Patents by Inventor Jennifer Elaine Hilvert
Jennifer Elaine Hilvert 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).
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Publication number: 20180333339Abstract: The Dissolvable Solid Structure as described herein can be in the form of a fibrous structure comprising: (a) a polymeric structurant; (b) a high melting point fatty compound such as a fatty amphiphile, and (c) a cationic surfactant. The polymeric structurant has a weight average molecular weight of from about 10,000 to about 6,000,000 g/mol, and the components of the fibrous material form a homogenous material when molten. When water is added to the dissolvable solid structure at a ratio of about 5:1 a lamellar structure is formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2018Publication date: November 22, 2018Inventors: Mark William Hamersky, Jennifer Elaine Hilvert, Emily Ann Lao, Jay Ryan Tenkman, Stephen Robert Glassmeyer
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Patent number: 9381382Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising an effective amount of a particulate zinc material, an effective amount of a detersive surfactant including a surfactant with an anionic functional group, an effective amount of a pyrithione or a polyvalent metal salt of a pyrithione, a dispersed gel network phase comprising: i) at least about 0.05% of one or more fatty amphiphiles, by weight of said shampoo composition; ii) at least about 0.01% of one or more secondary surfactants, by weight of said shampoo composition; and iii) water; and at least about 20% of an aqueous carrier, by weight of said shampoo composition.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2006Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: James Robert Schwartz, Eric Scott Johnson, Bonnie Theresa King, Carl Hinz Margraf, III, Gregory V. Tormos, David Thomas Warnke, Debora W. Chang, David Scott Dunlop, Kevin M. Labitzke, Sandra Lou Murawski, William Jeffrey Gore, Theodore Jay Verbrugge, Elizabeth Marie Marzonie Elsner, Jennifer Elaine Hilvert, Yingkun Jin, Brian Michael Hurley, Teresa Cuasay Manuel
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Publication number: 20150313828Abstract: The method of facilitating detangling of hair described herein comprises applying to the hair a shampoo composition followed by a conditioner composition. The shampoo composition delivers consumer desired shampooing in addition preventing tangling of the hair. The shampoo and conditioner compositions can be applied to the hair and rinsed off with water. When used together, such as part of a hair care regimen, the shampoo and conditioner compositions combinations deliver improved detangling and combing of the hair in both the wet and dry state.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2015Publication date: November 5, 2015Inventors: Jennifer Elaine Hilvert, Denise Christine Winstel
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Publication number: 20150313832Abstract: The method of reducing frizz of hair described herein comprises applying to the hair a shampoo composition followed by a conditioner composition. The shampoo composition delivers consumer desired shampooing and conditioning while also delivering frizz reduction to the hair. The shampoo and conditioner compositions can be applied to the hair and rinsed off with water. When used together, such as part of a hair care regimen, the shampoo and conditioner compositions combinations deliver improved fizz reduction, and in the moisture seeking group, also delivers moisturized hair feel.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2015Publication date: November 5, 2015Inventors: Jennifer Elaine Hilvert, Denise Christine Winstel
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Publication number: 20150313833Abstract: The method of delivering a smooth hair feel described herein comprises applying to the hair a shampoo composition followed by a conditioner composition. The shampoo composition delivers consumer desired shampooing in addition to providing a smooth feel of the hair. The shampoo and conditioner compositions can be applied to the hair and rinsed off with water. When used together, such as part of a hair care regimen, the shampoo and conditioner compositions combinations deliver smooth feel of the hair.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2015Publication date: November 5, 2015Inventors: Jennifer Elaine Hilvert, Denise Christine Winstel
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Publication number: 20150313834Abstract: The method of facilitating repairing and preventing damage of hair described herein comprises applying to the hair a shampoo composition followed by a conditioner composition. The shampoo composition delivers consumer desired shampooing in addition repairing and preventing damage of the hair. The shampoo and conditioner compositions can be applied to the hair and rinsed off with water. When used together, such as part of a hair care regimen, the shampoo and conditioner compositions combinations deliver hair damage repair and prevention.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2015Publication date: November 5, 2015Inventors: Jennifer Elaine Hilvert, Denise Christine Winstel
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Publication number: 20140348884Abstract: A shampoo composition with improved in use hair feel, comprising associative thickeners and liquid crystals formed from anionic surfactants and polyDADMAC and wherein the liquid crystals have a particle size greater than about 1 micrometer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2013Publication date: November 27, 2014Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Jennifer Elaine Hilvert, Denise Christine Winstel
