Patents by Inventor Pieter Broer van der Weg

Pieter Broer van der Weg 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).

  • Publication number: 20220061351
    Abstract: The invention provides a water-in-oil emulsion for the preparation of a frozen confection, the emulsion comprising a weight ratio of water phase to oil phase of from 94:6 to 70:30 wherein: the oil phase comprises at least an edible oil and an emulsifier, the emulsifier having an average HLB of from 0.1 to 5; the water phase comprises at least water and one or more freezing point depressors; the emulsion comprises at least (W×A) wt % emulsifier by weight of the emulsion where: W is the proportion of the water phase in the emulsion expressed as the weight percentage of the total emulsion; and A is 0.0001; the emulsion comprises at most (O×0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Bastiaan DOMBURG, Robert Dick GROOT, David Matthew LLOYD, Thomas James MILES, Alois Konrad POPP, Rafaella SAMMOUTI, Harmannus TAMMES, Pieter Broer van der WEG
  • Patent number: 10667543
    Abstract: The present invention is in the field of frozen compositions. In particular, the invention relates to frozen compositions of the water ice type. The invention provides frozen confections comprising water, a freezing point depressant and defibrillated primary cell wall material comprising microfibrils. The invention also relates to a method for preparing a frozen confection comprising water, a freezing point depressant and defibrillated primary cell wall material comprising microfibrils, wherein the method includes a high shear treatment step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Stanley Farr, Gerrit Jan Willem Goudappel, Henk Husken, Daniel Anthony Jarvis, Anke Kuijk, Sandra Joyce Veen, Krassimir Petkov Velikov, Pieter Broer van der Weg
  • Publication number: 20170360063
    Abstract: The present invention is in the field of frozen compositions. In particular, the invention relates to frozen compositions of the water ice type. The invention provides frozen confections comprising water, a freezing point depressant and defibrillated primary cell wall material comprising microfibrils. The invention also relates to a method for preparing a frozen confection comprising water, a freezing point depressant and defibrillated primary cell wall material comprising microfibrils, wherein the method includes a high shear treatment step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Robert Stanley FARR, Gerrit Jan Willem GOUDAPPEL, Henk HUSKEN, Daniel Anthony JARVIS, Anke KUIJK, Sandra Joyce VEEN, Krassimir Petkov VELIKOV, Pieter Broer van der WEG
  • Patent number: 7479165
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of washing a laundry fabric in a wash liquor in a washing machine, the wash liquor containing surfactant material, wherein during a single wash cycle no more than 10% by weight of the wash liquor is drained from the washing machine, wherein the concentration of the surfactant material in the wash liquor is substantially constant during the wash cycle, and wherein the method comprises the step of changing the ionic strength of the wash liquor by addition of one or more ionic ingredients thereto during the wash cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Johan Birker, Philippus Cornelis Van Der Hoeven, Cornelis Gerhard Van Kralingen, Pieter Broer Van Der Weg
  • Patent number: 7476258
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of washing a laundry fabric in a wash liquor in a washing machine, wherein during a single wash cycle no more than 10% by weight of the wash liquor is drained from the washing machine, wherein the method comprises the step of varying the ionic strength of the wash liquor over at least 10% of the duration of the wash cycle by addition of one or more ionic ingredients to the wash liquor, and wherein the lowest ionic strength of the wash liquor is from 0.001 to 0.06 M and the highest ionic strength of the wash liquor is from 0.01 to 0.5 M.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Johan Birker, Philippus Comelis Van Der Hoeven, Cornelis Gerhard Van Kralingen, Pieter Broer Van Der Weg
  • Patent number: 6936577
    Abstract: A particulate laundry detergent composition which comprises a detergent base powder comprising surfactant and builder and, as separate particulate components: (a) an alkali metal carbonate salt selected from carbonate, bicarbonate, sesquicarbonate and combinations thereof; and (b) a water-soluble organic acid which, when reacted with (a) in the presence of water, generates carbon dioxide gas; wherein the alkali metal carbonate salt, when taken separately, has a 90% dissolution time of less than 15 seconds, preferably less than 10 seconds, more preferably less than 7 seconds; and the water-soluble organic acid has a d50 particle size which is in the range of from 150 to 1500 microns. The alkali metal carbonate salt preferably has an average bulk density of at most 1000 g/l, preferably at most 800 g/l, more preferably at most 600 g/l. The alkali metal carbonate salt preferably has a d50 particle size of at most 250 microns, preferably from 1 to 200 microns, more preferably from 10 to 150 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Unilever Home Products and Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Prasanna Rao Dontula, Alyn James Parry, Catherine Maria Powell, Karen Robinson, Wiebe Schokker, Gilbert Martin Verschelling, Pieter Broer van der Weg
  • Publication number: 20030130156
    Abstract: A particulate laundry detergent composition which comprises, as separate particulate components:
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Prasanna Rao Dontula, Alyn James Parry, Catherine Maria Powell, Karen Robinson, Wiebe Schokker, Gilbert Martin Verschelling, Pieter Broer van der Weg
  • Publication number: 20030130157
    Abstract: A particulate laundry detergent composition which comprises a detergent base powder comprising surfactant and builder and, as separate particulate components:
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Prasanna Rao Dontula, Alyn James Parry, Catherine Maria Powell, Karen Robinson, Wiebe Schokker, Gilbert Martin Verschelling, Pieter Broer van der Weg
  • Publication number: 20030114347
    Abstract: A particulate laundry detergent composition which comprises, as separate particulate components:
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2002
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Prasanna Rao Dontula, Alyn James Parry, Catherine Maria Powell, Karen Robinson, Wiebe Schokker, Gilbert Martin Verschelling, Pieter Broer van der Weg
  • Publication number: 20030114332
    Abstract: A unit dose detergent product comprising a liquid detergent composition contained in a pouch formed of a water soluble polymer film, at least one solid member being immersed in said composition, the rate of dissolution of the solid member in the composition at a storage temperature being greater than the rate of dissolution of the polymer film in the composition at the storage temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Sachindew Manodjkoemar Ramcharan, Zaida M. Salazar, Pieter Broer Van Der Weg