Patents by Inventor Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr.

Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr. 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).

  • Publication number: 20200308360
    Abstract: Described are dissolvable, porous solid structures formed using certain vinyl acetate-vinyl alcohol copolymers. The copolymer and the porosity of the structure allow for liquid flow during use such that the structure readily dissolves to provide a desired consumer experience. Also described are processes for making open cell foam and fibrous dissolvable solid structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Min Mao, Mark William Hamersky, Robert Wayne Glenn, JR., Todd Ryan Thompson
  • Publication number: 20200308517
    Abstract: This invention provides a multilayer dissolvable solid article, which comprises two or more flexible, dissolvable, porous sheets. Each of such two or more sheets is characterized by a Percent Open Cell Content of from about 80% to 100% and an Overall Average Pore Size of from about 100 ?m to about 2000 ?m and comprises a water-soluble polymer. At least two adjacent sheets in such dissolvable solid article are characterized by an Adhesion Score (AdS) of no less than 1, while the contacting surfaces of said at least two adjacent sheets are essentially free of adhesives. Preferably, the multilayer dissolvable solid article is essentially free of adhesives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Hongsing TAN, Robert Wayne GLENN, JR., Carl David MAC NAMARA, Ming TANG, Toshiyuki OKADA, Hongling CHEN, Xu HUANG, Gabrielle Alejandro NOGUEIRA MEZA, Min JIANG
  • Publication number: 20200237628
    Abstract: Described herein is dosage of foam including from about 5 cm3 to about 70 cm3 of the foam. The foam includes from about 0.5 g to about 4 g of a detersive surfactant; from about 0.001 g to about 4 g propellant; a foam density of from about 0.04 g/cm3 to about 0.23 g/cm3; and a bubble size distribution having an R32 of from about 30 ?m to about 60 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Jazmin Veronica Torres Rivera, Eric Scott Johnson, Sarah Elizabeth Mullen, Sean Michael Renock, Todd Ryan Thompson, Jean Jianqun Zhao, Robert Wayne Glenn, JR.
  • Patent number: 10717839
    Abstract: Described are dissolvable, porous solid structures formed using certain vinyl acetate-vinyl alcohol copolymers. The copolymer and the porosity of the structure allow for liquid flow during use such that the structure readily dissolves to provide a desired consumer experience. Also described are processes for making open cell foam and fibrous dissolvable solid structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Min Mao, Mark William Hamersky, Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr., Todd Ryan Thompson
  • Publication number: 20200170924
    Abstract: Described herein is a method of conditioning the hair, the method including providing a hair care composition, adding a hydrofluoropropene to the hair care composition at a concentrated hair care composition to hydrofluoropropene weight ratio of from about 85:15 to about 98:2 to create a pressurized hair care composition, dispensing the pressurized hair care composition from an aerosol dispenser as a foam, applying the foam to the hair, and rinsing the foam from the hair. The hair care composition includes from about 0.5% to about 18% silicone, less than 8% high melting point fatty compound, and less than 5% cationic surfactant. The hair care composition has a viscosity of from about 1 centipoise to about 15,000 centipoise. The hair care composition has a high melting point fatty compound to silicone weight ratio of from about 0 to about 50:50.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Glenn, JR., Dariush Hosseinpour, Toshiyuki Iwata, Scott Edward Smith, Kathleen Mary Kaufman, Kevin Lee Doyle
  • Patent number: 10653590
    Abstract: Described herein is dosage of foam including from about 5 cm3 to about 70 cm3 of the foam. The foam includes from about 0.5 g to about 4 g of a detersive surfactant; from about 0.001 g to about 4 g propellant; a foam density of from about 0.04 g/cm3 to about 0.23 g/cm3; and a bubble size distribution having an R32 of from about 30 ?m to about 60 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jazmin Veronica Torres Rivera, Eric Scott Johnson, Sarah Elizabeth Mullen, Sean Michael Renock, Todd Ryan Thompson, Jean Jianqun Zhao, Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20200146955
    Abstract: A hair conditioner composition with a gel network that can contain a fatty alcohol and a cationic surfactant having a chloride counterion. The gel network composition can contain a uniform lamellar structure that comprises all vesicles or mostly vesicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Jean Jianqun Zhao, Toshiyuki Iwata, Zhicai Zhou, Robert Wayne Glenn, JR., Xiaoru Jenny Wang
