Patents by Inventor Dean Arthur Zimmerman
Dean Arthur Zimmerman 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).
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Publication number: 20240156706Abstract: A sulfate-free personal care composition that includes a rhamnolipid surfactant and provides good cleaning and foaming properties. The rhamnolipid surfactant has a single rhamnose head group (i.e., mono-rhamno) and a single lipid tail group (i.e., mono lipid). The single lipid tail group has a carbon chain length of 10 to 13. The composition may include one or more additional surfactants selected from anionic surfactants, amphoteric surfactants, zwitterionic surfactants, non-ionic surfactants, cationic surfactants and combinations thereof, as long as the additional surfactant is free of sulfates. The composition also includes a dermatologically acceptable carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2023Publication date: May 16, 2024Inventors: Howard David Hutton, III, Isoken Omosefe IGWEKALA-NWEKE, Dean Arthur Zimmerman
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Patent number: 11311475Abstract: Skin care compositions comprising Aphanothece sacrum exopolysaccharide extract help the skin penetration of peptide compounds contained therein.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2019Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: The Procter and Gamble CompanyInventors: Dean Arthur Zimmerman, Peter Brendan Styczynski
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Patent number: 10716740Abstract: A liquid foamable composition includes a cationic surfactant, a nonionic surfactant, or mixtures of these surfactants, a fatty alcohol, a silicone blend, and water. The silicone blend includes a silicone gel and a silicone powder. A foam composition, an aerosol product, and methods for improving sensory benefits to skin are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2016Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Jorge Max Sunkel, Dean Arthur Zimmerman
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Publication number: 20200206124Abstract: Skin care compositions comprising Aphanothece sacrum exopolysaccharide extract help the skin penetration of peptide compounds contained therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2019Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Dean Arthur ZIMMERMAN, Peter Brendan STYCZYNSKI
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Publication number: 20190239752Abstract: A hyperspectral imaging system that includes an image capture device, an illumination component, a tunable filter, and an infrared cut-off filter. The hyperspectral system can capture a spectral image of a target object such as a clinical test subject across a spectral range of at least 450 nm to 700 nm at a spectral resolution of at least 50 nm. The infrared cut-off filter is positioned between the target object and the tunable filter to reduce leak-through and improve the performance of the hyperspectral imaging system.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2019Publication date: August 8, 2019Inventors: Lucian DUMITRESCU, Karen Kay KALLA, Dean Arthur ZIMMERMAN, Jaroslaw Pawel SACHA
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Publication number: 20180085294Abstract: A cosmetic foam composition that includes about 0.1% to 5% of a non-hydrocarbon propellant, and a liquid foamable composition. The liquid foamable composition includes about 0.05% to 5% of a surfactant and about 1% to 10% of a fatty alcohol. The fatty alcohol together with cationic and/or nonionic surfactant produce a foam with lamellar structure, and the non-hydrocarbon propellant helps maintain the structure of the foam for a period of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2017Publication date: March 29, 2018Inventors: Jorge Max SUNKEL, Dean Arthur ZIMMERMAN, Larry Wayne MARSHALL, JR.
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Publication number: 20160279035Abstract: A liquid foamable composition includes a cationic surfactant, a nonionic surfactant, or mixtures of these surfactants, a fatty alcohol, a silicone blend, and water. The silicone blend includes a silicone gel and a silicone powder. A foam composition, an aerosol product, and methods for improving sensory benefits to skin are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2016Publication date: September 29, 2016Inventors: Jorge Max SUNKEL, Dean Arthur ZIMMERMAN
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Patent number: 8518001Abstract: A personal skin polishing or microdermabrasion device having a convenient form factor with a applicator attached to a contoured housing with a handle portion. The housing contains a battery, a cordless motor and a gear box to provide an appropriate rotational velocity to the output shaft that is coupled to the applicator. The applicator may be a foam material selected to cushion the skin from excessive abrasion to the particles in a personal care composition to be used with device, and to have a porosity that will enable the foam to interact with the particles and enhance the skin polishing effect.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2008Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Erik John Hasenoehrl, Keith David Fanta, Helen Rochelle Kemp, Aleksey Mikhailovich Pinyayev, John Andrew McDaniel, Paul John Edward Vernon, Paul Robert Tanner, Linda Eva Cortina, Nancy Lorincz Leppla, Dean Arthur Zimmerman
