Patents Assigned to Unilever
  • Publication number: 20220087914
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an antimicrobial composition. More particularly the present invention relates to an antimicrobial composition for malodor and oral biofilm inhibitions benefits. Accordingly, the present invention provides an antimicrobial composition comprising: a. 0.1 to 10% by weight of tetrahydroxypropyl ethylenediamine (THPE) and, b. 0.001 to 10% by weight of at least one compound selected from a biphenol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: CONOPCO, INC., D/B/A UNILEVER
    Inventors: Renu KAPOOR, Srikala KUMARAN, Mruthyunjaya Swamy MATHAPATHI, Amitabha MAJUMDAR
  • Publication number: 20220089984
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an extruded soap bar composition. It more particularly relates to a soap bar composition which comprises low amount of soap where high amount of water can be incorporated. This is achieved by including selective amount of a mixture of sodium or calcium silicate and an acrylic/acrylate polymer, wherein the soap bar comprises 0.01 to 0.7 wt % of the polymer. The soap bars of the invention are easy to extrude and has acceptable product hardness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Pravin BANKAR, Venkata Satyanarayana MURTHY KAMSU, Simone SETHNA
  • Publication number: 20220089342
    Abstract: A package comprising at least one layer of biodegradable material and containing a plurality of unit dose products, at least one unit dose product comprising a detergent composition comprising hydrogenated castor oil within a sealed compartment formed by a water soluble film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Ross David ASHTON, Kieran Dean Owens
  • Publication number: 20220079869
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cosmetic composition comprising (i) 0.5 to 20 wt % of an organic sunscreen; and (ii) 2 to 60 wt % of a blend comprising a silicone elastomer gel of the Formula (I) and a non-silicone solvent selected from a hydrocarbon, an oil, a modified oil, an ester, an ether, an alcohol or a mixture thereof; wherein the composition comprises less than 1 wt % volatile silicone solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Sheng MENG, Wenhui SONG, Xiaoxia YANG, Joseph MUSCAT, Ashish Anant VAIDYA, Jinfang WANG
  • Publication number: 20220081815
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fabric for purification of water. An object of the present invention is to provide a fabric for purification of liquids which achieves at least 2 log reductions of bacteria, and viruses. It is a further object of the present invention to provide a fabric for purification of liquids which provides high flow rates in gravity fed water purification systems. The present inventors have surprisingly found that a fabric having a matrix of polymer impregnated with organosilane superimposed on a surface of the fibre of a fibrous support not only provides reduction of viruses from a liquid to be purified at low pressure drops but also removes bacteria without using a separate microfiltration membrane and also retains high flow rates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Udayan MAJUMDAR, Venkataraghavan RAJANARAYANA, Priyanka SARKAR
  • Publication number: 20220081655
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process to make high water bars with a high speed extrusion process by using specific types and amounts of electrolytes in combination. The bars are produced with no negatives generally associated with use of electrolytes. Disclosed is an extruded soap bar composition wherein the bar comprises: a) 20 to 40% of water; b) 20 to 75% by wt. anhydrous soap; wherein C16 to C24 saturated soap comprises 12% to 45% by wt. of total bar. c) structurants comprises at least from 0.05 to 35% by wt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Gislene Splendore BORTOLAI, Sergio Roberto LEOPOLDINO, Enio Mitsuki OURA, Yuriy Konstantinovich YAROVOY, Rodrigo ALVES DE MATTOS
  • Publication number: 20220071246
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a shaped savoury composition comprising particles of puffed maize endosperm. The present invention also relates to a method of preparing such a composition and to the use of puffed maize endosperm in food products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Conopco Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Marcelo Camilo De Oliveira, Winfried Sailer
  • Publication number: 20220064573
