Patents by Inventor Simon Richard Biggs
Simon Richard Biggs 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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Publication number: 20220212156Abstract: The present disclosure relates to electroless plating process for preparing microcapsules comprising an ionic shell encapsulating a fluid core. Platinum nanoparticles are used as the catalyst for the electroless plating process and are found in the fluid core. The ionic shell is comprised of inorganic salts, such as salts of alkaline earth metals. In particular electroless plating of calcium phosphate shell on to fluid cores, polymer encapsulated fluid cores and gel cores are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2020Publication date: July 7, 2022Inventors: Alison Louise White, Simon Richard Biggs, Hazel Anne Javier
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Publication number: 20180289597Abstract: According to the present invention, there are provided microcapsules comprising an emulsion droplet encapsulated by a metallic film, wherein the emulsion droplet comprises an emulsifier disposed around a liquid core material. The present invention also provides processes for preparing the microcapsules, as well as formulations comprising the same. The present invention further provides for certain consumer products comprising: an adjunct material; and a plurality of microcapsules, said microcapsules comprising: an emulsion droplet encapsulated by a metallic film, wherein the emulsion droplet comprises an emulsifier disposed around a liquid core material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2016Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Elaine Alice Marie Baxter, Olivier Jean Cayre, Simon Richard Biggs, Kirsty Scott Stark, Alison Louise Tasker, James Paul Hitchcock
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Patent number: 9962321Abstract: Consumer products including compositions that include coated microcapsules, said coated microcapsules including a polymeric shell and a liquid core material encapsulated therein; and a metallic coating surrounding said microcapsules and methods related thereto.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2015Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: Noxell CorporationInventors: Elaine Alice Marie Baxter, Simon Richard Biggs, Olivier Jean Cayre, Zoë Dyter, James Paul Hitchcock, Lynette Anne Makins Holland, Madhuri Jayant Khanolkar, Raul Rodrigo Gomez, Alison Louise Tasker, David William York
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Patent number: 9951293Abstract: Accordingly, there are provided coated microcapsules including: a microcapsule including a polymeric shell and a liquid core material encapsulated therein; and a metallic coating surrounding said microcapsule, wherein the metallic coating comprises particles of a first metal adsorbed on said polymeric shell and a film of a second metal formed thereon; wherein said particles of the first metal are charge-stabilized nanoparticles; processes for preparing the coated microcapsules, as well as formulations related thereto are also included.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2015Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: Noxell CorporationInventors: James Paul Hitchcock, Elaine Alice Marie Baxter, Simon Richard Biggs, Olivier Jean Cayre, Lynette Anne Makins Holland, Alison Louise Tasker
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Patent number: 9951294Abstract: Accordingly, there are provided coated microcapsules including: a microcapsule including a polymeric shell and a liquid core material encapsulated therein; and a metallic coating surrounding said microcapsule, wherein the metallic coating includes particles of a first metal adsorbed on said polymeric shell and a film of a second metal formed thereon; wherein the particles of the first metal are sterically-stabilized nanoparticles; processes for preparing the coated microcapsules, as well as formulations related thereto are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2015Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: Noxell CorporationInventors: James Paul Hitchcock, Elaine Alice Marie Baxter, Simon Richard Biggs, Olivier Jean Cayre, Lynette Anne Makins Holland, Alison Louise Tasker
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Patent number: 9944886Abstract: Accordingly, there are provided coated microcapsules including a microcapsule, said microcapsules including a polymeric shell and a liquid core material encapsulated therein; and a metallic coating surrounding said microcapsules; wherein the metallic coating includes particles of a first metal adsorbed on said polymeric shell and a film of a second metal formed thereon; and wherein the metallic coating has a maximum thickness of 1000 nm; and methods and formulations related thereto.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2015Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: Noxell CorporationInventors: James Paul Hitchcock, Elaine Alice Marie Baxter, Simon Richard Biggs, Olivier Jean Cayre, Zoë Dyter, Lynette Anne Makins Holland, Madhuri Jayant Khanolkar, Raul Rodrigo Gomez, Alison Louise Tasker, David William York
