Patents by Inventor Alyn James Parry
Alyn James Parry has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20230323249Abstract: A concentrated laundry detergent composition premix comprising 10 to 70% wt. surfactant, a fatty acid, and methyl glycine diacetic acid (MGDA), from 3 to 15% wt. hydrotrope, and having a pH of from 6 to 8.. A method for forming a laundry detergent composition by diluting such a premix in water such that the final concentration of fatty acid anti-foam is from 0.5 to 1.5% wt. A container comprising a premix.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2021Publication date: October 12, 2023Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVERInventors: Andrew David GREEN, Alyn James PARRY
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Publication number: 20230303950Abstract: A concentrated liquid laundry detergent composition premix having a viscosity measure at 21° C. 106 s-1 of from 100 to 800 mPa·s. and which is dilutable in water to form a stable laundry liquid composition, said premix comprising from 20% wt. water, from 14-20% wt. hydrotrope, from 20 to 70% wt. surfactant, and wherein the surfactant comprises anionic surfactant and non-ionic surfactant in a weight ratio of from 1:1 to 1:99 and wherein the composition comprises from 0 to 5% wt. alkyl ether sulphate. Method of forming a laundry detergent composition by diluting one part premix in from 1 to 10 parts water. Container comprising the premix. Kit comprising the container in combination with a further keeper container.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2021Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVERInventors: Arlene FICHE, Andrew David GREEN, Alyn James PARRY
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Publication number: 20230295538Abstract: A concentrated laundry composition premix which is dilutable in water to form a laundry liquid composition, said premix comprising at least 20% wt. water, from 0.1 to 8% wt. ethoxylated sorbitan di- or tri-ester, and comprising from 10 to 40% wt. surfactant active excluding the ethoxylated sorbitan di-or tri-ester.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2021Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVERInventors: Arlene FICHE, Alyn James PARRY, Andrew David GREEN
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Patent number: 11739286Abstract: The invention provides a polymer providing soil release properties (also termed a “soil release polymer” or SRP) when incorporated in a laundry detergent composition, the polymer comprising a capped polyoxyalkylene end block connected to a polyester segment; the polyester segment comprising alternating —B1-A-B2— and —R— units; in which B1 and B2 are each independently selected from —OC(O)— and —C(O)O— groups; A is a 2,5-furanylene ring and R is a divalent alkylene radical. The polymer provides good compatibility, stability and cleaning performance when incorporated into a laundry detergent composition, preferably a liquid laundry detergent composition, comprising one or more detersive surfactants.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2018Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Andrew David Green, Alyn James Parry, Susanne Henning Rogers
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Publication number: 20230024021Abstract: A substrate treatment product comprising a package comprising at least one layer of fibrous or pulp material and at least one layer of a polymeric material selected from polylactic acid, polyhydroxyalkanoate, a polyester, polybutylenadipate terephthalate, a cellulose based material, a starch based material, a sugare cane based material and mixtures thereof, and the packaging containing a plurality of water-soluble capsules, each water-soluble capsule comprising a substrate treatment composition within a sealed compartment which is filled to at least 60% of the volume of the compartment, the package comprising (i) a receptable containing or more of said water soluble capsules and a closure; (ii) a child resistant closure mechanism comprising a first locking member on the receptacle and a second locking member present on the closure whereby the members interlock; wherein the substrate treatment composition has a viscosity in the range 200 mPa·s-2000 mPa·s at 25° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2020Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVERInventor: Alyn James PARRY
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Publication number: 20210309934Abstract: Described herein is a process for manufacturing ethoxylated polyethylene-imines. Also described herein are the ethoxylated polyethyleneimines and methods for using the ethoxylated polyethyleneimines.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2019Publication date: October 7, 2021Inventors: Holger Tuerk, Thomas Wesley Holcombe, Andrew David Green, Alyn James Parry, Julie Bennett, Robert John Carswell
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Patent number: 11046911Abstract: A method of laundering articles, the method comprising combining a detergent composition and water to provide a detergent solution, wherein the detergent composition comprises a surfactant system containing at least 40 wt % linear alkylbenzene sulfonate(s), then introducing into a washing machine basket the detergent solution so as to dampen articles in the basket; and then waiting for a duration of time during which no water or further detergent solution is added to the basket containing the dampened articles.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2017Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Conopco, Inc.Inventors: David Moorfield, Alyn James Parry
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Patent number: 11001790Abstract: A method of laundering articles, the method comprising combining a detergent composition and water to provide a detergent solution, wherein the detergent composition comprises a surfactant system containing a betaine, then introducing into a washing machine basket the detergent solution so as to dampen articles in the basket; and then waiting for a duration of time during which no water or further detergent solution is added to the basket containing the dampened articles.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2017Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Conopco, Inc.Inventors: David Moorfield, Alyn James Parry
