Patents by Inventor James Joseph Corr

James Joseph Corr 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).

  • Low synthetic soap bars comprising organic salts and polyalkylene glycol
    Patent number: 6255265
    Abstract: A bar composition comprising about 50-80% soap, about 4 to 35% by wt. free fatty acid and less than about 4% synthetic surfactant. Addition of 1% to 10% organic salt has been found to allow use of little or no surfactant while maintaining consumer desirable properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Andrew Van Gunst, James Joseph Corr, John Gerard Sheehan, Joseph Podgorsky
  • Extruded soap and/or detergent bar compositions comprising encapsulated benefit agent
    Patent number: 6248703
    Abstract: The invention discloses extruded detergent bars comprising benefit agent containing capsules wherein said capsules are strong enough to withstand extrusion process while still able to release benefit agent upon washing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Michael Finucane, James Joseph Corr, Gregory Alan Ornoski, Laurie Ann Coyle
  • Soap bars with little or no synthetic surfactant comprising organic salts
    Patent number: 6143704
    Abstract: A bar composition comprising about 50-80% soap, about 4 to 35% by wt. free fatty acid and less than 5% synthetic surfactant. Addition of 1% to 10% organic salt has been found to allow use of little or no surfactant while maintaining consumer desirable properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Andrew Van Gunst, James Joseph Corr, John Gerard Sheehan
  • Soap bar composition comprising low levels of silicone as processing aids
    Patent number: 5661120
    Abstract: The invention describes detergent bar compositions comprising liquid silicone compounds or emulsions of said compounds which are used in relatively small levels as processing aids. These compounds allow pellets coming off a chill roll or refiner to be less tacky such that they do not readily clog machinery when the pellets are transferred to silos.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1997
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Michael Finucane, Frederick Silvio Osmer, James Joseph Corr