Patents by Inventor Ian Robert McMillan

Ian Robert McMillan 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).

  • Anti-microbial compositions
    Publication number: 20010033854
    Abstract: Anti-microbial compositions for use on the outer surface of the human body or on apparel worn in close proximity thereto comprising a carrier material and a salt of a transition metal chelator comprising a transition metal chelator anion and particular organic cations. The chelator salts possess great formulation flexibility, being compatible with a wide range of other materials, and are believed to function by inhibiting the up-take of essential transition metal nutrients by microbes. Preferred chelators have high affinity for iron (III).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2001
    Publication date: October 25, 2001
    Inventors: Paula Ann Johnson, Andrew Sjaak Landa, Stephen Anthony Makin, Ian Robert Mcmillan
  • Underarm composition
    Patent number: 5939056
    Abstract: A substantially anhydrous underarm cream composition suitable for topical application to the human skin, comprising an antiperspirant and/or deodorant agent, a carrier, a silica structurant and an alkyl methicone wax having the general formula:(CH.sub.3).sub.3 Si--?O--Si(R)(CH.sub.3)!.sub.x --O--Si(CH.sub.3).sub.3wherein R is a branched or unbranched alkyl group containing from 12 to 26 carbon atoms, the ratio of branched to unbranched alkyl groups is approximately from 1:5 to 1:2 and x ranges from 30 to 150.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Assignee: Helene Curtis, Inc.
    Inventors: Neil Robert Fletcher, Lynda Grainger, Desmond Bernard Hagan, Nina Maria Lewkowicz, Ian Robert McMillan, John Harold Stewart Rennie