Patents by Inventor Michael Gerard Clarke

Michael Gerard Clarke 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).

  • CLEANSING COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING A FATTY ACID AND SOAP MIXTURE AND METHOD FOR MAKING A CLEANSING BAR COMPRISING SAID MIXTURE
    Publication number: 20240018450
    Abstract: A cleansing composition includes 25% to 35% by weight of a surfactant, 1.5% to 5% by weight of a co-surfactant, 5% to 9% by weight of water; and 50% to 60% by weight of a fatty acid and soap mixture, wherein the fatty acid to soap ratio is 2.3:1 to 1.8:1. A method of making cleansing bars includes heating the cleansing composition to a temperature sufficient to provide a molten composition, cooling the molten composition to form flakes and/or chips, refining the flakes and/or chips to form billets, and stamping and/or cutting the billets to form the cleansing bars. Another method of making cleansing bars includes heating the cleansing composition to a temperature sufficient to provide a molten composition, pouring the molten composition into a mold, cooling the molten composition until the cleansing bars are formed, and removing the cleansing bars from the mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Michael Gerard CLARKE, Elizabeth Joy SPENCER, Terence James FARRELL
  • No-strip process for producing bars comprising acyl-isethionate and free fatty acid, and having consumer desirable properties
    Patent number: 7579311
    Abstract: The present invention relates to process for producing bars comprising 20 to 70% by wt. acyl isethionate and 15% to 35% free fatty acid and which is made by process where excess fatty acids made during production of acyl isethionate is removed by neutralization rather than by “stripping”. The bar retains remarkably desirable consumer properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Badreddine Ahtchi-Ali, Michael Gerard Clarke, Florencio Ratuiste, Congling Quan
  • NO-STRIP PROCESS FOR PRODUCING BARS COMPRISING ACYL-ISETHIONATE AND FREE FATTY ACID, AND HAVING CONSUMER DESIRABLE PROPERTIES
    Publication number: 20080272339
    Abstract: The present invention relates to process for producing bars comprising 20 to 70% by wt. acyl isethionate and 15% to 35% free fatty acid and which is made by process where excess fatty acids made during production of acyl isethionate is removed by neutralization rather than by “stripping”. The bar retains remarkably desirable consumer properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2007
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc. d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Badreddine Ahtchi-Ali, Michael Gerard Clarke, Florencio V. Ratuiste, Congling Quan