Patents by Inventor James Bernard Cooper

James Bernard Cooper 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).

  • Fabric care composition comprising a block copolymer having a methoxyethyl acrylate core polymer and an alkyl methacrylate flanking polymer
    Patent number: 7030076
    Abstract: This invention relates to a fabric care composition comprising a thermoplastic elastomer and a textile compatible carrier, a method of treating fabric with such a composition as part of a laundering process and the use of a thermoplastic elastomer or a composition comprising a thermoplastic elastomer to improve the crease recovery properties and/or elasticity and/or shape retention of a fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA a division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert John Carswell, James Bernard Cooper, Ezat Khoshdel, Euan Stuart Reid, Keith Leslie Rutherford
  • Fabric care composition
    Patent number: 7008916
    Abstract: This invention relates to a fabric care composition comprising a polycarboxylic acid or a derivative thereof, a catalyst and a thermoplastic elastomer, a method of treating fabric with such a composition and the use of such a composition to increase the tensile strength (especially the tear strength) of a fabric, to reduce creasing and/or wrinkling of a fabric and/or to improve the elasticity and/or shape retention of a fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA
    Inventors: Robert John Carswell, James Bernard Cooper
  • Process and apparatus for keeping records
    Publication number: 20040143685
    Abstract: A computer implemented process for keeping records which comprises: outputting a document in electronic form to a designated printer means, said designated printer means having an associated printer driver; capturing the document as output to the printer means and storing the captured document in a database (for examples as a ‘windows Metafile’; and, printing the document in an indexed form (for example on numbered sheets of paper).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: James Bernard Cooper
  • Fabric care composition
    Publication number: 20030195136
    Abstract: This invention relates to a fabric care composition comprising a thermoplastic elastomer and a textile compatible carrier, a method of treating fabric with such a composition as part of a laundering process and the use of a thermoplastic elastomer or a composition comprising a thermoplastic elastomer to improve the crease recovery properties and/or elasticity and/or shape retention of a fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert John Carswell, James Bernard Cooper, Ezat Khoshdel, Euan Stuart Reid, Keith Leslie Rutherford
  • Fabric care composition
    Publication number: 20030191044
    Abstract: This invention relates to a fabric care composition comprising a polycarboxylic acid or a derivative thereof, a catalyst and a thermoplastic elastomer, a method of treating fabric with such a composition and the use of such a composition to increase the tensile strength (especially the tear strength) of a fabric, to reduce creasing and/or wrinkling of a fabric and/or to improve the elasticity and/or shape retention of a fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert John Carswell, James Bernard Cooper