Patents by Inventor Jeanne Marie Hughes

Jeanne Marie Hughes 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).

  • Publication number: 20230218890
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a flexible transcutaneous nerve stimulation device for reducing urinary urgency. The devices described herein are designed to enable proper placement by a user to stimulate the user's tibial nerve, while maintaining user comfort and device functionality during wear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Erik John HASENOEHRL, Jeanne Marie HUGHES, Noel GAUTHIER
  • Patent number: 11554052
    Abstract: An absorbent article includes a topsheet, an absorbent core, and a backsheet. The absorbent article has a visually perceptible functional enhancement indicator and a functionally-distinguishable portion of the article with one or more channels. The visually perceptible functional enhancement indicator corresponds to the one or more channels, and the functional enhancement indicator is visually perceptible from a body-facing side of the absorbent article but the one or more channels are not visually perceptible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
    Inventors: Peter Charles Mason, Jr., Ronald Bosman Visscher, Jeanne Marie Hughes, Folke Schlueter, Emma Somma, Giovanni Carlucci, Paul Thomas Weisman
  • Publication number: 20200078233
    Abstract: An absorbent article having a body-facing surface, a first end region a second end region, a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet is described. The absorbent article being adapted for placement in an undergarment has a crotch portion disposed between the first end region and the second end region; a longitudinal centerline and a transverse centerline, the centerlines being perpendicular to one another in the plane of the absorbent article when in a flat-out configuration. The absorbent article is asymmetric about the transverse centerline and has a first functional enhancement indicator visible from the body-facing surface and provides visually and tactilely perceptible indication of the first end region. A second functional enhancement indicator perceptible from the body-facing surface providing visually and tactilely perceptible indication of a region of fluid entry in the absorbent article is also included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Jeanne Marie Hughes, Ronald Bosman Visscher, Peter Charles Mason, JR., Folke Schlueter, Emma Somma, Giovanni Carlucci, Paul Thomas Weisman
  • Patent number: 10500109
    Abstract: An absorbent article with a body-facing surface, a first end region a second end region, a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet is described. The absorbent article can be asymmetric about the transverse centerline, and can have a first functional enhancement indicator visible from the body-facing surface and a second functional enhancement indicator visible from the body-facing surface. The first functional enhancement indicator can provide visually-perceptible indication of the first end region, and the second functional enhancement indicator can provide visually-perceptible indication of a region of fluid entry in the absorbent article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jeanne Marie Hughes, Ronald Bosman Visscher, Peter Charles Mason, Jr., Folke Schlueter, Emma Somma, Giovanni Carlucci, Paul Thomas Weisman
  • Publication number: 20190117974
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a transcutaneous nerve stimulation device and system for treating overactive bladder (OAB) and its symptoms. The devices and systems described herein are intuitively shaped to enable proper placement by the user to stimulate the user's tibial nerve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Graham Harold CREASEY, Noel GAUTHIER, Erik John HASENOEHRL, Jeanne Marie HUGHES, Hoo-min D. TOONG
  • Publication number: 20170020739
    Abstract: An absorbent article includes a topsheet, an absorbent core, and a backsheet. The absorbent article has a visually perceptible functional enhancement indicator and a functionally-distinguishable portion of the article with one or more channels. The visually perceptible functional enhancement indicator corresponds to the one or more channels, and the functional enhancement indicator is visually perceptible from a body-facing side of the absorbent article but the one or more channels are not visually perceptible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Peter Charles MASON, JR., Ronald Bosman VISSCHER, Jeanne Marie HUGHES, Folke SCHLUETER, Emma SOMMA, Giovanni CARLUCCI, Paul Thomas WEISMAN
  • Publication number: 20170020745
    Abstract: An absorbent article includes a topsheet, an absorbent core, and a backsheet. The absorbent article has a visually perceptible functional enhancement indicator and a functionally-distinguishable portion of the article with one or more channels. The visually perceptible functional enhancement indicator corresponds to the one or more channels, and the functional enhancement indicator is visually perceptible from a body-facing side of the absorbent article but the one or more channels are not visually perceptible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Peter Charles Mason, JR., Ronald Bosman Visscher, Jeanne Marie Hughes, Folke Schlueter, Emma Somma, Giovanni Carlucci, Paul Thomas Weisman
  • Publication number: 20160081862
    Abstract: An absorbent article includes a topsheet, an absorbent core, and a backsheet. The absorbent article has a visually perceptible functional enhancement indicator and a functionally-distinguishable portion of the article with one or more channels. The visually perceptible functional enhancement indicator corresponds to the one or more channels, and the functional enhancement indicator is visually perceptible from a body-facing side of the absorbent article but the one or more channels are not visually perceptible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Peter Charles MASON, JR., Ronald Bosman VISSCHER, Jeanne Marie HUGHES, Folke SCHLUETER, Emma SOMMA, Giovanni CARLUCCI, Paul Thomas WEISMAN
  • Patent number: 9289330
    Abstract: A feminine hygiene article having a body-facing surface, a first end region and a second end region. The feminine hygiene article is for placement in an undergarment having a crotch portion bounded on opposite sides by portions of curved leg openings, the feminine hygiene article comprising at least one functional enhancement indicator visible from said body-facing surface. The feminine hygiene article can be a sanitary napkin, a pantiliner, or an incontinence pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Peter Charles Mason, Jr., Ronald Bosman Visscher, Jeanne Marie Hughes, Folke Schlueter, Emma Somma, Giovanni Carlucci, Paul Thomas Weisman
  • Patent number: 8990994
    Abstract: A multilayered premoistened cleaning wipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jeanne Marie Hughes, Jonathan David Gummow, Anna Elizabeth Macura, Brian Joseph Roselle
  • Publication number: 20150047994
    Abstract: A package including a container and a plurality of premoistened cleaning wipes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Jeanne Marie HUGHES
  • Publication number: 20150047138