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Patent number: 8083064Abstract: Disclosed herein is a sustainable article substantially free of virgin petroleum-based compounds that includes a container, a cap, and a label, each made from renewable and/or recycled materials. The article has a shelf life of at least two years, and is itself entirely recyclable. The container can include polyethylene, polyethylene terephthalate, or polypropylene. The cap can include polypropylene or polyethylene. The label can include polyethylene, polyethylene terephthalate, polypropylene, or paper.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2011Date of Patent: December 27, 2011Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Emily Charlotte Boswell, Dimitris Ioannis Collias, Robert Earl Magness, Dean Arthur Zimmerman, John Moncrief Layman, John Andrew McDaniel, Holly Balasubramanian Rauckhorst, Andrew Benjamin Watson, Anthony James Burns, Brandon Matthew Dunphy, Andrew Eric Neltner
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Publication number: 20110120902Abstract: Disclosed herein is a sustainable article substantially free of virgin petroleum-based compounds that includes a container, a cap, and a label, each made from renewable and/or recycled materials. The article has a shelf life of at least two years, and is itself entirely recyclable. The container can include polyethylene, polyethylene terephthalate, or polypropylene. The cap can include polypropylene or polyethylene. The label can include polyethylene, polyethylene terephthalate, polypropylene, or paper.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2011Publication date: May 26, 2011Applicant: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANYInventors: Emily Charlotte Boswell, Dimitris Ioannis Collias, Robert Earl Magness, Dean Arthur Zimmerman, John Moncrief Layman, John Andrew McDaniel, Holly Balasubramanian Rauckhorst, Andrew Benjamin Watson, Anthony James Burns, Brandon Matthew Dunphy, Andrew Eric Neltner
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Patent number: 7726880Abstract: The flexible storage bag includes overlaying first and second sidewalls defining an internal volume that can be accessed from an open top edge. To evacuate air from the internal volume after the open top edge has been closed, the bag includes a one-way valve element attached to the first sidewall and communicating with the internal volume. To prevent the one-way valve element from becoming clogged by the opposing second sidewall, the bag also includes a clearance member that maintains at least a partial clearance between the first and second sidewalls proximate the valve element. The clearance member can take many forms such as a textured portion on the second sidewall that includes evacuation passages which provide air in the internal volume access to the valve element, a permeable element covering the valve element, and a rigid or compressible structure that spaces the second sidewall from the valve element.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2004Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: The Glad Products CompanyInventors: Dean Arthur Zimmerman, Carl Louis Bergman, Chinto Benjamin Gaw, Michael G. Borchardt
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Publication number: 20090124985Abstract: A personal skin polishing or microdermabrasion device having a convenient form factor with a applicator attached to a contoured housing with a handle portion. The housing contains a battery, a cordless motor and a gear box to provide an appropriate rotational velocity to the output shaft that is coupled to the applicator. The applicator may be a foam material selected to cushion the skin from excessive abrasion to the particles in a personal care composition to be used with device, and to have a porosity that will enable the foam to interact with the particles and enhance the skin polishing effect.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2008Publication date: May 14, 2009Inventors: Erik John Hasenoehrl, Keith David Fanta, Helen Rochelle Kemp, Aleksey Mikhailovich Pinyayev, John Andrew McDaniel, Paul John Edward Vernon, Paul Robert Tanner, Linda Eva Cortina, Nancy Lorincz Leppla, Dean Arthur Zimmerman
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Publication number: 20090017080Abstract: A personal care kit comprises a first series of unit-dose packages containing a first skin care composition and a second series of unit-doses packages containing a second skin care composition, wherein the first skin care composition and the second skin care composition exhibit a readily perceptible difference. The readily perceptible difference may be a visible difference, a tactile difference, or an olfactory difference. The first and/or second skin care composition may comprise a skin care active. A method for using the personal care kit is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2008Publication date: January 15, 2009Inventors: Paul Robert Tanner, Larry Richard Robinson, Robert Bao Ha, Dean Arthur Zimmerman
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Patent number: 7108440Abstract: An applicator (10) for distributing a substance onto a target surface, said applicator including a first side (24) having a first internal surface (32) and a first external surface (31), a second side (26) having a second internal surface (34) and a second external surface (33) and a flexible film dosing reservoir (30) containing a product. The flexible film dosing reservoir (30) is disposed between said first external surface (31) of said first side (24) and said second internal surface (34) of said second side (26), said product adapted to be release via application of pressure to said reservoir (30).Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2000Date of Patent: September 19, 2006Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Dana Paul Gruenbacher, James Herbert Davis, Thomas James Manske, Jr., Kevin Joe Fields, Piyush Narendra Zaveri, Gary Curtis Joseph, Dean Arthur Zimmerman
