Patents by Inventor Edward Dewey Smith

Edward Dewey Smith 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).

  • Publication number: 20120246852
    Abstract: A home care article can include a composition and a substrate. The article can be compliant to a surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Edward Dewey Smith, III, Shawn David McConaughy
  • Publication number: 20120219610
    Abstract: Antimicrobial bar compositions can include, for example, from about 0.1% to about 35%, by weight of the antimicrobial bar composition, of water; from about 45% to about 99%, by weight of the antimicrobial bar composition, of soap; and from about 0.01% to about 5%, by weight of the antimicrobial bar composition, of platelet zinc pyrithione (“platelet ZPT”). The platelet ZPT includes a median particle diameter of about 2 microns to about 3 microns, a mean particle diameter of about 3 microns to about 4 microns, and a thickness of about 0.6 microns to about 15 microns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Inventors: Edward Dewey Smith, III, Jason Edward Cook, Brian Joseph Limberg
  • Publication number: 20120220516
    Abstract: A bar soap comprising a pyrithione source, a soap surfactant, and a pH adjusting agent selected from a group consisting of ammonia solution, triethanolamine, diethanolamine, monoethanolamine, potassium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide, soluble carbonate salts, and combinations thereof, wherein the bar soap attains a pH of greater than or equal to 10.7. A process of inhibiting the formation of a discoloration in a bar soap comprising pyrithione sources by adding pH adjusting agent to attain a pH of greater than or equal to 10.7. A process of inhibiting the formation of a discoloration in a bar soap caused by dissolved ferric ions and/or cupric ions and pyrithione sources in the bar, comprising the step of adding from about 0.3% to about 20% soluble carbonate salt during manufacturing of the bar soap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Inventors: Edward (Dewey) Smith, Juan Wang, Xiaoyong Wang, Chunpeng Jiang
  • Publication number: 20120216408
    Abstract: Razors comprising a shaving aid comprising a soap base and a pyrithione source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Inventors: Jason Edward Cook, Chunpeng Jiang, Brian Joseph Limberg, Edward Dewey Smith, III, Juan Wang, Xiaoyong Wang
  • Publication number: 20120205399
    Abstract: An oxidative hair colorant composition to be dispensed from a manually-actuable, non-aerosol dispenser as a foam. The oxidative hair colorant composition contains a foam stabilizing agent and is essentially free of surfactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Brandon Scott LANE, Firoj Vohra, Sebastian Karol Galazka, Karen Michelle Nally, Elizabeth H. Agostino, George Scott Kerr, Robert Drennan Lewis, Mark Thomas Lund, Shawn David McConaughy, Edward Dewey Smith, III, Christopher Gerald Donner
  • Patent number: 8187338
    Abstract: An oxidative hair colorant composition to be dispensed from a manually-actuable, non-aerosol dispenser as a foam. The oxidative hair colorant composition contains a foam stabilizing agent and is essentially free of surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Brandon Scott Lane, Firoj Vohra, Sebastian Karol Galazka, Karen Michelle Nally, Elizabeth H. Agostino, George Scott Kerr, Robert Drennan Lewis, Mark Thomas Lund, Shawn David McConaughy, Edward Dewey Smith, III, Christopher Gerald Donner
  • Patent number: 8153144
    Abstract: The multiphase personal care composition of the present invention comprises a first phase and a second phase. The first phase is comprised of structured surfactant phase that comprises at least about 0.5% of alkylamphoacetate. The alkylamphoacetate comprises a Percentage Diacetate of less than about 15%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: The Proctor & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jamal Ihsan Berry, Karl Shiqing Wei, Edward Dewey Smith, III, Scott William Syfert
  • Patent number: 8105996
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a personal care composition. The personal care composition comprises a surfactant phase. The surfactant phase comprises a surfactant of about 3% to about 12%, by weight of the personal care composition and a co-surfactant of about 4% or less by weight of the personal care composition. The surfactant includes sodium trideceth sulfate. The surfactant phase further comprises a structuring system. The structuring system comprises about 0.05% to about 5%, by weight of the personal care composition, of a crosslinked associative polymer and an electrolyte. The crosslinked associative polymer comprises a hydrophobic modification of less than 10% and can be hydrophobically modified with greater than a C6 alkyl. The personal care composition further comprises a benefit phase comprising a hydrophobic benefit material of about 1% to about 50%, by weight of the personal care composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Karl Shiqing Wei, Edward Dewey Smith, III, Shawn Lynn Mansfield
