Patents by Inventor Christophe Michel Joyeux

Christophe Michel Joyeux 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).

  • Patent number: 6573231
    Abstract: A particulate laundry detergent composition having a bulk density of 550 to 900 g/l comprises at least two different granular multiingredient components. A first granular component (preferably non-spray-dried) has a bulk density of 550 to 1000 g/l and has a weight ratio of a first ingredient type to a second ingredient type of r; a second granular component (preferably spray-dried) has a bulk density of from 300 to 550 g/l and has a weight ratio of the first ingredient type to the second ingredient type of r′, wherein the ratio of r to r′ is within the range of from 1.25:1 to 1:1.25.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Vera Johanna Bakker, Daniel Pierre Berthod, Christophe Michel Joyeux, Duncan Howard Wright
  • Publication number: 20020028759
    Abstract: A detergent tablet of compacted particulate composition which has a pair of opposite faces spaced apart from each other and joined by a peripheral surface of the tablet, wherein the tablet has a first region which provides a first part of a said face and a second region which provides an adjoining part of the face with a discontinuity at the junction of the said parts of the face; and apparatus adapted to make such a tablet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2001
    Publication date: March 7, 2002
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter William Appel, Jelles Vincent Boskamp, Christophe Michel Joyeux, Marcel van der Kraan, Henning Wagner
  • Publication number: 20020025914
    Abstract: A detergent tablet of compacted particulate composition which has a pair of opposite faces spaced apart from each other and joined by a peripheral surface of the tablet, wherein the tablet has a first region which provides a first part of a said face and a second region which provides an adjoining part of the face with a discontinuity at the junction of the said parts of the face; and apparatus adapted to make such a tablet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2001
    Publication date: February 28, 2002
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA,
    Inventors: Peter William Appel, Jelles Vincent Boskamp, Christophe Michel Joyeux, Marcel van der Kraan, Henning Wagner
  • Patent number: 6306814
    Abstract: A detergent tablet of compacted particulate composition which has a pair of opposite faces spaced apart from each other and joined by a peripheral surface of the tablet, wherein the tablet has a first region which provides a first part of a said face and a second region which provides an adjoining part of the face with a discontinuity at the junction of the said parts of the face; and apparatus adapted to make such a tablet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care, USA
    Inventors: Peter William Appel, Jelles Vincent Boskamp, Christophe Michel Joyeux, Marcel van der Kraan, Henning Wagner
  • Publication number: 20010031719
    Abstract: A particulate laundry detergent composition having a bulk density of 550 to 900 g/l comprises at least two different granular multiingredient components. A first granular component (preferably non-spray-dried) has a bulk density of 550 to 1000 g/l and has a weight ratio of a first ingredient type to a second ingredient type of r; a second granular component (preferably spray-dried) has a bulk density of from 300 to 550 g/l and has a weight ratio of the first ingredient type to the second ingredient type of r′, wherein the ratio of r to r′ is within the range of from 1.25:1 to 1:1.25.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2001
    Publication date: October 18, 2001
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Vera Johanna Bakker, Daniel Pierre Berthod, Christophe Michel Joyeux, Duncan Howard Wright
  • Patent number: 5854198
    Abstract: In order to enhance the stability of sodium percarbonate bleach in particulate detergent compositions, crystalline aluminosilicate and a water-soluble alkali metal silicate in an amount of from 1-20% by weight based on the aluminosilicate are included in the non-spray dried base powder. In order to obtain the stabilizing effect, the crystalline aluminosilicate comprises zeolite MAP or the alkali metal silicate is homogeneously dispersed with respect to the aluminosilicate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1998
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Willem Appel, Theodorus Johannes Arts, Jelles Vincent Boskamp, Andrew Paul Chapple, Fredericus Cornelis Dobbe, Christophe Michel Joyeux, Carolyn Angela Lanceley, Edwin Leo Lempers, Theo Jan Osinga