Patents Assigned to Unilever
  • Publication number: 20200397025
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising an antioxidant system, in particular for use as a food composition. In a first aspect the invention provides a composition comprising an antioxidant system obtainable by an extraction method comprising the steps of i) contacting an apolar extractant with a combination of plant powders to prepare an extract, wherein the combination of plant powders comprises: (1) ginger powder having a particle size of less than 800 ?m, (2) sage powder having a particle size of less than 500 ?m, (3) rosemary powder having a particle size of less than 500 ?m, wherein the ginger powder (G), the sage powder (S), and the rosemary powder (R) are present in a weight ratio of G:S:R=1 to 4:1 to 3:1 to 3; and ii) optionally separating the extract from at least part of the residue of the plant powders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Conopco Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Carmen Isabella Gah, Volker Jonas, Martin Helmut Spraul
  • Publication number: 20200397028
    Abstract: The present invention provides an aqueous composition containing salt, acetic acid, and sugars which can be used as a sauce or a seasoning. The advantage of the invention is that the growth of yeasts and/or moulds in aqueous food products is reduced, leading to good keepability of the composition. This has been achieved using a relatively low salt level and without preservatives, which makes this product very versatile: a chef can use it freely, without the risk of overdosing the salt level of a prepared food dish. Finally, the product contains sugars and acetic acid, and has a pH between 3 and 4.6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Conopco Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Susanne Kerstin Merkl, Tino Rubesa, István Schmidt, Johannes Timmer, Marcell Läszló Toth, Joerg Erwin Ueckert
  • Publication number: 20200384415
    Abstract: The water dispensing device of the present invention with the given flow path of water and the control circuit configured store at least two threshold TDS values XA and XB, wherein XA is a higher TDS value than XB; and to drain water from the treatment unit through the drain line, when TDS value sensed is higher than XA, and alternately when the sensed value of TDS is less than XB then direct water from the reject line into the first recycle line; it was seen that the TDS of the output water of the device was in a constant range and the device of the present invention also contributed to minimizing the wastage of water by allowing recycling of water through the reject line of the treatment unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Kirtan Shravan KAMKAR, Skand SAKSENA, Vishal KUMAR
  • Publication number: 20200383891
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a deodorant composition comprising an oxazolidine- or, a thiazolidine-carboxylic acid compound, a cosmetic carrier and optionally a fragrance. The invention also relates to a manufacturing process for the deodorant composition, a method of treating malodour and a method of screening deodorant actives as well as inhibiting a Staphylococcus hominis C-S ?-lyase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Diana Sheila Cox, Alexander Gordon JAMES, Mrinalini Jayant PURANIK, David William THORNTHWAITE, Jason Richard WILLIAMS
  • Publication number: 20200383889
    Abstract: The invention provides high viscosity, low polyol compositions. By using surfactant system wherein 50% or more of the surfactant system comprises a surfactant of defined Vh/Icao value, it is possible to provide such composition having good foam appearance. If surfactants of such value are not used, the high polyol, low viscosity composition have “bad” foam attributes (not “self-foaming), when measured for example after pumping through mechanical pump (composition has 0 to 0.5% propellant gel or gas).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: LIN YANG, Sheng Liang TSAUR, Kevin David HERMANSON
  • Publication number: 20200383363
    Abstract: The invention provides a savoury concentrate comprising: a) at least 30 wt. %, by weight of the concentrate, of an oil phase comprising liquid oil; b) 3-30 wt. %, by weight of the concentrate, of edible salt selected from sodium chloride, potassium chloride and combinations thereof; c) 1-50 wt. %, by weight of the concentrate, of savoury taste giving ingredients selected from glutamate, 5?-ribonucleotides, sucrose, glucose, fructose, lactic acid, citric acid and combinations thereof; d) up to 10 wt. %, by weight of the concentrate, of water; and e) particulate anhydrous non-defibrillated cell wall material from plant tissue selected from parenchymal plant tissue, stem tissue of monocotyledon plants and combinations thereof, said particulate anhydrous non-defibrillated cell wall material having a particle size of between 25 ?m and 500 ?m; wherein the particulate anhydrous non-defibrillated cell wall material is dispersed in the oil phase in a concentration of 0.05 to 15 wt. %, by weight of the liquid oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: Conopco Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Elisabeth Cornelia Maria Bouwens, Leonardus Marcus Flendrig, Hendrikus Theodorus, W.M. van der Hijden, Marc Lemmers
  • Publication number: 20200377824
