Patents Represented by Attorney Gary J. Foose
  • Patent number: 7980001
    Abstract: Fabric conditioner dispensers capable of being maintained with one hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Toan Trinh, Samuel James Morris, III, Lawrence Andrew Schumacher, John William Smith
  • Patent number: 7977303
    Abstract: Multiple use fabric conditioning blocks comprising indentations and/or protrusions are useful for conditioning fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Rick Ah-Man Woo, Toan Trinh, Charles Michael Hardy, Kurt Alfred Karussi, Samuel James Morris, III, Lawrence Andrew Schumacher, John William Smith, Jacqueline Marie Duderstadt
  • Patent number: 7955469
    Abstract: The use of a heat idler moveable along a path provides speed and flexibility in the heat labeling of containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gavin John Broad, Adal Tecleab, Jason Lee DeBruler
  • Patent number: 7919450
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an auxiliary composition, for use in the laundering or treatment of fabrics, comprising an admix of (i) clay and (ii) a silicone in an emulsified form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kevin Graham Blyth, Andrew Russell Graydon, Colin Stephenson
  • Patent number: 7871976
    Abstract: A laundry scent additive having polyethylene glycol and perfume. The laundry scent additive enables consumers to control the amount of scent imparted to their laundry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Yousef Georges Aouad
  • Patent number: 7867968
    Abstract: A laundry scent additive having polyethylene glycol and perfume. The laundry scent additive enables consumers to control the amount of scent imparted to their laundry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Yousef Georges Aouad
  • Patent number: 7833961
    Abstract: A fabric enhancing composition comprising: at least one fabric softening active, wherein said fabric softening active comprises a plurality of particles comprising a intensity weighted particle size distribution wherein at least about 50% said particles have a particle size below about 170 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Marc Johan Declercq, Yonas Gizaw, Raul Victorino Nunes, Ke-ming Quan, Alessandro Corona, III, Matthew Lawrence Lynch, Alice Marie Ward, Hugo Jean Marie Demeyere
  • Patent number: 7786027
    Abstract: A functionalized substrate comprising: from about 1% to about 20% of a water-dispersible and/or a water-disintegrating material comprising a cellulose by weight; from about 0.001% to about 50% of a binder material by weight; and a plurality of microcapsules encapsulating at least one functional material, wherein said plurality of microcapsules is incorporated with said functionalized substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Yousef Georges Aouad, Tania Edmee Berges Cabrera, Lois Jean Boekley, Jodi Lee Brown, Vincenzo Catalfamo, Frank William Denome, Renae Dianna Fossum, Yonas Gizaw, Errol Hoffman Wahl, Brian Joseph Roselle, Michael Bruce Edwards
  • Patent number: 7754673
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an auxiliary composition, for use in the laundering or treatment of fabrics, comprising an admix of (i) clay and (ii) a silicone in an emulsified form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kevin Graham Blyth, Andrew Russell Graydon, Colin Stephenson
  • Patent number: 7745386
    Abstract: Dryer-added fabric conditioning articles that comprise friable perfume microcapsules provide consumers an impactful freshness experience while wearing clothing that is treated by the article. Manufacturing processes of incorporating friable perfume microcapsules into dryer-added articles that maximizes the yield of unruptured microcapsules are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Darren Franklin King, Komal G. Patel, George Kavin Morgan, III, Glenn Thomas Jordan, IV
  • Patent number: 7700539
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid free-flowing particulate laundry detergent composition comprising a detersive surfactant, carbonate and a cellulosic polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Peter Eric Muller, Alan Thomas Brooker, Doris Appleby
  • Patent number: D617513
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Co.
    Inventor: James Douglas Still
  • Patent number: D620769
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Raphael Louis Mangin, Billy Gonzales Abergas, Katy Saint-Ignan, Bin Chen, Yi Wei
  • Patent number: D620800
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sarah Louise Thielman, Paul Frank Diehl
  • Patent number: D621262
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Satoshi Matsumura, Nobuyuki Kitamura, Motoki Tamura, Shinsuke Nomura
  • Patent number: D621269
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Satoshi Matsumura, Nobuyuki Kitamura, Motoki Tamura, Shinsuke Nomura
  • Patent number: D625177
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Susie Marie Seum, Marilyn Gale Perkins-Stanaford, Tom Patrick Collins, Ida Abdalkhani
  • Patent number: D637077
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Compnay
    Inventors: Gabriela V. Gonzalez, John Carter McFarland, Dale Richard Doyle, Ryan Lewis Green
  • Patent number: D639666
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Liam Davis Hawry, Scott Michael Jost, Luke Anthony Snider, Jacob Joel Teitelbaum
  • Patent number: D640551
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Marilyn Gale Perkins-Stanaford, Samuel James Morris, III, Barry Michael Beagle