Patents by Inventor Elizabeth A. Ferguson

Elizabeth A. Ferguson 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).

  • Systems and methods for enhancing the screening of electronic message data
    Publication number: 20050256929
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of automated screening systems that assist in screening the content of message data prior to public posting of the messages. More specifically, the present invention is directed to systems and methods for enhancing the screening of messages that are posted to on-line guest books and message boards associated with on-line obituaries and the like in order to substantially reduce and/or eliminate the posting of messages with inappropriate or undesirable content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2004
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Inventors: Christopher Bartol, Elizabeth Ferguson, Jeffrey Mills, Frank Nitsche
  • Alcoholic moisturizing after shave lotion
    Patent number: 5527530
    Abstract: The present invention is for an alcoholic moisturizing after shave lotion having reduced stinging and burning upon application. Said lotion contains a combination of an anti-inflamatory agent and a moisturizing emollient within specified ratios to one another for elimination of stinging and burning when applying said lotion to the skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1996
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mason S. Simmons, Louis S. Lisboa, Elizabeth A. Ferguson
  • Snowman doll
    Patent number: D589572
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Inventors: Sara Elizabeth Ferguson, Joyce Ann Ferguson