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).

  • Patent number: 9173826
    Abstract: The present invention relates to personal care compositions, especially those shave preparation article and skin care articles which are in the form of a porous dissolvable solid substrate having a surface resident coating comprising at least one skin treatment active. The present invention can deliver a consumer benefit as well as allow for separation of any incompatible actives in the substrate versus the coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: James Robert Schwartz, Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20150265502
    Abstract: A method for delivering an active agent is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Glenn, JR., Gregory Charles Gordon, Mark Robert Sivik, Mark Ryan Richards, Stephen Wayne Heinzman, Michael David James, Geoffrey William Reynolds, Paul Dennis Trokhan, Alyssandrea Hope Hamad-Ebrahimpour, Frank William Denome, Stephen Joseph Hodson
  • Patent number: 9074305
    Abstract: A method for delivering an active agent is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr., Gregory Charles Gordon, Mark Robert Sivik, Mark Ryan Richards, Stephen Wayne Heinzman, Michael David James, Geoffrey William Reynolds, Paul Dennis Trokhan, Alyssandrea Hope Hamad-Ebraminpour, Frank William Denome, Stephen Joseph Hodson
  • Patent number: 9005635
    Abstract: A personal health care article. More particularly, a personal health care article comprising at least one porous disintegratable solid substrate comprising: from about 1% to about 70%, by weight of said substrate, of a surfactant, from about 10% to about 70%, by weight of said substrate, of one or more polymers, from about 0.025% to about 85%, by weight of said substrate, of one or more health care actives, optionally a plasticizer, and optionally an aesthetic agent wherein said article is ingestible. The invention also comprises a process for making a personal health care article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Trevor John Darcy, Steven Ray Gilbert, Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr., Mark Edward Stella
  • Patent number: 8997760
    Abstract: The present invention describes a hair treatment application system, comprising at least one or more hair treatment compositions (15) having a viscosity of from 3,000 cPs to 150,000 cPs and a hair treatment application device (1) comprising a first plate (10) and a second plate (20) positionable in a juxtaposed relationship when said hair treatment application device (1) is in a closed state. The hair treatment application device (1) is characterized by having a first zone comprising at least one absorbent substrate (40) on the internal surface (101) of said at least said first plates (10) and a second zone (50) on said internal surface (101) which is free of said absorbent substrate (40). Said at least one absorbent substrate (40) has a median pore radius of from 300 microns to 3,000 micron. The present invention describes also methods of treating the hair with said hair treatment application system (10) and kit comprising said hair treatment application system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr., Paul James Smith
  • Publication number: 20140329428
    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: July 18, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Glenn, JR., Rajeev Chhabra, William Maxwell Allen, JR., Jonathan Paul Brennan
  • Publication number: 20140271521
    Abstract: A process for forming a personal care article, the process including (a) producing an extrudate from a twin screw extruder, and (b) forming the extrudate into the personal care article. The personal care article includes (i) from about 10% to about 60% of one or more anionic surfactants, wherein the one or more anionic surfactants have a Krafft point of less than 30° C.; (ii) from about 10% to about 50% of one or more water soluble polymers; (iii) from about 1% to about 30% of one or more plasticizers; and (iv) from about 10% to about 50% water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Wayne GLENN, JR., Todd Ryan THOMPSON, Ungyeong JUNG, Changwei ZHU, Alireza TABATABAEI-NAEINI
  • Publication number: 20140271744
    Abstract: Provided is a process for forming a dissolvable fiber, the process including (a) producing an extrudate from a twin screw extruder; and (b) forming the extrudate into the dissolvable fiber. The dissolvable fiber includes (i) from about 10% to about 60% of one or more anionic surfactants; (ii) from about 10% to about 50% of one or more water soluble polymers; (iii) from about 1% to about 30% of one or more plasticizers; and (iv) from about 0.01% to about 30% water. The one or more anionic surfactants have a Krafft point of less than about 30° C. The dissolvable fiber has an average diameter of from about 20 microns to about 1,000 microns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Wayne GLENN, JR., Todd Ryan THOMPSON, Ungyeong JUNG, Chul B. PARK, Changwei ZHU, Raymond Kar Man CHU
