Nicholas J O'Leary

US Patent:

8474732, Jul 2, 2013

Filed:

Aug 27, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/845566

Inventors:

Nicholas O'Leary - Pennington NJ, US
Florin Joseph Vlad - Annandale NJ, US

Assignee:

Firmenich SA - Geneva

International Classification:

A24F 25/00
A61L 9/04
A61K 8/00
A61K 8/18
A61Q 13/00

US Classification:

239 44, 239 54, 512 1, 512 3

Abstract:

The present invention relates to air freshener devices that have water-based liquid compositions, preferably clear liquids, for providing an improved rate of emanation of perfume ingredients from the air freshener emanating surface and allowing the use of fragrance materials with a wide range of characteristics, namely a wide range of clogP values. The air fresheners contain liquid perfume compositions which include:.

US Patent:

20070173423, Jul 26, 2007

Filed:

Dec 19, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/612660

Inventors:

Robert Vermeer - Columbus NJ, US
Elliot Scherr - Plainsboro NJ, US
Robert Fuller - Asbury NJ, US
Earle Ellis - Yorktown VA, US
Munirhusein Adat - Plainsboro NJ, US
Nicholas O'Leary - Pennington NJ, US
Sandra Barvaux - London, GB

International Classification:

C11D 3/50

US Classification:

510101000, 510302000

Abstract:

The invention relates to an improvement in a process for delivering a fabric refreshening active to a fabric. This improvement includes delivering the active to the fabric in a conventional clothes dryer such that the heat and tumbling action provided by the dryer delivers the active to the fabric while damp to thus provide refreshing properties to the fabric. The invention also relates to a product for delivering the active as noted. The active is generally applied to the fabric at a temperature in the range of 125 to 145 F., and comprises hydrogen peroxide. The refreshening active may include a fragrancing agent so that the fabric is fragranced as the refreshening agent is applied. Preferably, the refreshening active is initially placed in a container that is placed in the dryer, wherein the container does not release the agent until a desired temperature is reached.

US Patent:

20090202446, Aug 13, 2009

Filed:

Apr 19, 2007

Appl. No.:

12/299098

Inventors:

Florin Joseph Vlad - Annandale NJ, US
Nicholas O'Leary - Pennington NJ, US

International Classification:

A61K 9/12

US Classification:

424 45

Abstract:

The present invention relates to air freshener devices of water-based liquid compositions, preferably clear liquids, that provide an improved diffusion of the composition and allow the use of fragrance materials with a wide range of characteristics, namely a wide range of clogP values. The compositions are clear microemulsions particularly adapted for use in automatic air fresheners and comprise at least 40% w/w of an aqueous phase, preferably water, an active oil in an amount of between 0.01 and 5% w/w, an oil-solubilizing system which is formed of a surfactant mixture of ionic and non-ionic surfactants, a solubilizing-aid ingredient in an amount of up to 5% w/w, and a propellant system in an amount of up to 40% w/w, wherein the perfume oil to total surfactant mixture is present at a weight ratio of between 0.2 and 4.5.

US Patent:

20100028288, Feb 4, 2010

Filed:

Aug 24, 2007

Appl. No.:

12/438713

Inventors:

Lyse Tranzeat - West Drayton, GB
Nicholas O'Leary - Pennington NJ, US
Wessel-Jan Kos - Beaconsfield, GB

Assignee:

FIRMENICH SA - Geneva 8

International Classification:

A61L 9/01
C11D 3/50
C11D 9/44
A61K 8/33
A61K 8/49
A61Q 13/00

US Classification:

424 762, 510103, 510106, 512 24, 512 22, 512 11, 512 13, 512 6

Abstract:

The invention relates to a malodor counteractancy or counteracting (MOC) method that resorts to the use of specific malodor counteracting (MOC) mixtures of fragrance ingredients. More particularly, the invention relates to new MOC compositions capable of neutralizing or masking in an efficient manner malodors of a large variety of such as body or animal malodors, kitchen malodors, toilet and bathroom malodors, and tobacco malodor. The novel MOC compositions of the invention contain at least one nitrile material in combination with another fragrance material and can be used in any finished consumer products such as air fresheners, kitchen or toilet/bathroom cleaning or freshening products, textile treatment products and products for application on the human skin or hair, or on animal fur, litter containers or cages.

US Patent:

20110290908, Dec 1, 2011

Filed:

Dec 14, 2009

Appl. No.:

13/139571

Inventors:

Lyse Tranzeat - West Drayton, GB
Guy Edmund Robinson - London, GB
Nicholas O'Leary - Pennington NJ, US

International Classification:

A61L 9/04

US Classification:

239 44

Abstract:

The present invention relates to the field of perfumery and more precisely it concerns a device, and the consumer articles associated therewith, for dispensing an active composition into the surrounding space. The device includes an assembly containing a reservoir holding the active liquid to be diffused into the surroundings and a wick-/emitting member structure composed of a wick member and an emitting/diffusion member, the latter having an evaporative surface to be directly exposed to the surrounding space when the device is activated, the assembly being housed in a casing or carried by a supporting frame, the device further including a pivoting member fixed on the casing or on the supporting frame to allow a swinging motion of the assembly and thus forced evaporation of the active volatile whenever desired.

US Patent:

20120219520, Aug 30, 2012

Filed:

Dec 2, 2010

Appl. No.:

13/510154

Inventors:

Gerald Allison - East Windsor NJ, US
Nicholas O'Leary - Pennington NJ, US

Assignee:

FIRMENICH SA - Geneva 8

International Classification:

A61L 9/012

US Classification:

424 764, 512 4

Abstract:

The present invention relates to the field of perfumery. It relates more particularly to a gel device which allows for an effective and prolonged evaporation of an active volatile ingredient. The gel device of the present invention includes an active volatile ingredient and a gelling agent of dibutyl lauroyl glutamide and dibutyl ethylhexanoyl glutamide.

US Patent:

20130164239, Jun 27, 2013

Filed:

Feb 22, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/774288

Inventors:

FIRMENICH SA - Geneva, CH
Nicholas O'Leary - Pennington NJ, US
Wessel-Jan Kos - Beaconsfield, GB

Assignee:

FIRMENICH SA - Geneva

International Classification:

A61L 9/01
A61K 8/40
C11B 9/00
A61Q 15/00
C11D 3/50
C11D 3/00
A61K 8/49
A61K 8/35

US Classification:

424 65, 424 761

Abstract:

The invention relates to a malodor counteractancy method that resorts to the use of specific malodor counteracting mixtures of fragrance ingredients. More particularly, the invention relates to method of use of new compositions capable of neutralizing or masking in an efficient manner malodors of a large variety of such as body or animal malodors, kitchen malodors, toilet and bathroom malodors, and tobacco malodor. The novel compositions of the invention contain at least one nitrile material in combination with another fragrance material and can be used in any finished consumer products such as air fresheners, kitchen or toilet/bathroom cleaning or freshening products, textile treatment products and products for application on the human skin or hair, or on animal fur, litter containers or cages.

US Patent:

20130287721, Oct 31, 2013

Filed:

Dec 20, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/997732

Inventors:

Jeannine Delwiche - Newtown PA, US
Nicholas O'Leary - Pennington NJ, US
Anthony Reichert - Somerset NJ, US

Assignee:

Firmenich SA - Geneva 8

International Classification:

A61L 9/01

US Classification:

424 761

Abstract:

The present invention relates to a method for counteracting ammonia malodor comprising indentifying PRMs capable of elevating the lateralization threshold of ammonia and using such ingredients in a perfume applied to surfaces or spaces exposed to ammonia or to consumer product bases comprising ammonia.