Patents Assigned to Procter & Gamble Company, The
  • Patent number: 7344105
    Abstract: A method controls the response rate and profile of a variable parameter. The method determines an error value for a first variable parameter as the difference between a first parameter set point and a first parameter analog value. An output, controlled by a first variable-process-parameter control loop, adjusts according to the determined error value to adjust the parameter analog value and thereby reduce the error value at a response rate. The first variable-process-parameter control loop has a gain. The gain of the first variable-process-parameter control loop determines the response rate and the response profile. The analog value of a second variable parameter determines the gain. Adjusting the response rate of the control loop may provide a means of adjusting an error correction response profile of the first variable parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Bryan J. Lindsey
  • Patent number: 7345016
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising photosenitizer that can be used to provide lipophilic fluids with bleaching capabilities, lipophilic fluid cleaning compositions having bleaching capabilities and processes of making and using same. Such compositions provide the cleaning benefits of typical lipophilic solvents and additional cleaning benefits that include bleaching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Alan David Willey, Brian Jeffreys, Anthony Harriman, Vladimir Garstein, William Michael Scheper
  • Patent number: 7344707
    Abstract: A low combustion aerosol antiperspirant product in a plastic package having a reduced fire hazard classification. The low combustion product has a chemical heat of combustion equal or less than about 30 kJ/g. The plastic package is made of plastic. The plastic package is capable of containing and dispensing the low combustion product. The plastic package is stable when containing the product and together they have a fire hazard classification of 1 or 2. The low combustion aerosol product may be an anhydrous antiperspirant product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Scott Edward Smith, David Frederick Swaile
  • Patent number: 7342136
    Abstract: A process for preparing long chain internal fatty tertiary amines, quaternary amines and amine oxides via the selection of long chain internal olefins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Corey James Kenneally, Jeffrey John Scheibel
  • Patent number: 7341606
    Abstract: Compositions for the oxidative dyeing of keratin fibers, comprising a medium suitable for dyeing and at least one bicyclic fused 5-5-membered aza heteroaromatic keratin dyeing compounds having a ring junction nitrogen 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: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr., Mu'Ill Lim
  • Patent number: 7340794
    Abstract: An electric toothbrush is disclosed. The electric toothbrush includes a body having an interior hollow region for retaining one or more motors, batteries, and drive mechanisms. The toothbrush includes multiple bristle carriers. Each of the bristle carriers undergoes some type of movement and is driven by the one or more motors and drive mechanisms. Various combinations of movement of the bristle carriers are described. And, numerous drive train mechanisms are disclosed for achieving the noted motions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Patrick W. Brown, Douglas A. Gall
  • Patent number: 7340790
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, devices and kits for dispensing laundry additive materials into the drum of an automatic washing machine as that machine is used to carry out a fabric laundering operation. To bring about such dispensing of additives, a lidded housing structure is placed within the drum of an automatic washing machine, an insert, containing one or more laundry additives in each compartment, is placed within the lidded housing structure, the lid is closed and the machine is run through the several stages of its laundering cycle. Selectively actuatable puncturing element are provided to optionally open at least one compartment of the insert upon closing of the housing structure lid, thereby dispensing the contents of that opened compartment into the washing machine drum as wash additive materials and/or to open one or more compartments of the insert later in the laundering cycle to dispense contents of those compartments into the washing machine drum as rinse additive materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Yousef Georges Aouad, Liben Hailu, Terence Graham Curtis, Lawrence Joseph Kelly, William Wayne Wichman, Jonathan Norman Robert Hodges
  • Patent number: 7341674
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a stable, aqueous wrinkle controlling and, optionally, odor-absorbing, composition, preferably for use on fabric. The composition preferably comprises fabric lubricant, shape retention polymer, lithium salts, and/or plasticizers for wrinkle control and, optionally, from about 0.1% to about 20%, by weight of the composition, of solubilized, water-soluble, uncomplexed cyclodextrin. Optionally, the composition can contain low molecular weight polyols; metallic salts to help control odor; nonionic surfactants to improve performance and formulatability, a humectant, etc. The composition is essentially free of any material that would soil or stain fabric. The composition is preferably applied as small particle size droplets, especially from spray containers which preferably are in association with instructions for use, especially when the composition comprises only water and perfume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Toan Trinh, John William Smith, Raymond Edward Bolich, Jr., Earl David Brock, Marjorie Mossman Peffly, Helen Bernardo Tordil, Peter Marte Torgerson, Markus Wilhelm Altmann, Bruno Albert Jean Hubesch, Robert Mermelstein, Christian Leo Marie Vermote, Ricky Ah-Man Woo, Anthony James Burns, William Tucker Campbell, Alen David Streutker, Gayle Marie Frankenbach
  • Patent number: 7341605
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 2-(amino or substituted amino)-5,6-substituted phenol compounds according to the Formula (I), as defined herein and compositions for the oxidative dyeing of keratin fibres, comprising a medium suitable for dyeing and a compound of the Formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Philip David Bolton, Robert Wayne Glenn, Charles Wayne Rees
  • Publication number: 20080053861
    Abstract: A pack of tissues, such as a pack of paper handkerchiefs or of other disposable absorbing articles, is described. The pack comprises a reseal tape facilitating the reversible closure and opening of the dispensing orifice. The reseal tape comprises an indicia that is not visible to an observer when the dispensing orifice is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Andre Mellin
  • Patent number: D563616
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kenton Ray Lynde, Jonathan Joseph Powell, Jerome Joo Ge Goh, Adrian Benton James
  • Patent number: D563678
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter + Gamble Company
    Inventors: Throsten Knobloch, Luis Bernardo De La Rosa, Gregg Thomas Weaver
  • Patent number: D563789
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Murphy Greene Mongeon, Teofilo Medellin, John Gary Brecht, William John Maskell
  • Patent number: D564164
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Richard Michael Harper, Leah Mallory Wood, James Edward Poland, Douglas Michael McGahan, Karl Edward Thuemmler, John Philip Stoddard, Caroline Marie Flagiello, Margrethe Elizabeth Koshland, Anthony Piazza, Pontus Kaj Björn Wahlgren, Gregory Clegg Spooner
  • Patent number: D564236
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ada Ko, Gregory Churchill Ames
  • Patent number: D564237
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter + Gamble Company
    Inventors: Throsten Knobloch, Luis Bernardo De La Rosa, Gregg Thomas Weaver, Jennifer Hope Dolan
  • Patent number: D564238
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Throsten Knobloch, Luis Bernardo De La Rosa, Gregg Thomas Weaver, Jennifer Hope Dolan
  • Patent number: D564705
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Ohnishi, Miwa Miyamoto
  • Patent number: D564706
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bryan Michael Kadlubowski, Stacy Alycia Thomas
  • Patent number: D564721
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Phillip Kyle Vinson, Kevin Arthur Gick, Kenneth Norman Kern