    Abstract: A laundry product comprising; polyethylene glycol having a molecular weight of 2 000 to 30 000; and free oil perfume comprising phenolic aldehyde, characterised in that the composition further comprises at least 1 w.t. % of starch or starch derivative.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Helen Angela BARR, Karl BURGESS, Hugh RIELEY, Shaun Charles WALSH
  • Publication number: 20220061351
    Abstract: The invention provides a water-in-oil emulsion for the preparation of a frozen confection, the emulsion comprising a weight ratio of water phase to oil phase of from 94:6 to 70:30 wherein: the oil phase comprises at least an edible oil and an emulsifier, the emulsifier having an average HLB of from 0.1 to 5; the water phase comprises at least water and one or more freezing point depressors; the emulsion comprises at least (W×A) wt % emulsifier by weight of the emulsion where: W is the proportion of the water phase in the emulsion expressed as the weight percentage of the total emulsion; and A is 0.0001; the emulsion comprises at most (O×0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Bastiaan DOMBURG, Robert Dick GROOT, David Matthew LLOYD, Thomas James MILES, Alois Konrad POPP, Rafaella SAMMOUTI, Harmannus TAMMES, Pieter Broer van der WEG
  • Publication number: 20220061563
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a food article consisting of an edible composition having an elongated member extending therefrom, the edible composition having a water content of less than 5 wt. %. The present invention also relates an edible composition and to the of the edible composition for preparing a meal or snack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Conopco Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Zhe Huo, Yan Liang, Ao Shu, Anna Wong, Houyu Xie, Tanja Grudke-Katschus, Anja Kunkel, Regine Weimar
  • Publication number: 20220054374
    Abstract: The present invention is in the field of antiperspirant compositions, in particular, compositions comprising antiperspirant actives. Disclosed is an anhydrous antiperspirant composition comprising an inorganic polyionic cluster having structure of (I) or (II); where M is Ca or Mg; and wherein the composition is substantially free of abrasives, which means less than 3.0% by weight of the composition; wherein anhydrous means the water content of the composition is less than 3.0%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Xiaoke LI, Renjiang LIU, Yuekui SUN, Jinfang WANG, Meili ZHANG, Huanjun ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20220046949
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an edible composition comprising at least 5 wt. % of a structured aqueous phase containing at least 5 wt. % of a combination of denatured patatin and legume seed globulin. The invention further relates to a method of preparing such an edible composition by combining an aqueous liquid with undenatured patatin and undenatured legume seed globulin, followed by heating to a temperature of at least 55° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: Conopco Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Michel Mellema, Remco Johannes Koppert, Leonardus Marcus Flendrig
  • Publication number: 20220049187
    Abstract: The invention provides an itaconate surfactant having the following formula (I) in which R1 is selected from aliphatic hydrocarbyl groups having 4 to 22 carbon atoms; R2 is selected from hydrogen and aliphatic hydrocarbyl groups having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and n is an integer ranging from 8 to 20. The surfactants of the invention are benign to the skin and to the environment yet can offer a performance that is comparable to that of “traditional” anionic and anionic/nonionic surfactant systems, especially on difficult-to-remove stains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: Conopco Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Sujoy Bej, Nivedita Jagdish Patil, Saheli Chakraborty, Sumana Roychowdhury, Ramakrishnan Subramanian
  • Publication number: 20220033902
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for obtaining information useful to determine the effect of the use of sun protection products on the skin of an individual, the method comprising the steps of: (a) obtaining genomic DNA from skin cells derived from the individual, wherein the skin cells include epidermal skin cells; and (b) observing cytosine methylation of at least two CpG loci in the genomic DNA selected from the group consisting of: cg02066936 cg16929393 cg05715751 cg21177821 cg05504117 cg00772091 cg06066180 cg00675160 cg00067720 cg02491003 cg24490133 cg05355684 cg19283806 cg23976431 cg00025972 cg07050101 cg10557907 cg25588389 cg24114899 cg22695351 cg24105685 cg13181164 cg04258138 cg13181974 cg24357619 cg17196051 cg27546066 cg01203651 cg09496748 cg00297912 cg19757573 cg03243551 cg10634273 cg23225508 cg10397765 cg02037307 cg15084618 cg25677261 cg10294853 cg19145082 cg12577010 cg24489344 cg08243465 cg04935109 cg19720260 cg16293892 cg16210355 cg03597159 cg26837962 cg18582260 cg10624914 cg12474705 cg04425614 cg
