Patents by Inventor Gerard J. Gendimenico

Gerard J. Gendimenico 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 for treating skin disorders
    Patent number: 6881756
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for reducing inflammation in the skin and/or treating inflammatory skin disorders, pain, or pruritis by topically applying a composition comprising totarol or a pharmaceutically-acceptable ester thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc.
    Inventor: Gerard J. Gendimenico
  • Method for treating skin disorders
    Publication number: 20030104016
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for reducing inflammation in the skin and/or treating inflammatory skin disorders, pain, or pruritis by topically applying a composition comprising totarol or a pharmaceutically-acceptable ester thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2002
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Inventor: Gerard J. Gendimenico
  • Use of 17-&agr;-estradiol for the treatment of aged or sundamaged skin and/or skin atrophy
    Patent number: 6488940
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for treatment of mammalian skin conditions where stimulated connective tissue synthesis is beneficial, comprising treating skin in need of such treatment with a safe and effective amount of 17-&agr;-estradiol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerard J. Gendimenico, James A. Mezick
  • Use of 17-alpha-estradiol for the treatment of aged or sun-damaged skin and/or skin atrophy
    Publication number: 20010000469
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for treatment of mammalian skin conditions where stimulated connective tissue synthesis is beneficial, comprising treating skin in need of such treatment with a safe and effective amount of 17-&agr;-estradiol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2000
    Publication date: April 26, 2001
    Inventors: Gerard J. Gendimenico, James A. Mezick
  • Aqueous gel retinoid dosage form
    Patent number: 5643584
    Abstract: This invention relates to aqueous gel retinoid compositions and their methods of use. More specifically, the aqueous gel retinoid compositions of the invention utilize micronized particles of retinoids, particularly tretinoin, to provide an aqueous gel for topical application of such retinoids to the skin which minimizes skin irritation while retaining drug efficacy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1997
    Assignee: Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation
    Inventors: Richard K. Farng, Gerard J. Gendimenico, James A. Mezick, Shirley M. Ng, Stanley B. Wrobel, Jr.
  • Compound and method for treating skin for acne or psoriasis
    Patent number: 5086060
    Abstract: The effects of acne and psoriasis are relived by applying either topically or by oral adminstration, a compound having the structure: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, Cl, straight or branched alkyl of 1 to 10 carbon atoms, NO.sub.2, COOR.sub.6, CN, OR.sub.6, NR.sub.6 R.sub.7, NR.sub.6 C(.dbd.S)NR.sub.7 R.sub.8, NF.sub.6 COR.sub.7, SO.sub.2 NR.sub.6 R.sub.7, CH(CH.sub.3)COOH, CONR.sub.6 R.sub.7, COR.sub.6, OCONR.sub.6 R.sub.7, NR.sub.6 COONR.sub.7, R.sub.9 OR.sub.6, NR.sub.6 SO.sub.2 R.sub.7, Si(CH.sub.3).sub.3, and NR.sub.6 CONR.sub.7 R.sub.8,R.sub.3 together with R.sub.4 forms a benzo ring or taken together with R.sub.2 forms a benzo or tetrahydrobenzo ring or together with R.sub.2 and R.sub.1 forms a: ##STR2## moiety or together with R.sub.2 forms a ##STR3## moiety or R.sub.2 together with R.sub.1 forms a benzo ring or R.sub.2 together with R.sub.3 forms a ##STR4## moiety, or R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1992
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Neil F. Haley, Xina Nair, Gerard J. Gendimenico, F. Christopher Zusi, R. Thomas Swann