Patents by Inventor James Robert Schwartz

James Robert Schwartz 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).

  • Publication number: 20140357962
    Abstract: An objective non-invasive method for quantifying itch comprising the steps of presenting a visual stimulus to a subject, wherein the visual stimulus comprises focusing the subject on itch; collecting psychophysiological data from subject while presenting the visual stimulus; using the psychophysiological data to objectively assess the therapeutic value of a treatment or a product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Nick Robert HARRINGTON, James Robert SCHWARTZ, James Charles DUNBAR, Haruko MIZOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20140273055
    Abstract: A noninvasive method for diagnosing skin health in a subject comprising collecting a skin sample/epithelial cell sample from the subject; detecting a level of one or more biomarkers selected from the group consisting of Myeloperoxidase and oxidized lipids in the epithelial cell sample/skin cell sample; diagnosing the subject as having oxidative stress and/or oxidative damage based on the level of a detected biomarker. Further, a noninvasive method for evaluating the efficacy of products for skin health.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kathleen Marie KERR, Angela Marie FIENO, Kenneth Robert WEHMEYER, Lijuan LI, James Robert SCHWARTZ, Raymond Alan GRANT
  • Patent number: 8673274
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising an effective amount of a pyrithione or a polyvalent metal salt of a pyrithione, an effective amount of furametpyr and an effective amount of a surfactant including a surfactant with an anionic functional group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: James Robert Schwartz, David Joseph Kaufman
  • Publication number: 20130280200
    Abstract: A personal care composition suitable for use as a non-aerosol shave composition comprising an anti-irritation agent; a lathering surfactant; a carrier comprising water; and optional adjunct ingredients such as lubricants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventor: James Robert SCHWARTZ
  • Publication number: 20130205959
    Abstract: A composition dispensing device containing a moisturizing personal care composition suitable for use on wet skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Inventors: Neil John Jones, Alison Fiona Stephens, James Robert Schwartz
  • Patent number: 8491877
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising an effective amount of zinc-containing layered material, an effective amount of a surfactant including a surfactant with an anionic functional group, wherein the zinc-containing layered material has a relative zinc lability of greater than about 15%. The present invention further relates to a composition according to Claim 1 wherein the composition further comprises an effective amount of a pyrithione or a polyvalent metal salt of a pyrithione.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: James Robert Schwartz, Eric Scott Johnson, Bonnie Theresa King, Carl Hinz Margraf, III, Gregory V. Tormos, David Thomas Warnke
  • Publication number: 20130108610
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of inhibiting aconitase activity of fungal cells in an individual, the method comprising administering an inhibitor of aconitase activity to the fungal cell in an amount effective to inhibit activity of aconitase by said fungal cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: James Robert SCHWARTZ, Charles Winston Saunders, Robert Scott Youngquist, Jun Xu
  • Publication number: 20130109664
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a personal care composition comprising an effective amount of a pyrithione or a polyvalent metal salt of a pyrithione; an effective amount of an iron chelator or a material which chelates iron; wherein the combination of the iron chelator and the pyrithione or a polyvalent metal salt of a pyrithione has a fractional inhibitor concentration of less than or equal to 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: James Robert SCHWARTZ, Charles Winston Saunders, Robert Scott Youngquist, Casey Patrick Kelly, Jeffrey Kenneth Domsic, Robie Lynn Lucas, Jun Xu
  • Patent number: 8420054
    Abstract: A method for measuring of histamine in an epidermis comprising applying an adhesive article to an epithelium of a mammal; allowing for adherence of epithelial cells to the adhesive article; removing the adhesive article from the epithelium of the mammal; preparing the adhesive article using standard laboratory methods for extraction; extracting histamine from the epithelial cells adhered to said adhesive article; measuring histamine from the epithelial cells adhered to said adhesive article; determining the amount of histamine in the epithelial cells as compared to a baseline sample. Further, a method of objectively measuring the perception of itch in mammals and wherein there is a reduction in histamine from a baseline level which is directly proportional to a reduction in an itch perception.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: James Robert Schwartz, Kathleen Marie Kerr, Patricia West Doyle, Kenneth Robert Wehmeyer, Thomas Massey Burt, Angela Marie Fieno, Rohan Lalith Wimalasena, Gina Marie Fadayel
  • Publication number: 20130045257
