Patents by Inventor Diane Thompson

Diane Thompson 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).

  • Patent number: 11931442
    Abstract: Disclosed are water-based personal cleansing compositions having an isotropic surfactant phase, the compositions containing (a) an amidoamine surfactant, (b) cleansing surfactant, (c) water, and (d) protonating agent, the cleansing surfactant containing 85 to 100% by weight of a combination of betaine surfactant and taurate surfactant in particular ratios; also disclosed are methods of thickening such compositions by the addition of electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: CONOPCO, INC.
    Inventors: Massimiliano Trentini, Helen Diane Thompson, Christopher David Bentley, Lynsey Joanne Coan
  • Patent number: 11812830
    Abstract: Safer Stops is a 4.5?×4.5? octagonal case mounted on the steering cowl used to house driving documents requested during a typical traffic stop to prevent the drivers hands from leaving site of the police officer. Safer Stops consist of two octagonal pieces of leather sewn together on five connecting sides of the eight. The three sides not sewn together form an opening which is secured with a snap closure. On the back is a 3? round sticky re-useable gel pad. One Side of the gel pad sticks to the case the other side sticks to the steering cowl. The device comes in many colors and is branded with the Safer Stops logo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Inventor: Susan Diane Thompson-Pope
  • Patent number: 11779528
    Abstract: Disclosed are water-based personal cleansing compositions having an isotropic surfactant phase, the compositions containing (a) cationic surfactant that includes a quaternary ammonium compound and/or an amidoamine, (b) cleansing surfactant and (c) water, the cleansing surfactant containing 85 to 100% by weight of a combination of betaine surfactant and taurate surfactant in particular ratios; also disclosed are methods of thickening such compositions by the addition of electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: CONOPCO, INC.
    Inventors: Massimiliano Trentini, Helen Diane Thompson, Christopher David Bentley, Lynsey Joanne Coan
  • Publication number: 20220232937
    Abstract: Safer Stops is a 4.5? X 4.5? octagonal case mounted on the steering cowl used to house driving documents requested during a typical traffic stop to prevent the drivers hands from leaving site of the police officer. Safer Stops consist of two octagonal pieces of leather sewn together on five connecting sides of the eight. The three sides not sewn together form an opening which is secured with a snap closure. On the back is a 3? round sticky re-useable gel pad. One Side of the gel pad sticks to the case the other side sticks to the steering cowl. The device comes in many colors and is branded with the Safer Stops logo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventor: Susan Diane Thompson-Pope
  • Publication number: 20210069079
    Abstract: Disclosed are water-based personal cleansing compositions having an isotropic surfactant phase, the compositions containing (a) cationic surfactant that includes a quaternary ammonium compound and/or an amidoamine, (b) cleansing surfactant and (c) water, the cleansing surfactant containing 85 to 100% by weight of a combination of betaine surfactant and taurate surfactant in particular ratios; also disclosed are methods of thickening such compositions by the addition of electrolyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Massimiliano TRENTINI, Helen Diane THOMPSON, Christopher David BENTLEY, Lynsey Joanne COAN
  • Publication number: 20200352838
    Abstract: Disclosed are water-based personal cleansing compositions having an isotropic surfactant phase, the compositions containing (a) an amidoamine surfactant, (b) cleansing surfactant, (c) water, and (d) protonating agent, the cleansing surfactant containing 85 to 100% by weight of a combination of betaine surfactant and taurate surfactant in particular ratios; also disclosed are methods of thickening such compositions by the addition of electrolyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Massimiliano TRENTINI, Helen Diane THOMPSON, Christopher David BENTLEY, Lynsey Joanne COAN
  • Publication number: 20070202054
    Abstract: An inhalable formulation containing SAE-CD and corticosteroid is provided. The formulation is adapted for administration to a subject by nebulization with any known nebulizer. The formulation can be included in a kit. The formulation is administered as an aqueous solution, however, it can be stored as a dry powder, ready-to-use solution, or concentrated composition. The formulation is employed in an improved nebulization system for administering corticosteroid by inhalation. SAE-CD present in the formulation significantly enhances the chemical stability of budesonide. A method of administering the formulation by inhalation is provided. The formulation can also be administered by conventional nasal delivery apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Inventors: JAMES PIPKIN, RUPERT ZIMMERER, DIANE THOMPSON, GEROLD MOSHER
  • Publication number: 20070175472
    Abstract: An inhalable dry powder formulation containing SAE-CD and an active agent is provided. The formulation is adapted for administration by DPI. The SAE-CD serves as a carrier rather than as an absorption enhancer. The average particle size of the SAE-CD is large enough to preclude (for the most part) pulmonary deposition thereof. Following release from the DPI device, the SAE-CD-containing particles dissociate from the active agent-containing particles in the buccal cavity or throat, after which the active agent-containing particles continue deeper into the respiratory tract. The physicochemical and morphological properties of the SAE-CD are easily modified to permit optimization of active agent and carrier interactions. Drugs having a positive, neutral or negative electrostatic charge can be delivered by DPI when SAE-CD is used as a carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: CYDEX, INC.
