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Perfumed products
Assignee: Givaudan Nederland Services BV
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Filing: 1991-03-15
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2011-03-15
Abstract
Abstract The invention concerns perfuming and protecting against microbial spoilage products, which are not intended for human or animal ingestion and which comprise at least 25% of water and 0-60% of a surface active material, by incorporating therein a preservative perfume. Preservative perfumes consist for at least 30% by weight of perfume ingredients which need at least 3 inoculations for failure in the individual challenge test. Preferred effective perfumes themselves need at least 5 inoculations for failure in the perfume challenge test.
Inventors
- 👤 John William Kidman Burrell
- 👤 Stuart Bernard Unilever Research Lab. Fraser
- 👤 Neil Unilever Research Laboratory Kilcullen
- 👤 Alexander Unilever Research Laboratory Martin
- 👤 James Barrie Unilever Research Lab. Melville
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 21:37
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61Q; A61Q13/00; A61K; A61K8/00; A61K8/18; A61K8/30; A61K8/33; A61K8/35; A61K8/37; A61K2800/00; A61K2800/40; A61K2800/52; A61K2800/524; A61K2800/74; A61K2800/77; A61Q5/00; A61Q5/02
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
58 words
Perfumed product comprising at least 25% of water and 0 - 60% of a surface active material characterized in that it contains less than 0.01% of conventional preservatives and 0.05% by weight or more of a preservative perfume which comprises conventional perfume ingredients, and wherein at least 30 % by weight of the perfume consists of effective ingredients.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
25 words
Perfumed product according to claim 1 characterized in that it is substantially free of conventional preservatives and contains at least 0.1% of a preservative perfume.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
Perfumed product according to claim 1 or 2 characterized in that the preservative perfume contains at least 2 different effective ingredients.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
Perfumed product according to claims 3 characterized in that the preservative perfume contains at least 4 different effective ingredients.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
Perfumed product according to any one of claims 1-4 characterized in that the preservative perfume comprises at least 40% by weight of effective ingredients.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
Perfumed product according to any one of claims 1-5 characterized in that the preservative perfume needs at least 3 inoculations to failure in the perfume challenge test.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
19 words
Perfumed product according to claim 6 characterized in that the preservative perfume needs at least 5 inoculations to failure.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
163 words
Perfumed product according to any one of claims 1-7 characterized in that the effective ingredients are chosen from among the compounds according to the formula: wherein X denotes a hydrogen atom, a methyl or a methoxy group, Y denotes an alkylene, alkenylene, alkyleneoxy or alkenyleneoxy group or may be absent and Z denotes a hydrogen atom or a hydroxy, alkyl or alkoxy group, provided that when Z is a hydroxy or alkoxy group and Y is an alkylenoxy or alkenylenoxy group the oxygen atom in Y is attached to the phenylgroup, provided further that when Y is absent Z does not denote a hydroxy group, and wherein Y and Z together have no more than 4 carbon atoms, or the formula: wherein R₁ denotes a saturated or unsaturated aliphatic group, n is 0 or 1, R₂ denotes a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group of up to 5 carbon atoms and wherein R₁ and R₂ together have no more that 14 carbon atoms.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
28 words
Perfumed product according to any one of claims 1-8 characterized in that it comprises at least 30% of water and between 0.1 and 50% of surface active material.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
21 words
Preservative perfume comprising conventional perfume ingredients, characterized in that it consists of at least 30 % by weight of effective ingredients.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
17 words
Preservative perfume according to claim 10 characterized in that it contains at least 2 different effective ingredients.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
17 words
Preservative perfume according to claim 11 characterized in that it contains at least 4 different effective ingredients.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
22 words
Preservative perfume according to any one of claims 10-12 characterized in that it comprises at least 40% by weight of effective ingredients.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
25 words
Preservative perfume according to any one of claims 10-13 characterized in that it needs at least 3 inoculations to failure in the perfume challenge test.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
17 words
Preservative perfume according to claim 14 characterized in that it needs at least 5 inoculations to failure.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
163 words
Preservative perfume according to any one of claims 10-15 characterized in that the effective ingredients are chosen from among the compounds according to the formula: wherein X denotes a hydrogen atom, a methyl or a methoxy group, Y denotes an alkylene, alkenylene, alkyleneoxy or alkenyleneoxy group or may be absent and Z denotes a hydrogen atom or a hydroxy, alkyl or alkoxy group, provided that when Z is a hydroxy or alkoxy group and Y is an alkylenoxy or alkenylenoxy group the oxygen atom in Y is attached to the phenylgroup, provided further that when Y is absent Z does not denote a hydroxy group, and wherein Y and Z together have no more than 4 carbon atoms, or the formula: wherein R₁ denotes a saturated or unsaturated aliphatic group, n is 0 or 1, R₂ denotes a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group of up to 5 carbon atoms and wherein R₁ and R₂ together have no more than 14 carbon atoms.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
32 words
Use of a perfume according to any one of claims 10-16 for counteracting microbial growth in a product comprising at least 25% by weight of water and 0-60% of surface active material.
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