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Patent number: 9944887Abstract: Accordingly, there are provided coated microcapsules including: a microcapsule including a polymeric shell and a liquid core material encapsulated therein; and a metallic coating surrounding said microcapsule, wherein the metallic coating includes particles of a first metal adsorbed on said polymeric shell and a film of a second metal formed thereon; wherein the particles of the first metal are adsorbed on said polymeric shell by contacting the polymeric shell with a reducing agent and a solution comprising ions of the first metal, thereby reducing said ions and forming particles of the first metal adsorbed on said polymeric shell; method and formulations related thereto are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2015Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: Noxell CorporationInventors: Alison Louise Tasker, Elaine Alice Marie Baxter, Simon Richard Biggs, Olivier Jean Cayre, James Paul Hitchcock
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Publication number: 20160184196Abstract: Consumer products including compositions that include coated microcapsules, said coated microcapsules including a polymeric shell and a liquid core material encapsulated therein; and a metallic coating surrounding said microcapsules and methods related thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2015Publication date: June 30, 2016Inventors: Elaine Alice Marie BAXTER, Simon Richard BIGGS, Olivier Jean CAYRE, Zoë DYTER, James Paul HITCHCOCK, Lynette Anne Makins HOLLAND, Madhuri Jayant KHANOLKAR, Raul RODRIGO GOMEZ, Alison Louise TASKER, David William YORK
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Publication number: 20160177221Abstract: Accordingly, there are provided coated microcapsules including a microcapsule, said microcapsules including a polymeric shell and a liquid core material encapsulated therein; and a metallic coating surrounding said microcapsules; wherein the metallic coating includes particles of a first metal adsorbed on said polymeric shell and a film of a second metal formed thereon; and wherein the metallic coating has a maximum thickness of 1000 nm; and methods and formulations related thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2015Publication date: June 23, 2016Inventors: James Paul HITCHCOCK, Elaine Alice Marie BAXTER, Simon Richard BIGGS, Olivier Jean CAYRE, Zoë DYTER, Lynette Anne Makins HOLLAND, Madhuri Jayant KHANOLKAR, Raul RODRIGO GOMEZ, Alison Louise TASKER, David William YORK
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Publication number: 20160168511Abstract: Accordingly, there are provided coated microcapsules including: a microcapsule including a polymeric shell and a liquid core material encapsulated therein; and a metallic coating surrounding said microcapsule, wherein the metallic coating includes particles of a first metal adsorbed on said polymeric shell and a film of a second metal formed thereon; wherein the particles of the first metal are sterically-stabilised nanoparticles; processes for preparing the coated microcapsules, as well as formulations related thereto are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2015Publication date: June 16, 2016Inventors: James Paul HITCHCOCK, Elaine Alice Marie BAXTER, Simon Richard BIGGS, Olivier Jean CAYRE, Lynette Anne Makins HOLLAND, Alison Louise TASKER
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Publication number: 20160168510Abstract: Accordingly, there are provided coated microcapsules including: a microcapsule including a polymeric shell and a liquid core material encapsulated therein; and a metallic coating surrounding said microcapsule, wherein the metallic coating includes particles of a first metal adsorbed on said polymeric shell and a film of a second metal formed thereon; wherein the particles of the first metal are adsorbed on said polymeric shell by contacting the polymeric shell with a reducing agent and a solution comprising ions of the first metal, thereby reducing said ions and forming particles of the first metal adsorbed on said polymeric shell; method and formulations related thereto are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2015Publication date: June 16, 2016Inventors: Alison Louise TASKER, Elaine Alice Marie BAXTER, Simon Richard BIGGS, Olivier Jean CAYRE, James Paul HITCHCOCK
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Publication number: 20160168509Abstract: Accordingly, there are provided coated microcapsules including: a microcapsule including a polymeric shell and a liquid core material encapsulated therein; and a metallic coating surrounding said microcapsule, wherein the metallic coating comprises particles of a first metal adsorbed on said polymeric shell and a film of a second metal formed thereon; wherein said particles of the first metal are charge-stabilised nanoparticles; processes for preparing the coated microcapsules, as well as formulations related thereto are also included.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2015Publication date: June 16, 2016Inventors: James Paul HITCHCOCK, Elaine Alice Marie BAXTER, Simon Richard BIGGS, Olivier Jean CAYRE, Lynette Anne Makins HOLLAND, Alison Louise TASKER
