Patents Assigned to Procter & Gamble Company, The
  • Publication number: 20080118300
    Abstract: The invention provides an electrically driven dispensing device, particularly a toothbrush, utilising replaceable pressurised cartridges, of the bag-in-can type. The toothbrush has a ‘top-loading’ structure in which the cartridge is housed in a recess at the brush end of the toothbrush handle, the recess being accessible by removing the brush head. Other features include an elastomeric valve outlet located on the brush head which can also function as a tooth wiping or polishing blade, and a non-linear drive shaft which enables the brush head to be driven from a motor located at the based end of the handle whilst keeping the handle slim in design. The invention further provides bag-in-can pressurised cartridges for use in such a brush. Advantages of such cartridges include the ability to uniformly dose dentifrice of high solids content, or dentifrice otherwise having a high viscosity. The invention further provides replaceable heads for such a brush.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2006
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Lee Burrowes
  • Patent number: 7374639
    Abstract: A papermaking belt having a reinforcing structure and a pattern layer is disclosed. The reinforcing layer has a first layer of interwoven machine direction yarns and cross-machine direction yarns. The machine direction and cross-machine direction yarns of the first layer are interwoven in a weave. The pattern layer extends outwardly from and into the first layer. The pattern layer provides a web contacting surface facing outwardly from the first layer. The pattern layer further has at least one region having an amorphous pattern of elongate two-dimensional geometrical shapes having a longitudinal axis having an angle relative to either of the machine direction or the cross-machine direction. The amorphous pattern of two-dimensional geometrical shapes has a statically controlled degree of randomness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Stanley Ampulski, Osman Polat
  • Patent number: 7374638
    Abstract: The present invention relates to absorbent tissue-towel paper products comprising one essentially continuous ply of fibrous structure having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the product has an HFS absorbency greater than 8 g/g and the first surface exhibits an embossment height of at least 650 ?m and the second surface exhibits an embossment height of at least about 650 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Steven Anthony Horenziak, Ellyne Elizabeth Prodoehl, Nicholas Jerome Wilke, II
  • Patent number: 7374583
    Abstract: The present invention relates to agents containing cationic azacyanine dyes having formula (I) for dyeing fibers, such as, for example, keratin fibers, wool, silk or fleeces, and in particular human hair, as well as to new asymmetrical azacyanine dyes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Manuela Javet, Catherine Müller
  • Patent number: 7374083
    Abstract: A business method for products and services. The business model provides for retail purchase of a product or service. The product or service is then transported from the retail point of purchase to a professional. The professional then activates the product or service for the consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Nathan Daniel Estruth, Christopher Steven Miller, Jared Bernard Kline, Michael Nyle Hershberger
  • Patent number: 7371919
    Abstract: An apertured laminate web which may be used as a topsheet on a disposable absorbent article, such as a diaper. The laminate web is formed of a liquid pervious first material and a liquid pervious second material attached to the first material. The first material has an effective open area of at least about 10% and a plurality of apertures with an effective size of at least than 0.2 square millimeters. The second material has an effective open area of at least about 10% and a plurality of apertures with an effective size of at least 0.2 square millimeters. The apertures of the second material are aligned with the apertures of the first material. The second material preferably has a hydrophilicity which is greater than the hydrophilicity of the first material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ludwig Busam, Michael Divo, Andreas Flohr
  • Patent number: 7371264
    Abstract: Compositions for the oxidative dyeing of keratin fibers, comprising a medium suitable for dyeing and at least one bicyclic 5-6 systems of aza heteroaromatic keratin dyeing compounds wherein the 5-membered rings have one to three nitrogen atoms and an N-hydroxy or N-amino group and derivatives thereof. A method for oxidative dyeing of keratin fibers, comprising applying such compositions in the presence of an oxidizing agent, for a period sufficient to develop the desired coloration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr., Mu'Ill Lim, Bryan Patrick Murphy
  • Patent number: 7371302
    Abstract: A method for forming a plurality of pairs of fastening members is disclosed. Each fastening member extends in a longitudinal dircetion and in a lateral direction and comprises a base panel and a tab extending laterally from the base panel. The tab has first fastening materials laterally spacedly positioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kouichi Miyamoto, Akiko Tsubota, Kiyomi Shimamura
  • Patent number: 7371422
    Abstract: Described are cereal grain kernels fortified with iron and calcium. Also described is a process for making cereal grain kernels fortified with iron and calcium, the process comprising providing cereal grain kernels and mixing said kernels with a composition comprising an iron source and a calcium source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Earl Cleve Christiansen, H. DeWayne Ashmead, Kris Eugene Spence, Kenneth Thomas Smith
  • Publication number: 20080108631
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds effective as human protein tyrosine phosphatase beta (HPTP-?) inhibitors thereby regulating angiogenesis. The present disclosure further relates to compositions comprising said human protein tyrosine phosphatase beta (HPTP-?) inhibitors, and to methods for regulating angiogenesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Jeffrey Gray
  • Patent number: 7368415
    Abstract: The present invention relates to photo-labile pro-fragrance conjugates comprising: a) a photo-labile unit which upon exposure to electromagnetic radiation is capable of releasing a pro-fragrance unit; and b) a pro-fragrance unit, which when so released is either i) a pro-fragrance compound capable of releasing a fragrance raw material; or ii) a fragrance raw material. The present invention relates to systems for delivering fragrances to a situs, and to laundry detergent compositions, fine fragrances, personal care and hair care compositions comprising said systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Richard Dykstra, Gregory Scot Miracle, Lon Montgomery Gray
  • Patent number: 7368462
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds capable of serving as moderators of human and mammalian appetite and as such provide a means for reducing body mass and controlling obesity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Xiufeng Eric Hu
  • Patent number: D568162
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Murphy Greene Mongeon, David S. Nicosia, Ian Carnduff, Ian Swanson, Akina Kurihara, Scott Beckerman
  • Patent number: D568171
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Shima Kawashima
  • Patent number: D568472
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Raymond Albert Sargent, Jr., Jeanne Marie Hughes, Devin William Baldridge
  • Patent number: D568736
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jason Alan Born, Trent John Kahute, Douglas Arthur Marsden, Roland Stark
  • Patent number: D568995
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Raymond Albert Sargent, Jr., Jeanne Marie Hughes, Devin William Baldridge
  • Patent number: D569244
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Tanya Nicole Blasko, Jon George Denham, Roberto Escobosa, Michael Dean McCutchan, Paul Owen Nutley
  • Patent number: D569248
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Seum, Timothy Richard Swiss, Tony Christopher Siebel, Demetrius Michael Romanos
  • Patent number: D569249
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Seum, Timothy Richard Swiss, Tony Christopher Siebel, Demetrius Michael Romanos, Thomas George Crowe