Karl M Roberts

US Patent:

39877922, Oct 26, 1976

Filed:

Jul 31, 1975

Appl. No.:

5/600931

Inventors:

John Michael Hernandez - East Brunswick NJ
Karl H. Roberts - Flemington NJ

Assignee:

Colgate-Palmolive Company - New York NY

International Classification:

A41B 1302
A61F 1316

US Classification:

128284

Abstract:

A disposable diaper comprising in order: A water-pervious layer; A spongy, resilient and compressible hydrophobic fibrous layer; An absorbent core; and A water impervious layer, Wherein said hydrophobic fibrous layer has a density of from about 0. 01gm/cc to 0. 03gm/cc and comprises non-woven, hydrophobic fibers having an average length of from about 1/4 in. to 31/2 , said fibers being bonded together at at least a substantial number of their points of contact. The hydrophobic fibrous layer is pervious to fluids in the uncompressed condition; however, when compressed, as by the bodily weight of an infant clothed with the diaper, the layer becomes impervious to fluids, the compressed fibers intermeshing to form a seal or barrier.

US Patent:

43449301, Aug 17, 1982

Filed:

Sep 15, 1980

Appl. No.:

6/187374

Inventors:

David M. MacRae - Beecroft, AU
Karl H. Roberts - Flemington NJ

Assignee:

Colgate-Palmolive Company - New York NY

International Classification:

A61K 970
A61L 1500

US Classification:

424 28

Abstract:

A hydrophilic open-celled poly (urea/urethane) sponge derived from a prepolymer produced by the reaction of a polyoxyalkylene polyol with a stoichiometric excess of an organic polysocyanate, said sponge containing substantially uniformly distributed throughout the pores thereof a readily releasable skin care composition and methods of making same and using same for treating skin. It has of course long been known to treat the skin for various purposes by applying thereto a skin care composition, such application being commonly effected by first impregnating an absorbent fibrous pad or sponge applicator with the composition, or supplying a quantity of such composition to the surface of the pad or sponge applicator, and then transferring said composition to the skin by wiping and rubbing same with the applicator. This method is subject to certain disadvantages, among which are the tiresome and time-consuming repetitive step of first supplying the applicator with a quantity of the composition, the difficulty of controlling the amount of composition so applied to the skin, the tendency to permanently or temporarily misplace the container holding the composition, and the like.

US Patent:

42423775, Dec 30, 1980

Filed:

Feb 11, 1974

Appl. No.:

5/441303

Inventors:

Karl H. Roberts - Flemington NJ
Marvin Liebowitz - Edison NJ
Henry P. Furgal - Bernardsville NJ

Assignee:

Colgate-Palmolive Company - New York NY

International Classification:

B05D 312

US Classification:

427242

Abstract:

Fabrics, such as those in laundry items, are softened and their tendency to accumulate static charges is lessened by application to them of a foam which includes a foaming agent, a fabric conditioner, to improve fabric softness and/or to diminish static, a normally gaseous propellant and water, after which application the laundry is tumbled, preferably in a dryer. The foam thereby becomes spread over the fabric surfaces, conditioning the laundry during a drying operation. In some products a single material may be both foaming agent and conditioner. In other formulations a foam stabilizer will be incorporated to aid the foaming agent in making a more useful foam. In preferred embodiments of the invention, the conditioning composition is a liquid held under its own pressure in a dispensing container and is discharged from it as a stable foam onto the material to be conditioned, which is in a laundry dryer. In preferred compositions the foaming agent is an anionic or nonionic surface active compound, the fabric conditioner is an amphoteric or cationic surface active agent which is substantive to cotton and permanent press fabrics to be conditioned, and the propellant is a mixture of halogenated hydrocarbons. The disclosure also relates to pressurized compositions, articles comprising pressure-tight vessels containing such compositions, and the foams dispensed, as well as to methods of application of the foams to fabrics and laundry to be conditioned.

US Patent:

41275152, Nov 28, 1978

Filed:

Nov 1, 1976

Appl. No.:

5/737872

Inventors:

David M. MacRae - South Plainfield NJ
Karl H. Roberts - Flemington NJ

Assignee:

Colgate-Palmolive Company - New York NY

International Classification:

C08G 1814
C09G 110
C08K 510
C08L 7506

US Classification:

521112

Abstract:

A hydrophilic flexible open-celled poly (urea/urethane) sponge derived from prepolymer produced by reaction of a polyoxyalkylene polyol with a stoichiometric excess of an organic polyisocyanate, said sponge containing uniformly distributed therethrough a readily releasable wax composition, and methods of making and using same for waxing surfaces.

US Patent:

20220213462, Jul 7, 2022

Filed:

Apr 17, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/605864

Inventors:

- Bronx NY, US
Khulan Batbayar - Pelham NY, US
Karl Roberts - Brooklyn NY, US

Assignee:

Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Bronx NY

International Classification:

C12N 9/64
A61K 35/18
C12N 5/078
A61P 7/02
C07K 14/745

Abstract:

This disclosure provides methods and compositions for treating TTP based on transfusion of a relatively small number of genetically modified red blood cells. The genetically modified red blood cells express a fusion protein including a fragment of ADAMTS13 that is enzymatically active against von Willebrand factor (VWF). The fragments of ADAMTS13 can be resistant to the inhibitors, e.g., the auto-immune antibodies, which are responsible for the acquired form of TTP.