Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Lucy Elandjian
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Patent number: 6786904Abstract: A method and device to treat cardiovascular vulnerable plaque is provided by heating an implanted structure placed adjacent to a vulnerable plaque tissue to conduct heat into the vulnerable plaque tissue for a period of time. In a preferred embodiment, the implanted structure is a stent-like structure (SLS), and the heating of the implanted structure is a non-invasive inductive heating. The detecting of the vulnerable plaque tissue can be accomplished by techniques, such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), infrared spectroscopy, thermography, blood tests, ultrasound, and X-ray, etc.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2002Date of Patent: September 7, 2004Assignee: Triton BioSystems, Inc.Inventors: Claas Döscher, Wolfgang Daum
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Patent number: 6258346Abstract: Disclosed are solid cosmetic stick compositions having a preferred product hardness of at least about 600 gram.force, and which comprises from about 0.01% to about 60% by weight of a cosmetic active; from about 10% to about 95% by weight of a liquid carrier; from about 1% to about 60% by weight of a solid polymorphic triglyceride gellant that within the composition is substantially free of long range crystalline order. By selecting the crystalline phase of the triglyceride gellant in the finished product, these cosmetic sticks provide improved product hardness at lower triglyceride gellant concentrations.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2000Date of Patent: July 10, 2001Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Timothy Alan Scavone, James David Landgrebe, Eric David Dodson
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Patent number: 6231842Abstract: Disclosed are solid antiperspirant and deodorant sticks having a product hardness of at least about 600 gram·force, and which comprises from about 0.1% to about 60% by weight of antiperspirant or deodorant active; from about 10% to about 95% by weight of a liquid carrier; from about 1% to about 60% by weight of a solid polymorphic triglyceride gellant that within the composition is substantially free of long range crystalline order. By selecting the crystalline phase of the triglyceride gellant in the finished product, these antiperspirant and deodorant sticks provide improved product hardness at lower triglyceride gellant concentrations and provide improved low residue performance and antiperspirant efficacy.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2000Date of Patent: May 15, 2001Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Timothy Alan Scavone, James David Landgrebe, Eric David Dodson
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Patent number: 6218345Abstract: Personal cleansing compositions comprising a thickening system consisting essentially of hydrophobically modified water-soluble associative polymer and polar oil having a required HLB of at least 12, a nonionic polyhydroxy fatty acid amide surfactant, a water-soluble surfactant other than the polyhydroxy fatty acid amide surfactant, and water, wherein the polar oil has an average carbon chain length of from about 12 to about 16 carbon atoms and wherein the water-soluble surfactants have an average carbon chain of from about 10 to about 18 carbon atoms. These compositions may also comprise a perfume or cosmetic oil, or a hydrotrope. The compositions of the present invention deliver excellent product thickening and rheological attributes, in storage, in dispensing and in use, in combination with good efficacy benefits such as excellent rinsibility, mildness, skin conditioning, skin moisturizing, product stability, cleansing and lathering.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 1998Date of Patent: April 17, 2001Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Alan Brooks, Charles Marie Alain Du Reau
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Patent number: 6200554Abstract: Disclosed are conditioning shampoo compositions which provide improved hair or skin conditioning performance. These compositions comprise a detersive surfactant, select ethoxylated fatty alcohols having a fatty alcohol moiety containing from about 6 to about 30 carbon atoms and an ethoxylate chain containing from about 5 to about 150 moles of ethoxylation, a nonvolatile conditioning agent, preferably a nonvolatile silicone conditioning agent, having an average particle size of from about 5 um to about 2000 um, and water. The select ethoxylated fatty alcohols provide improved hair or skin conditioning by improving silicone deposition of large particle conditioning agents onto the hair or skin.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 1996Date of Patent: March 13, 2001Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Thean Yeow Yeoh, Timothy Woodrow Coffindaffer, Hirotaka Uchiyama, John Gregory Schroeder, Yoshinari Okuyama
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Patent number: 6197286Abstract: Disclosed are anhydrous cosmetic compositions comprising from about 0.01% to about 60% by weight of a cosmetic active; from about 10% to about 90% by weight of a liquid carrier; and from about 1% to about 60% by weight of a solid, polymorphic, unsubstituted, triglyceride gellant characterized by &bgr;′-2 crystalline order within the compositions. These compositions can be formulated as hard sticks, soft solids or creams, and have improved high temperature texture and phase stability and maintain product hardness even after exposure to high and then low storage temperatures.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2000Date of Patent: March 6, 2001Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Timothy Alan Scavone, James David Landgrebe
