Patents by Inventor Connie B. Lin

Connie B. Lin 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).

  • DIVALENT CATION/TALC CONTAINING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING AND/OR PREVENTING ENZYMATIC IRRITATION
    Publication number: 20130004580
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for treating and/or preventing conditions such as diaper rash and atopic dermatitis are disclosed. The compositions and methods are particularly useful in the treatment and prevention of diaper rash and diaper dermatitis caused by the prolonged contact of human skin with body waste. The methods employ the topical application of a trypsin-inhibiting agent to the area in need of such treatment, or the area where prevention is desired. The trypsin-inhibiting agent is preferably a specified divalent cation, i.e., magnesium, in combination with talc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Connie B. Lin, Euen Thomas Graham Ekman Gunn, Ya-Ping Hu, Neema Kulkarni, Mary Catherine Mack
  • ZINC OXIDE/ACID CONTAINING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING AND/OR PREVENTING ENZYMATIC IRRITATION
    Publication number: 20130004590
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for treating and/or preventing conditions such as diaper rash and atopic dermatitis are disclosed. The compositions and methods are particularly useful in the treatment and prevention of diaper rash and diaper dermatitis caused by the prolonged contact of human skin with body waste. The methods employ the topical application of a trypsin-inhibiting agent to the area in need of such treatment, or the area where prevention is desired. The trypsin-inhibiting agent is preferably zinc oxide in combination with an acid so as to release a specified divalent cation, i.e., zinc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Connie B. Lin, Euen Thomas Graham Ekman Gunn, Ya-Ping Hu, Neema Kulkarni, Mary Catherine Mack, Selina Moses, Thong Huy Nguyen
  • DIVALENT CATION/ANION PAIR CONTAINING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING AND/OR PREVENTING ENZYMATIC IRRITATION
    Publication number: 20130004589
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for treating and/or preventing conditions such as diaper rash and atopic dermatitis are disclosed. The compositions and methods are particularly useful in the treatment and prevention of diaper rash and diaper dermatitis caused by the prolonged contact of human skin with body waste. The methods employ the topical application of a trypsin-inhibiting agent to the area in need of such treatment, or the area where prevention is desired. The trypsin-inhibiting agent is preferably a divalent cation/anion pair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Connie B. Lin, Euen Thomas Graham Ekman Gunn, Ya-Ping Hu, Neema Kulkarni, Mary Catherine Mack
  • DIVALENT CATION CONTAINING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING AND/OR PREVENTING ENZYMATIC IRRITATION
    Publication number: 20130004588
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for treating and/or preventing conditions such as diaper rash and atopic dermatitis are disclosed. The compositions and methods are particularly useful in the treatment and prevention of diaper rash and diaper dermatitis caused by the prolonged contact of human skin with body waste. The methods employ the topical application of a trypsin-inhibiting agent to the area in need of such treatment, or the area where prevention is desired. The trypsin-inhibiting agent is preferably a divalent cation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Connie B. Lin, Euen Thomas Graham Ekman Gunn, Ya-Ping Hu, Neema Kulkarni, Mary Catherine Mack
  • METHODS FOR DARKENING THE SKIN AND/OR HAIR
    Publication number: 20100135944
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of darkening the skin or hair by topically applying thereto a skin-darkening effective amount of a lotus leaf extract.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: Nannan Chen, Connie B. Lin, Li zhang
  • COMPOSITIONS FOR USE IN DARKENING THE SKIN
    Publication number: 20090087395
    Abstract: The present invention features a polymer for darkening the skin. The polymer comprises repeating units derived from melanin precursors and amine-comonomers. The polymer may be combined with a cosmetically acceptable carriers to form topical compositions. Methods of darkening the skin are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Inventors: Connie B. Lin, Ricahrd C. Scarpa, Stanley S. Shapiro
  • COMPOSITIONS FOR USE IN DARKENING THE SKIN
    Publication number: 20080241085
    Abstract: The present invention features glycerophospholipids having a single fatty acid moiety and the use thereof in darkening the skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Connie B. Lin, Miri Seiberg
  • Compositions for darkening the skin
    Publication number: 20040005288
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of He Shou Wu extract in darkening the skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Inventors: Connie B. Lin, Miri Seiberg