Patents by Inventor Neil Robert Fletcher
Neil Robert Fletcher 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).
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Patent number: 10632052Abstract: An aqueous composition comprising basic aluminium chloride salt of formula Al2(OH)4.4Cl1.6 to Al2(OH)4.9Cl1.1, calcium chloride at a molar level of 0.020 or greater relative to the aluminium present, and glycine at a molar level of 0.050 or greater relative to the aluminium present, characterised in that the molar ratio of aluminium to the sum of the molar amounts of the calcium chloride and glycine is from 3.9:1 to 6.1:1 and in that the molar ratio of glycine to Al is greater than 1.7:10 and the molar ratio of Ca to Al is less than 0.35:10 or the molar ratio of Ca to Al is greater than 0.35:10 and the molar ratio of glycine to Al is less than 1.7:10.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2016Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Ronald Franklin, Neil Robert Fletcher
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Publication number: 20180318187Abstract: An aqueous composition comprising basic aluminium chloride salt of formula Al2OH4.4Cl1.6 to AI2OH4.9CI1.1, calcium chloride at a molar level of 0.020 or greater relative to the aluminium present, and glycine at a molar level of 0.050 or greater relative to the aluminium present, characterised in that the molar ratio of aluminium to the sum of the molar amounts of the calcium chloride and glycine is from 3.9:1 to 6.1:1 and in that the molar ratio of glycine to Al is greater than 1.7:10 and the molar ratio of Ca to Al is less than 0.35:10 or the molar ratio of Ca to Al is greater than 0.35:10 and the molar ratio of glycine to Al is less than 1.7:10.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2016Publication date: November 8, 2018Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVERInventors: Kevin Ronald FRANKLIN, Neil Robert FLETCHER
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Publication number: 20160045406Abstract: A method of manufacture of an anhydrous cosmetic composition comprising the mixing of dried calcium chloride with liquid carrier material and fragrance comprising a solvent to give a give a base composition, followed by the gassing of the base composition with a propellant to give an aerosol composition, wherein the fragrance and the solvent therein are pre-mixed and this mixture comprises one or more components having a log P of greater than 5.5 and a vapour pressure at 25° C. of less than 0.001 mm Hg (0.1333 Pa) and does not comprise dipropyleneglycol at 3% or greater of this mixture; the method enhancing the homogeneity and stability of the composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2014Publication date: February 18, 2016Applicant: CONOPCO, INC., D/B/A UNILEVERInventors: Michael Richard BAKER, Neil Robert FLETCHER, Kevin Ronald FRANKLIN, Joanne Elizabeth STOCKTON
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Publication number: 20140308215Abstract: An anhydrous antiperspirant composition comprising a dehydrated alum salt, a water soluble calcium salt, and a liquid carrier material comprising 50% or more by weight of hydrophobic oils.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2012Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventors: Michael Richard Baker, Neil Robert Fletcher, Kevin Ronald Franklin, Kirill Shafran
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Publication number: 20140227215Abstract: A method for reducing perspiration comprising the application to the surface of the human body of an alum salt and calcium chloride and compositions suitable for use in said method, in particular anhydrous compositions comprising both an alum salt and calcium chloride.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2012Publication date: August 14, 2014Inventors: Michael Richard Baker, Neil Robert Fletcher, Kevin Ronald Franklin, Kirill Shafran
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Patent number: 8518384Abstract: Spray compositions and particularly anhydrous aerosol compositions containing particulate antiperspirant actives exhibit a tendency for nozzle blockage, impeding discharge of the contents when a polyol humectant, such as glycerol, is blended into its base composition. The problem is overcome or at least ameliorated by preparation of a base composition, suitable for employment in conjunction with a propellant, that contains a low molecular weight (liquid) polyethylene glycol (PEG) as humectant, and particularly a PEG of molecular weight 150 to 500.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2006Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Conopco Inc.Inventors: Neil Robert Fletcher, Michael Massaro, Joseph Muscat, Graham Andrew Turner
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Patent number: 7347991Abstract: Anhydrous cosmetic stick compositions containing a continuous phase of a water-immiscible cosmetic oil structured by a fibre-forming amido structurant and containing a suspended particulate antiperspirant or deodorant can suffer from either somewhat poor physical stability when formed, or preparative difficulties using conventional processes for making stick compositions or opaqueness. The problem can be ameliorated or overcome by the use of a combination of amido structurants comprising (i) an N-acylaminoacid amide in which the N-acyl substituent has the formula —CO—RX in which RX represents a branched C6 to C11 alkyl group in combination with a further amido structurant (ii), selected from (iia) N-acylaminoacid amides other than (i), (iib) cyclodipeptides and (iic) a 1,2-di amido-substituted cyclohexane.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2004Date of Patent: March 25, 2008Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Bruce Steven Emslie, Kevin Ronald Franklin, Neil Robert Fletcher
