Patents by Inventor Richard Pointon

Richard Pointon 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).

  • Patent number: 11872296
    Abstract: A preservation system comprising: i. itaconic acid or salt thereof and ii. an aromatic alcohol selected from the group consisting of ethylvanillin, eugenol, thymol, P-hydroxybenzaldehyde, 4n butyl phenol, P-hydroxyacetophenone, vanillin, salicylic acid or salt thereof, o-cymen-5-ol, carvacrol and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: CONOPCO, INC.
    Inventors: Stuart Campbell-Lee, Rupak Mitra, Thomas Richard Pointon, Ian Peter Stott
  • Patent number: 11684557
    Abstract: An antimicrobial preservation system comprising: i. itaconic acid or salt thereof and ii. benzoic acid or salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: CONOPCO, INC.
    Inventors: Stuart Campbell-Lee, Rupak Mitra, Thomas Richard Pointon, Ian Peter Stott
  • Patent number: 11642294
    Abstract: An antimicrobial preservation system comprising: i. itaconic acid or salt thereof and ii. benzoic acid or salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: CONOPCO, INC.
    Inventors: Stuart Campbell-Lee, Rupak Mitra, Thomas Richard Pointon, Ian Peter Stott
  • Publication number: 20220370318
    Abstract: i) an alkali metal salt of an aldonic acid; ii) 0.1 to 5 wt %, citric acid by weight of the total composition; and iii) a surfactant; wherein the composition has a pH of from 3 to 5, provides repair to damaged internal protein of hair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Colin Christopher David Giles, Thomas Richard Pointon, Benjamin Jesukumar RAJAPANDIAN, Glyn ROBERTS, Rongrong ZHOU
  • Patent number: 11490618
    Abstract: A preservation system comprising: i) itaconic acid or salt thereof and ii) a secondary preservation chemical selected from the list consisting of terpineol, geraniol, perillyl alcohol, menthol, terpinene, linalool, citronellol and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart Campbell-Lee, Rupak Mitra, Thomas Richard Pointon, Ian Peter Stott
  • Publication number: 20220226219
    Abstract: A personal care composition comprising a cleansing phase comprising one or more cleansing surfactants comprising: i. a piroctone compound; ii. sodium benzoate; iii. a fragrance comprising a fragrance component selected from benzyl acetate, hexyl acetate, phenethyl alcohol, ethyl butyrate, eucalyptol, limonene, undecalactone, eugenol and mixtures thereof, in which the ratio of piroctone to sodium benzoate to the defined fragrance components iii) is from 1:1:1 to 1:130:130.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Stuart Campbell-Lee, Thomas Richard Pointon
  • Publication number: 20220033734
    Abstract: A fabric conditioner composition comprising: a. fabric softening active; b. a short chain (C1 to C6), unsaturated, organic acid or salt thereof having at least two carboxyl groups; and c. perfume composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Nigel Peter BIRD, Thomas Richard POINTON
  • Publication number: 20210348086
    Abstract: Laundry liquid composition comprising itaconic acid or a salt thereof. The invention further relates to a method of preserving a laundry liquid composition using itaconic acid or salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: Conopco Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: William James Greenwood, Thomas Richard Pointon, Matthew Rhys Thomas
  • Publication number: 20210307324
    Abstract: A preservation system comprising: i) itaconic acid or salt thereof and ii) a secondary preservation chemical selected from the list consisting of terpineol, geraniol, perillyl alcohol, menthol, terpinene, linalool, citronellol and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Stuart CAMPBELL-LEE, Rupak MITRA, Thomas Richard POINTON, Ian Peter STOTT
  • Publication number: 20210251863
    Abstract: An antimicrobial preservation system comprising: i. itaconic acid or salt thereof and ii. benzoic acid or salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Stuart CAMPBELL-LEE, Rupak MITRA, Thomas Richard POINTON, Ian Peter STOTT
  • Publication number: 20210205195
    Abstract: A composition comprising itaconic acid or salt thereof and a cationic surfactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Stuart CAMPBELL-LEE, Thomas Richard POINTON
  • Publication number: 20210205194
    Abstract: A preservation system comprising: i. itaconic acid or salt thereof and ii. an aromatic alcohol selected from the group consisting of ethylvanillin, eugenol, thymol, P-hydroxybenzaldehyde, 4n butyl phenol, P-hydroxyacetophenone, vanillin, salicylic acid or salt thereof, o-cymen-5-ol, carvacrol and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Stuart CAMPBELL-LEE, Rupak MITRA, Thomas Richard POINTON, Ian Peter STOTT
  • Publication number: 20210205196
    Abstract: A composition comprising itaconic acid, a surfactant selected from anionic, nonionic, zwitterionic or amphoteric surfactants or mixtures thereof and at least 75 wt % water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Stuart CAMPBELL-LEE, Thomas Richard Pointon
  • Patent number: 9542235
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a non-transitory processor-readable medium stores code representing instructions that when executed cause a processor to obtain a first mutual exclusion object. The first mutual exclusion object can be a write mutual exclusion object associated with a shared resource. The code can further represent instructions that when executed cause the processor to obtain a second mutual exclusion object associated with an object manager module and define a read event object with a name conforming to a predetermined format. The code can further represent instructions that when executed cause the processor to release the second mutual exclusion object, release the first mutual exclusion object, read at least a portion of the shared resource, obtain the second mutual exclusion object, destroy the read event object and release the second mutual exclusion object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: AppSense, Limited
