Patents by Inventor Philip Edward Miner
Philip Edward Miner 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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Patent number: 7659233Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 8, 2005Date of Patent: February 9, 2010Assignee: Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Megan Kathleen Hurley, Philip Edward Miner, Stephen Roy Barrow, Prem Chandar, Richard Loren McManus, Bijan Harichian
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Publication number: 20090209600Abstract: A product and method for moisturizing skin is herein described. The product is a package with associated instructions for applying a niacinamide containing cosmetic composition to skin dispensed from a heating device. The heated cosmetic composition imparts a more rapid moisturization than expected from an identical composition applied at room temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2009Publication date: August 20, 2009Applicant: CONOPCO, INC., D/B/A UNILEVERInventors: Philip Edward Miner, Stephen Roy Barrow
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Publication number: 20090208429Abstract: A product and method for tanning or imparting glow to skin is herein described. The product is a package with associated instructions for applying a tanning cosmetic composition to skin dispensed from a heating device. The heated cosmetic composition imparts a more rapid development of color than an identical composition applied at room temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2008Publication date: August 20, 2009Applicant: CONOPCO, INC., d/b/a UNILEVERInventors: Stephen Roy Barrow, Philip Edward Miner
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Patent number: 7485316Abstract: The invention relates to wet skin treatment compositions having specific gum and acrylate dispersion stabilizer systems providing enhanced rheology (e.g., lotion-like rheology and spreadability) relative to other wet skin compositions.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2005Date of Patent: February 3, 2009Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Robert Sabin, Rosa Paredes, Philip Edward Miner, Stephen Roy Barrow, Jeffrey Scott Wolcheski
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Publication number: 20080293826Abstract: A cosmetic composition is provided which includes petrolatum, water, and ethoxylated urethane. This composition retains stable viscosity without being sticky or tacky and can easily be rubbed into skin.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2008Publication date: November 27, 2008Applicant: CONOPCO, INC., d/b/a UNILEVERInventors: Walter Rose, Philip Edward Miner
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Publication number: 20080063619Abstract: A cosmetic composition is provided which includes tapioca starch and ethylene brassylate in a cosmetically acceptable carrier. The composition provides a silky afterfeel to skin.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2006Publication date: March 13, 2008Applicant: CONOPCO, INC., D/B/A UNILEVERInventors: Amy Lynn Olsen, Philip Edward Miner
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Patent number: 7282471Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 8, 2005Date of Patent: October 16, 2007Assignee: Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Bijan Harichian, Richard Loren McManus, Megan Kathleen Hurley, Philip Edward Miner, Prem Chandar, Stephen Roy Barrow
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Patent number: 7235250Abstract: A towelette product is provided which includes a first water-insoluble substrate having dorsal and ventral surfaces, a second water-insoluble substrate having dorsal and ventral surfaces, the dorsal surfaces of the first and second substrates being joined to one another. A personal care composition is deposited onto an area of the second ventral surface, the first ventral surface having a dry-to-the-touch feel, the second ventral surface on the deposit area having a non-dry-to-the-touch feel, the first ventral surface having a FTV of not higher than 0.1 grams.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2003Date of Patent: June 26, 2007Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Ewa Urszula Padlo, Philip Edward Miner, Robert Edward Gott
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Patent number: 7087560Abstract: A personal care product is provided which includes a composition a quaternary ammonium salt wherein a cation of the salt is a dihydroxypropyltri(C1–C3 alkyl)ammonium monosubstituted polyol in a carrier. The cation should have a molecular weight no higher than about 450 and the salt have a Tg no higher than about 10° C. Particularly preferred are hydroxypropyltrimonium sorbitol salts. These salts operate as humectants to moisturize both in high and low relative humidity environments.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2004Date of Patent: August 8, 2006Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, a division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Richard Loren Mc Manus, Michael Charles Cheney, Alessandro Luigi Spadini, Bijan Harichian, Philip Edward Miner
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Publication number: 20040185073Abstract: A cosmetic composition is provided which includes as an active material a salt of malonic acid in a cosmetically acceptable carrier, wherein the composition exhibits a Flexibility Value greater than 1 according to the Porcine Skin Test.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2003Publication date: September 23, 2004Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Joseph Raymond Faryniarz, Philip Edward Miner, Michael Charles Cheney, Joanna Hong Zhang
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Publication number: 20040076660Abstract: A towelette product is provided which includes a first water-insoluble substrate having dorsal and ventral surfaces, a second water-insoluble substrate having dorsal and ventral surfaces, the dorsal surfaces of the first and second substrates being joined to one another. A personal care composition is deposited onto an area of the second ventral surface, the first ventral surface having a dry-to-the-touch feet, the second ventral surface on the deposit area having a non-dry-to-the-touch feet, the first ventral surface having a FTV of not higher than 0.1 grams.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2003Publication date: April 22, 2004Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Ewa Urszula Padlo, Philip Edward Miner, Robert Edward Gott
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Publication number: 20030228337Abstract: A new moisturizing agent for personal care compositions is provided which is a mono-hydroxy substituted amine salt of a polymer with acid pendant groups. Particularly preferred are dimethylaminoethanol (DMAE) salts of the polymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2002Publication date: December 11, 2003Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Joseph Raymond Faryniarz, Joanna Hong Zhang, Philip Edward Miner