  • Publication number: 20200071851
    Abstract: The personal care compositions of the present invention are in the form of an Article comprising a dissolvable fibrous web structure. The fibers of the dissolvable fibrous web structure comprise a surfactant; a water soluble polymeric structurant; and a plasticizer. Additionally the ratio of the water soluble water soluble polymeric structurant to the active agent in the fiber is 3.5 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Glenn, JR., Rajeev Chhabra, William Maxwell Allen, JR., Jonathan Paul Brennan
  • Publication number: 20190365633
    Abstract: A method of treating the hair including providing a concentrated hair care composition in an aerosol foam dispenser. The concentrated hair care composition includes one or more silicones, perfume, and less than 10% high melting point fatty compounds. The method also includes dispensing the concentrated hair care composition from the aerosol foam dispenser as a dosage of foam; applying the foam to the hair; and rinsing the foam from the hair. The foam has a density of from about 0.025 g/cm3 to about 0.40 g/cm3 when dispensed from the aerosol foam dispenser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Glenn, JR., Kathleen Mary Kaufman, Dariush Hosseinpour
  • Publication number: 20190328630
    Abstract: Described herein is a method of treating the hair including providing a concentrated hair care composition in an aerosol foam dispenser. The concentrated hair care composition includes one or more silicones, perfume, stearyl alcohol, and cetyl alcohol. The method also includes dispensing the concentrated hair care composition from the aerosol foam dispenser as a dosage of foam; applying the foam to the hair; and rinsing the foam from the hair. The foam has a density of from about 0.025 g/cm3 to about 0.30 g/cm3 when dispensed from the aerosol foam dispenser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Glenn, JR., Kathleen Mary Kaufman, Toshiyuki Iwata
  • Patent number: 10441519
    Abstract: The invention relates stable, low viscosity hair care compositions having high surfactant content comprising linear sulfates (with alkyl tail of C12 and above) and branched sulfates (with alkyl tail of C12 and above), a water-miscible solvent such as dipropylene glycol or glycerin. Suitable compositions have a ratio of (Linear anionic surfactant/Branched anionic surfactant)/Miscible solvent from about 0.2 to about 5 and a viscosity of less than about 500 cP at 26.5° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jean Jianqun Zhao, Ioannis Constantine Constantinides, Karl Shiqing Wei, Peter Herbert Koenig, Howard David Hutton, III, Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr., Xiaoru Jenny Wang, Brian Xiaoqing Song, Edward Dewey Smith, III
  • Publication number: 20190307298
    Abstract: A foam dispenser comprising an outer container having a closed end bottom at a first end and an open neck at a second end and defining an outer container volume therein and an actuator. The outer container volume is configured to hold a compact shampoo composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Jean Jianqun Zhao, Robert Wayne Glenn, JR.
  • Publication number: 20190240121
    Abstract: Described herein is dosage of foam including from about 5 cm3 to about 70 cm3 of the foam. The foam includes from about 0.5 g to about 4 g of a detersive surfactant; from about 0.001 g to about 4 g propellant; a foam density of from about 0.02 g/cm3 to about 0.25 g/cm3; and a bubble size distribution having an R32 of from about 5 ?m to about 150 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Jazmin Veronica Torres Rivera, Eric Scott Johnson, Sarah Elizabeth Mullen, Sean Michael Renock, Todd Ryan Thompson, Jean Jianqun Zhao, Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20190192405
    Abstract: A shampoo composition is disclosed that has from about 5 to about 40 weight % of one or more detersive surfactants and an aqueous carrier comprising water and one or more polyols, wherein the weight ratio of one or more polyols to water is higher than or equal to about 0.4, and the water content is higher than or equal to about 9% by weight of the composition. The composition delivers thorough hair cleansing, good lather, good conditioning wet feel, clean rinse feel during use, leaving hair with very low residue on the hair surface. The use of the shampoo composition also provides high hair volume, smooth dry hair feel, and bouncy hair that is easy to style.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Jean Jianqun Zhao, Ioannis Constantine Constantinides, Thomas Allen Hutchins, Brian Michael Hurley, Robert Wayne Glenn, JR.
