Patents by Inventor Mark Anthony Brown

Mark Anthony Brown 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).

  • Patent number: 12409125
    Abstract: A stable shampoo composition containing a surfactant system that is substantially free of sulfated surfactants. The shampoo composition also contains an anionic surfactant, an amphoteric surfactant, a cationic polymer and a sclerotium gum thickener. The shampoo composition has a consumer-preferred viscosity of greater than 2500 cP, a pH greater than 5.5 and lacks in-situ coacervate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2025
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Brooke Michele Cochran, Mark Anthony Brown, Jean Jianqun Zhao, Lauren Elizabeth Ballhaus, Nicole Marie Mazzei
  • Publication number: 20250195383
    Abstract: A stable shampoo composition containing a surfactant system that is substantially free of sulphated surfactants, a cationic polymer, and a sclerotium gum thickener. The shampoo can have a viscosity greater than 2500 cP and a pH greater than 5.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2025
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Inventors: Brooke Michele Cochran, Mark Anthony Brown, Jean Jianqun Zhao, Lauren Elizabeth Ballhaus, Nicole Marie Mazzei
  • Publication number: 20250025381
    Abstract: A cleansing composition comprising a detersive surfactant; an aqueous carrier; from about 0.5% to about 30% by weight of the cleansing composition of discrete particles comprising anhydrous particles and an aqueous phase, and wherein said anhydrous particles comprise: one or more fatty amphiphile selected from the group consisting of fatty alcohol, fatty ester, fatty acid, fatty amide and mixtures thereof; of one or more secondary surfactants selected from the group consisting of anionic, nonionic, zwitterionic, cationic or mixtures thereof. Wherein the discrete particle of the cleansing composition has a size from about 500 microns to about 7000 microns, and wherein the cleansing composition has a % transmittance of about 75% or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Mark Anthony Brown, Gemma Zoe Braganza, Junichi Yokogi, William Randal Belcher, Linda Sue Reed, Jorge Max Sunkel
  • Patent number: 12128116
    Abstract: A cleansing composition comprising a detersive surfactant; an aqueous carrier; from about 0.5% to about 30% by weight of the cleansing composition of discrete particles comprising anhydrous particles and an aqueous phase, and wherein said anhydrous particles comprise: one or more fatty amphiphile selected from the group consisting of fatty alcohol, fatty ester, fatty acid, fatty amide and mixtures thereof; of one or more secondary surfactants selected from the group consisting of anionic, nonionic, zwitterionic, cationic or mixtures thereof. Wherein the discrete particle of the cleansing composition has a size from about 500 microns to about 7000 microns, and wherein the cleansing composition has a % transmittance of about 75% or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark Anthony Brown, Gemma Zoe Braganza, Junichi Yokogi, William Randal Belcher, Linda Sue Reed, Jorge Max Sunkel
  • Publication number: 20240277598
    Abstract: A liquid conditioning shampoo composition that is free or substantially free of silicone. The shampoo can contain a detersive surfactant, polyvinyl alcohol, a gel network, and a liquid carrier. The gel network contains a gel network surfactant, a fatty alcohol, and a liquid carrier. The conditioning shampoo composition can have similar performance characteristics to a conditioning shampoo that contains silicone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Mark Anthony Brown, John Samuel Kenney, JR.
  • Patent number: 12053130
    Abstract: A container configured to hold a liquid shampoo composition with an aesthetic design formed at least in part by visually discernable, stable bubbles suspended therein. The shampoo composition can have a cleansing phase containing one or more detersive surfactants. In addition to the cleansing phase, the composition can have an additional cleansing phase and/or a benefit phase that can provide conditioning as well as additional visual interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark Anthony Brown, David Scott Dunlop, Isoken Omosefe Igwekala-Nweke
  • Patent number: 11932448
    Abstract: A method and package for maintaining a design suspended in a liquid beauty product where the package has a bottle, an insert, and an overcap. The insert has a pierceable membrane that can be pierced by the dip tube of the pump after shipping and handling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Stefano Bartolucci, Mark Anthony Brown, Emily Lao Hickey
  • Publication number: 20230210730
    Abstract: A cleansing composition comprising a detersive surfactant; an aqueous carrier; from about 0.5% to about 30% by weight of the cleansing composition of discrete particles comprising anhydrous particles and an aqueous phase, and wherein said anhydrous particles comprise: one or more fatty amphiphile selected from the group consisting of fatty alcohol, fatty ester, fatty acid, fatty amide and mixtures thereof; of one or more secondary surfactants selected from the group consisting of anionic, nonionic, zwitterionic, cationic or mixtures thereof. Wherein the discrete particle of the cleansing composition has a size from about 500 microns to about 7000 microns, and wherein the cleansing composition has a % transmittance of about 75% or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Mark Anthony Brown, Gemma Zoe Braganza, Junichi Yokogi, William Randal Belcher, Linda Sue Reed, Jorge Max Sunkel
  • Patent number: 11633072
    Abstract: A container configured to hold a multiphase shampoo composition. The multiphase shampoo composition has a cleansing phase containing a detersive surfactant and a benefit phase containing a gel network. The cleansing phase and benefit phase are visually discrete phases, in physical contact, and form an aesthetic design suspended across at least a portion of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark Anthony Brown, Pallavi Mohan Keole
  • Patent number: 11628126
