Patents by Inventor Judith Mary Clark

Judith Mary Clark 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).

  • Treatment for substrates
    Patent number: 6734299
    Abstract: A water-soluble or water-dispersible material for deposition onto a substrate during a treatment process, the material comprising: (i) a deposition enhancing part having a polymeric backbone; and (ii) a benefit agent attached to the deposition enhancing part by a hydrolytically stable bond; The material undergoes during the treatment process, a chemical change which does not involve the hydrolytically stable bond and by which change the affinity of the material onto the substrate is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Judith Mary Clark, Andrew Hopkinson, Christopher Clarkson Jones, Ezat Khoshdel
  • Treatment for fabrics
    Patent number: 6506220
    Abstract: Laundry treatment compositions, especially detergent compositions or rinse conditioners, which deposit cellulosic polymers or related polysaccharide fabric rebuild agents onto textile fabrics are described. Such agents are used for laundering cellulosic fabrics such as cotton, to compensate for gradual loss of fibrous material on repeated washing. Preferred rebuild agents are cellulose monoacetate, cellulose hemisuccinate and other cellulose esters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco
    Inventors: Judith Mary Clark, Andrew Hopkinson, Christopher Clarkson Jones, Jonathan Frank Warr, Henri Chanzy, Claire David, Etienne Fleury, Daniel Joubert, Christine Lancelon-Pin
  • Treatment for fabrics
    Publication number: 20020052302
    Abstract: Laundry treatment compositions, especially detergent compositions or rinse conditioners, which deposit cellulosic polymers or related polysaccharide fabric rebuild agents onto textile fabrics are described. Such agents are used for laundering cellulosic fabrics such as cotton, to compensate for gradual loss of fibrous material on repeated washing. Preferred rebuild agents are cellulose monoacetate, cellulose hemisuccinate and other cellulose esters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2001
    Publication date: May 2, 2002
    Applicant: Unilever Home and Personal Care USA, Division of CONOPCO, Inc.
    Inventors: Judith Mary Clark, Andrew Hopkinson, Christopher Clarkson Jones, Jonathan Frank Warr, Henri Chanzy, Claire David, Etienne Fleury, Daniel Joubert, Christine Lancelon-Pin
  • Treatment for fabrics
    Patent number: 6288022
    Abstract: A laundry treatment composition comprising a water-soluble or water-dispersible rebuild agent for deposition onto a fabric during a treatment process wherein the material undergoes during the treatment process, a chemical change by which change the affinity of the material for the fabric is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Judith Mary Clark, Andrew Hopkinson, Christopher Clarkson Jones, Jonathan Frank Warr, Henri Chanzy, Claire David, Etienne Fleury, Daniel Joubert, Christine Lancelon-Pin