    Abstract: A shaped detergent product comprising 10 to 100 wt. % of a first solid phase and 0 to 90 wt. % of one or more other phases, said first solid phase comprising: a) non-crystalline chiral aminopolycarboxylate; b) non-crystalline organic acid other than component a); c) at most 30 wt. % water; d) at most 50 wt. % of non-crystalline water-soluble component other than component a) or component b); e) at most 20 wt. % of homogeneously dispersed crystalline material; wherein the combination of the components a), b) and c) is present in the first solid phase in a concentration of at least 35 wt. % of the total weight of said solid phase; and wherein components a), b) and c) are present in the solid phase in a ratio of from 25 to 88 parts by weight of free acid equivalent of component a): from 10 to 60 parts by weight of free acid equivalent of component b) : from 2 to 30 parts by weight of component c); and wherein the shaped detergent product comprises at least 0.5 wt. % surfactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: Conopco Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Hélène Julie Marie Arlabosse, Robert Jan Moll
  • Publication number: 20200378049
    Abstract: A method of supplying and replenishing a laundry dosing system with one or more reservoirs providing stocks of components for laundry includes monitoring consumption of each of the components in the one or more reservoirs; automatically determining when each one or more reservoirs need replenishment from the monitoring; and replenishing one or more components in response to a monitoring result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Deborah Jane COOKE, David MOORFIELD, Katharine Jane SHAW
  • Publication number: 20200377830
    Abstract: The invention relates to a shaped detergent product comprising 10-100 wt. % of a solid amorphous phase and 0-90 wt. % of one or more other solid phases, said solid amorphous phase comprising: 25-88 wt. % free acid equivalent of aminopolycarboxylate; 10-60 wt. % free acid equivalent of an acid, said acid not being an am inopolycarboxylate; 2-30 wt. % water; wherein the shaped detergent product contains at least 0.5 wt. % surfactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: Conopco Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Hélène Julie Marie Arlabosse, Robert Jan Moll
  • Publication number: 20200375215
    Abstract: Frozen confection composition comprising from 0 wt % to 5 wt % fat, from 0 wt % to 10 wt % protein, a fat to protein ratio of less than 1:1 and an emulsifier; wherein the fat droplets of the homogenised pre-mix of the frozen confection have an average droplet size d (3,2) of below 0.6 micron, and significantly reduced shrinkage of the product is observed on heat shock testing of the frozen confection product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Jennifer Elizabeth FREEMAN, Martin MACFARLANE
  • Publication number: 20200368125
    Abstract: Disclosed is cleansing composition comprising: (i) a surfactant; and, (ii) a complex of an oligodynamic metal with a chemoattractant, wherein zeta potential of the complex is from +30 mV to ?30 mV and wherein said complex is not in nanoparticulate form; and wherein the chemoattractant is a protein. Also disclosed is a method of sanitising an animate or inanimate substrate by reducing viable count of bacteria residing thereon by at least 2-log, comprising the steps of: (i) applying to the substrate a composition as disclosed or an aqueous suspension thereof; (ii) allowing said composition or the suspension to remain in contact with said substrate for a contact time of up to 60 seconds; and, (iii) rinsing the composition or the suspension with water, or wiping it with a wipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: GIRISH MURALIDHARAN, Amitava PRAMANIK
  • Publication number: 20200368120
    Abstract: Disclosed are porous composite particles and compositions comprising the same. The porous composite particles comprising base of an amphiphilic or hydrophobic polymer and 0.1 to 20% of a pigment based on the total weight of porous composite particles, where said particles have 50 to 95 vol % internal porosity and an outer surface which is either continuous and devoid of pores or is discontinuous comprising plurality of pores whose total area is 0.01 to 30% of the total outer surface area. When typically applied, the compositions impart improving the characteristics of skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Guanghui MA, Xiangming NA, Amitava PRAMANIK, Weiqing ZHOU, Weizheng ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20200369988
    Abstract: The invention relates to a detergent composition comprising:—(a) from 0.0001 to 1 wt. %, preferably from 0.0001 to 0.1 wt. %, more preferably from 0.0001 to 0.01 wt. %, most preferably from 0.0005 to 0.001 wt. % of a shading dye; and, (b) from 0.0001 to 10 wt. %, preferably from 0.0005 to 8 wt. %, more preferably from 0.001 to 5 wt. %, most preferably from 0.002 to 0.2 wt. % of a cellulase selected from any sequence with a sequence identity of at least 80%, preferably at least 85%, further preferred at least 90%, even more preferred at least 92%, also preferred at least 95%, particularly preferred at least 98% and most preferred at least 99% to SEQ ID NO: 11, SEQ ID NO: 13, SEQ ID NO: 15 or SEQ ID NO: 17.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Jonathan BEST, Andrew Thomas COOK, Thomas EISELE, Michael HOESL, Claudia JAKOB, Helge JOCHENS, Andreas KOHL, Panagiotis KOTSAKIS, Dietmar Andreas LANG, Timothy O'CONNELL, Neil James PARRY, IIaria SAMBI, Frank WALLRAPP