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Patent number: 8653014Abstract: A shampoo composition having from about 5% to about 50% of a combination of sodium lauryl sulfate and sodium laureth-n sulfate, less than 3.82% of sodium laureth-n sulfate having n>1. The shampoo composition further includes from about 0.5% to about 3% of a co-surfactant selected from the group consisting of amphoteric, zwitterionic, and nonionic surfactants. The shampoo composition has a dispersed gel network phase having at least 0.05% of one or more fatty alcohols, at least 0.01% of one or more secondary surfactants, and water. The shampoo composition further includes at least about 20% of an aqueous carrier. The shampoo composition further has an enthalpy of transition from about 0 J/g to about 0.2 J/g as measured according to differential scanning calorimetry in a peak melt transition temperature range between about 18° C. to about 30° C.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2012Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Jennifer Elaine Hilvert, Stephanie Marie Harris Riley, Elizabeth Rebecca Aistrup
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Patent number: 8435501Abstract: Shampoo compositions comprising at least one surfactant; a silicone oil having an internal phase viscosity of less than about 50,000 cst, wherein said silicone oil is present as a preformed microemulsion of particles having an average particle size of less than about 0.15 microns, a cationic deposition polymer; an aqueous carrier and optionally a stabilizing agent provide a substantially clear shampoo composition, which provides superior conditioning to hair and/or skin while also providing excellent storage stability and high optical transparency or translucency.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2005Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Marjorie Mossman Peffly, Jennifer Elaine Hilvert
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Patent number: 8367048Abstract: Shampoo compositions comprise (a) from about 5% to about 50% of one or more detersive surfactants, by weight of the shampoo composition; (b) a dispersed gel network phase comprising, by weight of the shampoo composition, (i) at least about 0.05% of one or more fatty amphiphiles; (ii) at least about 0.01% of one or more secondary surfactants; and (iii) water; and (c) at least about 20% of an aqueous carrier, by weight of the shampoo composition. A process for preparing a shampoo composition comprises the steps of: (a) combining a fatty amphiphile, a secondary surfactant, and water at a temperature sufficient to allow partitioning of the secondary surfactant and the water into the fatty amphiphile to form a pre-mix; (b) cooling the pre-mix below the chain melt temperature of the fatty amphiphile to form a gel network; (c) adding the gel network to one or more detersive surfactants and an aqueous carrier to form a shampoo composition.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2006Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Robert Lee Wells, Douglas Allan Royce, Eric Scott Johnson, Elizabeth Marie Marzonie Elsner, Jennifer Elaine Hilvert, Yingkun Jin, Brian Michael Hurley, Teresa Cuasay Manuel, Benjamin Parker Heath
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Patent number: 8361449Abstract: Shampoo compositions comprise (a) from about 5% to about 50% of one or more detersive surfactants, by weight of the shampoo composition; (b) a dispersed gel network phase comprising, by weight of the shampoo composition, (i) at least about 0.05% of one or more fatty amphiphiles; (ii) at least about 0.01% of one or more secondary surfactants; and (iii) water; and (c) at least about 20% of an aqueous carrier, by weight of the shampoo composition. A process for preparing a shampoo composition comprises the steps of: (a) combining a fatty amphiphile, a secondary surfactant, and water at a temperature sufficient to allow partitioning of the secondary surfactant and the water into the fatty amphiphile to form a pre-mix; (b) cooling the pre-mix below the chain melt temperature of the fatty amphiphile to form a gel network; (c) adding the gel network to one or more detersive surfactants and an aqueous carrier to form a shampoo composition.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2008Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Robert Lee Wells, Douglas Allan Royce, Eric Scott Johnson, Jennifer Elaine Hilvert, Benjamin Parker Heath
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Patent number: 8361448Abstract: Shampoo compositions comprise (a) from about 5% to about 50% of one or more detersive surfactants, by weight of the shampoo composition; (b) a dispersed gel network phase comprising, by weight of the shampoo composition, (i) at least about 0.05% of one or more fatty alcohols; (ii) at least about 0.01% of one or more secondary surfactants; and (iii) water; and (c) at least about 20% of an aqueous carrier, by weight of the shampoo composition; and, wherein the dispersed gel network phase has a melt transition temperature of at least about 38° C.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2006Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Eric Scott Johnson, Jennifer Elaine Hilvert, Benjamin Parker Heath, Sarah Elizabeth Cooper
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Patent number: 8361450Abstract: Shampoo compositions comprise (a) from about 5% to about 50% of one or more detersive surfactants; (b) a dispersed gel network phase comprising: (i) at least about 0.05% of one or more fatty amphiphiles; (ii) at least about 0.01% of one or more secondary surfactants; and (iii) water; (c) at least about 0.05% of a galactomannan polymer derivative with a net positive charge and having a mannose to galactose ratio of greater than 2:1 on a monomer to monomer basis, wherein the galactomannan polymer derivative has: (i) a molecular weight from about 1,000 to about 10,000,000; and (ii) a cationic charge density from about 0.7 meq/g to about 7 meq/g; and (d) at least about 20% of an aqueous carrier; all by weight of the shampoo composition.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2006Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Eric Scott Johnson, Jennifer Elaine Hilvert, Benjamin Parker Heath, Sarah Elizabeth Cooper
