Patents by Inventor Megan Kathleen Hurley

Megan Kathleen Hurley 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).

  • Stable nonaqueous reactive skin care and cleansing compositions having a continuous and a discontinuous phase
    Patent number: 9359585
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a liquid or flowable cleansing or skin treatment composition is described which is substantially nonaqueous and which has a continuous and a discontinuous phase. Components of the discontinuous phase can chemically react with each other or with water when water is blended with the nonaqueous cleansing or skin treatment composition during consumer use. In a second embodiment, a solidified cleansing or skin treatment composition is described which contains components that can chemically react with each other or with water when water is blended with the solidified cleansing composition during consumer use. Methods for treating the skin with the inventive compositions are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Alessandro Luigi Spadini, Melissa Iva Katz, David Robert Williams, Marcina Siciliano, Evan Hillman, Andre Puleo, Megan Kathleen Hurley
  • Personal care implement containing a stable reactive skin care and cleansing composition
    Patent number: 8986721
    Abstract: Skin care or cleansing implements are described containing a liquid, semisolid or solid cleansing or skin treatment composition that is releasably associated with the implement. The composition is substantially nonaqueous and has a continuous and a discontinuous phase. Components of the discontinuous phase can react with each other or with water when water is blended with the nonaqueous cleansing or skin treatment composition during consumer use. Methods for treating the skin with the inventive implements are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Alessandro Luigi Spadini, Melissa Iva Katz, David Robert Williams, Marcina Siciliano, Gregory Aaron Grissett, Evan Hillman, Andre Marie Puleo, Megan Kathleen Hurley
  • Personal care implement containing a stable reactive skin care and cleansing composition
    Patent number: 8357383
    Abstract: Skin care or cleansing implements are described containing a liquid, semi-solid or solid cleansing or skin treatment composition that is releasably associated with the implement. The composition is substantially nonaqueous and has a continuous and a discontinuous phase. Components of the discontinuous phase can react with each other or with water when water is blended with the nonaqueous cleansing or skin treatment composition during consumer use. Methods for treating the skin with the inventive implements are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Alessandro Luigi Spadini, Melissa Iva Katz, David Robert Williams, Marcina Siciliano, Gregory Aaron Grissett, Evan Hillman, Andre Puleo, Megan Kathleen Hurley
  • PERSONAL CARE IMPLEMENT CONTAINING A STABLE REACTIVE SKIN CARE AND CLEANSING COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20110014253
    Abstract: Skin care or cleansing implements are described containing a liquid, semi-solid or solid cleansing or skin treatment composition that is releasably associated with the implement. The composition is substantially nonaqueous and has a continuous and a discontinuous phase. Components of the discontinuous phase can react with each other or with water when water is blended with the nonaqueous cleansing or skin treatment composition during consumer use. Methods for treating the skin with the inventive implements are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: UNILEVER HOME & PERSONAL CARE USA, DIVISION OF CONOPCO, INC.
    Inventors: Alessandro Luigi SPADINI, Melissa Iva KATZ, David Robert WILLIAMS, Marcina SICILIANO, Gregory Aaron GRISSETT, Evan HILLMAN, Andre PULEO, Megan Kathleen HURLEY
  • Personal care implement containing a stable reactive skin care and cleansing composition
    Patent number: 7846462
    Abstract: Skin care or cleansing implements are described containing a liquid, semi-solid or solid cleansing or skin treatment composition that is releasably associated with the implement. The composition is substantially nonaqueous and has a continuous and a discontinuous phase. Components of the discontinuous phase can react with each other or with water when water is blended with the nonaqueous cleansing or skin treatment composition during consumer use. Methods for treating the skin with the inventive implements are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Alessandro Luigi Spadini, Melissa Iva Katz, David Robert Williams, Marcina Siciliano, Gregory Aaron Grissett, Evan Hillman, Andre Puleo, Megan Kathleen Hurley
  • Personal care compositions with silicones and dihydroxypropyl trialkyl ammonium salts
    Patent number: 7659233
    Abstract: A personal care composition is provided with a silicone compound and being aesthetically modified for improved skinfeel with a quaternary ammonium salt, the salt having a structure AB, wherein A is a cationic charged component, B is an anionic charged component, and A has one quaternized nitrogen atom, at least two hydroxyl groups and a molecular weight no higher than about 250.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Megan Kathleen Hurley, Philip Edward Miner, Stephen Roy Barrow, Prem Chandar, Richard Loren McManus, Bijan Harichian
  • Personal care compositions with glycerin and hydroxypropyl quaternary ammonium salts
    Patent number: 7282471
    Abstract: A personal care composition is provided formulated with glycerin and a moisturization enhancing agent which is a salt of structure AB, wherein A is a cationic charged component, B is an anionic charged component, and A has at least one quaternized nitrogen atom and at least two hydroxyl groups and a molecular weight no higher than about 400.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Bijan Harichian, Richard Loren McManus, Megan Kathleen Hurley, Philip Edward Miner, Prem Chandar, Stephen Roy Barrow