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Patent number: 6191083Abstract: Personal cleansing compositions comprise a thickening system consisting essentially of associative polymer which is a hydrophobically modified water-soluble associative polymer and polar oil having a required HLB of at least 12, a water-soluble surfactant, optionally a cationic polymeric skin conditioning agent, and water, wherein the polar oil has an average carbon chain length of from about 12 to about 16 carbon atoms and wherein the water-soluble surfactants have an average carbon chain of from about 10 to about 18 carbon atoms. These compositions may also comprise a hydrotrope. These compositions may optionally comprise a perfume or cosmetic oil. These compositions deliver excellent product thickening and rheological attributes, in storage, in dispensing and in use, in combination with good efficacy benefits such as mildness, a moisturized skin feel, rinsibility, skin conditioning, product stability and lather attributes.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 1998Date of Patent: February 20, 2001Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Alan Brooks, Charles Marie Alain Du Reau
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Patent number: 6190673Abstract: The present invention relates to gel compositions comprising alkyl amides of tri-basic carboxylic acids and methods of making gel compositions.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 1996Date of Patent: February 20, 2001Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Gerald John Guskey, David Frederick Swaile
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Patent number: 6187300Abstract: Disclosed are anhydrous antiperspirant cream compositions that have improved wash-off performance and good antiperspirant efficacy, which compositions have a penetration force value of from about 75 gram·force to about 500 gram·force, a delta stress value of from about 300 dyne/cm2 to about 8,000 dyne/cm2 as measured after extrusion of the composition through a shear force delivery means, and a static yield stress value of at least about 1,000 dyne/cm2 as measured after extrusion of the composition through a shear force delivery means. These compositions comprise from about 0.1% to about 20% by weight of a crystalline gellant, from about 10% to about 80% by weight of an anhydrous liquid carrier for the crystalline gellant wherein the anhydrous liquid carrier has a solubility parameter of from about 3 to about 13, from about 5% to about 35% by weight of a particulate antiperspirant active, and from about 0.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 1997Date of Patent: February 13, 2001Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Curtis Bobby Motley, Robert Michael Schraer, Christina Marie Troyan
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Patent number: 6187301Abstract: Disclosed are anhydrous antiperspirant and deodorant compositions comprising from about 0.1% to about 50% by weight of an antiperspirant or deodorant active; from about 10% to about 90% by weight of a liquid carrier; and from about 1% to about 60% by weight of a solid, polymorphic, unsubstituted, triglyceride gellant characterized by &bgr;′-2 crystalline order within the compositions. These compositions can be formulated as hard sticks, soft solids or creams, and have improved high temperature texture and phase stability and maintain product hardness even after exposure to high and then low storage temperatures.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2000Date of Patent: February 13, 2001Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Timothy Alan Scavone, James David Landgrebe
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Patent number: 6183766Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions for sanitizing and moisturizing skin surfaces. Such compositions an effective amount of sanitizing agent to kill or reduce the growth of microorganisms; a lipophilic skin moisturizing agent; an effective amount of a degreasing agent selected from the group consisting of: silicones, wax materials, powders, fluorochemicals and mixtures thereof; optionally a thickener, a humectant, a perfume; and water. The skin sanitizing compositions of the present invention are suitable for use in leave-on or rinse-off products.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 1999Date of Patent: February 6, 2001Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Mark Richard Sine, Karl Shiqing Wei, David Andrew Jakubovic, Cheyne P. Thomas, Michael Thomas Dodd, Christopher Dean Putman
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Patent number: 6177390Abstract: Disclosed are hair styling shampoo compositions which comprise from about 5% to about 50% by weight of a surfactant selected from the group consisting of anionic surfactants, zwitterionic or amphoteric surfactants, and combinations thereof; from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of an organic or silicone-grafted hair styling polymer; and from about 40% to about 94.9% by weight of water; wherein the Hair Feel Index (HFI) is at least about 0.65 and the Curl Retention Value (CRV) is at least about 70. The composition provides improved styling performance and improved hair feel from a shampoo composition.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 1999Date of Patent: January 23, 2001Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Susan Marie Guskey, Everett Junior Inman, Teresa Ann Desch, Lynne Anne Fritschi, Stephanie Lynn Killion
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Patent number: 6174521Abstract: Disclosed are gel deodorant compositions comprising (a) from about 0.001% to about 50% by weight of a deodorant active, fragrance, or combination thereof; (b) from about 0.01% to about 20% by weight of a gellant; (c) from about 5% to about 90% by weight of a polymeric alcohol having at least one free hydroxyl group and also having from about 2 to about 80 alkoxylate radicals wherein the alkoxylate radical contains from about 2 to about 6 carbon atoms; (d) from about 5% to about 89% by weight of a nonpolymeric alcohol having at least two free hydroxyl groups, and also having from about 4 to about 20 carbon atoms, wherein the weight ratio of the polymeric to nonpolymeric alcohol is from about 18:1 to about 1:5; (e) from zero percent to about 10% by weight of glycerin; and (f) from about 0.01% to about 89% by weight of water.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 1998Date of Patent: January 16, 2001Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Li Li, Norma Dimaculangan Alava, Curtis Bobby Motley, David Frederick Swaile, Gerald John Guskey, Thomas Vincent Orr
