Patents by Inventor Robert Wayne Yates

Robert Wayne Yates 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).

  • Topical delivery of skin compositions having low pH
    Patent number: 10130578
    Abstract: Low pH compositions for topical administration to skin are provided. They comprise a buffering agent having a pKa of about 2.8 to about 4.2 and a cosmetically acceptable active ingredient having a pKa within about 1 unit of the pKa of the buffering agent. The composition has a pH of about 3.3 to 4 and a buffer capacity of at least about 0.15. A method of increasing the topical delivery of a cosmetically acceptable active ingredient having a pKa of about 2.8 to about 4 is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.
    Inventors: Anne-Sophie Brillouet, Marisa DeVita Dufort, Ali Fassih, Devin L. Garcia, Ya-Ping Hu, Wen-Hwa Ting Li, Ramine Parsa, Jyotsna Paturi, Dianne Rossetti, Ying Sun, Janet Wangari-Talbot, Robert Wayne Yates
  • TOPICAL DELIVERY OF SKIN COMPOSITIONS HAVING LOW PH
    Publication number: 20170020799
    Abstract: Low pH compositions for topical administration to skin are provided. They comprise a buffering agent having a pKa of about 2.8 to about 4.2 and a cosmetically acceptable active ingredient having a pKa within about 1 unit of the pKa of the buffering agent. The composition has a pH of about 3.3 to 4 and a buffer capacity of at least about 0.15. A method of increasing the topical delivery of a cosmetically acceptable active ingredient having a pKa of about 2.8 to about 4 is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Anne-Sophie Brillouet, Marisa DeVita Dufort, Ali Fassih, Devin L. Garcia, Ya-Ping Hu, Wen-Hwa Ting Li, Ramine Parsa, Jyotsna Paturi, Dianne Rossetti, Ying Sun, Janet Wangari-Talbot, Robert Wayne Yates