Patents Assigned to Procter & Gamble Company, The
  • Apparatus for producing elastomeric nonwoven laminates
    Patent number: 7389804
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing an elastomeric nonwoven laminate including a plurality of elastomeric strands joined to a nonwoven web in a controlled distribution is provided. The apparatus includes an extruder for extruding a plurality of elastomeric strands onto a cooled surface of a rotating drum, which transports the strands in parallel alignment to a nip formed between two rollers rotating about parallel axis. The drum transfers the plurality of strands to the nip in a controlled distribution where it is bonded with the nonwoven. The apparatus also includes elements which automate the apparatus for creating the elastomeric nonwoven laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Uwe Schneider, Randall Allen Myers, Christoph Johann Schmitz, Martin Geoffrey Scaife
  • Method for recommending disposable absorbent incontinence articles
    Patent number: 7392200
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for recommending a disposable absorbent incontinence article to be used by an incontinent person. The method includes the steps of: (a) receiving information, from a user, about incontinence devices which are currently used by the incontinent person; (b) receiving information about the situation which is experienced by the user; and (c) selecting at least one article, based on the information received, among predetermined disposable absorbent incontinence articles. By this method, an appropriate disposable absorbent incontinence article(s) to be used are recommended depending on the user's situation. The present invention is also directed a method for evaluating the quality of life of a caregiver who takes care of an incontinent person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Yukio Heki, Tsutomu Kato
  • Method for measuring acute stress in a mammal
    Patent number: 7389777
    Abstract: A method is provided to quantify and/or qualify psychological and physiological components of stress in mammals, in which a stimulus can be applied to the test subject's environment during the test. The method involves the steps of measuring one or more physiological and/or psychological characteristics before and after the administration of a stimulus to a test subject. The stimulus may consist of any product, task, aroma or the like that elicits a stress-related response upon administration. By analyzing the resulting measurements, and optionally comparing physiological and psychological characteristics where both are measured, an overall level of stress may be determined. The method of stress measurement may further be used in product development and/or testing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Magda El-Nokaly, Michael Lee Hilton, Daniel Raymond Schaiper, Fernando Benvegnu
  • Cleaning compositions that reduce shrinkage of fabrics
    Patent number: 7390778
    Abstract: A composition for treating fabrics, comprising: a) a fabric shrinkage reducing composition selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol, all isomers of propanediol, butanediol, pentanediol, hexanediol and mixtures thereof; b) a liquid cleaning/refreshment composition. The fabric shrinkage reducing composition and the liquid cleaning/refreshment composition are releasably absorbed in a substrate in a weight ratio of from about 1:2 to about 1:5. The fabric shrinkage reducing composition helps to reduce shrinkage of the fabrics treated in an in-home, non-immersion cleaning and refreshing process which is conducted in a clothes dryer, or the like apparatus. Also provided are non-immersion cleaning/refreshment processes using this composition, a kit containing the necessary items to conduct the processes of this invention and a sheet for releasably absorbing the compositions of this invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Janine Morgens Strang, Michael Peter Siklosi
  • Detergent products, methods and manufacture
    Patent number: 7386971
    Abstract: A water-soluble pouch suitable for use in machine dishwashing and which comprises a plurality of compartments in generally superposed or superposable relationship, each containing one or more detergent active or auxiliary components, and wherein the pouch has a volume of from about 5 to about 70 ml and a longitudinal/transverse aspect ratio in the range from about 2:1 to about 1:8, preferably from about 1:1 to about 1:4. The water-soluble pouch allows for optimum delivery of dishwashing detergent. A process for the manufacture of multi-compartment pouches and a pack to contain the pouches are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Tanguy Marie Louis Alexandre Catlin, Rachid Ben Moussa, Timothy Bernard William Kroese, Charles Rupert Gillham, James Iain Kinloch, David John Smith, Alison Lesley Main, Helen Varley
  • Gene-substituted microorganisms, and production method of polyesters using the same
    Patent number: 7384766
    Abstract: The present invention provides a recombinant microbial strain capable of stably producing a polyhydroxyalkanoic acid (PHA) at a high production rate in an industrial fermentation process. The present invention also relates to a recombinant microbial strain prepared by substituting an exogenous polyhydroxyalkanoic acid synthase gene for a polyhydroxyalkanoic acid synthase gene on the chromosome of the microorganism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignees: Kaneka Corporation, The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Maruyama
  • Process for making a flexible structure comprising starch filaments
    Patent number: 7384588
    Abstract: A process for making a flexible structure that includes at least a first region and a second region, each of the first and second regions having at least one common intensive property that differs in value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter + Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gregory Charles Gordon, David William Cabell, Larry Neil Mackey, John Gerhard Michael, Paul Dennis Trokhan
  • Absorbent article with improved surface fastening system
    Patent number: 7384415
    Abstract: An article having a surface fastening system and a primary direction of load bearing. The surface fastening system includes at least one first fastening element and at least on second fastening element. The first fastening element further includes an attached portion, partially joined to the article, at least one liftable portion extending from the attached portion, and at least one hinge line disposed at an angle less than 90 degrees relative to the primary direction of load bearing, the hinge line is positioned between the attached portion and the liftable portion. At least one second fastening element is affixed at a second position to the article and configured to be engageable with the liftable portion of the first fastening element. Articles such as disposable diapers, bibs, clothing, etc. are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark J. Kline, Luke R. Magee
  • Fabric care and perfume compositions and systems comprising cationic silicones and methods employing same
    Patent number: 7384903
    Abstract: Systems, compositions and methods for domestic laundering comprising selected cationic silicones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Axel Masschelein, Patrick Firmin August Delplancke, Ivo Salden, Jean-Pol Boutique, James Pyott Johnston, Mark Allen Smerznak, Walter August Maria Broeckx, Ingrid Merere, Rafael Trujillo Rosaldo
  • Papermaking belt and/or product produced therefor
    Patent number: D570607
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: LaTisha Evette Salaam
  • Paper product
    Patent number: D570608
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: LaTisha Evette Salaam, Elizabeth Ann Kreider, Joseph Jay Bullock, Douglas Jay Barkey, Grant Edward Tompkins, IV
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D570702
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Edward Adamson, Thomas Leonard Cotton
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D570704
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventor: Denis Boudard
  • Lotion pump package
    Patent number: D570707
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Tanya Nicole Blasko, Stacy Alycia Thomas, Sa Steffi Xiao
  • Container
    Patent number: D570980
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Makoto Isono, Nobuyuki Kitamura, Hiroshi Okuno
  • Body wrap
    Patent number: D571015
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Mary Elaine Freeland
  • Disposable non-woven cleaning wipe
    Patent number: D571068
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kenton Ray Lynde, Jonathan Joseph Powell, Jerome Joo Ge Goh, Adrian Benton James
  • Hand-grip
    Patent number: D571069
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Richard Michael Harper, James Edward Poland, John Philip Stoddard, Margrethe Elizabeth Koshland, Anthony Piazza, Pontus Kaj Björn Wahlgren, Gregory Clegg Spooner
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D571217
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Eugene Bates, Susie Marie Seum
  • Wipes dispensing system
    Patent number: D571226
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Stefano Bartolucci, Jesse Qian Feng, Gregory De Swarte, Yashodhan H. Dhuru, Kurt Alfred Karussi, David Daniel Lake, Rached Menif, Johannes Lambertus Maria Mensink