Patents by Inventor Christopher Boardman

Christopher Boardman 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).

  • Publication number: 20240084224
    Abstract: An ancillary laundry composition comprising an ester oil, which is a polyol comprising at least two ester linkages, free perfume and 0 to 0.85 wt. % anionic and/or cationic surfactant. A method of laundering clothes, wherein said composition is added in the wash or rinse stage. A method of preventing colour fade over (10) laundry cycles, wherein fabrics are treated with said composition during each consecutive laundry cycle. The use of said composition to provide an improved colour maintenance or reduced colour fade over consecutive laundry cycles, preferably (10), more preferably (5) laundry cycles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Christopher BOARDMAN, Louise Stephanie CONNELL-FIELDING, Martin Charles CROSSMAN, Paul FERGUSON, Matthew Charles HERBISON, Maria Fernanda JIMENEZ SOLOMON
  • Publication number: 20240084219
    Abstract: An aqueous fabric spray composition comprising: an ester oil; and free perfume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Christopher BOARDMAN, Louise Stephanie CONNELL-FIELDING, Martin Charles CROSSMAN
  • Publication number: 20240084227
    Abstract: A fabric conditioner composition comprising: a) Fabric softening active according to formula (I), wherein each R, is independently selected from C5-C27 aliphatic groups, Y is a divalent C1-C6 aliphatic group, 12?, R? and R??, are independently selected from hydrogen or a C1 to C4 alkyl group, and X is an anionic group; b) 0.1 to 30 wt. % perfume; and c) Water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Olivier BACK, Christopher BOARDMAN, John Francis HUBBARD, Bala Naga Satyanarayana THOTA
  • Publication number: 20240060011
    Abstract: A method of preventing or reducing colour fade of fabrics over multiple laundry cycles wherein a composition comprising fabric softening active, pentaerythritol ester oil and perfume is used during the rinse stage of the laundry process. Method of preparing the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Christopher BOARDMAN, Louise Stephanle CONNELL-FIELDING, Martin Charles CROSSMAN, John Michael WALSH
  • Publication number: 20240018443
    Abstract: An ancillary laundry composition comprising 0.25 to 10 wt. % ester oil, free perfume and 0 to 4 wt. % anionic and/or cationic surfactant. A method of laundering clothes, wherein said composition is added in the wash or rinse stage. A method of preventing colour fade over (10) laundry cycles, wherein fabrics are treated with said composition during each consecutive laundry cycle. Use of said composition to provide an improved colour maintenance or reduced colour fade over consecutive laundry cycles, preferably (10), more preferably (5) laundry cycles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Christopher BOARDMAN, Louise Stephanie CONNELL-FIELDING, Martin Charles CROSSMAN, Paul FERGUSON, Matthew Charles HERBISON, Maria Fernanda JIMENEZ SOLOMON, Dhanalakshmi THIRUMENI
  • Publication number: 20230399585
    Abstract: An aqueous fabric spray composition comprising: hydrolysed protein and free perfume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Christopher BOARDMAN, Karl BURGESS
  • Patent number: 11807834
    Abstract: An aqueous fabric spray composition, comprising: a. 1-10 w.t. % silicone, wherein the silicone is in the form of an emulsion, the an emulsion having a particle size of 100 to 30 um b. Free perfume, having an emulsion particle size of 1 nm to 30 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Boardman, Karl Burgess, Mark Anthony Carus, Julie Cullen
  • Patent number: 11725163
    Abstract: An aqueous fabric spray composition, comprising: a. 1-10 w.t. % silicone, wherein the silicone is in the form of an emulsion b. 0.01-1.5 w.t. % setting polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Boardman, Giovanni Francesco Unali
  • Patent number: 11649416
    Abstract: An aqueous fabric spray composition, comprising: a. 1-10 w.t. % silicone, wherein the silicone is in the form of an emulsion, the emulsion having a particle size of 1 nm to 150 nm b. Free perfume, having an emulsion particle size of 1 nm to 30 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Boardman, Karl Burgess, Mark Anthony Carus, Julie Cullen
