Patents by Inventor Michael Augustine Brennan

Michael Augustine Brennan 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).

  • Method of signalling temperature and/or benefit agent release using bar composition comprising thermochromic pigment or dye
    Patent number: 7829515
    Abstract: The invention relates to method of signaling temperature and/or benefit agent release using bar compositions comprising thermochromatic pigment or dye. In a preferred embodiment, the pigment is introduced in the form of a separate domain (e.g., separate chips) which separate chip or chips is combined with a surfactant-containing chips to form the final bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Christine Marie Nixon Lee, Michael Augustine Brennan, Vivek Subramanian
  • Mild acyl isethionate toilet bar composition
    Patent number: 7737096
    Abstract: A mild toilet bar composition contains C8-C18 mono and diacyl isethionates in a specified ratio in a first preferred embodiment of the invention and a specified ratio of calcium and magnesium diacyl isethionates in a second preferred embodiment of the invention. Both toilet bars provide substantial lather, mild cleansing, low mush and wear rate levels during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Augustine Brennan, Michael Massaro, Syed Husain Abbas, Yury Yarovoy
  • Bar composition comprising thermochromic pigment or dye signalling benefit agent release or other use
    Patent number: 7659236
    Abstract: The invention relates to bar compositions comprising thermochromatic pigment or dye signaling temperature and/or benefit agent release. In a preferred embodiment, the pigment is introduced in the form of a separate domain (e.g., separate chips) which separate chip or chips is combined with a surfactant-containing chips to form the final bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Christine Marie Nixon Lee, Michael Augustine Brennan, Vivek Subramanian
  • BAR COMPOSITION COMPRISING THERMOCHROMIC PIGMENT OR DYE SIGNALLING BENEFIT AGENT RELEASE OR OTHER USE
    Publication number: 20080261843
    Abstract: The invention relates to bar compositions comprising thermochromatic pigment or dye signaling temperature and/or benefit agent release. In a preferred embodiment, the pigment is introduced in the form of a separate domain (e.g., separate chips) which separate chip or chips is combined with a surfactant-containing chips to form the final bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc, d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Christine Marie Nixon Lee, Michael Augustine Brennan, Vivek Subramanian
  • METHOD OF SIGNALLING TEMPERATURE AND/OR BENEFIT AGENT RELEASE USING BAR COMPOSITION COMPRISING THERMOCHROMIC PIGMENT OR DYE
    Publication number: 20080259996
    Abstract: The invention relates to method of signaling temperature and/or benefit agent release using bar compositions comprising thermochromatic pigment or dye. In a preferred embodiment, the pigment is introduced in the form of a separate domain (e.g., separate chips) which separate chip or chips is combined with a surfactant-containing chips to form the final bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Christine Marie Nixon Lee, Michael Augustine Brennan, Vivek Subramanian
  • Motorized personal skin care implement
    Publication number: 20080104787
    Abstract: A motorized personal skin care implement capable of use with a disposable, single-use, skin care pad is disclosed with a molded hook arrangement for releasably but firmly holding the pad while cleansing or treating the skin but allowing for quick removal and replacement with a fresh cleansing or treatment pad. A method of using the skin care implement and a kit containing at least one pad and the implement is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2006
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Inventors: Diane Marie Keenan, Liam Anthony Murray, David Robert Williams, Michael Augustine Brennan
  • Cleansing article
    Patent number: D623355
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart Harvey Lee, Rebecca Jeanne Citron, Vincent Michael Masotta, Liam Anthony Murray, Michael Augustine Brennan, Diane Marie Keenan