Patents Examined by Daniel Branson
  • Patent number: 9949902
    Abstract: An emulsion suitable for incorporation into wet wipes used to clean urine and fecal matter from the skin. The emulsion includes silicone oil and water-soluble zinc salt such as zinc chloride and zinc sulfate. Phase separation is prevented with an emulsification system that includes a gum blend and salt-tolerant emulsifier. The gum blend includes at least one gum and propylene glycol alginate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Stacy Averic Mundschau, Philip Eugene Kieffer, Corey Thomas Cunningham
  • Patent number: 9901096
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compositions containing herbicidal mixtures of a plant cell membrane disruptor herbicide selected from the group consisting of a diphenylether, N-phenyl-phthalimide, triazolinone, and bipyridylium, and pyroxasulfone. The present invention is further directed to methods of increasing the activity of a plant cell membrane disruptor herbicide with the compositions of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: VALENT U.S.A., CORPORATION
    Inventor: Dawn Refsell
  • Patent number: 9895317
    Abstract: Disclosed in certain embodiments is a solid oral dosage form comprising: (a) an inert tamper resistant core; and (b) a coating surrounding the core, the coating comprising an active agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Purdue Pharma L.P.
    Inventor: Richard S. Sackler
  • Patent number: 9854796
    Abstract: A composition contains an incompletely hydrated water soluble polymer suspended in a liquid medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Dan Wu, Krish Shanmuga, Rajesh Goyal
  • Patent number: 9827345
    Abstract: The methods and compositions disclosed herein are effective in the promoting the reattachment of delaminated cartilage to bone. The methods (and related compositions) comprise the removal of the acellular layer of the delaminated cartilage thereby exposing the underlying chondrocyte cells thereby allowing the promotion of the reattachment of the delaminated cartilage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Kelsey Jean Carvell, Ruth Cheng, Graham Smith, Drew Burdon
  • Patent number: 9827178
    Abstract: Composition containing, in a cosmetically acceptable medium, one or more volatile linear alkanes, at least 0.5 wt. % of one or more aminated silicones relative to the total weight of the cosmetic composition, and one or more vegetable oils different from the volatile linear alkanes. Use thereof for the treatment of keratinous materials, preferably of keratin fibres such as the hair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Patricia Desenne, Laurent Chesneau
  • Patent number: 9801377
    Abstract: New formulations of clomazone are provided, as well as new methods for making formulations of clomazone. The new formulations provide improved efficacy, decreased volatility, and/or increased loading of clomazone over the clomazone formulations in the prior art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Hong Liu, Michael R. Welch, Paul Nicholson, Jeffrey A. Cook, Catherine Ranin, Sandra L. Shinn, Robert F. Pepper
  • Patent number: 9770021
    Abstract: A formulated composition suitable for controlling or preventing pathogenic damage in a plant comprising (A) at least one solid active ingredient having a water solubility of at most 100 ?g/liter at 25° C. at neutral pH, in an amount of at least 1 weight %, based on the total weight of the formulated composition, (B) at least one non-ionic surface active compound having a hydrophile-lipophile balance (HLB) of between 10 and 18, one or more customary formulation auxiliaries, and water; wherein active ingredient (A) is suspended or dispersed in the water, the weight ratio of surface active compound (B) to active ingredient (A) is in the range of from 1.5 to 15.0, provided the minimum amount of surface active compound (B) is at least 6 weight %, based on the total weight of the formulated composition. Also a method of improving pesticide residue levels in agriculture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Jason Keiper, Joshua Koon, Sarah Beth Cush, Michael James Hopkinson, Johnny D. Reynolds, Jorge Cisneros, Jennifer Peterson, Roy Boykin
  • Patent number: 9750259
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compositions containing herbicidal mixtures of pyroxasulfone and glutamine synthesis inhibitors. The present invention is further directed to methods of increasing the activity of a glutamine synthesis inhibitor with the compositions of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Valent U.S.A., Corporation
    Inventor: Dawn Refsell
  • Patent number: 9731020
    Abstract: The present invention relates to formulations and methods for stabilizing and protecting of biologic materials during harsh storing and use conditions, wherein the formulations relate to embedded bioactive materials and biologics, including live bacteria, in a protective glassy matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Advanced Bionutrition Corp.