    Inventors: JAMES PIPKIN, RUPERT ZIMMERER, ANTHONY HICKEY, DIANE THOMPSON, HUGH SMYTH
  • Publication number: 20070020298
    Abstract: An inhalable formulation containing SAE-?-CD and corticosteroid is provided. The formulation is adapted for administration to a subject by nebulization with any known nebulizer. The formulation can be included in a kit. The formulation is administered as an aqueous solution, however, it can be stored as a dry powder, ready-to-use solution, or concentrated composition. The formulation is employed in an improved nebulization system for administering corticosteroid by inhalation. SAE-?-CD present in the formulation significantly enhances the chemical stability of budesonide. A method of administering the formulation by inhalation is provided. The formulation can also be administered by conventional nasal delivery apparatus. The formulation can include one or more additional therapeutic agents for use in combination with the corticosteroid. SAE-?-CD is especially useful for solubilizing esterified corticosteroids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Publication date: January 25, 2007
    Inventors: James Pipkin, Rupert Zimmerer, Diane Thompson, Gerold Mosher
  • Publication number: 20070020299
    Abstract: An inhalable formulation containing SAE-CD and corticosteroid is provided. The formulation is adapted for administration to a subject by nebulization with any known nebulizer. The formulation can be included in a kit. The formulation is administered as an aqueous solution, however, it can be stored as a dry powder, ready-to-use solution, or concentrated composition. The formulation is employed in an improved nebulization system for administering corticosteroid by inhalation. SAE-CD present in the formulation significantly enhances the chemical stability of budesonide. A method of administering the formulation by inhalation is provided. The formulation can also be administered by conventional nasal delivery apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Publication date: January 25, 2007
    Inventors: James Pipkin, Rupert Zimmerer, Diane Thompson, Gerold Mosher
  • Publication number: 20070020196
    Abstract: An inhalable unit dose liquid formulation containing SAE-CD and corticosteroid is provided. The formulation is adapted for administration to a subject by nebulization with any known nebulizer. The formulation can be included in a kit. The formulation is administered as an aqueous solution or concentrated composition. The formulation is employed in an improved nebulization system for administering corticosteroid by inhalation. SAE-CD present in the formulation significantly enhances the chemical stability of corticosteroid, such as budesonide. A method of administering the formulation by inhalation is provided. The formulation can also be administered by conventional nasal delivery apparatus. The formulation is prepared by mixing SAE-CD, in solid or liquid (dissolved) form, with an inhalable suspension-based unit dose formulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Publication date: January 25, 2007
    Inventors: James Pipkin, Rupert Zimmerer, Diane Thompson, Gerold Mosher
  • Publication number: 20050186267
    Abstract: A capsule containing an aqueous fill composition that comprises water, a derivatized cyclodextrin, such as sulfoalkyl ether cyclodextrin (SAE-CD) or hydroxypropyl cyclodextrin (HPCD), optionally one or more active agents and optionally one or more excipients is stabilized from degradation, erosion, swelling or dissolution of its shell during storage. The derivatized cyclodextrin is present in an amount sufficient to reduce, eliminate or inhibit degradation, erosion, swelling and/or dissolution of the shell by water present in the fill composition. Alternatively, the derivatized cyclodextrin and another shell-stabilizing material together stabilize the shell from degradation, erosion, swelling and/or dissolution by water present in the fill composition. The derivatized cyclodextrin can reduce the water activity of the fill composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Inventors: Diane Thompson, James Pipkin, Rupert Zimmerer
  • Publication number: 20050164986
    Abstract: A method of preserving formulations is provided. The method includes the step of including a derivatized cyclodextrin in a formulation capable of sustaining microbial growth. One embodiment of the formulation employs a sulfoalkyl ether cyclodextrin as a preservative and optionally as a solubilizing and complexing agent. A suitable cyclodextrin is the CAPTISOL” brand cyclodextrin (sulfobutyl ether R-cyclodextrin). Whether or not the formulation includes a conventional preservative, the formulation will remain preserved for at least a minimum predetermined period. Specific embodiments of the invention include a carrier, a derivatized cyclodextrin and optionally one or more active agents, one or more water activity-reducing agents, and/or one or more complexation-enhancing agents. The derivatized cyclodextrin reduces the water activity of the formulation. A liquid formulation can be lyophilized or otherwise dried to yield a solid formulation that is optionally reconstitutable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2003
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: Gerold Mosher, James Pipkin, Rupert Zimmerer, Christina Fulk, Diane Thompson