Patents Represented by Attorney Michael J. McGreal
  • Patent number: 6589925
    Abstract: A detergent tablet in order to be readily dispensed from the detergent dispenser of an automatic dishwasher should be of a generally elliptical shape to a modified generally elliptical shape. This is a shape where a cylinder having a rectangular cross-section contained within the tablet shape has a diagonal dimension that is a minimum for such a shape. This is a diagonal of a cross-section along the minor axis of the tablet. This shape can be defined by the equation: ( x a ) p + ( y b ) p = 1 where 2a is the length of the major axis, 2b is the length of the minor axis, and p in an exponent having a value of between about 1.5 to about 25 extending to a shape where the sides disposed along the major axis are parallel and the sides defined by the minor axis have a defined radius.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Gary Benjamin Binstock, Bruce Cummings, Divaker Kenkare, Kevin Mark Kinscherf, Steve Mark Phillips
  • Patent number: D475627
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Patrick M. Calello, Joseph E. Gasparino
  • Patent number: D476372
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Gilman Hanson, Michael O'Connell
  • Patent number: D476559
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Colgate Palmolive Co.
    Inventors: Joseph T. Norris, John C. Crawford
  • Patent number: D476560
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Gilman Hanson, Michael O'Connell
  • Patent number: D476901
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: John C. Crawford
  • Patent number: D477866
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Georges Dubois, Daniel Quintard, Alain M. H. Jacques, Juliette Rousselet, Fabienne Jacquet
  • Patent number: D477998
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Bruce Cummings
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    Patent number: D478004
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Bruce Cummings
  • Patent number: D478280
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Christopher Miller, Issac Zaksenberg
  • Patent number: D478657
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Caroline Gabrielle Fontana, Alain Gross, Fabienne Jacquet
  • Patent number: D478809
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Bruce Cummings
  • Patent number: D480113
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Gilman Hanson, Michael O'Connell
  • Patent number: D480647
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: John C. Crawford
  • Patent number: D481636
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Eric Gordillo Camacho
  • Patent number: D481639
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: John C. Crawford
  • Patent number: D481953
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Florent Perrin
  • Patent number: D482618
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Bruce Cummings
  • Patent number: D482619
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Bruce Cummings
  • Patent number: D482625
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: John C. Crawford, Scott M. Walsh, Steen Vesborg, Ruben Berezowsky