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Publication number: 20200255766Abstract: The invention provides a polymer providing soil release properties (also termed a “soil release polymer” or SRP) when incorporated in a laundry detergent composition, the polymer comprising a capped polyoxyalkylene end block connected to a polyester segment; the polyester segment comprising alternating —B1-A-B2— and —R— units; in which B1 and B2 are each independently selected from —OC(O)— and —C(O)O— groups; A is a 2,5-furanylene ring and R is a divalent alkylene radical. The polymer provides good compatibility, stability and cleaning performance when incorporated into a laundry detergent composition, preferably a liquid laundry detergent composition, comprising one or more detersive surfactants.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2018Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Andrew David Green, Alyn James Parry, Susanne Henning Rogers
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Publication number: 20190264147Abstract: A method of laundering articles, the method comprising combining a detergent composition and water to provide a detergent solution, wherein the detergent composition comprises a surfactant system containing a betaine, then introducing into a washing machine basket the detergent solution so as to dampen articles in the basket; and then waiting for a duration of time during which no water or further detergent solution is added to the basket containing the dampened articles.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2017Publication date: August 29, 2019Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVERInventors: David MOORFIELD, Alyn James PARRY
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Publication number: 20190264364Abstract: A laundry product dispensing device (10) for placing in a washing machine drawer (19, 20) housing a detergent and a fabric treatment composition, the device having dispensing mechanisms (22, 23) for dispensing unit doses into the respective channels of the washing machine drawer when a sensor (16, 17) detects water in the channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2017Publication date: August 29, 2019Inventors: Robert James Chatfield, Deborah Jane Cooke, Janet Grigor, Alyn James Parry, Giovanni Francesco Unali
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Publication number: 20190264135Abstract: A method of laundering articles, the method comprising combining a detergent composition and water to provide a detergent solution, wherein the detergent composition comprises a surfactant system containing at least 40 wt % linear alkylbenzene sulfonate(s), then introducing into a washing machine basket the detergent solution so as to dampen articles in the basket; and then waiting for a duration of time during which no water or further detergent solution is added to the basket containing the dampened articles.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2017Publication date: August 29, 2019Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVERInventors: David MOORFIELD, Alyn James PARRY
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Patent number: 10336968Abstract: Storage-stable compositions comprising soil release polymers. Compositions are described comprising A) of from 45 to 55% by weight of one or more polyesters according to the following formula (I) wherein R and R2 independently of one another are X—(OC2H4) n—(OC3H6)m wherein X is C1-4alkyl, the —(OC2H4) groups and the —(OC3H6) groups are arranged block-wise and the block consisting of the —(OC3H6) groups is bound to a COO group or are HO—(C3H6) n is based on a molar average a number of from 12 to 120, m is based on a molar average a number of from 1 to 10, and a is based on a molar average a number of from 4 to 9, and B) of from 10 to 30% by weight of one or more alcohols selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol, 1,2-propylene glycol, 1,3 -propylene glycol, 1,2 -butylene glycol, 1,3 -butylene glycol, 1,4 -butylene glycol and butyl glycol and C) of from 24 to 42% by weight of water, the amounts in each case being based on the total weight of the composition.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2015Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Robert John Carswell, Carsten Cohrs, Richard Michael Craven, David Philip Jones, Peter Eugen Klug, Helen Elspeth Lyon, Peter Helmut Erich Naumann, Alyn James Parry, Henricus Wilhelmus Ida Peerlings, Alastair Richard Sanderson, Andrew Wynne
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Publication number: 20190119607Abstract: A laundry liquid composition, comprising an anionic soil release polymer and a surfactant wherein the anionic soil release polymer comprises a fabric-binding region capped by one or more hydrophilic regions, wherein the fabric-binding region includes one or more anionic substituents and at least one end block/cap based on polyethylene glycol and/or polypropylene glycol, with a lower alkyl or hydrogen termination, and wherein the anionic soil release polymer may be a compound having formula (I) or, more preferably, formula (II) where each Y is independently selected from yA1, YA2, YN1 and YN2wherein: yA1 is a 1,4-phenylene moiety having one or more (e.g. 1, 2, 3 or 4) anionic substituents (such as carboxylate, phosphonate, phosphate or, preferably sulphonate); YA2 is a 1,3-phenylene moiety having one or more (e.g. 1, 2, 3 or 4) anionic substituents (such as carboxylate, phosphonate, phosphate or, preferably sulphonate); YN1 is an anionic-substituent free (e.g.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2017Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Andrew David Green, Alyn James Parry