    Abstract: An aerosol shave composition, preferably a post foaming shave gel, comprising a hydrophobic agent, such as a silicone, in the form of a microdroplet having a particle size from about 0.15 microns to about 10 microns and an anti-irritation agent such as zinc pyrithione, and a method of making.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Inventors: Ali Alwattari, Marcia J. Holden, George Endel Deckner, James Robert Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20130045256
    Abstract: A shave preparation comprising water; one or more lipophilic skin conditioning agents; one or more thickening agents; one or more emulsifying agents; and one or more lubricants, and an anti-irritation agent such as zinc pyrithione.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Inventor: James Robert Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20130045248
    Abstract: A personal care composition comprising an anti-irritation agent such as a zinc pyrithione, a zinc salt or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Inventors: Timothy Woodrow Coffindaffer, Benjamin Parker Heath, Helen Rochelle Kemp, Robert John Willicut, James Robert Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20120103151
    Abstract: A composition dispensing device containing a composition comprising an anti-irritation agent such as zinc pyrithione. which is preferably thick and viscous yet remains clear or translucent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Neil John Jones, Alison Fiona Stephens, James Robert Schwartz
  • Patent number: 8119168
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions comprising an effective amount of a zinc containing material having an aqueous solubility within the composition of less than about 25% by weight at 25° C.; from about 5% to about 50% of a surfactant; and from about 40% to about 95% water; wherein the pH of the composition is greater than about 7. Further disclosed are compositions comprising an effective amount of a zinc containing material having an aqueous solubility within the composition of less than about 25% by weight at 25° C.; from about 5% to about 50% of a surfactant; and from about 0.1% to about 5% of a zinc ionophoric material; from about 40% to about 95% water; and wherein the pH of the composition is greater than about 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Eric Scott Johnson, Elizabeth Ann Crane, James Robert Schwartz, Carl Hinz Margraf, III, Gregory V. Tormos, David Thomas Warnke
  • Publication number: 20110197907
    Abstract: A method for reducing irritation on an intimate area comprising: applying an intimate cleansing product to the intimate area; rinsing the intimate cleansing product from the intimate area; applying a shave preparation to the intimate area; shaving the intimate area; wherein the intimate cleansing product comprises a malodor active.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventor: James Robert Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20110197906
    Abstract: A method for treating malodor on an intimate area comprising: applying an intimate cleansing product to the intimate area; rinsing the intimate cleansing product from the intimate area; and applying an antiperspirant to the intimate area; wherein the intimate cleansing product comprises a malodor active.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventor: James Robert Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20110200650
    Abstract: A personal care composition suitable for use as a non-aerosol shave composition comprising an anti-irritation agent; a lathering surfactant; a carrier comprising water; and optional adjunct ingredients such as lubricants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventor: James Robert Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20110200649
    Abstract: The present invention relates to personal care compositions, especially those shave preparation article and skin care articles which are in the form of a porous dissolvable solid substrate having a surface resident coating comprising at least one skin treatment active. The present invention can deliver a consumer benefit as well as allow for separation of any incompatible actives in the substrate versus the coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventor: James Robert Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20110201588
    Abstract: A personal care composition which is preferably a post-foaming gel, said composition comprising an anti-irritation agent; a water dispersible surface active agent, of a carrier comprising water; and optionally a lubricant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventor: James Robert Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20110071123
    Abstract: A method for measuring of histamine in an epidermis comprising applying an adhesive article to an epithelium of a mammal; allowing for adherence of epithelial cells to the adhesive article; removing the adhesive article from the epithelium of the mammal; preparing the adhesive article using standard laboratory methods for extraction; extracting histamine from the epithelial cells adhered to said adhesive article; measuring histamine from the epithelial cells adhered to said adhesive article; determining the amount of histamine in the epithelial cells as compared to a baseline sample. Further, a method of objectively measuring the perception of itch in mammals and wherein there is a reduction in histamine from a baseline level which is directly proportional to a reduction in an itch perception.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Inventors: James Robert Schwartz, Kathleen Marie Kerr, Patricia West Doyle, Kenneth Robert Wehmeyer, Thomas Massey Burt, Angela Marie Fieno, Rohan Lalith Wimalasena, Gina Marie Fadayel