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Patent number: 6171601Abstract: Disclosed are anhydrous antiperspirant gel-solid stick compositions which comprise a particulate antiperspirant active; a solid non-polymeric gellant that is substantially free of dibenzylidene alditol, n-acyl amino acid derivatives, organic polymeric gellants, and inorganic thickening agents; and an anhydrous liquid carrier having an average solubility parameter of from about 3 to about 13 (cal/cm3)0.5 wherein the composition has a visible residue index of from about 11 to about 30 L-value, a product hardness of from about 500 gram-force to about 5,000 gram-force, a ratio of an elastic to viscous moduli of from about 0.1 to about 100. The refractive indices of the particulate antiperspirant active, solid non-polymeric gellant, and anhydrous liquid carrier are not matched. The solid non-polymeric gellant is preferably a crystalline material having an average particle size of less than about 1 &mgr;m, and/or has an elongated particle morphology having an aspect ratio of greater than about 2.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 1996Date of Patent: January 9, 2001Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: John Michael Gardlik, Gerald John Guskey, Curtis Bobby Motley
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Patent number: 6149898Abstract: Disclosed are hair styling compositions comprising from about 0.01% to about 20% of a non-silicone-containing hair styling polymer; from about 0.1% to about 20% of a liquid hydrophilic non-polymeric cationic compound having at least one quaternary ammonium moiety; from about 3% to about 99% of selected carriers; and an organopolysiloxane microemulsion that contains a dispersing surfactant and from about 0.01% to about 10% organopolysiloxane (by weight of the composition), wherein the organopolysiloxane is substantially free of amino groups in combination with hydroxyl groups and the microemulsion has an average particle size of less than about 80 nm. The composition provides good style retention, restyling benefits, and improved hair aesthetics, e.g. blacker/shinier hair, less sticky/stiff.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 1998Date of Patent: November 21, 2000Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Marjorie Mossman Peffly, Dennis Eugene Kuhlman
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Patent number: 6113890Abstract: Disclosed are hair shampoo compositions which provide cleaning and styling performance, and which contain latex polymer particles, water-soluble cationic polymer as a latex deposition aid, organic oil as a latex deposition aid, and typically one or more surfactants, an aqueous carrier and one or more optional ingredients. The organic oil is a hydrocarbon oil or fatty ester, and is present in an amount effective to enhance deposition of the latex polymer particles onto hair in the presence of cationic polymer.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 1997Date of Patent: September 5, 2000Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Sharon Ann Young, Michael Albert Snyder
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Patent number: 6110449Abstract: Disclosed are anhydrous antiperspirant cream compositions that have improved fragrance longevity. These compositions have a penetration force value of from about 75 gram.multidot.force to about 500 gram.multidot.force and comprise (a) antiperspirant active, and (b) a perfume/cyclodextrin inclusion complex. Also disclosed are packaged anhydrous antiperspirant cream compositions which comprise (a) antiperspirant active; (b) a perfume/cyclodextrin inclusion complex; and (c) a dispensing package containing the composition, wherein the dispensing package comprises (i) a container body having an interior chamber and a dispensing end, and (ii) a perforated dome attached to the dispensing end of the container body and having a plurality of openings extending through the thickness of the perforated dome and covering from about 15% to about 80% of the total surface area of the perforated dome.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 1999Date of Patent: August 29, 2000Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Dennis Ray Bacon, Judith Ann Hollingshead, George Peter Rizzi, Charles Raymond Tremblay, Timothy James Welch
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Patent number: 6093410Abstract: Emulsion compositions, suitable for personal care applications such as hair styling, and other applications, are disclosed. The compositions comprise:a) a silicone functional polymer having the formula selected from the group consisting of:(AB).sub.n ; ABA; BAB; ##STR1## and mixtures thereof; wherein B is a silicone moiety comprising repeating units of: ##STR2## R is independently, C1-C30 alkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, haloalkyl, H, or C1-C6 alkoxy, wherein the weight average molecular weight of each silicone moiety B is independently from about 1500 to about 50,000;A is a polar polymeric moiety which is soluble or dispersible in mixtures of ethanol and water containing less than 60% ethanol by weight; andn is an integer of 1 or greater;wherein the molecular weight of the silicone functional polymer is at least about 2,000.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 1997Date of Patent: July 25, 2000Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Marjorie Mossman Peffly, Raymond Edward Bolich, Jr., Peter Marte Torgerson, Sanjeev Midha
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Patent number: 6093411Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions for preventing or treating skin disorders using flavonoid compounds. The present invention also relates to methods for regulating skin condition.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 1999Date of Patent: July 25, 2000Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventor: Donald Lynn Bissett
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Patent number: 6080708Abstract: The present invention relates to 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 stabilizer; for example trihydroxystearin;(b) from about 1 part to about 80 parts of lipid skin moisturizing agent;(c) from about 1 part 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 said composition is stable for at least two weeks at 100 F.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 1999Date of Patent: June 27, 2000Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: 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, Mannie Lee Clapp, Christopher Dean Putman, Kevin Lee Hartzler, Anna Reavis Husk, Mary Elizabeth Carethers