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Publication number: 20170137755Abstract: Storage-stable compositions comprising soil release polymers. Compositions are described comprising *A) of from 45 to 55% by weight of one or more polyesters according to the following formula (I) wherein * R and R2 independently of one another are X—(OC2H4)n—(OC3H6)m wherein X is C1-4alkyl, the —(OC2H4) groups and the —(OC3H6) groups are arranged block-wise and the block consisting of the —(OC3H6) groups is bound to a COO group or are HO—(C3H6), *n is based on a molar average a number of from 12 to 120, * m is based on a molar average a number of from 1 to 10, and *a is based on a molar average a number of from 4 to 9, and * B) of from 10 to 30% by weight of one or more alcohols selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol, 1,2-propylene glycol, 1,3 -propylene glycol, 1,2 -butylene glycol, 1,3 -butylene glycol, 1,4 -butylene glycol and butyl glycol and *C) of from 24 to 42% by weight of water, the amounts in each case being based on the total weight of the composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2015Publication date: May 18, 2017Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVERInventors: Robert John CARSWELL, Carsten COHRS, Richard Michael CRAVEN, David Philip JONES, Peter Eugen KLUG, Helen Elspeth LYON, Peter Helmut Erich NAUMANN, Alyn James PARRY, Henricus Wilhelmus Ida PEERLINGS, Alastair Richard SANDERSON, Andrew WYNNE
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Patent number: 9365806Abstract: An alkaline liquid laundry detergent composition comprising at least 1 wt % triethanolamine, at least 5 wt % non-soap surfactant and at least 0.5 wt % of a polyester according to the following formula (I) wherein R1 and R2 independently of one another are X—(OC2H4)n-(OC3H6)m wherein X is C1-4 alkyl, the —(OC2H4) groups and the —(OC3H6) groups are arranged blockwise and the block consisting of the —(OC3H6) groups is bound to a COO group or are HO—(C3H6), n is based on a molar average a number of from 12 to 120, preferably 40 to 50, m is based on a molar average a number of from 1 to 10, and a is based on a molar average a number of from 4 to 9. The inventive compositions comprise polyesters that have an advantageous stability in their alkaline environment and also possess advantageous soil release properties.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2013Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: Conopco Inc.Inventors: Robert John Carswell, Dirk Fischer, Thomas Lindner, Alyn James Parry, John Francis Wells
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Patent number: 9150993Abstract: The invention provides a method of laundering fabric which uses a pourable liquid detergent composition comprising 10-40% wt of surfactant, essentially consisting of nonionic and/or anionic surfactant (typically less than 90% wt LAS and at least 10% wt of nonionic surfactant) in which 10-40% wt of surfactant preferably passes the Calcium Tolerance Test described in the patent. The composition comprises no more than 15% wt of soap, (present as a minority in wt % terms of the total surfactant). In the method, the composition is diluted by a factor of greater than 500 to obtain a wash liquor which comprises 0.8-0.05 g/l of surfactant, and, the wash liquor is contacted with fabrics.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2013Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Julie Bennett, Paul Kravchuk, Donna MacNab, Anthony McKee, Alyn James Parry, Patricia Revell, Becky Zhou
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Publication number: 20150210961Abstract: An alkaline liquid laundry detergent composition comprising at least 1 wt % triethanolamine, at least 5 wt % non-soap surfactant and at least 0.5 wt % of a polyester according to the following formula (I) wherein R1 and R2 independently of one another are X—(OC2H4)n-(OC3H6)m wherein X is C1-4 alkyl, the —(OC2H4) groups and the —(OC3H6) groups are arranged blockwise and the block consisting of the —(OC3H6) groups is bound to a COO group or are HO—(C3H6), n is based on a molar average a number of from 12 to 120, preferably 40 to 50, m is based on a molar average a number of from 1 to 10, and a is based on a molar average a number of from 4 to 9. The inventive compositions comprise polyesters that have an advantageous stability in their alkaline environment and also possess advantageous soil release properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2013Publication date: July 30, 2015Inventors: Robert John Carswell, Dirk Fischer, Thomas Lindner, Alyn James Parry, John Francis Wells
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Publication number: 20130291315Abstract: The invention provides a method of laundering fabric which uses a pourable liquid detergent composition comprising 10-40% wt of surfactant, essentially consisting of nonionic and/or anionic surfactant (typically less than 90% wt LAS and at least 10% wt of nonionic surfactant) in which 10-40% wt of surfactant preferably passes the Calcium Tolerance Test described in the patent. The composition comprises no more than 15% wt of soap, (present as a minority in wt % terms of the total surfactant). In the method, the composition is diluted by a factor of greater than 500 to obtain a wash liquor which comprises 0.8-0.05 g/l of surfactant, and, the wash liquor is contacted with fabrics.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2013Publication date: November 7, 2013Inventors: Julie BENNETT, Paul KRAVCHUK, Donna MACNAB, Anthony MCKEE, Alyn James PARRY, Patricia REVELL, Becky ZHOU
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Patent number: 7967871Abstract: The present invention relates to use of a compound for promoting antiredeposition during laundering of a textile fabric, in which the compound is a polymer comprising a polysaccharide backbone substituted by one or more groups -L-R1, where L represents an ester, amide or ether linkage and R represents an anionic alkyl group or a salt thereof, which has a degree of substitution of from 0.005 to 1 and a degree of biodegradation of at least 60% in 28 days. The use of such polymers in the manufacture of a laundry cleaning composition is also provided as well as laundry cleaning compositions containing such polymers.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2006Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: The Sun Products CorporationInventors: Christopher David Gibbs, Alyn James Parry, Susanne Henning Rogers