  • Publication number: 20230048372
    Abstract: A malodour reducing spray composition comprising: a. 0.1 to 15 wt. % emollient; b. 0.5 to 15 wt. % emulsifier; and c. Water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Rachana SANKAR, Jayashree Anantharam VADHYAR, Sarmistha BISWAS, Christopher BOARDMAN
  • Publication number: 20220396749
    Abstract: A fabric softener composition comprising: a. 1 to 20 wt. % ionic compound of general formula I: (I) wherein b. 0.1 to 20 wt. % fatty co-softener; and c. Water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: Conopco, lnc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Ritu AHUJA, Olivier BACK, Christopher BOARDMAN, Jean-Christophe CASTAING, Konstantin Nikolaev GOLEMANOV, David Stephen GRAINGER, Sergio MASTROIANNI, Hugh RIELEY
  • Publication number: 20220290075
    Abstract: A fabric softener composition comprising: a. 1 to 20 wt. % ionic compound of general formula I: (I) b. 0.1 to 30 wt. % perfume; and c. Water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Ritu AHUJA, Olivier BACK, Christopher BOARDMAN, Jean-Christophe CASTAING, Konstantin Nikolaev GOLEMANOV, David Stephen GRAINGER, Sergio MASTROIANNI, Hugh RIELEY
  • Publication number: 20220248670
    Abstract: An aqueous fabric spray composition, comprising: a. 0.0001-10 wt. % free perfume. b. 0.001 to 2 wt. % quaternary ammonium biocide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventor: Christopher BOARDMAN
  • Publication number: 20210222093
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a garment revival product comprising: a garment revival composition; and a hand-held spray device which is manually operable to produce a spray of said composition; said composition comprising one or more fabric tactility modifiers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Christopher BOARDMAN, Julie CULLEN, Giovanni Francesco UNALI
  • Publication number: 20210198843
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a garment revival product comprising: a garment reviving composition; and a hand-held spray device which is manually operable to produce a spray of said composition; said composition comprising one or more setting polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher Boardman, Julie Cullen, Giovanni Francesco Unali
  • Publication number: 20210198597
    Abstract: An aqueous fabric spray composition, comprising: a. 1-10 w.t. % silicone, wherein the silicone is in the form of an emulsion, the an emulsion having a particle size of 100 to 30 um b. Free perfume, having an emulsion particle size of 1 nm to 30 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher Boardman, Karl Burgess, Mark Anthony Carus, Julie Cullen
  • Publication number: 20210198598
    Abstract: An aqueous fabric spray composition, comprising: a. 1-10 w.t. % silicone, wherein the silicone is in the form of an emulsion b. 0.01-1.5 w.t. % setting polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher Boardman, Giovanni Francesco Unali
  • Publication number: 20200240074
    Abstract: An aqueous fabric spray composition, comprising: a. 1-10 w.t. % silicone, wherein the silicone is in the form of an emulsion, the emulsion having a particle size of 1 nm to 150 nm b. Free perfume, having an emulsion particle size of 1 nm to 30 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher Boardman, Karl Burgess, Mark Anthony Carus, Julie Cullen
  • Publication number: 20110016637
    Abstract: A fabric softening composition comprising a fabric softening compound and from 5 to 50% by weight, preferably 5 to 25% by weight of the composition of a material (HH material) capable of changing its hydrophobic/hydrophilic properties in response to an activation step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: The Sun Products Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher BOARDMAN, Kenneth Stuart Lee
  • Publication number: 20080146486
    Abstract: A fabric softening composition comprising a fabric softening compound and a material having a thermal phase transition temperature in the range 26 to 39° C. encapsulated in a polymer shell (TPTT material) to provide encapsulated particles having a particle size in the ranges from 10 nm to 1000 ?m, preferably from 50 nm to 100?, more preferably 0.2 to 20 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Christopher Boardman, Kenneth Stuart Lee