  • Publication number: 20140274864
    Abstract: A process for forming a personal care article, the process including (a) adding one or more water soluble polymers and one or more plasticizers to a kneader to form a premix; (b) adding one or more anionic surfactants to the premix to form a mixture; (c) kneading the mixture until homogeneous; and (d) forming the personal care article. The personal care article includes (i) from about 10% to about 60% of one or more anionic surfactants; (ii) from about 10% to about 50% of one or more water soluble polymers; (iii) from about 1% to about 30% of one or more plasticizers; and (iv) from about 10% to about 50% water. The one or more anionic surfactants have a Krafft point of less than about 30° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Wayne GLENN, JR., Todd Ryan THOMPSON, Martin Ian JAMES
  • Publication number: 20140271745
    Abstract: Provided is a personal care article including one or more extruded dissolvable fibers. The extruded dissolvable fibers include (a) from about 10% to about 60% of one or more anionic surfactants; (b) from about 10% to about 50% of one or more water soluble polymers; (c) from about 1% to about 30% of one or more plasticizers; and (d) from about 0.01% to about 30% water. The one or more anionic surfactants have a Krafft point of less than about 30° C. The one or more extruded dissolvable fibers has an average diameter of from about 20 microns to about 1,000 microns. The personal care article has a dry density of from about 0.02 g/cm3 to about 0.30 g/cm3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Wayne GLENN, JR., Todd Ryan THOMPSON, Ungyeong JUNG, Chul B. PARK, Changwei ZHU, Raymond Kar Man CHU
  • Publication number: 20140264994
    Abstract: Provided is a process for forming a personal care article comprising producing a personal care article from a twin screw extruder employing blowing agents, the personal care article including (i) from about 10% to about 60% of one or more anionic surfactants, wherein the one or more anionic surfactants have a Krafft point of less than about 30° C.; (ii) from about 10% to about 50% of one or more water soluble polymers; (iii) from about 1% to about 30% of one or more plasticizers; and (iv) from about 0.01% to about 40% water. The personal care article has a density of from about 0.05 g/cm3 to about 0.95 g/cm3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Wayne GLENN, JR., Todd Ryan THOMPSON, Ungyeong JUNG, Chul B. PARK, Changwei ZHU
  • Patent number: 8765170
    Abstract: Personal care compositions, especially those personal care compositions in the form of an article that is a porous, dissolvable solid structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr., Christopher Todd Morrissey, Lee Arnold Schechtman, Renee Danielle Bolden, Kathleen Mary Kaufman, Lisa Jo Bartz, Thomas Edward Dufresne, Darren Paul Trokhan, James Merle Heinrich
  • Patent number: 8701683
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an application tool (1) and methods to use the same. The application tool (1) comprises two plates (22), connected together. At least one of said two plates (22) comprises a fluid control zone (50), which run along the perimeter edge (30) of said at least one plate (22), a displacement zone (60), which at least partially separate said fluid control zone (50) from a containment zone (70). A hair treatment composition may be loaded onto the containment zone (70). Application of hair treatment compositions through the application tool (1) according to the invention allows for a precise, non-messy and clean targeting of the hair treatment composition on a hair strand and it is especially useful for highlighting and dyeing compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr., Paul Edmund Baker
  • Publication number: 20140105946
    Abstract: An article that is a porous, dissolvable solid structure that dissolves easily due to the shape, product orientation and/or method of manufacturing the porous, dissolvable solid structure. The process of making the Article involves preparing a pre-mixture, aerating the pre-mixture, dosing the pre-mixture into individual cavities in molds, and drying the pre-mixture to an Article having an open celled foam with a % open cell of from about 80% to about 100%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Glenn, JR., Eric Paul Granberg, Lynn Kristin Stechschuite, Matthew Steven Ritter, Jason Donald McCarty, Michael Edward Thomas, Todd Ryan Thompson, Jay Ryan Tenkman, Emily Ragland Muszynski, Dale Francis Bittner, Nathan Alan Gill
