Patents by Inventor Ian Callaghan

Ian Callaghan 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: 20030040459
    Abstract: The invention provides disintegrant granules and a tablet of compacted particulate detergent composition comprising non-soap surfactant and detergency builder, wherein the tablet or a discrete region thereof comprises disintegrant granules comprising a water-swelling clay, a water-insoluble inorganic material and a water-swellable agent. The inorganic material is preferably silica or a crystalline aluminosilicate. The tablets show good disintegration properties, even upon storage. Especially good disintegration is obtained for tablets comprising disintegrant granules which comprise the water-swellable agent, which in its anhydrous state, comprises no more than 20% by weight of the combined weight of the swelling clay, the inorganic material and the water-swellable agent. A method of making the tablets is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Pesonal Care USA
    Inventors: Abraham Araya, Jelles Vincent Boskamp, Ian Callaghan, Somdath Choennie, Mark Antony Woodhouse