    Inventors: Moti Harel, Roger Drewes, January Scarbrough
  • Patent number: 9730452
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods for improving drought stress tolerance of a cereal grain comprising applying an effective amount of at least one gibberellin to the cereal grain during early vegetative growth stage. The present invention is also directed to methods for improving yield of a cereal grain comprising applying an effective amount of at least one gibberellin to the cereal grain during early vegetative growth stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Valent BioSciences LLC
    Inventors: Roger Kaiser, Eric Ott, Paul Silverman, Jim Wargo, Neil Badenhop, Subbaiah Chalivendra
  • Patent number: 9707180
    Abstract: Disclosed in certain embodiments is a solid oral dosage form comprising: (a) an inert tamper resistant core; and (b) a coating surrounding the core, the coating comprising an active agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Purdue Pharma L.P.
    Inventor: Richard S. Sackler
  • Patent number: 9681667
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition of granulated or pelletized endomycorrhizal fungi spores coated with a covering of mineral clays and binders with calcium sulphate monohydrate and the production and use thereof in agriculture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Inventor: José Luis Miranda Valencia
  • Patent number: 9676696
    Abstract: Personal care compositions containing an active selected from the group consisting of phlorogine, phlorgine BG, deoxyArbutin, sucrose dilaurate, bakuchiol, pyrenoine, millet, arlatone dioic acid, cinnamic acid, ferulic acid, achromaxyl, methyl nicotinamide, oil soluble licorice extract, folic acid, undecylenic acid, zinc undecylenate, L-tryptophan, thiamine HCl, hexylresorcinol, lipidami red vine, dragosine, methyl gentisate, inositol, symdiol 68, laminaine, their salts, their derivatives, their precursors, and/or combinations thereof. Methods for regulating the condition of mammalian keratinous tissue by topically applying the personal care compositions are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Tomohiro Hakozaki
  • Patent number: 9657183
    Abstract: A coated powder comprises (a) nanoparticles, and (b) a coating, on the surface of the nanoparticles. The coating comprises (1) silica moieties, (2) organo oxysilane moieties selected from the group consisting of mono-organo oxysilane moieties, bi-organo oxysilane moieties and tri-organo oxysilane moieties, and (3) poly(dialkyl)siloxane moieties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Nanophase Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Kushal D. Shah, Harry W. Sarkas, Patrick G. Murray
  • Patent number: 9623010
    Abstract: This invention relates to a an orally disintegrating tablet obtainable by direct compression of a dry powdered mixture, said mixture comprising up to 15% by weight of calcium silicate, at least 50% of a diluent, a disintegrant agent and an active ingredient. It also relates to a process for preparing the tablets by homogeneous blending the specific excipients in powder form and subsequent direct compression of the mixture. Said tablets disintegrate quickly in the cavity of the mouth, in particular in less than 15 seconds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: LABORATORIOS LESVI, S.L.
    Inventors: Carmen Úbeda Pérez, Ignacio Díez Martín, Pablo Pablo Alba
  • Patent number: 9615576
    Abstract: This document discloses molecules having the following formula (“Formula One”): and processes associated therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: James E. Hunter, William C. Lo, Gerald B. Watson, Akshay Patny, Gary D. Gustafson, Dan Pernich, William K. Brewster, Debra L. Camper, Beth Lorsbach, Michael R. Loso, Thomas C. Sparks, Hemant Joshi, Adiraj Mandaleswaran, Ramadevi Sanam, Rambabu Gundla, Pravin S. Iyer
  • Patent number: 9597267
    Abstract: Slurry powder cosmetic composition comprising particulates coated with a binder composition, a silicone gel composition, and the evaporation residue of an alcohol based composition and a method for making the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: ELC Management LLC
    Inventors: Talal Finjan, Syed Rizvi, John R. Castro
  • Patent number: 9592184
    Abstract: A sunscreen composition comprised of one or more sunscreen active agents encapsulated in a cellulose derived capsule wherein the composition can contain one or more additional agents. A sunscreen composition can be mixed with a bodywash, shampoo, conditioner, lotion, gel, soap, cream, hand sanitizer, spray or mousse and can be used by an individual during their normal hygiene processes, such as during a shower or bath or while applying a body product to their skin or hair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: CoLabs International Corporation
    Inventor: Laura E. Cohen
  • Patent number: 9592256
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions comprising decellularized extracellular matrix derived from skeletal muscle or other suitable tissue, and therapeutic uses thereof. Methods for treating, repairing or regenerating defective, diseased, damage, ischemic, ulcer cells, tissues or organs in a subject preferably a human, with diseases, such as PAD and CLI, using a decellularized extracellular matrix of the invention are provided. Methods of preparing culture surfaces and culturing cells with absorbed decellularized extracellular matrix are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Karen Christman, Jessica DeQuach