  • Publication number: 20140026918
    Abstract: The present invention describes a hair treatment application system, comprising at least one or more hair treatment compositions (15) having a viscosity of from 3,000 cPs to 150,000 cPs and a hair treatment application device (1) comprising a first plate (10) and a second plate (20) positionable in a juxtaposed relationship when said hair treatment application device (1) is in a closed state. The hair treatment application device (1) is characterized by having a first zone comprising at least one absorbent substrate (40) on the internal surface (101) of said at least said first plates (10) and a second zone (50) on said internal surface (101) which is free of said absorbent substrate (40). Said at least one absorbent substrate (40) has a median pore radius of from 300 microns to 3,000 micron. The present invention describes also methods of treating the hair with said hair treatment application system (10) and kit comprising said hair treatment application system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Wayne GLENN, JR., Paul James SMITH
  • Patent number: 8628706
    Abstract: A non-lathering personal care article in the form of a porous dissolvable solid structure, comprising: from about 0% to about 10% ionic surfactant; from about 1% to about 60% of a non-surfactant cosmetic active; from about 15% to about 70% polymeric structurant, wherein the polymeric structurant has a weighted average molecular weight of from about 40,000 to about 500,000; and from about 1% to about 30% plasticizer. The article has a density of from about 0.03 g/cm3 to about 0.15 g/cm3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr., James Merle Heinrich, Kathleen Mary Kaufman, Joanne Roberta Willman
  • Publication number: 20130303419
    Abstract: A process that results in a flexible dissolvable porous solid article that can be used as a personal care composition or a fabric care composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Glenn, JR., Jason Donald McCarty, Raul Victorino Nunes, Mark William Hamersky, Elizabeth Anne Wilder, James Merle Heinrich, Darren Paul Trokhan, Thomas Edward Dufresne, Julie Masters Lubbers, Renee Danielle Bolden, Lee Arnold Schechtman
  • Patent number: 8573232
    Abstract: The present invention describes a hair treatment application system, comprising at least one or more hair treatment compositions (15) having a viscosity of from 3,000 cPs to 150,000 cPs and a hair treatment application device (1) comprising a first plate (10) and a second plate (20) positionable in a juxtaposed relationship when said hair treatment application device (1) is in a closed state. The hair treatment application device (1) is characterized by having a first zone comprising at least one absorbent substrate (40) on the internal surface (101) of said at least said first plates (10) and a second zone (50) on said internal surface (101) which is free of said absorbent substrate (40). Said at least one absorbent substrate (40) has a median pore radius of from 300 microns to 3,000 micron. The present invention describes also methods of treating the hair with said hair treatment application system (10) and kit comprising said hair treatment application system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr., Paul James Smith
  • Patent number: 8550095
    Abstract: A system to highlight the hair includes a device (10) and a composition (50). The device (10) includes a first portion movably joined to a second portion. Composition (50) includes a percentage of hydrogen peroxide and a percentage of an alkalizer by weight of the composition (50). The weight percentages of hydrogen peroxide and of an alkalizer are defined by equation (I): X+1.5Y?15 (I). X is the percentage by weight of hydrogen peroxide by weight of the composition (50). Y is the percentage by weight of an alkalizer by weight of the composition (50). The composition (50) includes at least 2% of hydrogen peroxide by weight of the composition (50) and the alkalizer is an inorganic salt. The composition (50) allows to perform highlighting when applied with the device (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr., Simon Paul Godfrey, Gemma Zoe Smithers
  • Patent number: 8476211
    Abstract: The present invention relates to personal care compositions, especially those personal care compositions in the form of a personal care article that is a porous dissolvable solid substrate. The porous dissolvable solid substrate has a surface resident coating comprising the starch perfume complex that can provide a consumer benefit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr., Kathleen Mary Kaufman, Virginia Tzung-Hwei Hutchins, Zerlina Guzdar Dubois