Patents by Inventor Jayne Elizabeth Ellis

Jayne Elizabeth Ellis 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).

  • Method of reducing or preventing malodour
    Patent number: 6183731
    Abstract: Cosmetic method for reducing or preventing body malodor by topically applying to human skin an active agent capable of sub-lethally reducing the bacterial production of odoriferous steroids, characterized in that the agent is an inhibitor of bacterial 4-ene reductase and/or 5&agr;-reductase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: John Carey, Jayne Elizabeth Ellis, Corrine Jane Austin
  • Method of reducing or preventing malodour
    Patent number: 6171582
    Abstract: Cosmetic method for reducing or preventing body malodor by topically applying to human skin an active agent capable of inactivating body malodor-causing microorganisms comprising corynebacteria, characterised in that the agent is capable of inactivating, of the corynebacteria, only those corynebacteria capable of catabolising fatty acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: John Casey, Alexander Gordon James, Jayne Elizabeth Ellis, Gary Mycock, David Taylor
  • Method of reducing or preventing malodour
    Patent number: 6162422
    Abstract: Cosmetic method for reducing or preventing malodour by topically applying to human skin an active agent capable of inactivating body malodour-causing microorganisms comprising corynebacteria, characterised in that the agent is capable of inactivating, of the corynebacteria, only those corynebacteria capable of catabolising fatty acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: John Casey, Jayne Elizabeth Ellis, Della Hyliands, Alexander Gordon James, Gary Mycock, David Taylor