Patents Represented by Attorney John M. Howell
  • Patent number: 6656456
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous gel compositions comprising an odor controlling agent for deodorizing skin surfaces. Articles of manufacture and methods of deodorizing the skin using disclosed compositions are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Dodd, Toan Trinh, Robert Gregory Bartolo, Karl Shiqing Wei, Mark Richard Sine, David Andrew Jakubovic
  • Patent number: 6635015
    Abstract: The invention relates to body weight management systems for subjects including humans and domestic animals. Such systems utilizes devices and compositions to shift the energy balance of the user in the direction wherein the calories burned due to the user's activity is greater than the calories consumed by that user. These devices include a diet-tracking system, devices for estimating energy expenditure of the subject and a satiety agent. Such systems have a variety of uses including, but not limited to body weight maintenance, reduction or gain; reduction of body fat and, or gain in muscle mass and improvement of a subject's fitness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Paul Joseph Sagel
  • Patent number: 6627586
    Abstract: According to the present invention there is provided a personal cleansing composition comprising an anionic and/or amphoteric surfactant and a polymeric ester comprising: (i) a polyol; (ii) a monocarboxylic acid having from 4 to 30 carbon atoms; and (iii) a dicarboxylic acid. The compositions of the present invention provide improved in-use sensory feel while at the same time being exceptionally mild to the skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Alan Brooks, Russell Phillip Elliott, Roland Philip Duke, Nicola Jacqueline Phipps
  • Patent number: 6555119
    Abstract: A transparent micro-emulsion including two or more nonionic surfactants, two or more oily components, a water-soluble high molecular weight polymer, and a cosmetically acceptable carrier. The sum of the concentration of the surfactants (a) and the oily components (b) is less than about 0.6 wt %. The ratio of the surfactant to the oily component is from about 2:1 to about 1:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kiyoaki Mori, Hidekazu Tanaka, Shuichi Tsunetsugu
  • Patent number: 6503955
    Abstract: The present invention covers pourable liquid vehicles that can be combined with compositions, materials and substances. Among the benefits of such pourable liquid vehicles is the compositions are retained on the moistened surface for a period of time sufficient to allow compositions, materials and substances to act on said surface, resisting erosion or run-off from additional moisture being applied. Such pourable liquid vehicles have a number of utilities including but not limited to cleaning and treating surfaces of objects as well as biological or living organisms, including living creatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Douglas Joseph Dobrozsi, Jerry William Hayes, II, Bjorn Olof Lindman, Rouja Hristova Ivanova, Paschalis Alexandridis
  • Patent number: 6492326
    Abstract: The present invention relates to skin care compositions containing combinations of skin care actives and to methods of using such compositions to regulate the condition of skin. The compositions contain a safe and effective amount of amount of a peptide active selected from the group consisting of pentapeptides, derivatives of pentapeptides, and mixtures thereof; a safe and effective amount of at least one additional skin care active; and a dermatologically acceptable carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Larry Richard Robinson, Donald Lynn Bissett, George Endel Deckner, Robert Bao Kim Ha
  • Patent number: 6444647
    Abstract: The present invention relates to skin care compositions containing combinations of skin care actives and to methods of using such compositions to regulate the condition of skin. The compositions contain a safe and effective amount of a vitamin B3 compound; a safe and effective amount of a skin care active selected from farnesol, phytantriol, and mixtures thereof; and a dermatologically acceptable carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Larry Richard Robinson, Donald Lynn Bissett, George Endel Deckner, Robert Bao Kim Ha
  • Patent number: 6406683
    Abstract: The present invention is for cosmetic compositions where upon application forms a film. The applied composition provides significant wear benefits improvement to the user. These composition comprise the combination of organosiloxane resins and fluid diorganosiloxane resins with a volatile carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Lee Ellen Drechsler, Thomas Elliot Rabe, Edward Dewey Smith, III
  • Patent number: 6391886
    Abstract: Oral compositions containing therapeutical agents wherein the undesirable consumer aesthetics associated with these agents are mitigated using coolants and sweeteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Kuo-Chung Mark Lee
  • Patent number: 6340466
    Abstract: The present invention is for cosmetic compositions applied to the lips providing significant benefits to the user. These composition comprise the combination of oganosiloxane resins and fluid diorganosiloxane resins with a volatile carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2002
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Lee Ellen Drechsler, Thomas Elliot Rabe, Edward Dewey Smith, III
  • Patent number: 6336935