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Patent number: 9174860Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for the separation of materials from heterogeneous fluids and provides a means of effecting stimulant-sensitive flocculation and consolidation of solid suspensions within a liquid medium. Specifically, the present invention provides a method of controlling the state of a suspension of solid particles in a liquid, including applying to the suspension a stimulus adapted to control inter-particle forces between the solid particles. The stimulus is reversibly operable to control attraction and/or repulsion. Means of consolidating a sediment bed and of separating the resultant liquids-rich and solids-rich phases are also within the ambit of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2011Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: Newcastle Innovation LimitedInventors: George V. Franks, Graeme John Jameson, Yao-de Yan, Simon Richard Biggs
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Publication number: 20140249031Abstract: The present invention relates to crystalline particles [particularly organic particles or agrochemical particles] coated with micelles of copolymers, to compositions comprising such particles, to a process for preparing the coated particles and to uses of the particles and the compositions [for example to produce surface coatings with high loadings of copolymer and uses of products derived therefrom].Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2012Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicant: SYNGENTA LIMITEDInventors: Patrick Joseph Mulqueen, Niall Rae Thomson, Simon Richard Biggs, Nelly Chagneux, Mathieu Edmond Rene Dubois, Prodip Sarker, Shane Scanlon
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Publication number: 20140206534Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for coating a surface with micelles which comprise an AB block copolymer comprising the step of treating the surface with an apolar liquid containing the micelles; and to surfaces coated with such micelles.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2012Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: SYNGENTA LIMITEDInventors: Patrick Joseph Mulqueen, Niall Rae Thomson, Simon Richard Biggs, Nelly Chagneux, Mathieu Edmond Rene Dubois, Prodip Sarker, Shane Scanlon
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Patent number: 8486274Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for the separation of materials from heterogeneous fluids and provides a means of effecting stimulant-sensitive flocculation and consolidation of solid suspensions within a liquid medium. Specifically, the present invention provides a method of controlling the state of a suspension of solid particles in a liquid, including applying to the suspension a stimulus adapted to control inter-particle forces between the solid particles. The stimulus is reversibly operable to control attraction and/or repulsion. Means of consolidating a sediment bed and of separating the resultant liquids-rich and solids-rich phases are also within the ambit of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2004Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: Newcastle Innovation LimitedInventors: George V. Franks, Graeme John Jameson, Yao-de Yan, Simon Richard Biggs
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Publication number: 20120160776Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for the separation of materials from heterogeneous fluids and provides a means of effecting stimulant-sensitive flocculation and consolidation of solid suspensions within a liquid medium. Specifically, the present invention provides a method of controlling the state of a suspension of solid particles in a liquid, including applying to the suspension a stimulus adapted to control inter-particle forces between the solid particles. The stimulus is reversibly operable to control attraction and/or repulsion. Means of consolidating a sediment bed and of separating the resultant liquids-rich and solids-rich phases are also within the ambit of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2011Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: The University of Newcastle Research Associates LimitedInventors: George V. Franks, Graeme John Jameson, Yao-de Yan, Simon Richard Biggs
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Publication number: 20080190860Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for the separation of materials from heterogeneous fluids and provides a means of effecting stimulant-sensitive flocculation and consolidation of solid suspensions within a liquid medium. Specifically, the present invention provides a method of controlling the state of a suspension of solid particles in a liquid, including applying to the suspension a stimulus adapted to control inter-particle forces between the solid particles. The stimulus is reversibly operable to control attraction and/or repulsion. Means of consolidating a sediment bed and of separating the resultant liquids-rich and solids-rich phases are also within the ambit of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2004Publication date: August 14, 2008Applicant: University of Newcastle Research Associates LimitedInventors: George V. Franks, Graeme John Jameson, Yao-de Yan, Simon Richard Biggs