copolymer is obtainable by an addition polymerisation process, wherein said copolymer comprises: at least two chains which are covalently linked by a bridge other than at their ends; and wherein the at least two chains comprise at least one ethylenically monounsaturated monomer, and wherein the bridge comprises at least one ethylenically polyunsaturated monomer; and wherein the polymer comprises a residue of a chain transfer agent and wherein the mole ratio of polyunsaturated monomer(s) to monounsaturated monomer(s) is in a range of from 1:100 to 1:4; and wherein the branched copolymer dispersant contains anchoring, solubilising or stabilising moieties and wherein the resulting copolymer has a weight average molecular weight of less than 100,000 Da.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: Unilever PLC
    Inventors: Paul Hugh Findlay, Brodyck James Lachian Royles, Roselyne Marie Andree Baudry, Neil John Simpson, Sharon Todd, Steven Paul Rannard
  • Publication number: 20110313054
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a branched copolymer obtainable by an addition polymerisation process and uses and compositions thereof comprising a hydrophilic component, said polymer comprising: i) a residue of at least one monofunctional monomer comprising one polymerisable double bond per molecule and a molecular weight of less than 1000 Daltons; ii) a residue of at least one multifunctional monomer comprising at least two polymerisable double bonds per molecule and a molecular weight of less than 1000 Daltons; and wherein the end termini of the copolymer chains comprise one or more of a residue of a chain transfer agent; an initiator or a terminal group derived from a termination reaction; wherein; the molar ratio of the monofunctional monomer to multifunctional monomer is between 50:1 to 2.5:1 respectively; and wherein the hydrophilic component is comprised solely of at least 1 mole % of one or more monofunctional monomer which is/are comprised of hydrophilic monomer each with a solubility of 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: Unilever PLC
    Inventors: Paul Hugh Findlay, Brodyck James Lachlan Royles, Neil John Simpson, Sharon Todd, Steven Paul Rannard, Jonathan Victor Mark Weaver, Roselyne Marie Andree Baudry
  • Publication number: 20110230386
    Abstract: The present invention relates to enzymes produced by mutating the genes for a number of subtilases and expressing the mutated genes in suitable hosts are presented. The enzymes exhibit improved stability and/or improved wash performance in any detergent in comparison to their wild type parent enzymes. The enzymes are well-suited for use in any detergent and for some in especially liquid or solid shaped detergent compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicants: Novozymes A/S, Unilever PLC
    Inventors: Laurens Nicolaas Sierkstra, Jan Klugkist, Peter Markvardsen, Claus Von der Osten, Peter Bauditz
  • Patent number: 6632646
    Abstract: Enzymes produced by mutating the genes for a number of subtilisin proteases and expressing the mutated genes in suitable hosts are presented. The enzymes exhibit improved wash performance in comparison to their wild type parent enzymes. The enzymes are well-suited for use in detergent compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignees: Novozymes A/S, Unilever PLC.
    Inventors: Dorrit Aaslyng, Sven Branner, Sven Hastrup, Leif Nørskov-Lauritsen, Ole Hvilsted Olsen, Merete Simonsen, Eric Casteleijn, Maarten Robert Egmond, Johan Haverkamp, John David Marugg, Arnoldus Theodorus Anthonius Mooren
  • Patent number: 6197567
    Abstract: Enzymes produced by mutating the genes for a number of subtilisin proteases and expressing the mutated genes in suitable hosts are presented. The enzyme exhibit improved wash performance in comparison to their wild type parent enzymes. The enzymes are well-suited for use in detergent compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignees: Novo Nordisk A/S, Unilever PLC
    Inventors: Dorrit Aaslyng, Sven Branner, Sven Hastrup, Leif Nørskov-Lauritsen, Ole Hvilsted Olsen, Merete Simonsen, Eric Casteleijn, Maarten Robert Egmond, Johan Haverkamp, John David Marugg, Arnoldus Theodorus Anthonius Mooren
  • Patent number: 5665587
    Abstract: The present invention relates to modified subtilisins comprising a mutation in an amino acid sequence of a subtilisin at a position selected from the group consisting of 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 87, 89, 91, 94, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 112, 113, 115, 116, 117, 118, 120, 126, 128, 129, 130, 131, 133, 134, 136, 137, 140, 141, 143, 144, 145, 146, 155, 156, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 170, 171, 172, 173, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 188, 189, 191, 192, 194, 195, 197, 204, 206, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 247, 248, 249, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 265, 269, 271, 272 and 275. The present invention also relates to detergent compositions comprising a modified subtilisin of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1997
    Assignees: Novo Nordisk A/S, Unilever PLC
    Inventors: Dorrit Aaslyng, Sven Branner, Sven Hastrup, Leif N.o slashed.rskov-Lauritsen, Ole Hvilsted Olsen, Merete Simonsen, Eric Casteleijn, Maarten Robert Egmond, Johan Haverkamp, John David Marugg, Arnoldus Theodorus Anthonius Mooren
  • Patent number: 5631217
    Abstract: This invention relates to enzymes, to rDNA techniques applicable for example to their production, to mutated genes, vectors and mutant and transformed microorganisms useful in their production, and to their uses including for example enzymatic detergent and cleaning compositions containing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1997
    Assignees: Novo Nordisk A/S, Unilever PLC
    Inventors: Sven Branner, Sven Hastrup, Nina Eriksen, Poul Lindegaard, Ole H. Olsen, Eric Casteleijn, Maarten R. Egmond, Johan Haverkamp, Wouter Musters, Jakob de Vlieg