Patents by Inventor Rebecca Susan Ginger
Rebecca Susan Ginger 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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Publication number: 20240110188Abstract: Disclosed is a substance which down-regulates the activity of a MAST gene, or the activity of a transcription or translation product of a MAST gene, for use in the prevent and/or treatment of an inflammatory skin condition in a mammalian subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Luba Milena PARDO CORTES, Rebecca Susan GINGER, David Andrew GUNN, Tamarius Edmond Christoffel NIJSTEN, Martijn Gerard Hendrik SANDERS, Adrian Michael SMITH
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Patent number: 11788090Abstract: Disclosed is a substance which down-regulates the activity of a MAST gene, or the activity of a transcription or translation product of a MAST gene, for use in the prevent and/or treatment of an inflammatory skin condition in a mammalian subject.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2018Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: CONOPCO, INC.Inventors: Luba Milena Pardo Cortes, Rebecca Susan Ginger, David Andrew Gunn, Tamarius Edmond Christoffel Nijsten, Martijn Gerard Hendrik Sanders, Adrian Michael Smith
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Publication number: 20200063139Abstract: Disclosed is a substance which down-regulates the activity of a MAST gene, or the activity of a transcription or translation product of a MAST gene, for use in the prevent and/or treatment of an inflammatory skin condition in a mammalian subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2018Publication date: February 27, 2020Inventors: Luba Milena PARDO CORTES, Rebecca Susan GINGER, David Andrew GUNN, Tamarius Edmond Christoffel NIJSTEN, Martijn Gerard Hendrik SANDERS, Adrian Michael SMITH
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Publication number: 20190231666Abstract: Disclosed is use of myricetin and/or a derivative of myricetin as an active anti-dandruff agent in a composition for topical application to the scalp and/or hair.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2017Publication date: August 1, 2019Inventors: Rebecca Susan GINGER, Jennifer Elizabeth POPLE
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Publication number: 20160243015Abstract: Desired skin colour is a major unmet consumer need around the world and especially in Asia. Consumers particularly desire even skin colour, absence of age spots (solar lentigines), absence of hyperpigmentation and lighter overall skin tone. One solution is to use biological actives that reduce the activity of melanocyte cells in skin. These cells, present in the basal layer of the epidermis, make the dark coloured pigment melanin and export it, in small export vesicles called melanosomes, to the neighbouring keratinocytes. It is well described in the literature that compounds which reduce melanin synthesis when topically applied to the skin will reduce skin darkness over time and can generate a more even skin tone. Tyrosinase is a very popular target for the regulation of melanocyte pigment production. However effective inhibitors of tyrosinase are bedevilled by safety issues causing, for example, melanocyte cell death, permanent depigmentation, irritation and allergic reactions.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2014Publication date: August 25, 2016Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVERInventors: Martin Richard GREEN, Rebecca Susan GINGER, Robert Charles GLEN
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Publication number: 20140030201Abstract: This invention relates to a composition comprising a synergistic combination of ketoconazole and sulforaphane for use in skin lightening. This invention is based on the fact that a combination of ketoconazole and sulforaphane has been found to synergistically inhibit pigment production in B16 monolayer cultures. Thus the composition, when applied topically or imbibed over an appropriate length of time in-vivo, would be expected to cause skin lightening, or to reduce blemishes and/or hyperpigmented spots and/or solar lentigines leading to an improvement in skin tone and evenness.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2010Publication date: January 30, 2014Inventors: Rebecca Susan Ginger, Melanie Jane Sandel
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Publication number: 20110268673Abstract: The present invention provides a method for determining the predisposition of an individual to a skin condition comprising identifying the profilaggrin alleles present in the genome of an ex vivo sample taken from the individual. Skin conditions include the ability of an individual to produce Natural Moisturising Factors (NMF), dry skin and/or predisposition to detergent-induced erythema. Typically profilaggrin alleles are identified by determining the number of encoded filaggrin repeats. Methods of the invention are particularly useful for grouping individuals for the purposes of participation in clinical trials or for matching an individual to a cosmetic preparation.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2011Publication date: November 3, 2011Applicant: CONOPCO, INC., D/B/A UNILEVERInventor: Rebecca Susan GINGER
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Patent number: 7897334Abstract: The present invention provides a method for determining the predisposition of an individual to a skin condition comprising identifying the profilaggrin alleles present in the genome of an ex vivo sample taken from the individual. Skin conditions include the ability of an individual to produce Natural Moisturising Factors (NMF), dry skin and/or predisposition to detergent-induced erythema. Typically profilaggrin alleles are identified by determining the number of encoded filaggrin repeats. Methods of the invention are particularly useful for grouping individuals for the purposes of participation in clinical trials or for matching an individual to a cosmetic preparation.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2002Date of Patent: March 1, 2011Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventor: Rebecca Susan Ginger
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Publication number: 20090181115Abstract: The invention provides a method of identifying compounds that either increase or decrease skin and/or hair pigmentation, the method comprising determining the ability of a test compound to modulate NCKX-mediated calcium ion movement across a membrane (e.g. NCKX5). The method may comprise the steps of exposing a membrane comprising a NCKX molecule or variant, fusion or derivative thereof to a test compound and measuring either directly or indirectly the calcium ion concentration on one or both sides of the membrane. The invention also relates to kits, nucleic acid molecules, polypeptides and cells useful in the method of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2007Publication date: July 16, 2009Inventors: Wendy Filsell, Rebecca Susan Ginger, Martin Richard Green, Carl Dudley Jarman, Richard Martin Ogborne, Paul Petrus Marius Schnetkamp, Stephen Wilson
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Publication number: 20030124553Abstract: The present invention provides a method for determining the predisposition of an individual to a skin condition comprising identifying the profilaggrin alleles present in the genome of an ex vivo sample taken from the individual. Skin conditions include the ability of an individual to produce Natural Moisturising Factors (NMF), dry skin and/or predisposition to detergent-induced erythema. Typically profilaggrin alleles are identified by determining the number of encoded filaggrin repeats. Methods of the invention are particularly useful for grouping individuals for the purposes of participation in clinical trials or for matching an individual to a cosmetic preparation.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2002Publication date: July 3, 2003Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventor: Rebecca Susan Ginger
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Publication number: 20030099677Abstract: A cosmetic method for treating aged, sensitive, dry, flaky, wrinkled and/or photodamaged skin is provided through topical application of a composition which comprises trans-7-octadecanoic acid and/or derivatives thereof. The invention also relates to compositions suitable for such cosmetic treatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2002Publication date: May 29, 2003Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco. Inc.Inventors: Sarah Louise Blachford, Rebecca Susan Ginger, Andrew Easson Mayes, Julia Sarah Rogers, Paula Rachel Yates
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Publication number: 20030039672Abstract: A cosmetic method for treating aged, sensitive, dry, flaky, wrinkled and/or photodamaged skin is provided through topical application of a composition which comprises an unsaturated C16 fatty acid having at least three double bonds, which may be preferably hexadecatrienoic acid, and/or derivatives thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2002Publication date: February 27, 2003Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Rebecca Susan Ginger, Andrew Easson Mayes, Julia Sarah Rogers, Paula Rachel Yates