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Anthony William DADD, David Andrew GUNN, Taniya KAWATRA, John Chun-Sing NIP, Sheila Alves ROCHA
  • Publication number: 20220033736
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a detergent composition, comprising: a) from 2 to 95 wt. %, preferably from 2 to 50 wt. %, more preferably from 2 to 40 wt. %, most preferably from 2.5 to 40 wt. % of an organic acid derivative of mono- and di-glycerides of the form:—(I) wherein one or two, of R1, R2 and R3 are independently selected from an acyl group of the formula R4CO—; where R4 is a linear or branched, saturated or mon-unsaturated C9 to C21 alkyl chain; wherein one or two, of R1, R2 and R3 is selected from an organic acid of generic formulation (HOOC)nXCO—; wherein X is saturated or monounsaturated organic group containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms and n=1 to 3; wherein one or none of R1, R2 and R3 is enzyme; and to domestic method of treatment of a textile using said composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Stephen Norman BATCHELOR, Neil Stephen BURNHAM, Andrew Thomas COOK, Dietmar Andreas LANG
  • Publication number: 20220033732
    Abstract: A laundry detergent composition, comprising: a) from 4 to 50 wt. % of surfactant; wherein from 50 to 100 wt. %, preferably from 60 to 100 wt. %, more preferably from 80 to 100 wt. %, even more preferably from 90 to 100 wt. %, most preferably 100 wt. % of the surfactant is an edible surfactant. A domestic method of treating a textile, comprising the steps of:—a) treating a textile with an aqueous solution of 0.5 to 20 g/L of the detergent composition; b) optionally rinsing and drying the textile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc,, d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Stephen Norman BATCHELOR, Neil Stephen BURNHAM
  • Publication number: 20220033170
    Abstract: Disclosed is a dpackaged product comprising a particulate, savoury food material, the packaging comprising a multi-layer packaging film which comprises: an inner layer comprising polypropylene; an outer layer comprising polypropylene; and an intermediate layer comprising polypropylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: Conopco Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Atahan Özgünay, Jakub Pedzinski
  • Publication number: 20220025298
    Abstract: A fabric conditioner composition comprising: 2 to 40 w.t. % fabric softening active; 0.25 to 3 w.t. % triglyceride; and water; wherein the triglyceride comprises at least 60% C18 chains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventor: Mark Anthony CARUS
  • Publication number: 20220022488
    Abstract: Disclosed is a frozen confection comprising freezing point depressants in an amount of from 20 to 40% by weight of the frozen confection, wherein the number average molecular weight of the freezing point depressants is less than 230 g mol?1. The frozen confection also comprises lactic acid ester of mono and/or diglyceride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Daniel Matthew MAYES, Hatice Sena MUTLU
  • Publication number: 20220022510
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a composition containing an edible solid particulate component, for example a starch, which is free from additives like maltodextrin, lactose and flowability improvers. Nevertheless, the removal of such additives should not lead to inferior qualities of such composition when in use. The objective of this invention is to provide an alternative to such additives, which has a natural image for consumers, and which can lead to benefits like good dissolution of the starch, no clumping during dissolution, good flowability of a dry mixture in a factory, and which does not lead to a dusty dry powder mixture. This problem has been solved by agglomerating an edible solid particulate component, preferably containing a starch, with particulate, expanded, gelatinized potato starch, to create a dry, particulate, agglomerated composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: Conopco Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Thomas Jürgen Kinkelin, Susanne Kerstin Merkl, Joachim Romann, Winfried Rupp