  • Patent number: 8097574
    Abstract: A personal cleansing composition comprising a liquid matrix comprising water; a lathering surfactant; and an external structurant comprising a bacterial cellulose network and a cationic polymer; wherein a particulate material is suspended within the liquid matrix and the composition has a compositional pH of less than about 7. Methods of use and making are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Benjamin Parker Heath, Timothy Woodrow Coffindaffer, Kenneth Eugene Kyte, III, Edward Dewey Smith, III, Shawn D. McConaughy
  • Publication number: 20120009285
    Abstract: A personal care composition comprising: at least a first phase and a second phase wherein said first phase comprises a) an aqueous structured surfactant phase comprising STnS where n is between about 0 and about 2.5; b) ; c) a structuring system comprising i. optionally, a non-ionic emulsifier; ii. optionally, from about 0.05% to about 5%, by weight of said personal care composition, of an associative polymer; iii. an electrolyte; and said second phase comprises a) a benefit phase comprising from 1% to about 50%, by weight of said personal care composition, of a hydrophobic benefit agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Inventors: Karl Shiqing WEI, Edward Dewey Smith, III, Shawn Lynn Mansfield, Peter Herbert Koenig, Wei Ji, Yogesh Suradkar, Deepa Bagchi, Sujatha Logou, Stevan David Jones
  • Patent number: 8088721
    Abstract: A mild, multi-phase cleansing composition is described that includes a cleansing phase including a structured surfactant component has a first density; a benefit phase includes an emulsion, the benefit phase has a second density and a density modifier; wherein the first density differs from the second density by less than 0.15 g/cm3; the structured surfactant component includes at least one surfactant and provides a Total Lather Volume of at least about 600 ml. The emulsion is either an oil in water or an oil in water emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Daniel Jacob Soffin, Scott William Syfert, Karl Shiqing Wei, Edward Dewey Smith, III, Mark Richard Sine
  • Patent number: 8084407
    Abstract: A mild, multiphase cleansing composition is described that includes a structured surfactant component has a first density; a benefit component that has a second density; and a density modifier; wherein the first density differs from the second density by less than 0.15 g/cm3; the structured surfactant component includes at least one surfactant and provides a Total Lather Volume of at least about 600 ml.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Daniel Jacob Soffin, Scott William Syfert, Karl Shiqing Wei, Edward Dewey Smith, III
  • Publication number: 20110284421
    Abstract: An oxidative hair colorant composition to be dispensed from a manually-actuable, non-aerosol dispenser as a foam. The oxidative hair colorant composition contains a foam stabilizing agent and is essentially free of surfactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventors: Brandon Scott Lane, Firoj Vohra, Sebastian Karol Galazka, Karen Michelle Nally, Elizabeth H. Agostino, George Scott Kerr, Robert Drennan Lewis, Mark Thomas Lund, Shawn David McConaughy, Edward Dewey Smith, III, Christopher Gerald Donner
  • Publication number: 20110226272
    Abstract: A shaving kit comprising a personal care article is disclosed. The shaving kit comprises a package containing a personal care composition comprising a surfactant, water and at least about 15% of a hydrophobic moisturizing material and a plurality of razor blade cartridges or a shaving razor. An article of commerce is also disclosed that comprises a personal care article comprising a package containing a visually distinct, multiphase personal care composition and a set of in association with the personal care article. A method of shaving is also disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: wetting a skin surface; dispensing the multiphase personal care composition from the personal care article that comprises a package containing a visually distinct, multiphase personal care composition; contacting a skin surface with the personal care composition, and applying a shaving razor to the skin surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventors: Heather Lynn FOCHT, Karl Shiqing Wei, Edward Dewey Smith, III, Christopher Dean Putman, Cheyne Pohlman Thomas
  • Publication number: 20110117225
