Patents by Inventor Gillian E. Westgate

Gillian E. Westgate 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).

  • Test methods for assessing K.sup.+ channel agonist or mitogenic activity
    Patent number: 5837225
    Abstract: Method for assessing the activity of a test substance as a K.sup.+ channel agonist or for mitogenic activity. Fibroblasts are cultured in a test medium which is free of aminoglycoside antibiotics, the medium is supplemented with serum or serum substitute and the test substance, and the response of the supplemented cells to the test substance is assessed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Assignee: Cambridge University Technical Services Ltd.
    Inventors: Ian J. Fiddes, Terence G. Kealey, Michael P. Philpott, Deborah A. Sanders, Darren M. Thompson, Gillian E. Westgate
  • Cosmetic composition
    Patent number: 5559092
    Abstract: A composition suitable for topical application to mammalian skin and hair for inducing, maintaining or increasing hair growth comprises a hair growth promoter chosen from glutamine derivatives and salts thereof. The composition preferably also comprises an activity enhancer which may be chosen from hair growth stimulants, penetration enhancers and cationic polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1996
    Assignee: Chesebrough-Pond's USA Co. Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter T. Gibson, Gillian E. Westgate
  • Cosmetic composition for inhibiting hair growth
    Patent number: 5378455
    Abstract: A composition suitable for topical application to mammalian skin for reducing, retarding or eliminating hair growth is provided, which comprises:i) an effective amount of an inhibitor of glutamine metabolism in mammalian skin or hair; andii) a cosmetically acceptable vehicle for the inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1995
    Assignee: Chesebrough-Ponds USA Co., Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: George T. E. Kealey, Gillian E. Westgate, Rebecca Williams