Patents Represented by Attorney Darryl C. Little
  • Patent number: 5885948
    Abstract: A stress stable lathering skin cleansing liquid composition comprising by weight parts of the liquid composition:(a) from about 0.5 parts to 10 parts of a crystalline, hydroxy-containing stabilizer; for example trihydroxystearin;(b) from about 1 part to about 30 parts of lipid skin moisturizing agent;(c) from about 5 parts to about 30 parts of surfactant having a combined CMC equilibrium surface tension value of from 15 to 50;(d) water;wherein said stress stable lathering skin cleansing liquid composition has a Lipid Deposition Value (LDV) of from about 5 to about 100 and wherein the composition is stable for at least two weeks at 100.degree. F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1999
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr., James Charles Dunbar, Mark Leslie Kacher, Fernando Ray Tollens, Raymond Edward Bolich, Jr., Robert Raymond Schmidt, David John Weisgerber, Wayne Ellis Eccard
  • Patent number: 5883059
    Abstract: A mild antibacterial liquid personal cleanser compositions. (More specifically, a mild, lathering compositions, especially those that are useful for application to the body, face and hands.) comprising:(a) from about 0.1 parts to about 20 parts, preferably 1 part to 15 parts, especially 3 to 12 parts by weight of anionic surfactant,(b) from about 0.1 parts to about 20 parts, preferably 1 part to 15 parts, especially 3 to 12 parts by weight of amphoteric surfactant,(c) from about 0.5 parts to about 25 parts, preferably 0.5 parts to 15 parts, especially 3 parts to about 10 parts by weight of an oily skin moisturizer, preferably an adduct prepared from vegetable oils containing non-conjugated polyunsaturated fatty acid esters which are conjugated and elaidinized and then modified via Diels-Alder addition with a member of the group consisting of acrylic acid, fumaric acid and maleic anhydride,(d) from about 0.1 parts to about 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Allen Furman, Michel Joseph Giret, James Charles Dunbar, Jon Joseph Damiano
  • Patent number: 5883085
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for regulating wrinkles and/or atrophy in mammalian skin comprising treating the skin with a safe and effective amount of salicylic acid and/or additional active component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Roy Lonnie Blank, Darrell Gene Doughty, Carlos Gabriel Linares
  • Patent number: 5871762
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cosmetic applicators comprised of a sheet of porous or absorbent material which is impregnated with an oil-in-water emulsion composition. The oil-in-water emulsion compositions comprises an oil phase comprising from about 0.1% to about 5% by weight of the emulsion composition of an oil-soluble moisturizing agent, dispersed in an aqueous phase. The oil-soluble moisturizer has a mean particle size ranging from about 0.05 to about 7 microns. The oil-in-water emulsion comprises from about 0.1% to about 5% by weight of the emulsion of a surfactant and from about 0.05% to about 5% by weight of the emulsion of particulates. The viscosity of the oil-in-water emulsion composition ranges from about 1 to about 500 centipoise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1999
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Anand Rudra Venkitaraman, Michael Thomas Dodd, David John Pung
  • Patent number: 5871754
    Abstract: A make-up composition in the form of water-in-oil or oil-in-water emulsion comprising an acidic anti-active dissolved in the aqueous phase and a pigment or mixture of pigments dispersed in the oil phase. The make-up composition exhibits anti-effectiveness and product and color stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1999
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gillian Scott Briggs, Teresa Barbara Crook, Karen Fish, George Endel Deckner
  • Patent number: 5869470
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for regulating wrinkles and/or atrophy in mammalian skin comprising treating the skin with a safe and effective amount of salicylic acid and/or additional active component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Roy Lonnie Blank, Darrell Gene Doughty, Carlos Gabriel Linares
  • Patent number: 5869070
    Abstract: The liquid composition is a dual cleanser and mosturizer that is stable and on a macro scale is homogeneous. The dual cleansing and lipid moisturizing liquid composition of this invention comprises: by weight parts of the liquid composition:(a) from about 5 parts to about 30 parts of lipid skin moisturizing agent having a Vaughan Solubility Parameter (VSP) of between 5 and 10;(b) from about 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Thomas Jefferson Dixon, Robert Raymond Schmidt, Mark Leslie Kacher, Constance Sagel Koczwara, Fernando Ray Tollens, Marcus Wayne Evans, Nicholas William Geary
  • Patent number: 5866110
    Abstract: A mild personal cleansing composition is described which comprises an ethoxylated sulfate anionic surfactant, an amphoteric surfactant, an N-acylamino acid surfactant, a cationic cellulose ether derivative and a fatty alcohol. The composition is substantially free of polymeric thickeners and comprises little or no alkyl sulfate anionic surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christine June Moore, Everett Junior Inman, Charles Kevin Schell
  • Patent number: 5863527
    Abstract: The present invention relates to personal care compositions comprising a copolymer complex and a volatile, hydrophobic solvent component for solubilizing or dispersing the copolymer complex. The copolymer complex is formed by complexing a fatty amine with a copolymer, wherein the copolymer comprises a hydrophobic monomer, a hydrophilic monomer such that at least 1%, by weight of the total copolymer, comprises hydrophilic monomers bearing acidic functional groups, and optionally a hydrophobic macromonomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Assignee: The Proctor & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Thomas Allen Hutchins, Michael Albert Snyder, Mario Paul Clarizia
  • Patent number: 5858342
