Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Loretta Henderson
  • Method of promoting smoking cessation
    Patent number: 6218421
    Abstract: A method for promoting smoking cessation, which method comprises administrating an effective, non-toxic amount of ropinirole or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof to a human in need thereof. Said ropinirole is preferably administered orally or transdermally. Also provided is a medicament for use in smoking cessation that comprises ropinirole. Said medicament may be a tablet for oral use or a transdermal patch containing ropinirole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham p.l.c.
    Inventor: Stephen Eldon King
  • Conditioning shampoo compositions
    Patent number: 5876705
    Abstract: The present invention relates to conditioning shampoo compositions which both cleanse the hair and condition the hair. These compositions comprise a detersive surfactant; a fatty compounds; a hair conditioning agent; and water. The present invention also relates to methods for cleansing and conditioning the hair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Co.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Uchiyama, John Gregory Schroeder, Yoshinari Okuyama
  • Spray compositions
    Patent number: 5843881
    Abstract: The present invention relates to personal care and pharmaceutical compositions comprising an alcohol, a personal care polymer, and an alcohol-masking perfumery component. These compositions can be applied to the skin, hair, or mucosa. The alcohol-masking perfumery component substantially reduces both the alcohol odor or aroma and the stinging or burning sensation in the nose or throat due to the alcohol when the compositions are sprayed or atomized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1998
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Zerlina Guzdar Dubois, Amber Kathleen Tanner