Patents by Inventor Gavin Bone

Gavin Bone 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).

  • Polymeric film for water soluble package
    Patent number: 7083047
    Abstract: A water soluble package comprises a polymeric film, the polymeric film comprising a polymeric backbone derived from a polymer which is water soluble, as defined herein, and one or more derivatising groups attached to the backbone, the derivatising group(s) being derived from a material having a ClogP of from 0.5 to 6 and/or being derived from a parent material comprising a C4 to C22 hydrocarbyl chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Gavin Bone, Robert Walter Fuss, Craig Warren Jones, Steven Paul Rannard, Michael Stephen White
  • Polymeric film for water soluble package
    Publication number: 20040065578
    Abstract: A water soluble package comprises a polymeric film, the polymeric film comprising a polymeric backbone derived from a polymer which is water soluble, as defined herein, and one or more derivatising groups attached to the backbone, the derivatising group(s) being derived from a material having a ClogP of from 0.5 to 6 and/or being derived from a parent material comprising a C4 to C22 hydrocarbyl chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2003
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Gavin Bone, Robert Walter Fuss, Craig Warren Jones, Steven Paul Rannard, Michael Stephen White
  • Water soluble package and liquid contents thereof
    Publication number: 20030054966
    Abstract: A water soluble package comprises a substantially non-aqueous liquid rinse conditioning composition therein, wherein the water soluble package comprises a polymeric film. A process for conditioning fabrics comprises the step of adding to the rinse cycle of a washing operation the water soluble package and rinse conditioning composition therein, allowing or causing the package to break so as to release the contents therefrom and contacting the composition with fabric being laundered. The package is either disposed in the drum at the beginning of the wash cycle, remains intact through the wash cycle and disperses and/or dissolves at the beginning of or during the rinse cycle or is disposed in the rinse compartment of the dispenser drawer or in the drum between the wash and rinse cycles and disperses and/or dissolves immediately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Gavin Bone, Helene Sylvie Buron, Craig Warren Jones, Laurent Soubiran