Patents by Inventor Ellen Suzanne PIERCY

Ellen Suzanne PIERCY 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: 20210147212
    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 comprising a recycled material and 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 selective
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Deborah Jane COOKE, Brian Patrick NEWBY, Ellen Suzanne PIERCY, Katharine Jane SHAW, Robert Lindsay TRELOAR
  • 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: 20200043274
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing two laundry compositions, a detersive composition (which is used to form a wash liquor in a main wash cycle) and a rinse cycle benefit agent (such as a fabric conditioner) on command, for example in a user's home.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Benjamin Edward HONE, Ellen Suzanne PIERCY
  • Publication number: 20190234002
    Abstract: Laundry composition dosing device (1) having two segregated chambers (5, 7) such that a first laundry composition, for example a fabric conditioner stored in the first chamber (5) is pourable via a first opening (4) by a user without dispensing a second laundry composition stored in the second chamber (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Benjamin Edward HONE, Ellen Suzanne PIERCY