Patents Represented by Attorney Gary J. Foose
  • Patent number: 8349121
    Abstract: An assembly and method for placing a desired length of tape material, fed as a moving continuous strip of tape material, onto a moving continuous web of material, wherein the orientation of the placed tape material is substantially perpendicular to the direction of movement of the moving continuous web of material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Paul Cassoni, Terrence Curtis Hooker
  • Patent number: 8338359
    Abstract: Dryer bars having certain defined void volumes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Corey James Kenneally, Robb Richard Gardner, Fleumingue Jean-Mary, Thomas Edward Dufresne, Darren Paul Trokhan, Barry Michael Beagle, Scott Comstock, Kurt Goris Houk
  • Patent number: 8338360
    Abstract: A fabric conditioning articles containing a particulate lubricant agent comprising a platelet which is optionally hexagonal in shape, said platelet optionally having a planar aspect ratio of particle size to thickness of from about 50 to about 300. Non-limiting examples of suitable particulate lubricant agents can include materials such as a boron nitride, a tungsten disulfide, a molybdenum disulfide, a polytetrafluorethylene (PTFE), a talc, a calcium fluoride, a cerium fluoride and a tungsten disulfide, and a mixture thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Yousef Georges Aouad
  • Patent number: 8333289
    Abstract: A package for a particulate laundry scent additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Natalie Vitalia Lopez, Adrian Keith McKinney, Richard Lawrence Horstman, Kristin Marie Finley, Karen Hussong Strader
  • Patent number: 8309191
    Abstract: A packaged product. The package has a plastic container and a light-sensitive liquid composition contained in the plastic container. The container has a plastic container for protecting a light-sensitive liquid composition from light. The container has: i) a top; ii) a bottom opposing to the top; iii) a first layer extending from the top to the bottom, wherein the first layer is non-opaque; and iv) a second layer superposed with a part of the first layer, wherein the second layer has a blocking agent. The container has a non-superposed area covering the bottom. In the non-superposed area the first layer is not superposed with the second layer. The non-superposed area has a height h from about 2 mm to about 50 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ping Wang, Akiko Taneko, Taichi Kodani, Jean-Luc Azzani
  • Patent number: 8193143
    Abstract: A solid laundry detergent composition having: (a) detersive surfactant; and (b) from 0.05 wt % to 20 wt % carboxymethyl cellulose particle, wherein the carboxymethyl cellulose particle: (i) from 70 wt % to 98 wt % carboxymethyl cellulose having an average degree of carboxymethyl substitution of from 0.6 to 0.9; (ii) from 2 wt % to 12 wt % water; (iii) optionally from 0 wt % to 4 wt % sodium glycolate; and (iv) optionally from 0 wt % to 4 wt % sodium chloride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Neil Joseph Lant
  • Patent number: 8163690
    Abstract: A laundry treatment composition comprising from about 1 wt. % to about 90 wt. % of a mono-hydrocarbyl amido quaternary ammonium compound comprising the structure: wherein R1 comprises a C12 to C22 hydrocarbyl amido chain, preferably an alkenyl chain, R2, R3 and R4 are individually selected from the group consisting of C1-C4 hydrocarbyl, C1-C4 hydroxy hydrocarbyl, benzyl, —(C2H4O)xH where x has a value from about 1 to about 10, and mixtures thereof, and wherein X? is a anion; and from about 1 wt. % to about 90 wt. % of an anionic surfactant, wherein the laundry treatment composition provides sufficient softness and anti-static benefits without minimized formation of non-soluble flocs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jodi Lee Brown, Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Errol Hoffman Wahl, Bernard William Kluesener, Mark Robert Sivik
  • Patent number: 8129323
    Abstract: A solid laundry detergent composition in particulate form comprising a plurality of particulate components, the composition comprises: alkyl benzene sulphonate anionic detersive surfactant; carboxylate polymer; carbonate salt; from 0% to less than 5%, by weight of the composition, of zeolite builder; from 0% to less than 5%, by weight of the composition, of phosphate builder; and essentially free silicate salt; wherein any particulate component that comprises at least 5%, by weight of the particulate component, of alkyl benzene sulphonate anionic detersive surfactant comprises a specific amount of carbonate salt to carboxylate polymer; and wherein the composition has a specific weight ratio of carbonate salt to carboxylate polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Doris Appleby, Alan Thomas Brooker
  • Patent number: 8097580
    Abstract: A laundry treatment composition comprising from about 1 wt. % to about 90 wt. % of an asymmetric di-hydrocarbyl quaternary ammonium compound comprising the structure: wherein R1 comprises a C12 to C22 hydrocarbyl chain, wherein R2 comprises a C6 to C12 hydrocarbyl chain, which can be branched, wherein R1 has at least two more carbon atoms in the hydrocarbyl chain than R2, wherein R3 and R4 are individually selected from the group consisting of C1-C4 hydrocarbyl, C1-C4 hydroxy hydrocarbyl, benzyl, —(C2H4O)xH where x has a value from about 1 to about 10, and mixtures thereof, and wherein X? is a anion; and from about 1 wt. % to about 90 wt. % of an anionic surfactant, wherein the laundry treatment composition provides sufficient softness and anti-static benefits without minimized formation of non-soluble flocs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jodi Lee Brown, Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Errol Hoffman Wahl, Bernard William Kluesener, Mark Robert Sivik
  • Patent number: 8058224
    Abstract: Multiple use fabric conditioning compositions comprising blooming perfume are useful for conditioning fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: George Kavin Morgan, III, Thomas Jackson Kirk, Toan Trinh, Zaiyou Liu, Kristin Marie Finley, John William Smith
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    Patent number: D644105
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sarah Louise Thielman, Lauren Elizabeth Eisenmenger
  • Patent number: D644922
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Lawrence Smith, Corey Michael Bischoff
  • Patent number: D655610
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Brian Andre Rice, Sarah Louise Thielman, Suzanne Olly Reusch, Lauren Elizabeth Eisenmenger
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    Patent number: D656022
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sarah Louise Thielman, Lauren Elizabeth Eisenmenger
  • Patent number: D664439
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Elizabeth Ann Malm
  • Patent number: D668159
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Gregory Russell Althoff
  • Patent number: D668547
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Brian Lee Floyd, Julienne Marie Christensen, John Graham Holland
  • Patent number: D668964
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Gregory Russell Althoff
  • Patent number: D669350
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Gregory Russell Althoff
  • Patent number: D671698
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Christopher Lawrence Smith