Patents by Inventor Stephen M. O'Connor

Stephen M. O'Connor 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).

  • Personal product bar compositions comprising crystalline wax structured premix or delivery vehicle
    Patent number: 8168682
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising a structured benefit agent pre-mix or delivery vehicle comprising benefit agent structured with crystalline materials, as defined, which when separately prepared and combined after preparation, provides enhanced delivery of benefit agent from a personal product bar carrying composition into which the premix is added. The use of structured benefit agent also enhances delivery of separate benefit agents in the premix (which may or may not be structured) and of separate benefit agents added separately from the premix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen M. O'Connor, Birnur Aral, John Richard Nicholson, Quynh Pham, John R. Glynn, Jr., Alexander Lips
  • Personal product compositions comprising structured benefit agent premix or delivery vehicle and providing enhanced effect of optical modifier separate from structured benefit agent
    Patent number: 8092787
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising a structured benefit agent pre-mix or delivery vehicle comprising benefit agent structured with crystalline materials, as defined, which when separately prepared and combined after preparation, provides enhanced delivery of optical modifier carried on, trapped within or in the presence of the structured benefit agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaodong Zhang, John R. Glynn, Jr., Stephen M. O'Connor, Pravin Shah
  • Nonbar personal product compositions comprising crystalline wax structured benefit agent premix or delivery vehicle
    Patent number: 7875582
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising a structured benefit agent pre-mix or delivery vehicle comprising benefit agent structured with crystalline materials, as defined, which, when separately prepared and combined after preparation, provides enhanced delivery of benefit agent from a carrying composition into which the premix is added. The use of structured benefit agent also enhances delivery of separate benefit agents in the premix (which may or may not be structured) and of separate benefit agents added separately from the premix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Quynh Pham, Stephen M. O'Connor, John R. Glynn, Jr., Alexander Lips
  • Personal product compositions comprising structured benefit agent premix or delivery vehicle
    Patent number: 7776346
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising a structured benefit agent pre-mix or delivery vehicle comprising benefit agent structured with crystalline materials, as defined, which when separately prepared and combined after preparation, provides enhanced delivery of benefit agent to a carrying composition into which the premix is added.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen M. O'Connor, Michael Joseph Fair, John Richard Nicholson, Bozena Marianna Piatek, David John Lang, Gregory McFann, Birnur Aral
  • Personal product compositions comprising structured benefit agent premix or delivery vehicle and providing enhanced effect of hydrophobic material separate from the structured benefit agent
    Patent number: 7776347
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a structured premix or “delivery vehicle” composition designed as a carrier to enhance the benefit (e.g., via enhanced deposition or other mechanism) of a separate hydrophobic benefit agent(s) (for example, perfumes, skin lightening agents, etc.), from personal product compositions (e.g., liquid and bar cleansers, creams, emulsions, hair composition, deodorant etc.). When the structured benefit agent composition is separately prepared and combined with the personal product composition (preferably while structured, premix composition is still in molten or liquid state), the personal product composition with structured benefit agent carrier provides enhanced deposition of the structured benefit agent and enhanced effect of the separate hydrophobic benefit agent(s) in or on the carrier or in the presence of structured benefit agent carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Judith Lynne Kerschner, Stephen M. O'Connor
  • Personal product compositions comprising structured benefit agent premix or delivery vehicle and providing enhanced deposition of hydrophilic benefit agent
    Patent number: 7560125
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising a structured benefit agent pre-mix or delivery vehicle comprising benefit agent structured with crystalline materials, as defined, which when separately prepared and combined after preparation, provides enhanced deposition of hydrophilic benefit agents carried on, trapped within or in the presence of the structured benefit agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Kavssery Parameswaran Ananthapadmanabhan, John Richard Nicholson, John R. Glynn, Jr., Stephen M. O'Connor, Deborah Sue Rick, Martin Vethamuthu, Alexander Lips, Gail Beth Rattinger, Quynh Pham
  • Personal product compositions comprising structured benefit agent premix or delivery vehicle
    Publication number: 20040234558
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising a structured benefit agent pre-mix or delivery vehicle comprising benefit agent structured with crystalline materials, as defined, which when separately prepared and combined after preparation, provides enhanced delivery of benefit agent to a carrying composition into which the premix is added.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen M. O'Connor, Michael Joseph Fair, John Richard Nicholson, Bozena Marianna Piatek, David John Lang, Gregory McFann, Birnur Aral
  • Nonbar personal product compositions comprising crystalline wax structured benefit agent premix or delivery vehicle
    Publication number: 20040235691
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising a structured benefit agent pre-mix or delivery vehicle comprising benefit agent structured with crystalline materials, as defined, which, when separately prepared and combined after preparation, provides enhanced delivery of benefit agent from a carrying composition into which the premix is added. The use of structured benefit agent also enhances delivery of separate benefit agents in the premix (which may or may not be structured) and of separate benefit agents added separately from the premix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Quynh Pham, Stephen M. O'Connor, John R. Glynn, Alexander Lips
  • Personal product compositions comprising structured benefit agent premix or delivery vehicle and providing enhanced effect of hydrophobic material separate from the structured benefit agent
    Publication number: 20040234468
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a structured premix or “delivery vehicle” composition designed as a carrier to enhance the benefit (e.g., via enhanced deposition or other mechanism) of a separate hydrophobic benefit agent(s) (for example, perfumes, skin lightening agents, etc.), from personal product compositions (e.g., liquid and bar cleansers, creams, emulsions, hair composition, deodorant etc.). When the structured benefit agent composition is separately prepared and combined with the personal product composition (preferably while structured, premix composition is still in molten or liquid state), the personal product composition with structured benefit agent carrier provides enhanced deposition of the structured benefit agent and enhanced effect of the separate hydrophobic benefit agent(s) in or on the carrier or in the presence of structured benefit agent carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Judith Lynne Kerschner, Stephen M. O'Connor
  • Personal product compositions comprising structured benefit agent premix or delivery vehicle and providing enhanced effect of optical modifier separate from structured benefit agent
    Publication number: 20040234470
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising a structured benefit agent pre-mix or delivery vehicle comprising benefit agent structured with crystalline materials, as defined, which when separately prepared and combined after preparation, provides enhanced delivery of optical modifier carried on, trapped within or in the presence of the structured benefit agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaodong Zhang, John R. Glynn, Stephen M. O'Connor, Pravin Shah
  • Personal product compositions comprising structured benefit agent premix or delivery vehicle and providing enhanced deposition of hydrophilic benefit agent
    Publication number: 20040234467
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising a structured benefit agent pre-mix or delivery vehicle comprising benefit agent structured with crystalline materials, as defined, which when separately prepared and combined after preparation, provides enhanced deposition of hydrophilic benefit agents carried on, trapped within or in the presence of the structured benefit agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Kavssery Parameswaran Ananthapadmanabhan, John Richard Nicholson, John R. Glynn, Stephen M. O'Connor, Deborah Sue Rick, Martin Vethamuthu, Alexander Lips, Gail Beth Rattinger, Quynh Pham
  • Personal product bar compositions comprising crystalline wax structured premix or delivery vehicle
    Publication number: 20040234469
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising a structured benefit agent pre-mix or delivery vehicle comprising benefit agent structured with crystalline materials, as defined, which when separately prepared and combined after preparation, provides enhanced delivery of benefit agent from a personal product bar carrying composition into which the premix is added. The use of structured benefit agent also enhances delivery of separate benefit agents in the premix (which may or may not be structured) and of separate benefit agents added separately from the premix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen M. O'Connor, Birnur Aral, John Richard Nicholson, Quynh Pham, John R. Glynn, Alexander Lips