Patents by Inventor Gerald John Guskey

Gerald John Guskey 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: 11311469
    Abstract: Described herein, a water-soluble personal cleansing product including a water-soluble fibrous structure; wherein the water-soluble fibrous structure comprises a plurality of fibrous elements; wherein the plurality of fibrous elements comprises one or more fibrous element-forming materials comprising one or more polyvinyl alcohols; and one or more active agents present within the plurality of fibrous elements, wherein the one or more active agents comprise one or more surfactants, wherein the one or more surfactants comprise at least one glutamate surfactant according to the general formula (I): wherein R1 is a saturated or unsaturated, straight or branched alkyl or alkenyl chain with from 5 to 20 carbon atoms; and M is H, ammonium, triethanolammonium (TEA), sodium or potassium and mixtures thereof; and wherein the water-soluble fibrous structure is substantially free of alkyl sulfate and alkyl ether sulfate type of surfactants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Karl Shiqing Wei, Min Mao, Susan Adair Griffiths-Brophy, Gerald John Guskey, Brian Xiaoqing Song
  • Patent number: 11166905
    Abstract: A skin cleansing composition has from about 0.05% to about 15%, by weight of the composition, of a plurality of color stable abrasive particles comprising a non-oxide colorant; and an antioxidant selected from the group consisting of tocopherol acetate (Vitamin E Acetate), butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA), butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), sodium benzotriazolyl butylphenol sulfate, Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) and combinations thereof. The abrasive particles are sustainable. The skin cleansing composition has a pH of <6 or from about 4 to about 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gerald John Guskey, Shannon Dale Wagers, Somil Manjul Shah
  • Patent number: 11160741
    Abstract: Described herein, a personal care composition and its uses, wherein the personal care composition comprises a surfactant system, wherein the surfactant system comprises: from 3% to 15% of an anionic surfactant by weight of the composition, wherein the anionic surfactant is sodium laureth(1) sulfate SLE1S, from 1% to 15% of one or more cosurfactants by weight of the composition; from 0.10% to 5.0%, from 0.20% to 2.5%, from 0.25% to 1.75%, from 0.50% to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gerald John Guskey, Shannon Dale Wagers, Edward Dewey Smith, III
  • Publication number: 20200405605
    Abstract: Described herein, a water-soluble personal cleansing product including a water-soluble fibrous structure; wherein the water-soluble fibrous structure comprises a plurality of fibrous elements; wherein the plurality of fibrous elements comprises one or more fibrous element-forming materials comprising one or more polyvinyl alcohols; and one or more active agents present within the plurality of fibrous elements, wherein the one or more active agents comprise one or more surfactants, wherein the one or more surfactants comprise at least one glutamate surfactant according to the general formula (I): wherein R1 is a saturated or unsaturated, straight or branched alkyl or alkenyl chain with from 5 to 20 carbon atoms; and M is H, ammonium, triethanolammonium (TEA), sodium or potassium and mixtures thereof; and wherein the water-soluble fibrous structure is substantially free of alkyl sulfate and alkyl ether sulfate type of surfactants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Karl Shiqing WEI, Min NMN MAO, Susan Adair GRIFFITHS-BROPHY, Gerald John GUSKEY, Brian Xiaoqing SONG
  • Patent number: 10806692
    Abstract: A skin cleansing composition has from about 0.05% to about 15%, by weight of the composition, of a plurality of color stable abrasive particles comprising a non-oxide colorant; and an antioxidant selected from the group consisting of tocopherol acetate (Vitamin E Acetate), butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA), butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), sodium benzotriazolyl butylphenol sulfate, Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) and combinations thereof. The abrasive particles are sustainable. The skin cleansing composition has a pH of <6 or from about 4 to about 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gerald John Guskey, Shannon Dale Wagers, Somil Manjul Shah
  • Publication number: 20200237640
    Abstract: A skin cleansing composition has from about 0.05% to about 15%, by weight of the composition, of a plurality of color stable abrasive particles comprising a non-oxide colorant; and an antioxidant selected from the group consisting of tocopherol acetate (Vitamin E Acetate), butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA), butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), sodium benzotriazolyl butylphenol sulfate, Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) and combinations thereof. The abrasive particles are sustainable. The skin cleansing composition has a pH of <6 or from about 4 to about 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Gerald John GUSKEY, Shannon Dale WAGERS, Somil Manjul SHAH
  • Publication number: 20190262249
    Abstract: Described herein, a personal care composition and its uses, wherein the personal care composition comprises a surfactant system, wherein the surfactant system comprises: from 3% to 15% of an anionic surfactant by weight of the composition, wherein the anionic surfactant is sodium laureth(1) sulfate SLE1S, from 1% to 15% of one or more cosurfactants by weight of the composition; from 0.10% to 5.0%, from 0.20% to 2.5%, from 0.25% to 1.75%, from 0.50% to 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Gerald John GUSKEY, Shannon Dale WAGERS, Edward Dewey SMITH, III
  • Publication number: 20190177505
