Patents by Inventor Melissa Jean Jacobs

Melissa Jean Jacobs 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).

  • Absorbent articles containing a multifunctional gel
    Patent number: 11285239
    Abstract: Improved skin-adhesive compositions for bonding a substrate, such as an absorbent article, to skin are disclosed. More particularly, the skin-adhesive composition has an improved, yet gentle, adhesion to the skin of a user, while maintaining strong, effective bonding to various inanimate, non-skin substrates. In one embodiment, the skin-adhesive composition can provide one or more skin benefit agents to the user. The skin-adhesive composition may be applied to an absorbent article, such as a panty-liner, sanitary napkin, or an incontinence article, for directly adhering the article to the skin of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Ali Yahiaoui, Candace Dyan Krautkramer, Margaret G. Latimer, Jack Nelson Lindon, Russell F. Ross, Melissa Jean Jacobs, Garry Roland Woltman
  • ABSORBENT ARTICLES CONTAINING A MULTIFUNCTIONAL GEL
    Publication number: 20180289853
    Abstract: Improved skin-adhesive compositions for bonding a substrate, such as an absorbent article, to skin are disclosed. More particularly, the skin-adhesive composition has an improved, yet gentle, adhesion to the skin of a user, while maintaining strong, effective bonding to various inanimate, non-skin substrates. In one embodiment, the skin-adhesive composition can provide one or more skin benefit agents to the user. The skin-adhesive composition may be applied to an absorbent article, such as a panty-liner, sanitary napkin, or an incontinence article, for directly adhering the article to the skin of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Ali Yahiaoui, Candace Dyan Krautkramer, Margaret G. Latimer, Jack Nelson Lindon, Russell F. Ross, Melissa Jean Jacobs, Garry Roland Woltman