Patents by Inventor James Thomas Sullivan

James Thomas Sullivan has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11633514
    Abstract: A microfluidic delivery device and method of dispensing a fluid composition from a microfluidic die are provided. The method includes generating air flow from a fan; directing a first portion of the air flow through a first air outlet in a housing; directing a second portion of the air flow through a second air outlet in the housing; jetting a fluid composition from a microfluidic die through a fluid orifice in the housing; directing the second portion of air flow adjacent to the microfluidic die and out the fluid outlet, wherein the first portion of the air flow directs the fluid composition jetted out of the fluid outlet into the air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Dana Paul Gruenbacher, William Michael Cannon, Hua Hu, James Thomas Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20200405902
    Abstract: A microfluidic delivery device and method of dispensing a fluid composition from a microfluidic die are provided. The method includes generating air flow from a fan; directing a first portion of the air flow through a first air outlet in a housing; directing a second portion of the air flow through a second air outlet in the housing; jetting a fluid composition from a microfluidic die through a fluid orifice in the housing; directing the second portion of air flow adjacent to the microfluidic die and out the fluid outlet, wherein the first portion of the air flow directs the fluid composition jetted out of the fluid outlet into the air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Dana Paul GRUENBACHER, William Michael CANNON, Hu HUA, James Thomas SULLIVAN
  • Patent number: 10806816
    Abstract: A microfluidic delivery device and method of dispensing a fluid composition from a microfluidic die are provided. The method includes generating air flow from a fan; directing a first portion of the air flow through a first air outlet in a housing; directing a second portion of the air flow through a second air outlet in the housing; jetting a fluid composition from a microfluidic die through a fluid orifice in the housing; directing the second portion of air flow adjacent to the microfluidic die and out the fluid outlet, wherein the first portion of the air flow directs the fluid composition jetted out of the fluid outlet into the air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Dana Paul Gruenbacher, William Michael Cannon, Hua Hu, James Thomas Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20190351088
    Abstract: A microfluidic delivery device and method of dispensing a fluid composition from a microfluidic die are provided. The method includes generating air flow from a fan; directing a first portion of the air flow through a first air outlet in a housing; directing a second portion of the air flow through a second air outlet in the housing; jetting a fluid composition from a microfluidic die through a fluid orifice in the housing; directing the second portion of air flow adjacent to the microfluidic die and out the fluid outlet, wherein the first portion of the air flow directs the fluid composition jetted out of the fluid outlet into the air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Dana Paul GRUENBACHER, William Michael CANNON, Hu HUA, James Thomas SULLIVAN
  • Patent number: 7331355
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions for cleaning floors. In particular, it relates to aqueous compositions for one-step cleaning and gloss enhancement of wood surfaces, especially floors. The inventive compositions comprise specific levels of a class of copolymer, chitosan, or mixtures thereof, and specific levels of surfactant. The cleaning benefits are delivered every time the compositions are used; the gloss benefits are provided over three to four cleanings and are easily strippable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mary Vjarayani Barnabas, Cynthia Elaine Cella, Beth Hansell Statt, James Thomas Sullivan, Alan Edward Sherry
  • Publication number: 20010003565
    Abstract: The present invention provides an applicator for applying and distributing a substance onto a target surface. The applicator comprises a substantially planar sheet of compressible, conformable material having opposed first and second surfaces and an interior region between said first and second surfaces. The sheet of material has a thickness between the first and second surfaces which decreases when the sheet of material is subjected to an externally-applied force in a direction substantially normal to the first surface. The applicator further includes at least one discrete reservoir extending inwardly of the first surface into the interior of the sheet of material which is at least partially filled with a substance and at least one discrete aperture formed in the first surface which is in fluid communication with the reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 1999
    Publication date: June 14, 2001
    Inventors: JOCELYN ELAINE MCOSKER, ASTRID ANNETTE SHEEHAN, JAMES THOMAS SULLIVAN, JEFFREY BRENT HAMNER, RICHARD MICHAEL GIRARDOT, GENE MICHAEL ALTONEN, LYLE BROWN TUTHILL, CURTIS BOBBY MOTLEY