  • Publication number: 20200360260
    Abstract: Disclosed is a topical composition comprising an antimicrobial lipid found in the sebum or stratum corneum of human beings, other than saturated C8 to 18 fatty acids, wherein said composition further comprises a biphenol obtainable from Magnolia spp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Chung-Ching CHU, Mingming PU, Yining XU
  • Publication number: 20200360252
    Abstract: The invention relates to a personal care composition, more particularly to a composition for application to a topical surface that prevents or reduces inflammation. The composition could be delivered in the form of a skin, scalp, hair or oral care product, more particularly a skin care product. The benefit is delivered via a combination of a polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) or ester thereof selected from docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), DHA-ethyl ester, EPA-ethyl ester, DHA-triglyceride, EPA-triglyceride, dihomogamma-Linolenic Acid (DGLA), DGLA-ethyl ester, DGLA-triglyceride or combinations thereof and a 4-substituted resorcinol compound, wherein the mole ratio of the PUFA or ester thereof to the 4-substituted resorcinol compound is 5:1 to 1:5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Chenliang GUO, Nan HUANG, Sheila Alves ROCHA
  • Publication number: 20200361665
    Abstract: An improved snap-on/twist off closure which is very durable. The invention is also directed to a package comprising the closure, e.g., a bottle in combination with the closure. The closure includes an upper wall defining an opening and a cylindrical snap on pipe depending from the upper wall. The pipe includes threads designed to mate with external threads on a neck of the bottle. The threads on the pipe and threads on the neck of the bottle pass over each other when the closure is snapped onto the bottle during manufacture. The pipe includes a resistance recess and a guidance recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Slavica CESARE, Gregory Lalier
  • Publication number: 20200354873
    Abstract: A laundry system for dispensing one or more ingredient compositions from ingredient reservoirs for supplying to a washing machine drum, the laundry system comprising: (i) an apparatus which comprises a dispensing device and multiple ingredient reservoirs; (ii) said multiple ingredient reservoirs containing the various ingredient compositions in controllable fluid communication with the dispensing device and each ingredient reservoir comprising at least one ingredient reservoir identifier; (iii) said dispensing device being operable to selectively dispense portions of the ingredient compositions from respective ingredient reservoirs as a result of commands by the user to provide a dose of laundry product, and further comprising (iv) an ingredient reservoir control system for controlling said selective dispensing of respective ingredient compositions from specific ingredient reservoirs identified by respective ingredient reservoir identifiers such that the device can selectively dispense ingredient compositions
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Deborah Jane COOKE, Brian Patrick NEWBY, Ellen Suzanne PIERCY, Katharine Jane SHAW, Robert Linsay TRELOAR
  • Publication number: 20200352836
    Abstract: This invention relates to syndet-based compositions having pH of 4.5 to 5.5 wherein use of caprylic acid has been unexpectedly found to enhance bacterial kill.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Ajit Manohar AGARKHED, Mohini Anand BAPAT, Prem CHANDAR, Poonam Manoj GANDHI, Anat SHILOACH, Guohui WU
  • Publication number: 20200345598
    Abstract: The invention relates to oil-in-water emulsion in which specific oils (e.g., lauric oils) are used in the oil phase while surprisingly maintaining excellent transparency. In one aspect, said emulsions comprise fatty acid in oil phase. The invention comprises an energy efficient process for making said fatty acid containing transparent nanoemulsions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventor: Congling QUAN
  • Publication number: 20200345619
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cosmetic composition comprising (i) 1 to 30 wt % of a non-hydrocarbon emollient; and (ii) 2 to 60 wt % of a blend of silicone elastomer gel of the Formula (I) and solvent; wherein the solvent for the silicone elastomer gel is selected from cyclic or linear polydimethylsiloxanes; wherein the w/w ratio of the amount of the non-hydrocarbon emollient to the combined amounts of the silicone elastomer gel and said solvent is from 1:50 to 1:1 and where the amount of the non-hydrocarbon emollient is less than the amount of the silicone elastomer gel; and wherein the composition comprises less than 2 wt % capric caprylic triglycerides and less than 5 wt % crosslinked elastomeric silicone polyether, wherein said non-hydrocarbon emollient is an alkenyl or alkyl ester of a C10-20 fatty acid, an ether-ester, a polyhydric alcohol ester, a wax ester, a mono-, di- or triglyceride, a sterol ester, a fatty alcohol, a fatty acid, lanolin or its derivative, wax ester, a phospholipid, beeswax or a sterol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Brian John DOBKOWSKI, Sheng MENG, Wenhui SONG, Xiaoxia YANG, Wei ZHAO