Patents by Inventor George E. Lay

George E. Lay 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: 4844302
    Abstract: A two-part closure assembly for a container includes a spout and a measuring cup. The spout has an outer annular ring, a liquid-dispensing component disposed within an upper portion of the annular ring and a passageway therethrough adapted for fluid flow communication with a liquid held in the container. The annular ring has an inner surface which has an annular groove in the upper portion of the ring, an annular recess in the lower portion of the ring, and means in the lower portion to engage a container. The cup has a base, and a sidewall extending upwardly from the base to define a cavity into which a liquid can be poured. An annular flange, extending outwardly from the outer surface of the sidewall of the cup, is alternately releasably engageable within the annular groove in the inner surface of the annular ring of the spout to envelop the liquid-dispensing component of the spout and within the annular recess in the inner surface to be disposed within the liquid-dispensing component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1989
    Assignee: Wheeling Stamping Company
    Inventor: George E. Lay
  • Patent number: 4619826
    Abstract: A method for controlling acne or acneform eruptions in humans is disclosed. The method involves the topical application of one or more sebum-imbibing, sebum-retaining polymers either alone or in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1984
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1986
    Assignee: The Dow Chemical Company
    Inventors: George E. Lay, Richard A. Knipstein, Daniel H. Haigh
  • Patent number: 4489058
    Abstract: A method for controlling acne or acneform eruptions in humans is disclosed. The method involves the topical application of one or more sebum-imbibing, sebum-retaining polymers either alone or in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1984
    Assignee: The Dow Chemical Company
    Inventors: George E. Lay, Daniel H. Haigh, Richard A. Knipstein
  • Patent number: 4451453
    Abstract: Contact dermatitis caused by exposure of the skin to the allergen present in plants of the genus Rhus, is treated and controlled by topical application of an effective amount of an allergen-imbibing, allergen-retaining polymer or a pharmaceutically-acceptable composition containing such polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 29, 1984
    Assignee: The Dow Chemical Company
    Inventors: George E. Lay, Daniel H. Haigh