Patents by Inventor Kevin M. Labitzke

Kevin M. Labitzke 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).

  • Composition comprising a particulate zinc material, a pyrithione or a polyvalent metal salt of a pyrithione and a gel network
    Patent number: 9381382
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    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, 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
  • Composition comprising particulate zinc material with a high relative zinc lability
    Patent number: 9381148
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising an effective amount of a particulate zinc material, an effective amount of a surfactant including a surfactant with an anionic functional group wherein the particulate zinc material has a relative zinc lability of greater than about 15 % and wherein the composition comprises less than 5.5 micromoles of a zinc binding material per gram of the particulate zinc material/per m2/gram surface area of the particulate zinc material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    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, Debora W. Chang, David Scott Dunlop, Kevin M. Labitzke, Sandra Lou Murawski, William Jeffrey Gore, Theodore Jay Verbrugge
  • Porous, dissolvable solid substrates and surface resident cyclodextrin perfume complexes
    Patent number: 8349786
    Abstract: The present invention relates to personal care compositions, especially those personal care compositions in the form of a personal care article that is a porous dissolvable solid substrate. The porous dissolvable solid substrate has a surface resident coating comprising a cyclodextrin perfume complex that can provide a consumer benefit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr., James Merle Heinrich, Kathleen Mary Kaufman, Virginia Tzung-Hwei Hutchins, Zerlina Guzdar Dubois, Jianjun Justin Li, Kevin M. Labitzke
  • PERSONAL CARE COMPOSITION IN THE FORM OF AN ARTICLE HAVING A HYDROPHOBIC SURFACE-RESIDENT COATING
    Publication number: 20100291165
    Abstract: The present invention relates to personal care compositions, especially those personal care compositions in the form of an article that is a porous, dissolvable solid structure. The article has a hydrophobic surface-resident coating that can provide enhanced deposition efficiency of hydrophobic actives contained therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Glenn, JR., James Merle Heinrich, Kathleen Mary Kaufman, Virginia Tzung-Hwei Hutchins, Zerlina Guzdar Dubois, Jianjun Justin Li, Kevin M.` Labitzke, Darren Paul Trokhan, Thomas Edward Dufresne, Lee Arnold Schechtman
  • POROUS, DISSOLVABLE SOLID SUBSTRATES AND SURFACE RESIDENT CYCLODEXTRIN PERFUME COMPLEXES
    Publication number: 20100279905
    Abstract: The present invention relates to personal care compositions, especially those personal care compositions in the form of a personal care article that is a porous dissolvable solid substrate. The porous dissolvable solid substrate has a surface resident coating comprising a cyclodextrin perfume complex that can provide a consumer benefit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Glenn, JR., James Merle Heinrich, Kathleen Mary Kaufman, Virginia Tzung-Hwei Hutchins, Zerlina Guzdar Dubois, Jianjun Justin Li, Kevin M. Labitzke
  • Composition comprising a particulate zinc material, a pyrithione or a polyvalent metal salt of a pyrithione and a synthetic cationic polymer
    Publication number: 20080206355
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a composition comprising an effective amount of a particulate zinc material; an effective amount of a surfactant including a surfactant with an anionic functional group; an effective amount of a pyrithione or a polyvalent metal salt of a pyrithione; from about 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: James Robert Schwartz, Eric Scott Johnson, Bonnie Theresa King, Carl Hinz Margraf, Gregory V. Tomos, David Thomas Warnke, Deborah W. Chang, David Scott Dunlop, Kevin M. Labitzke, Sandra Lou Murawski, William Jeffrey Gore, Theodore Jay Verbrugge, Mark Anthony Brown, Timothy Woodrow Coffindaffer, Afua Asiedua Asante, Robert Lee Wells, Teresa Cuasay Manuel, Nicholas William Geary, Martin Asare