Patents by Inventor Mark Donovan

Mark Donovan 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).

  • Cosmetic composition and method of treating skin and hair
    Publication number: 20030206936
    Abstract: A cosmetic composition for topical application to human skin comprising an effective amount of a hydroxy phenyl alkyl carboxylic acid of general formula (I): 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2003
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Sinclair Barclay, John Anthony Bosley, Robert Mark Donovan, Alexander Gordon James, Andrew Easson Mayes, Julia Sarah Rogers
  • Use of prenylated flavones
    Patent number: 6589982
    Abstract: Flavones with an isoprenyl group in the 8-position possess very good anti-inflammatory properties and can also be used to treat/prevent/cure skin-disorders when applied in food compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Lipton, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Mark Donovan, Martin Richard Green, Maria Catherine Tasker, Paula Rachel Yates
  • Use of prenylated flavones
    Publication number: 20020110579
    Abstract: Flavones with an isoprenyl group in the 8-position possess very good anti-inflammatory properties and can also be used to treat/prevent/cure skin-disorders when applied in food compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2001
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Applicant: Lipton, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Mark Donovan, Martin Richard Green, Maria Catherine Tasker, Paula Rachel Yates
  • Disposable cover for an absorbent materials
    Patent number: 5688258
    Abstract: A disposable cover which, when used with an absorbent material, such as a pad of woven cloth, provides an absorbent article, such as a catamenial pad is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, the disposable cover comprises a liquid pervious rewet barrier and an anti-stain barrier joined thereto. Preferably, the rewet barrier comprises a material having capillaries which allow bodily liquids to rapidly penetrate therethrough and the anti-stain barrier is provided in two portions, one of which is joined to each longitudinal edge of the fewer barrier. The disposable cover can also be provided with absorbent attachment means for securing the cover to the absorbent material and with garment attachment means for securing the assembly of the disposable cover and the absorbent material to a user's undergarment. Alternative embodiments of the invention can assume a pouch configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1997
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Digvijay Rawat, Carlos Jose Barroso, Letha Margie Hines, Peter Morris, Robb Eric Olsen, J. Alvaro Restrepo, Nona Jane Redwine, Mark Donovan Seymour, Hiroaki Shikata