Patents by Inventor Thomas J. Krafton

Thomas J. Krafton 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).

  • Antiperspirant
    Patent number: 5384117
    Abstract: A substantially clear, anhydrous suspension-type antiperspirant product includes an effective amount of an active antiperspirant component in particulate form suspended in an anhydrous vehicle such that there is no significant dissolution of the active antiperspirant ingredient in the vehicle, and the refractive indices of the active antiperspirant component and the vehicle are matched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1995
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Tuan M. Vu, Thomas J. Krafton, Alan M. Phipps
  • Antiperspirant emulsion
    Patent number: 4499069
    Abstract: A stable antiperspirant emulsion is disclosed which contains an antiperspirant salt of aluminum and/or zirconium, volatile cyclic silicone, water, and a low pH-stable emulsifier mixture of polyethylene glycol (21) stearyl ether and a lipophilic co-emulsifier such that the HLB of the emulsifier mixture is more than 7.5 and less than 9.9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1985
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventor: Thomas J. Krafton