    Abstract: A premoistened cleaning wipe having a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis intersecting and orthogonal to the longitudinal axis and in plane with the wipe the longitudinal axis being longer than the transverse axis, the wipe having: a liquid permeable first layer joined in facing relationship to a liquid permeable second layer; a free liquid cleaning composition having between about 0.001% to about 10% by weight of the liquid cleaning composition of surfactant, the cleaning composition releasably absorbed in the wipe; and a plurality of edges, the wipe extending to pairs the edges; wherein a least one intersection between a pair of the edges has an arced portion and at least one intersection between a pair of the edges has an angled portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Jeanne Marie HUGHES
  • Publication number: 20140257224
    Abstract: An absorbent article with a body-facing surface, a first end region a second end region, a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet is described. The absorbent article can be asymmetric about the transverse centerline, and can have a first functional enhancement indicator visible from the body-facing surface and a second functional enhancement indicator visible from the body-facing surface. The first functional enhancement indicator can provide visually-perceptible indication of the first end region, and the second functional enhancement indicator can provide visually-perceptible indication of a region of fluid entry in the absorbent article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jeanne Marie Hughes, Ronald Bosman Visscher, Peter Charles Mason, JR., Folke Schlueter, Emma Somma, Giovanni Carlucci, Paul Thomas Weisman
  • Publication number: 20140200539
    Abstract: An array of feminine hygiene articles for placement in an undergarment having a crotch portion bounded on opposite sides by portions of curved leg openings. Each feminine hygiene article of the array has a body-facing surface, a first end region and a second end region, the array of feminine hygiene articles comprising at least first and second the feminine hygiene articles differing in at least one functional characteristic. The first and second feminine hygiene articles each comprise a functional enhancement indicator visible from the body-facing surface, the functional enhancement indicator of the first and second feminine hygiene articles being visibly different to distinguish the first feminine hygiene article from the second feminine hygiene article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
    Inventors: Ronald Bosman Visscher, Peter Charles Mason, JR., Jeanne Marie Hughes, Folke Schlueter, Emma Somma, Giovanni Carlucci, Paul Thomas Weisman
  • Patent number: 8766033
    Abstract: A method for choosing a feminine hygiene article from an array of feminine hygiene articles. The method comprises providing an array of feminine hygiene articles for placement in an undergarment having a crotch portion bounded on opposite sides by portions of curved leg openings, each the feminine hygiene article of the array having a body-facing surface, the array of feminine hygiene articles comprising at least first and second feminine hygiene articles differing in at least one functional characteristic, the first and second feminine hygiene articles each comprising functional enhancement indicators visibly different from one another on the body-facing surface; observing the functional enhancement indicators; distinguishing among the array of feminine hygiene articles one of the first or second feminine hygiene articles based upon the functional enhancement indicators; and selecting among the array of feminine hygiene articles one of the first or second feminine hygiene articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jeanne Marie Hughes, Ronald Bosman Visscher, Peter Charles Mason, Jr., Folke Schlueter, Emma Somma, Giovanni Carlucci, Paul Thomas Weisman
  • Publication number: 20130296820
    Abstract: A method for choosing a feminine hygiene article from an array of feminine hygiene articles. The method comprises providing an array of feminine hygiene articles for placement in an undergarment having a crotch portion bounded on opposite sides by portions of curved leg openings, each the feminine hygiene article of the array having a body-facing surface, the array of feminine hygiene articles comprising at least first and second feminine hygiene articles differing in at least one functional characteristic, the first and second feminine hygiene articles each comprising functional enhancement indicators visibly different from one another on the body-facing surface; observing the functional enhancement indicators; distinguishing among the array of feminine hygiene articles one of the first or second feminine hygiene articles based upon the functional enhancement indicators; and selecting among the array of feminine hygiene articles one of the first or second feminine hygiene articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Jeanne Marie Hughes, Ronald Bosman Visscher, Peter Charles Mason, JR., Folke Schlueter, Emma Somma, Giovanni Carlucci, Paul Thomas Weisman
  • Patent number: 8388590
    Abstract: A feminine hygiene article having a body-facing surface, a first end region and a second end region. The feminine hygiene article is for placement in an undergarment having a crotch portion bounded on opposite sides by portions of curved leg openings, the feminine hygiene article comprising at least one functional enhancement indicator visible from said body-facing surface, the functional enhancement indicator corresponding to at least one functionally-enhanced portion of the feminine hygiene article. The feminine hygiene article can be a sanitary napkin, a pantiliner, or an incontinence pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Peter Charles Mason, Jr., Ronald Bosman Visscher, Jeanne Marie Hughes, Folke Schlueter, Emma Somma, Giovanni Carlucci, Paul Thomas Weisman
  • Patent number: 8378165
    Abstract: An array of feminine hygiene articles for placement in an undergarment having a crotch portion bounded on opposite sides by portions of curved leg openings. Each feminine hygiene article of the array has a body-facing surface, a first end region and a second end region, the array of feminine hygiene articles comprising at least first and second the feminine hygiene articles differing in at least one functional characteristic. The first and second feminine hygiene articles each comprise a functional enhancement indicator visible from the body-facing surface, the functional enhancement indicator of the first and second feminine hygiene articles being visibly different to distinguish the first feminine hygiene article from the second feminine hygiene article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ronald Bosman Visscher, Peter Charles Mason, Jr., Jeanne Marie Hughes, Folke Schlueter, Emma Somma, Giovanni Carlucci, Paul Thomas Weisman
  • Patent number: D675093
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jeanne Marie Hughes, Nancy Deters Slayton, Margeaux Anne Ungers
  • Patent number: D714067
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Jeanne Marie Hughes