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Patent number: 6649181Abstract: An adhesive strip, particularly for application to the nose, is provided which includes a holding member layer and deposited thereon a cosmetic material layer. Structurally the strip includes an upper edge and lower edge. A centrally located receding portion is featured along the upper edge and is flanked on either side by a continuously curving wing portion extending to a respective side edge of the strip. Along the lower edge is a centrally located downwardly projecting portion flanked on each side by downwardly sloping wing portions. The shape is designed to avoid discomfort associated with known strips when they are peeled away from the membrane areas immediately below the eye.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2002Date of Patent: November 18, 2003Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventor: Philip Edward Miner
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Patent number: 6174536Abstract: A cosmetic product is provided for removing keratotic skin plugs. The product includes a flexible non-occlusive substrate sheet onto which a composition containing an anionic or nonionic polymer is deposited. The composition is treated to become dry non-tacky to the touch yet upon being wetted for use the composition again turns tacky and mobile. The method of application involves either directly moistening the product or indirectly moistening by first wetting a consumer's face in an area where the product is applied. Thereafter, water is allowed to evaporate leaving a film to which the keratotic plugs are bonded. The film is then peeled away concommittingly removing the plugs.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 1999Date of Patent: January 16, 2001Assignee: Chesebrough-Pond's USA Co., division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Brian Andrew Crotty, Philip Edward Miner, Anthony Johnson, Alexander Paul Znaiden
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Patent number: 6106857Abstract: A cosmetic product is provided for removing keratotic skin plugs. The product is a strip sealed for storage having from 0.0001 to 2% fragrance within the atmosphere of the sealed pouch. The strip includes a flexible substrate sheet onto which a composition containing an adhesive polymer is deposited. Fragrance is immediately available upon opening the pouch. Since fragrance is invested on outer surfaces of the strip, a user can immediately smell the scent upon the application of the strip to the nose or other facial areas. There is no longer dependence for release of fragrance held within the adhesive polymer composition.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 1999Date of Patent: August 22, 2000Assignee: Chesebrough-Pond's USA Co., division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Brian Andrew Crotty, Philip Edward Miner, Anthony Johnson, Alexander Paul Znaiden, Craig Stephen Slavtcheff
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Patent number: 5993838Abstract: A cosmetic product is provided for removing keratotic skin plugs. The product is a strip sealed for storage having 2 to 12% moisture within a pouch. The strip includes a flexible substrate sheet onto which a composition containing an adhesive polymer is deposited. The composition is treated to become dry non-tacky to the touch yet upon being wetted for use the composition again turns tacky and mobile. The method of application involves either directly moistening the product or indirectly moistening by first wetting a consumer's face in an area where the product is applied. Thereafter, water is allowed to evaporate leaving a film to which the keratotic plugs are bonded. The film is then peeled away concommittingly removing the plugs.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 1998Date of Patent: November 30, 1999Assignee: Chesebrough-Pond's USA Co.,Inventors: Brian Andrew Crotty, Philip Edward Miner, Johnson Anthony, Alexander Paul Znaiden, Jaime Varela
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Patent number: 5985300Abstract: A cosmetic product is provided for delivery of skin actives through adhesive strips which concurrently remove keratotic plugs from skin pores. The product is a strip including a flexible substrate sheet onto which a composition containing an adhesive polymer is deposited. The composition is essentially a polymer of anionic, cationic, nonionic, amphoteric or zwitterionic variety which increases in tackiness upon being wetted, with wetting occurring just prior to application onto the skin thereby enhancing the composition's adhesivity. Skin agents delivered through the adhesive strip include vitamins, herbal extracts, alpha- and beta-hydroxycarboxylic acids, ceramides, anti-inflammatories, antimicrobials, vasoconstrictors, zinc salts and mixtures thereof. The strips are sealably enclosed within a pouch for purposes of moisture protection.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 1998Date of Patent: November 16, 1999Assignee: Chesebrough-Pond's USA Co.Inventors: Brian Andrew Crotty, Philip Edward Miner, Anthony Johnson, Alexander Paul Znaiden, Joseph Michael Corey, Anthony Vargas, Alan Joel Meyers, Beth Anne Lange
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Patent number: 5968537Abstract: A cosmetic product is provided for removing keratotic skin plugs. The product includes a flexible non-occlusive substrate sheet onto which a composition containing an anionic or nonionic polymer is deposited. The composition is treated to become dry non-tacky to the touch yet upon being wetted for use the composition again turns tacky and mobile. The method of application involves either directly moistening the product or indirectly moistening by first wetting a consumer's face in an area where the product is applied. Thereafter, water is allowed to evaporate leaving a film to which the keratotic plugs are bonded. The film is then peeled away concommittingly removing the plugs.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 1997Date of Patent: October 19, 1999Assignee: Chesebrough-Pond's USA Co.Inventors: Brian Andrew Crotty, Philip Edward Miner, Anthony Johnson, Alexander Paul Znaiden
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Patent number: 5935596Abstract: A cosmetic product is provided for delivery of skin actives through adhesive strips which concurrently remove keratotic plugs from skin pores. The product is a strip including a flexible substrate sheet onto which a composition containing an adhesive polymer is deposited. The composition is essentially a polymer of anionic, cationic, nonionic, amphoteric or zwitterionic variety which increases in tackiness upon being wetted, with wetting occurring just prior to application onto the skin thereby enhancing the composition's adhesivity. Skin agents delivered through the adhesive strip include vitamins, herbal extracts, alpha- and beta-hydroxycarboxylic acids, ceramides, anti-inflammatories, antimicrobials, vasoconstrictors, zinc salts and mixtures thereof. The strips are sealably enclosed within a pouch for purposes of moisture protection.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 1998Date of Patent: August 10, 1999Assignee: Chesebrough-Pond's USA Co.Inventors: Brian Andrew Crotty, Philip Edward Miner, Anthony Johnson, Alexander Paul Znaiden, Joseph Michael Corey, Anthony Vargas, Alan Joel Meyers, Beth Anne Lange