Patents by Inventor Carrita Anne HIGHTOWER

Carrita Anne HIGHTOWER 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).

  • Reduction in CPC taste aversion by reducing CPC activation of TRPA1, TPRV1, or both
    Patent number: 10111819
    Abstract: A method for screening compounds and compositions that reduce cetyl pyridinium chloride activation of TRPA1 receptor or TRPV1 receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Christian Haught, Koti Tatachar Sreekrishna, Yakang Lin, Carrita Anne Hightower, Pierig Jean-Marie Lepont
  • Method and model for visual demonstration of bacteria removal on simulated tongue material
    Patent number: 10102770
    Abstract: A method of demonstrating bacteria removal from the tongue, the method comprising: providing a simulated tongue substrate comprising a plurality of projections wherein the plurality of projections are arranged to simulate the surface of a human tongue; applying a film to the surface of the simulated tongue substrate; exposing the simulated tongue substrate to a liquid; agitating the simulated tongue substrate and the liquid to at least partially remove the film, wherein a liquid-film mixture is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jason William Newlon, Linda M. Bayuk, Melba Highley, Carrita Anne Hightower, Melissa Patterson, Debra Kay Williams
  • Reduction in CPC taste aversion by reducing CPC activation of TRPA1, TPRV1, or both
    Patent number: 9993410
    Abstract: A method for screening compounds and compositions that reduce cetyl pyridinium chloride activation of TRPA1 receptor or TRPV1 receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Christian Haught, Koti Tatachar Sreekrishna, Yakang Lin, Carrita Anne Hightower, Pierig Jean-Marie Lepont
  • Method And Model For Visual Demonstration Of Bacteria Removal On Simulated Tongue Material
    Publication number: 20170365187
    Abstract: A method of demonstrating bacteria removal from the tongue, the method comprising: providing a simulated tongue substrate comprising a plurality of projections wherein the plurality of projections are arranged to simulate the surface of a human tongue; applying a film to the surface of the simulated tongue substrate; exposing the simulated tongue substrate to a liquid; agitating the simulated tongue substrate and the liquid to at least partially remove the film, wherein a liquid-film mixture is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Jason William Newlon, Linda M. Bayuk, Melba Highley, Carrita Anne Hightower, Melissa Patterson, Debra Kay Williams
  • REDUCTION IN CPC TASTE AVERSION BY REDUCING CPC ACTIVATION OF TRPA1, TPRV1, OR BOTH
    Publication number: 20170333325
    Abstract: A method for screening compounds and compositions that reduce cetyl pyridinium chloride activation of TRPA1 receptor or TRPV1 receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: John Christian HAUGHT, Koti Tatachar SREEKRISHNA, Yakang LIN, Carrita Anne HIGHTOWER, Pierig Jean-Marie LEPONT
  • REDUCTION IN CPC TASTE AVERSION BY REDUCING CPC ACTIVATION OF TRPA1, TPRV1, OR BOTH
    Publication number: 20160296445
    Abstract: A method for screening compounds and compositions that reduce cetyl pyridinium chloride activation of TRPA1 receptor or TRPV1 receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: John Christian HAUGHT, Koti Tatachar SREEKRISHNA, Yakang LIN, Carrita Anne HIGHTOWER, Pierig Jean-Marie LEPONT