Patents Represented by Attorney Stepan P. Williams
  • Patent number: 6936242
    Abstract: Disclosed is a non-flowable anhydrous topical antiperspirant composition comprising a first portion and a second portion contiguous with the first portion. The first portion is semi-opaque to opaque and comprises a first hydrophobic carrier vehicle and a first gellant and has a particulate antiperspirant active suspended therein. The second portion is translucent to transparent and comprises a second hydrophobic carrier vehicle and a second gellant. Preferably, the second hydrophobic carrier vehicle has an average refractive index that approximately matches the refractive index of the second gellant. Ideally, for greater translucency the second portion will be substantially free of antiperspirant salt and/or other opacifying materials. Preferably, the first hydrophobic carrier vehicle also has an average refractive index that approximately matches the refractive index of the first gellant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: David L. Elliott, Dennis J. Colwell, Jayant N. Sane, Tuan M. Vu, Cheryl Lynn Galante
  • Patent number: D400091
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Robert J. Croft, James F. Warner, Norman D. Poisson