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Patent number: 7101437Abstract: A patterned element for use in an embossing and adhesive application process. The patterened element comprises a material having an pattern disposed thereon, wherein the material comprises a polymer and has a Shore A hardness of greater than about 70, and has a critical surface energy of less than about 30 dynes/cm.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2003Date of Patent: September 5, 2006Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Glenn David Boutilier, Linda Evers-Smith, Jeffrey Scott Ledford, Timothy Jude Lorenz, Michael Gomer Stelljes, Jr., John William Toussant, Paul Dennis Trokhan, Andrew Julian Wnuk, Paul Anthony Zaffiro, Dean Arthur Zimmerman
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Publication number: 20040137202Abstract: The present invention provides a multifunctional food wrap comprising a material web, an adhesive, and at least one secondary function. The material web is provided with a plurality of protrusions integral with the material web and having spaces therebetween. The adhesive is disposed within the spaces between the protuberances. The at least one secondary function may be a chemical means or a physical means and disposed within the adhesive, the material web, and/or the protuberances.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2003Publication date: July 15, 2004Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Peter Worthington Hamilton, Kenneth Stephen McGuire, Andrew Julian Wnuk, Dean Arthur Zimmerman, Cynthia Sue Dinius, Paul Dennis Trokhan, Kevin Benson McNeil, Steven Lee Barnholtz, Carol Kohn Berning
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Patent number: 6699347Abstract: The present invention provides a process comprising the steps of (a) applying less than about 0.1 grams per square meter (gsm) of a release agent to a transfer surface, wherein the release agent is selected such that a test sample of the release agent having a concentration at or above its critical surface tension concentration, has a surface tension of less than about 50 dyne/cm or forms a contact angle with the material of the transfer surface of less than about 120°; (b) applying an adhesive to the transfer surface; and (c) transferring the adhesive from the transfer surface to a material web. Preferred embodiments are provided where the transfer surface is metals, polymers, elastomers, ceramics, wood, or combinations thereof and the release agent has the formula: X—CF2O—(C2F4O)p—(CF2O)q—CF2—X. Additional embodiments are provided to continuous and intermittent processes.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2002Date of Patent: March 2, 2004Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Mary Ruth Lehrter, Steven Lee Barnholtz, James Michael Singer, Glenn David Boutilier, Andrew Julian Wnuk, Dean Arthur Zimmerman, Timothy Jude Lorenz
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Patent number: 6669387Abstract: An applicator is provided for distributing a substance onto a target surface. The applicator includes a first side, a second side, and an internal cavity between said first and second sides. The applicator also comprises at least one opening and at least one substantially fluid-impervious barrier layer within the internal cavity adjacent at least one of the sides. The applicator also comprises a first rupturable, product-containing, flexible film reservoir comprising at least one co-extruded film. A product is released to the target surface upon application of pressure to said reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2002Date of Patent: December 30, 2003Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Dana Paul Gruenbacher, James Herbert Davis, Kevin Joe Fields, Thomas James Manske, Jr., Dean Arthur Zimmerman
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Publication number: 20030218274Abstract: A patterned element for use in an embossing and adhesive application process. The patterened element comprises a material having an pattern disposed thereon, wherein the material comprises a polymer and has a Shore A hardness of greater than about 70, and has a critical surface energy of less than about 30 dynes/cm.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2003Publication date: November 27, 2003Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Glenn David Boutilier, Linda Evers-Smith, Jeffrey Scott Ledford, Timothy Jude Lorenz, Michael Gomer Stelljes, John William Toussant, Paul Dennis Trokhan, Andrew Julian Wnuk, Paul Anthony Zaffiro, Dean Arthur Zimmerman
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Publication number: 20030213548Abstract: The present invention provides a process comprising the steps of (a) applying less than about 0.1 grams per square meter (gsm) of a release agent to a transfer surface, wherein the release agent is selected such that a test sample of the release agent having a concentration at or above its critical surface tension concentration, has a surface tension of less than about 50 dyne/cm or forms a contact angle with the material of the transfer surface of less than about 120°; (b) applying an adhesive to the transfer surface; and (c) transferring the adhesive from the transfer surface to a material web.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2002Publication date: November 20, 2003Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Mary Ruth Lehrter, Steven Lee Barnholtz, James Michael Singer, Glenn David Boutilier, Andrew Julian Wnuk, Dean Arthur Zimmerman, Timothy Jude Lorenz