    Inventors: Richard Pointon, Richard James Somerfield
  • Patent number: 9202020
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for encrypting electronic files during a transfer to a low-security storage location is provided. In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving a file copy request for a file stored on a source storage system to be copied to a destination storage system; determining a desired file security level of the file based on a desired security level for the file when the file is accessed; determining a destination security level of the destination storage system; comparing the file security level and the destination security level; encrypting the file to create an encrypted file when the destination security level is less than the file security level prior to copying the file; and copying at least one of the file and the encrypted file to the destination storage system as a function of the comparison of the file security level and the destination security level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: AppSense Limited
    Inventors: Paul K. Branton, Anthony T. Davis, Richard Pointon, Richard J. Somerfield
  • Publication number: 20140149499
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for described for providing remote request fulfillment and delivery. A computerized method of sharing and distributing data among computing devices includes receiving at a server a request from a first computing device, wherein the request targets a second computing device and contains information about a data object, retrieving, using the server, at least a portion of the data object from a source of the data object, determining, using the server, attributes of the second computing device, adapting at least a portion of the data object according to the attributes of the second computing device, and notifying the second computing device of an availability of the data object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: APPSENSE LIMITED
    Inventors: Richard POINTON, Richard James SOMERFIELD, James TUPPER
  • Publication number: 20140059344
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for encrypting electronic files during a transfer to a low-security storage location is provided. In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving a file copy request for a file stored on a source storage system to be copied to a destination storage system; determining a desired file security level of the file based on a desired security level for the file when the file is accessed; determining a destination security level of the destination storage system; comparing the file security level and the destination security level; encrypting the file to create an encrypted file when the destination security level is less than the file security level prior to copying the file; and copying at least one of the file and the encrypted file to the destination storage system as a function of the comparison of the file security level and the destination security level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: AppSense Limited
    Inventors: Paul K. BRANTON, Anthony T. DAVIS, Richard POINTON, Richard J. SOMERFIELD
  • Publication number: 20130212133
    Abstract: A computer system comprising a plurality of managed applications, a plurality of virtual application stores for storing data for respective managed applications, a metadata store and a composer engine configured to receive entity write requests from a managed application and to store metadata to identify the application store of the most recently updated application store for the entity, to receive entity read requests from another managed application and to look up in the metadata store the application store most recently updated for the requested entity and to return the entity from the application store; whereby the composer engine is configured to consolidate multiple virtual stores into a single composite virtual store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: AppSense Limited
    Inventors: Richard POINTON, Richard James Somerfield
  • Publication number: 20120151110
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a non-transitory processor-readable medium stores code representing instructions that when executed cause a processor to obtain a first mutual exclusion object. The first mutual exclusion object can be a write mutual exclusion object associated with a shared resource. The code can further represent instructions that when executed cause the processor to obtain a second mutual exclusion object associated with an object manager module and define a read event object with a name conforming to a predetermined format. The code can further represent instructions that when executed cause the processor to release the second mutual exclusion object, release the first mutual exclusion object, read at least a portion of the shared resource, obtain the second mutual exclusion object, destroy the read event object and release the second mutual exclusion object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventors: Richard Pointon, Richard James Somerfield
  • Patent number: 7890642
    Abstract: A remote site filtering and monitoring system and method is described in which the Internet accesses of a remote device are monitored and categorized by a remote server in real-time. The system also provides for offline access logging and subsequent uploading, adjustable filtering sensitivities and particular HTTP port filtering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Websense UK Limited
    Inventors: Kevin Brian Jones, Richard Pointon