Patents Represented by Attorney C. Brant Cook

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  • Fibrous structures
    Patent number: 7687140
    Abstract: Fibrous structures that exhibit a Dry Burst of greater than 360 g as measured according to the Dry Burst Test Method and optionally, a Total Dry Tensile of less than 2450 g/76.2 mm and/or a Machine Direction (MD) Dry Tensile of less than 1520 g/76.2 mm and/or a Geometric Mean GM) Total Dry Tensile of less than 1180 g/76.2 mm as measured according to the Tensile Strength Test Method are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Allen Manifold, Charles Chidozie Ekenga, Douglas Jay Barkey, Kathleen Diane Sands, Thorsten Knobloch
  • Pre-moistened nonwoven webs with visible compressed sites
    Patent number: 7670971
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to pre-moistened webs and wipes having visible compressed sites that provide the perception of a cloth-like texture. The disclosure also relates to a nonwoven web made of non-thermoplastic fibers with at least one compressed site on the surface of the web that remains visible when the web is pre-moistened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter + Gamble Company
    Inventor: Jonathan Paul Brennan
  • Fibers comprising hemicellulose and processes for making same
    Patent number: 7670678
    Abstract: Hemicellulose fibers, more particularly to non-naturally occurring fibers incorporating hemicellulose, processes for making same and fibrous structures incorporating same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Dean Van Phan
  • Melt processable starch compositions
    Patent number: 7666261
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a starch composition comprising starch, a polymer that is substantially compatible with starch and has a weight-average molecular weight of at least 500,000 such that the polymer forms effective entanglements or associations with neighboring starch molecules, and preferably at least one additive to improve melt flow and melt processability. The additive may be a hydroxyl plasticizer, a hydroxyl-free plasticizer, a diluent, or mixtures thereof. The composition is melt processable on conventional thermoplastic equipment. The composition is especially suitable for uniaxial and biaxial extensional processes to make fibers, films, foams and like products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Valerie Ann Bailey, Larry Neil Mackey, Paul Dennis Trokhan
  • Rotary spinning processes for forming hydroxyl polymer-containing fibers
    Patent number: 7655175
    Abstract: Rotary spinning processes, more particularly processes for making hydroxyl polymer-containing fibers using a rotary spinning die, hydroxyl polymer-containing fibers made by the processes and webs made with the hydroxyl polymer-containing fibers are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Gerhard Michael, Stanford Royce Jackson, Michael David James, Hasan Eroglu, Savas Aydore, Edwin Arthur Stewart
  • Process for making a fibrous structure comprising cellulosic and synthetic fibers
    Patent number: 7645359
    Abstract: A method for making a fibrous structure including a plurality of synthetic fibers disposed in a predetermined pattern and a plurality of cellulosic fibers generally randomly distributed throughout at least one layer of the fibrous structure. The method includes depositing an aqueous slurry including synthetic fibers and an aqueous slurry including cellulosic fibers onto a fluid-permeable forming member having a pattern of channels. The slurries are dewatered to form a fibrous web, wherein the at least some of the cellulosic fibers are randomly distributed throughout at least a portion of the fibrous web and a plurality of synthetic fibers are at least partially non-randomly distributed in the channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Timothy Jude Lorenz, Osman Polat, Paul Dennis Trokhan, Dean Phan
  • Processes for making temporary wet strength additives
    Patent number: 7625989
    Abstract: Processes for making temporary wet strength additives, more particularly, processes for oxidizing a homo-crosslinking monomeric unit present in a polymer having a homo-crosslinking monomeric unit and a cationic monomeric unit to produce a temporary wet strength additive are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Lee Barcus, Khosrow Parviz Mohammadi
  • Fibrous structures comprising a polymer structure
    Patent number: 7615278
    Abstract: Polymer structures and methods for making such polymer structures are provided. More particularly, polymer structures comprising a hydroxyl polymer structure, such as a fiber comprising a hydroxyl polymer are provided. Even more particularly, fibrous structures comprising a hydroxyl polymer structure, such as a fiber comprising a hydroxyl polymer, wherein the fibrous structure exhibits a CETM Factor of less than 20 and/or a CETM*L2 Factor of less than 950 are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: The Proctor & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Linda Evers Smith, David William Cabell, Larry Neil Mackey, Gregory Charles Gordon, Paul Dennis Trokhan, Tedi-Lea Anne DeBruler
  • Processes for making temporary wet strength additives
    Patent number: 7598331
