Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Thomas Grothaus

Jeffrey Thomas Grothaus 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: 20220339847
    Abstract: Article having a body portion including one or more walls surrounding an interior space. The one or more walls have an inner surface, an outer surface, a wall thickness, a transparent portion, and one or more aesthetic regions having oblong voids provided between the inner surface and the outer surface within an outermost 70% of the wall, and the one or more aesthetic regions are provided in a predetermined pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Joseph Craig Lester, Nicole Ashley Rizzo, Marc Andrew Mamak, Joseph Henry Nurre, Philip A. Sawin, Jeffrey Thomas Grothaus
  • Patent number: 10975230
    Abstract: A film layer having a micro-textured surface is provided. The film layer has a continuous phase with one or more thermoplastic polymers, wherein at least one of the thermoplastic polymers is a low-modulus polymer having a 2% secant modulus of less than or equal to 140 MPa, and the film has from 10 wt % to 100 wt % of the low modulus thermoplastic polymer. The film layer also has a discrete phase with from 5 wt % to 45 wt % of a thermoplastic starch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Norman Scott Broyles, April Renae Brown, Arman Ashraf, Gary Wayne Gilbertson, Jeffrey Thomas Grothaus
  • Patent number: 10828248
    Abstract: A method of treating the hair including providing a concentrated hair care composition in a foam dispenser. The concentrated hair care composition includes one or more silicones, perfume, and less than 6% high melting point fatty compounds. The method also includes dispensing the concentrated hair care composition from the foam dispenser as a dosage of foam; applying the foam to the hair; and rinsing the foam from the hair. The foam has a density of from about 0.025 g/cm3 to about 0.40 g/cm3 when dispensed from the foam dispenser. The one or more silicones form a silicone layer that has a normalized thickness of deposition of from about 0.001 nm/ppm to about 0.019 nm/ppm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr., Kathleen Mary Kaufman, Jeffrey Thomas Grothaus, Dariush Hosseinpour
  • Publication number: 20170321042
    Abstract: A film layer having a micro-textured surface is provided. The film layer has a continuous phase with one or more thermoplastic polymers, wherein at least one of the thermoplastic polymers is a low-modulus polymer having a 2% secant modulus of less than or equal to 140 MPa, and the film has from 10 wt % to 100 wt % of the low modulus thermoplastic polymer. The film layer also has a discrete phase with from 5 wt % to 45 wt % of a thermoplastic starch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Norman Scott Broyles, April Renae Brown, Arman Ashraf, Gary Wayne Gilbertson, Jeffrey Thomas Grothaus
  • Publication number: 20170304184
    Abstract: A method of treating the hair including providing a concentrated hair care composition in a foam dispenser. The concentrated hair care composition includes one or more silicones, perfume, and less than 6% high melting point fatty compounds. The method also includes dispensing the concentrated hair care composition from the foam dispenser as a dosage of foam; applying the foam to the hair; and rinsing the foam from the hair. The foam has a density of from about 0.025 g/cm3 to about 0.40 g/cm3 when dispensed from the foam dispenser. The one or more silicones form a silicone layer that has a normalized thickness of deposition of from about 0.001 nm/ppm to about 0.019 nm/ppm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Glenn, JR., Kathleen Mary Kaufman, Jeffrey Thomas Grothaus, Dariush Hosseinpour
  • Patent number: 9752016
    Abstract: A film layer having a micro-textured surface is provided. The film layer has a continuous phase with one or more thermoplastic polymers, wherein at least one of the thermoplastic polymers is a low-modulus polymer having a 2% secant modulus of less than or equal to 140 MPa, and the film has from 10 wt % to 100 wt % of the low modulus thermoplastic polymer. The film layer also has a discrete phase with from 5 wt % to 45 wt % of a thermoplastic starch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Norman Scott Broyles, April Renae Brown, Arman Ashraf, Gary Wayne Gilbertson, Jeffrey Thomas Grothaus
  • Publication number: 20150322246
    Abstract: A film layer having a micro-textured surface is provided. The film layer has a continuous phase with one or more thermoplastic polymers, wherein at least one of the thermoplastic polymers is a low-modulus polymer having a 2% secant modulus of less than or equal to 140 MPa, and the film has from 10 wt % to 100 wt % of the low modulus thermoplastic polymer. The film layer also has a discrete phase with from 5 wt % to 45 wt % of a thermoplastic starch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Norman Scott Broyles, April Renae Brown, Arman Ashraf, Gary Wayne Gilbertson, Jeffrey Thomas Grothaus