Patents by Inventor Alison Jane Foster

Alison Jane Foster 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).

  • PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20110217381
    Abstract: The present invention provides a substantially solvent-free nano-dispersion of an active in a carrier, wherein the carrier comprises an enteric carrier soluble at intestinal pH, but insoluble at stomach pH, and wherein the enteric carrier comprises at least 50% by weight of the nano-dispersion; and processes for the preparation of a substantially solvent-free nano-dispersion of an active in a carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2009
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Inventors: Doris Angus, David John Duncalf, Alison Jane Foster, Steven Paul Rannard, Dong Wang
  • Compounds and their uses
    Patent number: 7045624
    Abstract: Use of a compound according to Formula [I]: or a salt thereof to produce a cooling sensation, wherein R1 and R2 are independently selected from hydrogen or halogen atoms; hydroxy, cyano, nitro, mercapto, carbonyl, sulfone and carboxy groups; or optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, aryl, aryloxy, arylthio, amino, siloxy, ester and heterocyclic groups, with the proviso that when R1 is 2-hydroxyphenyl, R2 is other than 3-nitrophenyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Alison Jane Foster, Cornelius Paul Erik Van Der Logt, Erwin Werner Tareilus
  • Novel compounds and their uses
    Publication number: 20040067970
    Abstract: Use of a compound according to Formula [I]: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2003
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Alison Jane Foster, Cornelius Paul Erik Van Der Logt, Erwin Werner Tareilus