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a personal care composition. The personal care composition comprises a surfactant phase. The surfactant phase comprises a surfactant of about 3% to about 12%, by weight of the personal care composition and a co-surfactant of about 4% or less by weight of the personal care composition. The surfactant includes sodium trideceth sulfate. The surfactant phase further comprises a structuring system. The structuring system comprises about 0.05% to about 5%, by weight of the personal care composition, of a crosslinked associative polymer and an electrolyte. The crosslinked associative polymer comprises a hydrophobic modification of less than 10% and can be hydrophobically modified with greater than a C6 alkyl. The personal care composition further comprises a benefit phase comprising a hydrophobic benefit material of about 1% to about 50%, by weight of the personal care composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Karl Shiqing Wei, Edward Dewey Smith, III, Shawn Lynn Mansfiel
  • Publication number: 20110089196
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a personal-care article comprising a package and a personal-care product. The package comprises at least one chamber, a dispensing orifice, a first zone proximate to the dispensing orifice, and a second zone distal to the dispensing orifice. The first zone and second zone are both located in at least one chamber. The personal-care product comprises a first personal-care composition substantially disposed within the first zone and the second personal-care composition substantially disposed within the second zone. The first personal-care composition comprises a first concentration of hydrophobic benefit material. The second personal-care composition comprises a second concentration of hydrophobic benefit material. The first concentration of hydrophobic benefit material is different from the second concentration of hydrophobic benefit material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Jonathan Robert Cetti, Christopher Dean Putman, Karen Lehnhoff, Lee Thomas Williams, JR., Edward Dewey Smith, III
  • Publication number: 20110039744
    Abstract: A personal cleansing composition comprising a liquid matrix comprising water; a lathering surfactant; and an external structurant comprising a bacterial cellulose network and a cationic polymer; wherein a particulate material is suspended within the liquid matrix and the composition has a compositional pH of less than about 7. Methods of use and making are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Inventors: Benjamin Parker Heath, Timothy Woodrow Coffindaffer, Kenneth Eugene Kyte, III, Edward Dewey Smith, III, Shawn D. McConaughy
  • Publication number: 20110009302
    Abstract: A mild, multi-phase cleansing composition is described that includes a cleansing phase including a structured surfactant component has a first density; a benefit phase includes an emulsion, the benefit phase has a second density and a density modifier; wherein the first density differs from the second density by less than 0.15 g/cm3; the structured surfactant component includes at least one surfactant and provides a Total Lather Volume of at least about 600 ml. The emulsion is either an oil in water or an oil in water emulsion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Daniel Jacob SOFFIN, Scott William SYFERT, Karl Shiqing WEI, Edward Dewey SMITH, III, Mark Richard SINE
  • Publication number: 20100322878
    Abstract: A personal care composition that comprises a synthetic random polymer comprising a net positive charge; said synthetic random polymer comprising an acrylamide monomer unit; and a cationic monomer unit comprising 3 or more positive charges; wherein said synthetic random polymer comprises a ratio of said acrylamide monomer unit to said cationic monomer unit comprising from about 55:45 to about 97:3; and a surfactant component; and an aqueous carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: Qing Stella, Edward Dewey Smith, III, Todd Ryan Thompson, Beth Ann Schubert, Nathan Ray Whitely, Cynthia Ann Garza
  • Patent number: 7820609
    Abstract: A mild, multi-phase cleansing composition is described that includes a cleansing phase including a structured surfactant component has a first density; a benefit phase includes an emulsion, the benefit phase has a second density and a density modifier; wherein the first density differs from the second density by less than 0.15 g/cm3; the structured surfactant component includes at least one surfactant and provides a Total Lather Volume of at least about 600 ml. The emulsion is either an oil in water or an oil in water emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Daniel Jacob Soffin, Scott William Syfert, Karl Shiqing Wei, Edward Dewey Smith, III, Mark Richard Sine