Patents by Inventor Charles Rupert Brown

Charles Rupert Brown 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).

  • Low-fat food emulsions having controlled flavor release and processes therefor
    Patent number: 6703062
    Abstract: Low-fat food emulsions comprise a continuous aqueous phase and a dispersed phase which comprises fat particles, gel particles and fat-soluble flavor molecules; substantially all of the fat particles are located within the gel particles, and at least 35 w. % of the flavor molecules are located in a plurality of the gel particles. The rate of release of the flavor molecules from the emulsion is delayed and controlled following the gradual break down of the particles, thereby imparting the taste and mouthfeel of a full-fat emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Lipton, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Ingrid Anne Appleqvist, Charles Rupert Brown, Jennifer Elizabeth Homan, Malcolm Glyn Jones, Mark Emmett Malone, Ian Timothy Norton
  • Shear gel compositions
    Patent number: 6673371
    Abstract: A composition which has a thickened fluid form comprises: (i) a first (shear gel) phase comprising at least one polymer which is capable of forming a gel, which polymer is present in the composition as a shear gel (i.e., a multiplicity of separate gel particles which have been formed by subjecting the polymer to shear while gel formation takes place); and (ii) a second (encapsulated) phase which is in the form of particles or droplets which comprise a hair benefit agent and are entrapped by the gel matrix of at least a proportion of the gel particles. The composition may allow enhanced delivery of the encapsulated phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Rupert Brown, Peter Simon Carew, John Charles Eklund, Jeannette Marcia Evans, Peter Fairley
  • Frozen low-fat food emulsions
    Patent number: 6607775
    Abstract: Frozen low-fat food emulsions comprise a continuous aqueous phase and a dispersed phase which comprises fat particles, gel particles and fat-soluble flavour molecules; substantially all of the fat particles are located within the gel particles, and at least 35% of the flavour molecules are located in a plurality of the gel particles. The rate of release of the flavour molecules from the frozen emulsion is delayed, thereby imparting the taste of a full-fat emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Good Humor-Breyers Ice Cream, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Aldred, Ingrid Anne Appelqvist, Charles Rupert Brown, Jennifer Elizabeth Homan, Malcolm Glyn Jones, Mark Emmett Malone, Ian Timothy Norton, Jeffrey Underdown
  • FROZEN LOW-FAT FOOD EMULSIONS
    Publication number: 20030099751
    Abstract: Frozen low-fat food emulsions comprise a continuous aqueous phase and a dispersed phase which comprises fat particles, gel particles and fat-soluble flavour molecules; substantially all of the fat particles are located within the gel particles, and at least 35% of the flavour molecules are located in a plurality of the gel particles. The rate of release of the flavour molecules from the frozen emulsion is delayed, thereby imparting the taste of a full-fat emulsion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 1999
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Inventors: ALEX ALDRED, INGRID ANNE APPELQVIST, CHARLES RUPERT BROWN, JENNIFER ELIZABETH HOMAN, MALCOLM GLYN JONES, MARK EMMETT MALONE, IAN TIMOTHY NORTON, JEFFREY UNDERDOWN
  • Shear gel compositions
    Publication number: 20020085987
    Abstract: A composition which has a thickened fluid form comprises:
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Rupert Brown, Peter Simon Carew, John Charles Eklund, Jeannette Marcia Evans, Peter Fairley
  • DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20010056049
    Abstract: An aqueous detergent composition, which is in the form of a thickened, mobile fluid, comprising foaming detergent and a polymer or polymer mixture which is capable of forming a reversible gel, which polymer or mixture is present in the composition as a multiplicity of individual gel particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 1999
    Publication date: December 27, 2001
    Inventors: MICHAEL PAUL ARONSON, CHARLES RUPERT BROWN, ROBERT JAMES CHATFIELD, PETER FAIRLEY, IAN TIMOTHY NORTON, JASON RICHARD WILLIAMS
  • Detergent compositions
    Patent number: 6329331
    Abstract: An aqueous detergent composition, which is in the form of a thickened, mobile fluid, comprising foaming detergent and a polymer or polymer mixture which is capable of forming a reversible gel, which polymer or mixture is present in the composition as a multiplicity of individual gel particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Paul Aronson, Charles Rupert Brown, Robert James Chatfield, Peter Fairley, Ian Timothy Norton, Jason Richard Williams
  • Aqueous detergent compositions thickened using carrageenan
    Patent number: 6265368
    Abstract: A thickened, aqueous detergent composition having an aqueous phase containing foaming surfactant, carrageenan and water. Conveniently, the carrageenan is at least half kappa or iota carrageenan, or a mixture of the two.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Paul Aronson, Charles Rupert Brown, Robert James Chatfield, Edwin Willis