Patents by Inventor Erin Whitfield DUNN

Erin Whitfield DUNN 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).

  • Method of enhanced conversion of taurine salts to alkyl taurate amides
    Patent number: 11059776
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of enhancing conversion of alkali metal salt, preferably aqueous salt, preferably aqueous sodium salt of N-methyl taurine to alkyl taurate amides. In one aspect, the starting salt is pre-concentrated (at least 75% up to 99% taurine salt in the aqueous solutions after water is removed from a starting aqueous solution of the salt) and, in another aspect, the starting salt is not pre-concentrated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: CONOPCO, INC.
    Inventors: Bijan Harichian, Van Au, Anat Shiloach, John Robert Winters, Erin Whitfield Dunn
  • ENHANCED CONVERSION OF TAURINE TO ALKYL TAURATE AMIDE USING PHOSPHORIC ACID CATALYSTS
    Publication number: 20210163405
    Abstract: The invention relates to method of enhancing yield of alkyl taurate amides using enhancing specifically phosphoric acid catalysts. It further relates to the use of phosphoric acid to enhance yield while avoiding and/or reducing undesirable browning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Erin Whitfield DUNN, Bijan HARICHIAN, Anat SHILOACH, John Robert WINTERS
  • METHOD OF ENHANCED CONVERSION OF TAURINE SALTS TO ALKYL TAURATE AMIDES
    Publication number: 20200283379
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of enhancing conversion of alkali metal salt, preferably aqueous salt, preferably aqueous sodium salt of N-methyl taurine to alkyl taurate amides. In one aspect, the starting salt is pre-concentrated (at least 75% up to 99% taurine salt in the aqueous solutions after water is removed from a starting aqueous solution of the salt) and, in another aspect, the starting salt is not pre-concentrated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: BIJAN HARICHIAN, Van AU, Anat SHILOACH, John Robert WINTERS, Erin Whitfield DUNN