    Abstract: The thermal body wraps of the present invention comprise a unified laminate structure having at least one continuous layer of a flexible material having a substantially rectangular, dog bone-like shape and having a first side, a second side, a first end, a second end, a plurality of heat cells, and means for releasably attaching the thermal body wrap to a user's body. Preferably the heat cells are placed into positions fixed within or to the unified structure of the thermal body wraps, relative to each other and sufficiently close to provide controlled, sustained, and uniform heat to the body or body part of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Leane Kristine Davis, Nancy Jean McCarthy
  • Patent number: 6325995
    Abstract: The present invention relates to lipstick compositions which comprise thermodynamically association structures, preferably lamellar liquid crystals and/or reverse hexagonal liquid crystals, which are used to deliver polar solvent/moisturizers through a non-polar (lipophilic) medium. The association structures consist essentially of from about 3% to about 96%, by weight, of polar solvent (e.g. glycerine) and from about 4% to about 97% of surfactant having a Krafft point at or below about ambient temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Magda El-Nokaly, David William Walling, Michael L. Vatter, Neil Campbell Leatherbury
  • Patent number: 6306429
    Abstract: Throat drops suitable for relief of cough and cold symptoms comprise a cooling composition and a warming composition in distinct and discrete regions thereof, the cooling and warming compositions being adapted to provide sequential relief profiles. The cooling composition includes from about 0.001% to about 10%, by weight, cooling agent, and the warming composition comprises from about 0.001% to about 1.0%, by weight, warming agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Francis Joseph David Bealin-Kelly
  • Patent number: 6264924
    Abstract: The present invention relates to oral care chewing gum composition comprising at least a minimally effective amount of chlorite ion, wherein preferably the pH of the final composition in use is greater than 7 and level of chlorine dioxide or chlorous acid is less than about 50 ppm, preferably is essentially free of chlorine dioxide or chlorous acid. This invention further relates to a method for treating breath malodor in humans or other animals, by applying a safe and effective amount of the chlorite ion composition to the oral cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jonathan James Witt, Rohan Lalith Wimalasena, Andrew Lee Wong, Eric Altman Goulbourne, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6251372
    Abstract: The present invention relates to oral care compositions, including therapeutic rinses, especially mouth rinses, as well as toothpastes, gels, tooth powders, chewing gums, mouth sprays, and lozenges (including breath mints), comprising at least a minimally effective amount of chlorite ion, wherein preferably the pH of the final composition is greater than 7 and level of chlorine dioxide or chlorous acid is less than about 50 ppm, preferably is essentially free of chlorine dioxide or chlorous acid. This invention further relates to a method for treating or preventing gingivitis, plaque, periodontal disease, and/or breath malodor, and/or for the whitening of teeth, in humans or other animals, by applying a safe and effective amount of the chlorite ion composition to the oral cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jonathan James Witt, Rohan Lalith Wimalasena, Andrew Lee Wong, Eric Altman Goulbourne, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6238648
    Abstract: The present invention relates to oral care compositions, including therapeutic rinses, tooth pastes and gels comprising a combination of a non-cariogenic carbohydrate and polyalcohol. This invention further relates to a method for treating or preventing conditions in the mouth that favor formation of tooth caries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark Steven Leusch, Colleen Mary McSwiggin, Phillip Asa Drake
  • Patent number: 6235269
    Abstract: The present invention relates to oral care compositions, including therapeutic rinses, especially mouth rinses, as well as toothpastes, gels, tooth powders, chewing gums, mouth sprays, and lozenges (including breath mints), comprising at least a minimally effective amount of chlorite ion, wherein preferably the pH of the final composition is greater than 7 and level of chlorine dioxide or chlorous acid is less than about 50 ppm, preferably is essentially free of chlorine dioxide or chlorous acid. This invention further relates to a method for treating or preventing gingivitis, plaque, periodontal disease, and/or breath malodor, and/or for the whitening of teeth, in humans or other animals, by applying a safe and effective amount of the chlorite ion composition to the oral cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jonathan James Witt, Rohan Lalith Wimalasena, Andrew Lee Wong, Eric Altman Goulbourne, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6231900
    Abstract: A confectionery product, suitable for the relief of cough and cold like symptoms, includes from about 0.5% to about 80%, by weight, of a coolant composition and from about 20% to about 99.5%, by weight, of a flavour composition in separate, distinct and discrete regions thereof. The coolant and flavour compositions are adapted to provide different release profiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Bernhard Hanke
  • Patent number: D464485
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Deborah Taylor Sward, Gene Michael Altonen, Dennis Michael Herbers, James Edward McCay, Lee Frederick Griswold
  • Patent number: D476230
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Lia Marie Braaten, Jason Craig Campbell, Chow-chi Huang, William Kater LaSala, Stacy Alycia Thomas