Patents by Inventor John Gregory Schroeder

John Gregory Schroeder 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: 7531493
    Abstract: A kit for caring for a fabric article includes multiple products such as a fabric treatment composition and a laundry detergent composition, a fabric conditioning composition, and/or a second fabric treatment composition. Each of the multiple products contains a coordinated element, such as a brand name, a characteristic ingredient, container graphics, containers, dosages per container, a dye, a perfume, a trade dress, a set of usage instructions, and a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Gregory Schroeder, Nobuhiko Honma
  • Patent number: 7099856
    Abstract: A method for recommending fabric care products, by the steps of: under control of a first client system; collecting personalized data pertaining to a consumer's fabric care needs and habits and pertaining to non-fabric care related information; and sending the data to a server system. Then, under control of the server system: receiving the data from the first client system, and based on the consumer's personalized data determining a recommendation for one or more fabric care products. The recommendation is then sent to the first client system, a second client system or both. The recommendation can assist the consumer in their fabric care usage and purchase decisions, and automated purchasing can also be accomplished. Apparatuses for carrying out these methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Anastacia Rosario Aricayos Barangan, John Gregory Schroeder, Emanuel Pantelis Fakoukakis, Steven Robert Chuey
  • Publication number: 20030054965
    Abstract: A method for recommending fabric care products, by the steps of: under control of a first client system; collecting personalized data pertaining to a consumer's fabric care needs and habits; and sending the data to a server system. Then, under control of the server system: receiving the data from the first client system, and based on the consumer's personalized data determining a recommendation for one or more fabric care products. The recommendation is then sent to the first client system, a second client system or both. The recommendation can assist the consumer in their fabric care usage and purchase decisions, and automated purchasing can also be accomplished. Apparatuses for carrying out these methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2001
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Inventors: Anastacia Rosario Aricayos Barangan, John Gregory Schroeder, Emanuel Pantelis Fakoukakis, Steven Robert Chuey
  • Publication number: 20020091657
    Abstract: A method for recommending fabric care products, by the steps of: under control of a first client system; collecting personalized data pertaining to a consumer's fabric care needs and habits and pertaining to non-fabric care related information; and sending the data to a server system. Then, under control of the server system: receiving the data from the first client system, and based on the consumer's personalized data determining a recommendation for one or more fabric care products. The recommendation is then sent to the first client system, a second client system or both. The recommendation can assist the consumer in their fabric care usage and purchase decisions, and automated purchasing can also be accomplished. Apparatuses for carrying out these methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2001
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Anastacia Rosario Aricayos Barangan, John Gregory Schroeder, Emanuel Pantelis Fakoukakis, Steven Robert Chuey
  • Publication number: 20020037823
    Abstract: A method for caring for a fabric article and/or for providing a fabric care system includes the steps of providing a laundry detergent composition, a fabric conditioning composition, or both, and a fabric treatment composition. At least one set of instructions recommends using the fabric treatment composition with the laundry detergent composition and/or the fabric conditioning composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2001
    Publication date: March 28, 2002
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Honma, John Gregory Schroeder, Anastacia Rosario Aricayos Barangan
  • Publication number: 20020019328
    Abstract: A kit for caring for a fabric article includes multiple products such as a fabric treatment composition and a laundry detergent composition, a fabric conditioning composition, and/or a second fabric treatment composition. Each of the multiple products contains a coordinated element, such as a brand name, a characteristic ingredient, container graphics, containers, dosages per container, a dye, a perfume, a trade dress, a set of usage instructions, and a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Gregory Schroeder, Nobuhiko Honma
  • Patent number: 6200554
    Abstract: Disclosed are conditioning shampoo compositions which provide improved hair or skin conditioning performance. These compositions comprise a detersive surfactant, select ethoxylated fatty alcohols having a fatty alcohol moiety containing from about 6 to about 30 carbon atoms and an ethoxylate chain containing from about 5 to about 150 moles of ethoxylation, a nonvolatile conditioning agent, preferably a nonvolatile silicone conditioning agent, having an average particle size of from about 5 um to about 2000 um, and water. The select ethoxylated fatty alcohols provide improved hair or skin conditioning by improving silicone deposition of large particle conditioning agents onto the hair or skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Thean Yeow Yeoh, Timothy Woodrow Coffindaffer, Hirotaka Uchiyama, John Gregory Schroeder, Yoshinari Okuyama
  • Patent number: 5955066
    Abstract: The present invention relates to conditioning shampoo compositions having improved stability and conditioning benefits. These compositions comprise a surfactant system further comprising a detersive anionic surfactant and a stabilizing surfactant; a fatty compound selected from the group consisting of fatty alcohols, fatty acids, fatty alcohol derivatives, fatty acid derivatives, and mixtures thereof; a hair conditioning agent selected from the group consisting of nonvolatile dispersed silicone conditioning agents, hydrocarbon conditioning agents, water soluble cationic polymeric conditioning agents, and mixtures thereof, and water. The present invention also relates to methods for cleansing and conditioning the hair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Takashi Sako, Hirotaka Uchiyama, Yoshinari Okuyama, John Gregory Schroeder
  • Patent number: 5876705
    Abstract: The present invention relates to conditioning shampoo compositions which both cleanse the hair and condition the hair. These compositions comprise a detersive surfactant; a fatty compounds; a hair conditioning agent; and water. The present invention also relates to methods for cleansing and conditioning the hair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Co.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Uchiyama, John Gregory Schroeder, Yoshinari Okuyama