Patents by Inventor Elinor R. Kaplan

Elinor R. Kaplan 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).

  • Method of treating the skin with organic acids in anhydrous microsphere delivery systems
    Patent number: 5962018
    Abstract: There is provided a method of treating skin with a therapeutic, water-soluble organic acid. There is also provided an anhydrous composition containing the water-soluble organic acid is encapsulated into hydrophobic microspheres through which the organic acid can elute in the presence of water is applied to the skin. The composition is wet with water immediately prior to, or after the composition is applied to the skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: Avon Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest S. Curtis, Robert Kalafsky, Elinor R. Kaplan