Patents by Inventor Andrea Louise Potokar

Andrea Louise Potokar 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).

  • Method and composition for treating substrates for wettability and skin wellness
    Patent number: 6204208
    Abstract: A surfactant and skin wellness composition useful for imparting durability and wettability to a substrate as well as skin wellness, includes a first surfactant in combination with aloe vera. The first surfactant includes a compound selected from ethoxylated hydrogenated fatty oils, monosaccharides, monosaccharide derivatives, polysaccharides, polysaccharide derivatives, and combinations thereof. Other ingredients can also be added. The composition can be applied as an aqueous emulsion to a substrate such as a nonwoven web, to provide enhanced wettability combined with skin enhancement to the wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Duane G. Krzysik, David Charles Musil, Andrea Louise Potokar, Frank Andrew Rosch, III, Christian Lee Sanders, Benjamin Brent Forbis, Gordon Allen Shaw, Ali Yahiaoui