Patents by Inventor Thomas Arthur Sturgis

Thomas Arthur Sturgis 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).

  • Publication number: 20230404897
    Abstract: A skin care composition in the form of an emulsion with a continuous phase that includes a polymer and water and a dispersed phase that includes two or more emollients and an emulsifier. The polymer is an acrylate/taurate copolymer that can be compatible with polyglyceryl-3 cetearyl ether olivate, so the composition is a stable emulsion with a viscosity of greater than or equal to 550 Pa*s at a shear rate of 0.10 s?1 according to the Rheology Test Method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Shawn David McConaughy, Andrew Michael Hodowanec, Tricia Jean Rist, Thomas Arthur Sturgis
  • Publication number: 20230404864
    Abstract: A skin care composition in the form of an emulsion with a continuous phase that includes a polymer and water and a dispersed phase that includes two or more emollients and an emulsifier. The polymer is an acrylate/taurate copolymer that can be compatible with a cetearyl olivate and sorbitan olivate, so the composition is a stable emulsion. The composition can have a viscosity of greater than or equal to 550 Pa*s at a shear rate of 0.10 s?1 according to the Rheology Test Method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Shawn David McConaughy, Andrew Michael Hodowanec, Tricia Jean Rist, Thomas Arthur Sturgis
  • Publication number: 20230404898
    Abstract: A skin care composition in the form of an emulsion with a continuous phase that includes a polymer and water and a dispersed phase that includes two or more emollients and an emulsifier. The polymer is an acrylate/taurate copolymer that can be compatible with PEG-100 stearate, so the composition is a stable emulsion with sufficient viscosity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Shawn David McConaughy, Andrew Michael Hodowanec, Tricia Jean Rist, Thomas Arthur Sturgis
  • Publication number: 20210150939
    Abstract: A personal care product that includes a personal care composition disposed in a package and a user-friendly ingredient label disposed on the package. The user-friendly ingredient label includes a first portion containing a formal ingredient name for each ingredient in the product and a second portion containing at least one of an informal ingredient name and additional ingredient information related an ingredient in the product. The ingredient label configuration allows a product manufacturer to comply with governmental regulations and/or industry standards for labeling products and still provide additional salient ingredient information that is desired by consumers for the ingredients in the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Shawn David McCONAUGHY, Thomas Arthur STURGIS, James Daniel GALLAGHER
  • Patent number: 8678693
    Abstract: A brush for providing a composition to a surface. The brush includes a base and a plurality of bristles. The plurality of bristles have a distal end and a proximal end. The distal end is functionally attached to the base and the distal end has a greater bristle density than the proximal end. The plurality of bristles forms at least one flow path from the distal end towards the proximal end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Thomas Arthur Sturgis, Ali Abdelaziz Alwattari, David Matthew Groh, Theresa Louise Johnson, Edward John Popiel
  • Publication number: 20120301210
    Abstract: A brush suitable for use as part of a product dispensing container which includes various characteristics which provide desirable product performance during use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Inventors: Thomas Arthur Sturgis, Andrew William Franckhauser, Theresa Louise Johnson, Evan Lloyd Smith, Leonard Lik-Hang Tse
  • Publication number: 20120253203
    Abstract: A method of viewing a surface comprising taking at least a first image from a first position and a second image from a second position to allow for comparative analysis and diagnosis of the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Nigel Weston, Darren Allen Glass, Thomas Arthur Sturgis, Helen Rochelle Kemp, Oliver David Oglesby, Keith Edward Paskins, Jamie-Lee Helen Weeks
  • Publication number: 20100239358
    Abstract: A brush for providing a composition to a surface comprising: a base; a plurality of bristles, said plurality of bristles having a distal end and a proximal end, wherein said distal end is functionally attached to the base; wherein the distal end has a greater bristle density than the proximal end wherein said plurality of bristles forms at least one flow path from said distal end towards said proximal end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventors: Thomas Arthur Sturgis, Ali Abdelaziz Alwattari, David Matthew Groh, Theresa Louise Johnson, Edward John Popiel
  • Publication number: 20080317697
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a shaving kit that comprises a first personal care article, a second personal care article and a shaving razor. The first personal care article comprises a personal care composition contained within a package. The personal care composition comprises a surfactant, water and at least 15% of a hydrophobic moisturizing material. The second personal care article comprises an in-shower body lotion composition contained in a package; and a set of instructions in association with the package. The set of instructions comprising instructions to dispense the in-shower body lotion composition from the package, contact the skin surface with the in-shower body lotion composition during showering or bathing, rinse the skin surface, and dry the skin surface. The present invention relates to a method of shaving and a personal care article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Thomas Arthur Sturgis, Jeannic Tung, Kim Michaelle McMillan, Bhavna Ranjit Chatterjee
  • Patent number: D684775
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Brian Lee Floyd, Ian Andrew Carnduff, Graham Clive Hufton, Thomas Arthur Sturgis
  • Patent number: D694632
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Brian Lee Floyd, Ian Andrew Carnduff, Graham Clive Hufton, Thomas Arthur Sturgis