    Abstract: Described herein, a composition comprises an anionic surfactant system comprising from 1% to 30% of an anionic surfactant by total weight of the composition, wherein the anionic surfactant is sodium laureth(n) sulfate SLEnS, wherein n is the average moles of ethoxylation, wherein n ranges from 0 to 8, preferably from 1 to 3. The composition comprises from 0.01% to 2% of a cationic guar polymer by total weight of the composition, wherein the cationic guar polymer has a charge density from 0.6 meq/g to 2.5 meq/g. One or more coacervates are formed with the anionic surfactant system, preferably with the anionic surfactant, and the cationic guar polymer. The composition comprises from 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Gerald John GUSKEY, Karl Shiqing WEI
  • Publication number: 20180092831
    Abstract: A skin cleansing composition has from about 0.05% to about 15%, by weight of the composition, of a plurality of color stable abrasive particles comprising a non-oxide colorant; and an antioxidant selected from the group consisting of tocopherol acetate (Vitamin E Acetate), butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA), butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), sodium benzotriazolyl butylphenol sulfate, Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) and combinations thereof. The abrasive particles are sustainable. The skin cleansing composition has a pH of <6 or from about 4 to about 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Gerald John GUSKEY, Shannon Dale WAGERS, Somil Manjul SHAH
  • Patent number: 9717674
    Abstract: A skin cleansing composition having biodegradable abrasive particles, is provided. The abrasive particles have a mean Circularity of from about 0.10 to about 0.60 and a mean particle size as expressed by the area-equivalent diameter of about 500 ?m to about 2,000 ?m and a Biodegradable Rate of about 30% to about 100%. The composition has a structured surfactant phase or surfactant phase having a Yield Stress of about 1 Pa to about 100 Pa or a Yield Stress of about 0.1 Pa to about 10 Pa, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gerald John Guskey, Denis Alfred Gonzales, Karl Shiqing Wei
  • Patent number: 9622951
    Abstract: A personal care composition exhibiting a tan delta of about 0.30 or more at about 10° C. includes a primary surfactant, secondary surfactant, and a polyol. Methods are also provided to improve the stability of a personal care composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gerald John Guskey, Songtao Zhou
  • Publication number: 20150306014
    Abstract: A personal care composition includes a surfactant, a water soluble cationic polymer, a hydrophobic benefit agent, and a hydrophobic cationic polyethylene polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Qing STELLA, Gerald John GUSKEY
  • Patent number: 9101551
    Abstract: A personal care composition includes a surfactant, a water soluble cationic polymer, a hydrophobic benefit agent, and a hydrophobic cationic polyethylene polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Qing Stella, Gerald John Guskey
  • Publication number: 20150096582
    Abstract: A personal care composition includes a surfactant, a water soluble cationic polymer, a hydrophobic benefit agent, and a hydrophobic cationic polyethylene polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Qing STELLA, Gerald John GUSKEY
  • Publication number: 20150098920
    Abstract: A personal care composition includes a surfactant, a water soluble cationic polymer, a hydrophobic benefit agent, and a hydrophobic cationic polyethylene polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Qing STELLA, Gerald John GUSKEY
  • Publication number: 20140121268
    Abstract: A personal care composition exhibiting a tan delta of about 0.30 or more at about 10° C. includes a primary surfactant, secondary surfactant, and a polyol. Methods are also provided to improve the stability of a personal care composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gerald John GUSKEY, Songtao ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20130280356
    Abstract: A personal cleansing composition includes a cleansing phase and a benefit phase, the benefit phase having a hydrophobic benefit agent and one or more oligomers derived from metathesis of unsaturated polyol esters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Qing NMN STELLA, Gerald John GUSKEY, Cynthia Ann GARZA, Timothy Woodrow COFFINDAFFER, John David CARTER, Kenneth Eugene KYTE, III
  • Publication number: 20130281551
    Abstract: A personal cleansing composition includes a cleansing phase and a benefit phase, the benefit phase having a hydrophobic benefit agent and one or more oligomers derived from metathesis of unsaturated polyol esters and methods relating thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Qing STELLA, Gerald John GUSKEY, Cynthia Ann GARZA, Timothy Woodrow COFFINDAFFER, John David CARTER, Kenneth Eugene KYTE, III
  • Publication number: 20130253057
    Abstract: A personal care composition includes a cleansing phase and a benefit phase, the cleansing phase having a surfactant and the benefit phase having a lipid bilayer structurant. Methods to enhance skin hydration are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Karl Shiqing WEI, Qing STELLA, Wei JI, Gerald John GUSKEY, Stevan David JONES, Kunal Virendra GUJRATY, James Terence WESCOTT
  • Patent number: 6555099
    Abstract: Disclosed are single-phase antiperspirant compositions and corresponding methods of application, wherein the compositions are single-phase systems that comprise a solubilized antiperspirant active, a volatile silicone and selected coupling materials that are substantially free of Si—OH and Si—H functional groups and that have a solubility parameter of from about 7 to about 12, wherein the sum total solubility parameter of the essential components in the composition is m about 9 to about 13. These compositions provide improved low residue performance, enhanced stability, improved efficacy, and/or improved cosmetics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gerald John Guskey, John Paul Luebbe