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Publication number: 20040223995Abstract: Anhydrous cosmetic stick compositions containing a continuous phase of a water-immiscible cosmetic oil structured by a fibre-forming amido structurant and containing a suspended particulate antiperspirant or deodorant can suffer from either somewhat poor physical stability when formed, or preparative difficulties using conventional processes for making stick compositions or opaqueness. The problem can be ameliorated or overcome by the use of a combination of amido structurants comprising (i) an N-acylaminoacid amide in which the N-acyl substituent has the formula —CO—RX in which RX represents a branched C6 to C11 alkyl group in combination with a further amido structurant (ii), selected from (iia) N-acylaminoacid amides other than (i), (iib) cyclodipeptides and (iic) a 1,2-di amido-substituted cyclohexane.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2004Publication date: November 11, 2004Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division Of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Bruce Steven Emslie, Kevin Ronald Franklin, Neil Robert Fletcher
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Patent number: 6737048Abstract: Structured antiperspirant emulsion formulations for topical application to human skin in a cosmetic method for controlling sweat and body odor generation can suffer from problems of impaired sensory properties and impaired efficacy (sweat reduction), which are ameliorated or overcome in structured antiperspirant emulsions in which (%s by weight of the emulsion) i) the hydrophilic phase comprises 25 to 55%; ii) the hydrophilic phase contains 0 to 15% polyhydric alcohol; iii) the emulsifier comprises an alkyl dimethicone copolyol; iv) the weight ratio of the hydrophilic phase to the emulsifier is selected in the range of at least 60:1 v) the structurant comprises an acylated sugar and vi) the water-immiscible oil and the structurant are present in a weight ratio of 1.5:1 to 8.5:1.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2002Date of Patent: May 18, 2004Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Sven Jorg Willi Max Abend, Jean-Philippe Andre Roger Courtois, Martin Peter Cropper, Neil Robert Fletcher, Lynda Grainger, Angela Mary Murphy
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Publication number: 20030064041Abstract: Structured antiperspirant emulsion formulations for topical application to human skin in a cosmetic method for controlling sweat and body odor generation can suffer from problems of impaired sensory properties and impaired efficacy (sweat reduction), which are ameliorated or overcome in structured antiperspirant emulsions in which (% s by weight of the emulsion)Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2002Publication date: April 3, 2003Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Sven Jorg Willi Max Abend, Jean-Philippe Andre Roger Courtois, Martin Peter Cropper, Neil Robert Fletcher, Lynda Grainger, Angela Mary Murphy
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Patent number: 6261543Abstract: Antiperspirant emulsions which exhibit excellent phase stability even in the presence of an effective concentration of antiperspirant salts in solution and which are thickened are obtainable by dispersing a hydratable polymer and particularly an amphoteric or cationic modified starch in an aqueous emulsion forming a viscous emulsion, often at an elevated temperature, subjecting the emulsion to high shear, thereby reducing the droplet size of the dispersed oil phase, bringing the emulsion to below 40° C. and introducing the antiperspirant, preferably in aqueous solution. The viscous emulsion subjected to high shear mixing desirably has a Sheer Stress of 10 to 500 Pa. The resultant emulsions show good phase stability even when they contain aluminium/ zirconium antiperspirant salts that promote instability and even at elevated storage temperatures such as at 50° C.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 1999Date of Patent: July 17, 2001Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Neil Robert Fletcher, Miyuki Kanda, Howard Allen Ketelson, Graham Andrew Turner
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Patent number: 5939056Abstract: A substantially anhydrous underarm cream composition suitable for topical application to the human skin, comprising an antiperspirant and/or deodorant agent, a carrier, a silica structurant and an alkyl methicone wax having the general formula:(CH.sub.3).sub.3 Si--?O--Si(R)(CH.sub.3)!.sub.x --O--Si(CH.sub.3).sub.3wherein R is a branched or unbranched alkyl group containing from 12 to 26 carbon atoms, the ratio of branched to unbranched alkyl groups is approximately from 1:5 to 1:2 and x ranges from 30 to 150.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 1997Date of Patent: August 17, 1999Assignee: Helene Curtis, Inc.Inventors: Neil Robert Fletcher, Lynda Grainger, Desmond Bernard Hagan, Nina Maria Lewkowicz, Ian Robert McMillan, John Harold Stewart Rennie