  • Publication number: 20190183778
    Abstract: A concentrated conditioner composition to be dispensed as a foam from a foam dispenser, wherein the composition comprises one or more silicone polymers. The silicone polymers is a polyorganosiloxane compound containing one or more quaternary ammonium groups, silicone blocks comprising between about 99 and about 199 siloxane units on average, at least one polyalkylene oxide structural unit; and at least one terminal ester group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Glenn, JR., Tiffany Tien-Yun Yang, Michael Albert Snyder, Roland Wagner, Albert Schnering, Katharina Streicher
  • Publication number: 20190183777
    Abstract: A clear shampoo composition containing a silicone emulsion and a detersive surfactant. The silicone emulsion contains one or more silicone polymers that can be a polyorganosiloxane compound containing one or more quaternary ammonium groups, silicone blocks comprising between about 99 and about 199 siloxane units on average, at least one polyalkylene oxide structural unit; and at least one terminal ester group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Jade Yvonne Gillis, Robert Wayne Glenn, JR., Dariush Hosseinpour, Brian Michael Hurley, Tiffany Tien-Yun Yang, Jean Jianqun Zhao, Michael Albert Snyder, Roland Wagner, Albert Schnering, Katharina Streicher
  • Patent number: 10322072
    Abstract: A method of treating the hair including providing a concentrated hair care composition in an aerosol foam dispenser. The concentrated hair care composition includes one or more silicones, perfume, an emulsifier system, and less than 10% high melting point fatty compounds. The method also includes dispensing the concentrated hair care composition from the aerosol foam dispenser as a dosage of foam; applying the foam to the hair; and rinsing the foam from the hair. The foam has a density of from about 0.025 g/cm3 to about 0.40 g/cm3 when dispensed from the aerosol foam dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr., Dariush Hosseinpour, Kevin Lee Doyle
  • Patent number: 10301575
    Abstract: A consumer product composition comprises a non-porous dissolvable solid structure comprising from about 30% to about 95%, by weight of the consumer product composition, of a carrier material, and from about 5% to about 50%, by weight of the consumer product composition, of a hydrophobic conditioning agent disposed within the carrier material of the non-porous dissolvable solid structure. The carrier material comprises a polyethylene glycol material, or mixtures thereof, having a molecular weight of from about 200 to about 50,000. The hydrophobic conditioning agent is selected from the group consisting of silicone materials, organic conditioning oils, hydrocarbon oils, fatty esters, metathesized unsaturated polyol esters, silane-modified oils, and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Matthew Lawrence Lynch, Joanne Roberta Willman, Brandon Philip Illie, Kevin Graham Blyth, Carola Barrera, Philip Andrew Sawin, Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr., Yousef Georges Aouad, Janine Anne Flood, Benjamin John Kutay
  • Publication number: 20190142711
    Abstract: Described herein is a dosage of foam including from about 5 cm3 to about 70 cm3 of the foam. The foam includes from about 0.5 g to about 4 g of a detersive surfactant; from about 0.001 g to about 4 g propellant; a foam density of from about 0.10 g/cm3 to about 0.35 g/cm3; a bubble size distribution having an R32 of from about 5 ?m to about 100 ?m; and a yield point of from about 5 Pa to about 100 Pa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Jazmin Veronica Torres Rivera, Eric Scott Johnson, Sarah Elizabeth Mullen, Sean Michael Renock, Todd Ryan Thompson, Jean Jianqun Zhao, Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10285925
    Abstract: A method of treating the hair including providing a concentrated hair care composition in a mechanical foam dispenser. The concentrated hair care composition includes one or more silicones, from about 1% to about 5% perfume, an emulsifier system, and is substantially free of high melting point fatty compounds. The method also includes dispensing the concentrated hair care composition from the mechanical foam dispenser as a dosage of foam; applying the foam to the hair; and rinsing the foam from the hair. The foam has a density of from about 0.025 g/cm3 to about 0.3 g/cm3 when dispensed from the mechanical foam dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr., Dariush Hosseinpour, Kevin Lee Doyle