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Patent number: 8349302Abstract: Shampoo compositions comprise (a) from about 5% to about 50% of one or more detersive surfactants; (b) a dispersed gel network phase comprising: (i) at least about 0.05% of one or more fatty amphiphiles; (ii) at least about 0.01% of one or more secondary surfactants; and (iii) water; (c) at least about 0.05% of a galactomannan polymer derivative with a net positive charge and having a mannose to galactose ratio of greater than 2:1 on a monomer to monomer basis, wherein the galactomannan polymer derivative has: (i) a molecular weight from about 1,000 to about 10,000,000; and (ii) a cationic charge density from about 0.7 meq/g to about 7 meq/g; and (d) at least about 20% of an aqueous carrier; all by weight of the shampoo composition.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2006Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Eric Scott Johnson, Jennifer Elaine Hilvert, Benjamin Parker Heath, Sarah Elizabeth Cooper
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Patent number: 8349301Abstract: Shampoo compositions comprise (a) from about 5% to about 50% of one or more detersive surfactants, by weight of the shampoo composition; (b) a dispersed gel network phase comprising, by weight of the shampoo composition, (i) at least about 0.05% of one or more fatty amphiphiles; (ii) at least about 0.01% of one or more secondary surfactants; and (iii) water; and (c) at least about 20% of an aqueous carrier, by weight of the shampoo composition. A process for preparing a shampoo composition comprises the steps of: (a) combining a fatty amphiphile, a secondary surfactant, and water at a temperature sufficient to allow partitioning of the secondary surfactant and the water into the fatty amphiphile to form a pre-mix; (b) cooling the pre-mix below the chain melt temperature of the fatty amphiphile to form a gel network; (c) adding the gel network to one or more detersive surfactants and an aqueous carrier to form a shampoo composition.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2005Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Robert Lee Wells, Douglas Allan Royce, Eric Scott Johnson, Jennifer Elaine Hilvert, Benjamin Parker Heath
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Publication number: 20120164198Abstract: Shampoo compositions comprise (a) from about 5% to about 50% of one or more detersive surfactants; (b) a dispersed gel network phase comprising: (i) at least about 0.05% of one or more fatty amphiphiles; (ii) at least about 0.01% of one or more secondary surfactants; and (iii) water; (c) at least about 0.05% of a galactomannan polymer derivative with a net positive charge and having a mannose to galactose ratio of greater than 2:1 on a monomer to monomer basis, wherein the galactomannan polymer derivative has: (i) a molecular weight from about 1,000 to about 10,000,000; and (ii) a cationic charge density from about 0.7 meq/g to about 7 meq/g; and (d) at least about 20% of an aqueous carrier; all by weight of the shampoo composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2012Publication date: June 28, 2012Inventors: Eric Scott JOHNSON, Jennifer Elaine HILVERT, Benjamin Parker HEATH, Sarah Elizabeth COOPER
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Publication number: 20110305648Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a method of predicting and adjusting the viscosity of consumer product compositions prior to their final formulation. The prediction aides the determination of the amount of a viscosity modifier to introduce in the manufacture of the final formulation to ensure the compositions have viscosities that satisfies consumer preferences, among other things.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2011Publication date: December 15, 2011Inventors: Dawn Renee KNAPEK, Lowen Robert Morrison, JR., Marco Caggioni, William Joseph Worley, Douglas Allan Royce, Jennifer Elaine Hilvert
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Publication number: 20110305652Abstract: Disclosed herein is a composition containing liquid high activity micellar or lamellar phase liquid crystals of cocamide monoethanolamine (CMEA) and a detersive surfactant. The composition of the invention can be added to any personal care composition to form a personal care product and enable CMEA blending at room temperature. Also disclosed herein are methods for making the high activity CMEA micellar or lamellar phase liquid crystal composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2011Publication date: December 15, 2011Inventors: Jennifer Elaine HILVERT, Marco Caggioni, Benjamin Scott Schlagheck, Douglas Allan Royce
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Publication number: 20090176676Abstract: Shampoo compositions comprising a) a detersive surfactant, b) silicone particles, c) a protecting agent and d) an aqueous carrier provide superior conditioning. The silicone particles contain at least one amine functional silicone and optionally a non-amine functional silicone.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2009Publication date: July 9, 2009Inventors: Jennifer Elaine Hilvert, Kendrick Jon Hughes, Eric Scott Johnson, George Endel Deckner, Robert Lee Wells
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Publication number: 20080152611Abstract: The compositions of the present invention relate to improved shampoo compositions having from about from about 5 to about 50 weight percent of a detersive surfactant, at least about 0.05 weight percent of a fatty alcohol gel network and at least about 20.0 weight percent of an aqueous carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2008Publication date: June 26, 2008Inventors: Robert Lee Wells, Douglas Allan Royce, Eric Scott Johnson, Jennifer Elaine Hilvert, Benjamin Parker Heath