    Abstract: A personal cleansing composition comprising:(a) from about 1% to about 20% by weight of anionic sulphate or sulphonate surfactant;(b) from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of carboxymethylated C.sub.8 -C.sub.22 alkyl or alkenyl monoethanolamide polyglycol ether;(c) from about 0.1% to about 10% by Weight of zwitterionic and/or amphoteric surfactants; and(d) from about 0.1% to about 20% by weight of a soluble or dispersible nonionic surfactant selected from ethoxylated animal and vegetable oils and fats and mixtures thereofThe cleaning products demonstrate excellent mildness, conditioning benefits, stability, lathering and rinsibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michel Joseph Marie Giret, Chantal Marie Bellemain
  • Patent number: 5858938
    Abstract: Liquid personal cleansing compositions which comprise a complex coacervate, a lipophilic skin moisturizing agent, a stabilizer, a lathering surfactant and water are disclosed. The complex coacervate comprises particles having a particle size distribution such that at least about 10% by weight of the particles have a diameter of at least about 20 microns. The particles comprising the complex coacervate comprise 1) a polycation having a minimum filtrate with of about 10 grams, and 2) a polyanion. The complex coacervate is essentially free of cross-linking agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr., Mark Richard Sine, Mark David Evans, Mary Elizabeth Carethers, Sarah Christine Heilshorn
  • Patent number: 5854293
    Abstract: Moisturizing liquid personal cleansing emulsion compositions which comprise a moisturizing phase and an aqueous cleansing phase are disclosed. The moisturizing phase comprises from about 1% to about 35% by weight of the composition of lipophilic skin moisturizing agents comprised of droplets having a particle size distribution such that at least about 10% by weight of the droplets have a diameter of at least about 500 microns. The aqueous cleansing phase comprises from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of the composition of a stabilizer, from about 5% to about 30% by weight of the composition of a lathering surfactant, and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1998
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5843875
    Abstract: Disclosed are liquid personal cleansing compositions comprising a specific surfactant component comprising an ethoxylated alkyl sulfate surfactant having from about 1 to about 8 moles of ethoxylation and an amphoteric surfactant, a select soluble cellulosic cationic organic polymer, and a volatile perfume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1998
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Karl Shiqing Wei, Louis Fay Wong, Mark Richard Sine, Timothy Woodrow Coffindaffer, Toan Trinh
  • Patent number: 5837697
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for regulating wrinkles and/or atrophy in mammalian skin comprising treating the skin with a safe and effective amount of salicylic acid and/or additional active component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Roy Lonnie Blank, Darrell Gene Doughty, Carlos Gabriel Linares
  • Patent number: 5830447
    Abstract: The present invention relates to personal care compositions comprising a copolymer complex and a volatile, hydrophobic solvent component for solubilizing or dispersing the copolymer complex. The copolymer complex is formed by complexing a fatty acid with a copolymer, wherein the copolymer comprises a hydrophobic monomer, a hydrophilic monomer such that at least 1%, by weight of the total copolymer, comprises hydrophilic monomers bearing nitrogen containing functional groups and, optionally, a hydrophobic macromonomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Thomas Allen Hutchins, Jose Antonio Carballada, Raymond Edward Bolich, Jr., Peter Marte Torgerson, Michael Albert Snyder, Mario Paul Clarizia
  • Patent number: 5811413
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for regulating wrinkles and/or atrophy in mammalian skin comprising treating the skin with a safe and effective amount of salicylic acid and/or additional active component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Roy Lonnie Blank, Darrell Gene Doughty, Carlos Gabriel Linares
  • Patent number: 5804538
    Abstract: Liquid personal cleansing compositions which provide enhanced perfume deposition on the skin and which provide increased on-skin fragrance longevity. The liquid personal cleansing compositions contain from about 0.5% to about 5% of a cationic material, from about 1% to about 80% of an anionic surfactant, from about 0.01 to about 5% of a volatile perfume, and water. The ratio of cationic polymer to the anionic surfactant ranges from about 1:15 to about 1:5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Karl Shiqing Wei, Louis Fay Wong, Mark Richard Sine, Timothy Woodrow Coffindaffer, Toan Trinh
  • Patent number: 5804173
    Abstract: The present invention relates to personal care compositions comprising a copolymer complex and a volatile, hydrophobic solvent component for solubilizing or dispersing the copolymer complex. The copolymer complex is formed by complexing a fatty acid with a copolymer, wherein the copolymer comprises a hydrophobic monomer, a hydrophilic monomer such that at least 1%, by weight of the total copolymer, comprises hydrophilic monomers bearing nitrogen functional groups, and optionally a hydrophobic macromonomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Thomas Allen Hutchins, Jose Antonio Carballada, Raymond Edward Bolich, Jr., Peter Marte Torgerson, Michael Albert Snyder, Mario Paul Clarizia
  • Patent number: 5804572
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for regulating wrinkles and/or atrophy in mammalian skin comprising treating the skin with a safe and effective amount of salicylic acid and/or additional active component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Roy Lonnie Blank, Darrell Gene Doughty, Carlos Gabriel Linares
  • Patent number: 5804539
    Abstract: A system for cleansing the skin comprises a hydrophobic diamond-mesh sponge and a liquid cleansing and moisturizing composition with excellent lather in the same washing and rinsing operation. The system provides improved lather and overall acceptability for mild liquid cleansing compositions which contain moisturizers and especially for those which would otherwise have marginal lather.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gail Gordon, Cheryl Oram Schoenberg, Lisa Catherine Winder