    Abstract: A cleansing composition comprising a detersive surfactant; an aqueous carrier; from about 0.5% to about 30% by weight of the cleansing composition of discrete particles comprising anhydrous particles and an aqueous phase, and wherein said anhydrous particles comprise: one or more fatty amphiphile selected from the group consisting of fatty alcohol, fatty ester, fatty acid, fatty amide and mixtures thereof; of one or more secondary surfactants selected from the group consisting of anionic, nonionic, zwitterionic, cationic or mixtures thereof. Wherein the discrete particle of the cleansing composition has a size from about 500 microns to about 7000 microns, and wherein the cleansing composition has a % transmittance of about 75% or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark Anthony Brown, Gemma Zoe Braganza, Junichi Yokogi, William Randal Belcher, Linda Sue Reed, Jorge Max Sunkel
  • Publication number: 20230113440
    Abstract: A shampoo composition comprising a. 3% to 35% of an anionic surfactant, wherein the anionic surfactant is substantially free of sulfated surfactants; b. 3% to 15% of an amphoteric surfactant; and c. 0.01% to 2% of a cationic polymer having a charge density 2.0 to 10.0 meq/g; and wherein the composition is isotropic and forms a lyotropic liquid crystal coacervate upon dilution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Brooke Michele Cochran, Mark Anthony Brown, Debora W. Chang
  • Publication number: 20220378684
    Abstract: A stable shampoo composition containing a surfactant system that is substantially free of sulphated surfactants, a cationic polymer, and a sclerotium gum thickener. The shampoo can have a viscosity greater than 2500 cP and a pH greater than 5.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Brooke Michele Cochran, Mark Anthony Brown, Jean Jianqun Zhao, Lauren Elizabeth Ballhaus, Nicole Marie Mazzei
  • Patent number: 11497691
    Abstract: Shampoo compositions having an anionic surfactant, cationic deposition polymer, sheet-like microcapsules and an aqueous carrier. The shampoo composition delivers both good in use benefits, while maintaining a consumer desirable appearance. The sheet-like microcapsules can also contain perfumes, extracts, dyes, colorants, and/or benefit agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark Anthony Brown, Pallavi Mohan Keole, David Scott Dunlop, Marco Caggioni
  • Publication number: 20220257065
    Abstract: A container configured to hold a multiphase shampoo composition. The multiphase shampoo composition has a cleansing phase containing a detersive surfactant and a benefit phase containing a gel network. The cleansing phase and benefit phase are visually discrete phases, in physical contact, and form an aesthetic design suspended across at least a portion of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Mark Anthony Brown, Pallavi Mohan Keole
  • Publication number: 20220257066
    Abstract: A container configured to hold a liquid shampoo composition with an aesthetic design formed at least in part by visually discernable, stable bubbles suspended therein. The shampoo composition can have a cleansing phase containing one or more detersive surfactants. In addition to the cleansing phase, the composition can have an additional cleansing phase and/or a benefit phase that can provide conditioning as well as additional visual interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Mark Anthony Brown, David Scott Dunlop, Isoken Omosefe Igwekala-Nweke
  • Publication number: 20210253303
    Abstract: A method and package for maintaining a design suspended in a liquid beauty product where the package has a bottle, an insert, and an overcap. The insert has a pierceable membrane that can be pierced by the dip tube of the pump after shipping and handling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Stefano Bartolucci, Mark Anthony Brown, Emily Lao Hickey
  • Patent number: 10945935
    Abstract: A shampoo composition and a method of making a shampoo composition which delivers both good conditioning benefits and good lather performance. The shampoo composition comprises a dispersed gel network phase comprising: from about 2.8 weight % to about 8 wt % of one or more fatty alcohols; at least 0.01% of one or more secondary surfactants, wherein the secondary surfactant comprises sodium laureth-n sulfate wherein n is from about 0 to about 5; and water; and from about 5% to about 50% of a detersive surfactant; from about 0.02% to about 1.50% of a material selected from the group consisting of structurants, suspending agents and mixtures thereof, from about 0.5 to about 1% of a cationic deposition polymer; and at least 20% of an aqueous carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark Anthony Brown, Michelle Ramos
  • Publication number: 20200188243
    Abstract: Shampoo compositions having an anionic surfactant, cationic deposition polymer, sheet-like microcapsules and an aqueous carrier. The shampoo composition delivers both good in use benefits, while maintaining a consumer desirable appearance. The sheet-like microcapsules can also contain perfumes, extracts, dyes, colorants, and/or benefit agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Mark Anthony Brown, Pallavi Mohan Keole, David Scott Dunlop, Marco Caggioni
  • Patent number: 10532013
    Abstract: A method of achieving improved composition rheology, cosmetic consumer acceptance and deposition comprising applying to hair a composition comprising from about 0.01% to about 2% of a cationic polymer; from about 0.5% to 3% of an associative thickener; from about 1.0% to 10.0% of a polyol; an anti-dandruff active; a cosmetically acceptable carrier; a surfactant; wherein the composition comprises a yield consistency value of about 0.001 s to 0.9 s and having a rate index value of from about 0.01 to about 0.6 and a percentage of coacervate particles with a floc size of greater than about 20 microns is from about 1% to about 40%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Eric Scott Johnson, Sean Michael Renock, Mark Anthony Brown
  • Publication number: 20190365611
    Abstract: A cleansing composition comprising a detersive surfactant; an aqueous carrier; from about 0.5% to about 30% by weight of the cleansing composition of discrete particles comprising anhydrous particles and an aqueous phase, and wherein said anhydrous particles comprise: one or more fatty amphiphile selected from the group consisting of fatty alcohol, fatty ester, fatty acid, fatty amide and mixtures thereof; of one or more secondary surfactants selected from the group consisting of anionic, nonionic, zwitterionic, cationic or mixtures thereof. Wherein the discrete particle of the cleansing composition has a size from about 500 microns to about 7000 microns, and wherein the cleansing composition has a % transmittance of about 75% or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Mark Anthony Brown, Gemma Zoe Braganza, Junichi Yokogi, William Randal Belcher, Linda Sue Reed, Jorge Max Sunkel