    Abstract: Processes for making temporary wet strength additives, more particularly, processes for oxidizing a homo-crosslinking monomeric unit present in a polymer comprising the homo-crosslinking monomeric unit and a cationic monomeric unit to produce a temporary wet strength additive are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Lee Barcus, Khosrow Parviz Mohammadi
  • Fibrous structure comprising an oil system
    Patent number: 7582577
    Abstract: Fibrous structures comprising an oil system, sanitary tissue products comprising such fibrous structures and processes for making such fibrous structures and/or sanitary tissue products are provided. More particularly, fibrous structures comprising an oil system comprising a non-silicone oil comprising a triglyceride having a fatty acid profile containing a palmitic acid content of greater than about 15 wt %, sanitary tissue products comprising such fibrous structures and processes for making such fibrous structures are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Kenneth Douglas Vinson
  • Hydroxyl polymer web structures comprising a tuft
    Patent number: 7579062
    Abstract: Web structures comprising a tuft and methods for making same are provided. More particularly, web structures comprising a polymeric structure comprising a crosslinked, hydroxyl polymer, wherein the web structure comprises a tuft and processes for making such web structures are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: David William Cabell
  • Fibrous structures comprising a polymer structure
    Patent number: 7572504
    Abstract: Polymer structures and methods for making such polymer structures are provided. More particularly, polymer structures comprising a hydroxyl polymer structure, such as a fiber comprising a hydroxyl polymer are provided. Even more particularly, fibrous structures comprising a hydroxyl polymer structure, such as a fiber comprising a hydroxyl polymer, wherein the fibrous structure exhibits a CETM Factor of less than 20 and/or a CETM*L2 Factor of less than 950 are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: The Procter + Gamble Company
    Inventors: Linda Evers Smith, David William Cabell, Larry Neil Mackey, Gregory Charles Gordon, Paul Dennis Trokhan, Tedi-Lea Anne DeBruler
  • Melt processable starch compositions
    Patent number: 7524379
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a starch composition comprising starch, a polymer that is substantially compatible with starch and has a weight-average molecular weight of at least 500,000 such that the polymer forms effective entanglements or associations with neighboring starch molecules, and preferably at least one additive to improve melt flow and melt processability. The additive may be a hydroxyl plasticizer, a hydroxyl-free plasticizer, a diluent, or mixtures thereof. The composition is melt processable on conventional thermoplastic equipment. The composition is especially suitable for uniaxial and biaxial extensional processes to make fibers, films, foams and like products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: The Procter + Gamble Company
    Inventors: Valerie Ann Bailey, Larry Neil Mackey, Paul Dennis Trokhan
  • Polysaccharide structures comprising an unsubstituted polysaccharide and processes for making same
    Patent number: 7491443
    Abstract: Polysaccharides, more particularly, polysaccharide structures, especially fibers, comprising an unsubstituted polysaccharide, webs comprising such polysaccharide structures and processes for making such polysaccharide structures and/or webs are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Larry Neil Mackey, Gregory Charles Gordon, Stephen Wayne Heinzman
  • Process for making a fibrous structure comprising an additive
    Patent number: 7459179
    Abstract: Processes for making fibrous structures wherein the process includes the step of contacting a fibrous structure with a solid additive such that the solid additive is present on a surface of the fibrous structure at a greater level than within the fibrous structure a solid additive are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael Scott Prodoehl, Kenneth Douglas Vinson
  • Polymeric structures comprising a hydrophile/lipophile system
    Patent number: 7426775
    Abstract: Polymer melt compositions, especially polymer melt compositions that can be processed into polymeric structures, especially polymeric structures in the form of fibers are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter + Gamble Company
    Inventors: Paul Arlen Forshey, Gregory Charles Gordon, Larry Neil Mackey, Mark Ryan Richards
  • Package for a sanitary tissue product
    Patent number: D586210
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kristine Gail Noschang, Frederick Mason Mariani, William Richard Rempe
  • Paper product
    Patent number: D587462
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Rachael Eden Walther, Lisa Ann Mackay, Thorsten Knobloch, Kathleen Diane Drott, Sara Elizabeth Gordon, John Russell Klein, Jr., Brandy Nicole Lockaby, Oliver John Meinerding, Jonathan Seeds
  • Paper product
    Patent number: D588821
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Esinam Deniece Glakpe, Rachael Eden Walther, Angela Marie Leimbach, Kathleen Diane Sands, Gillian Scott Cooper, Frederick Scott Britton
  • Paper product
    Patent number: D589265
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: The Procter + Gamble Company
    Inventors: Esinam Deniece Glakpe, Rachael Eden Walther, Angela Marie Leimbach, Kathleen Diane Sands, Gillian Scott Cooper, Frederick Scott Britton