Patents by Inventor Paul Joseph Coffaro

Paul Joseph Coffaro 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: 7377997
    Abstract: Fibrous structures comprising a fiber flexibilizing agent system, methods for making such fibrous structures and sanitary tissue products comprising such fibrous structures are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kenneth Douglas Vinson, Paul Joseph Coffaro
  • Publication number: 20040255396
    Abstract: Methods for treating a fibrous structure in need of treatment with a chemical additive, a chemical softener, and products produced therefrom, are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2003
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Kenneth Douglas Vinson, Jonathan Andrew Ficke, Khosrow Pariz Mohammadi, Robert Michael Bourbon, Paul Joseph Coffaro
  • Patent number: 6818101
    Abstract: A tissue product comprising cellulosic fibers and having at least 10% of fugitive wet strength and at least about 3% of a fiber-flexibilizing composition. The fugitive wet strength can be generated by adding a binder that promotes acid-catalyzed formation of hemiacetal functional inter-fiber cross-links. The fiber-flexibilizing composition can comprise either a humectant or a plasticizer. The humectant can be selected from the group consisting of calcium chloride; lactic acid and its salts, high fructose corn syrup, glycerol, triacetin, sorbitol, maltitol, mannitol, propylene glycol, and any combination thereof. The plasticizer can be selected from the group consisting of urea, alkyloxylated glycols, dextrose, sucrose, ethylene carbonate, propylene carbonate, and any combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kenneth Douglas Vinson, Paul Joseph Coffaro
  • Publication number: 20040099387
    Abstract: A tissue product comprising cellulosic fibers and having at least 10% of fugitive wet strength and at least about 3% of a fiber-flexibilizing composition. The fugitive wet strength can be generated by adding a binder that promotes acid-catalyzed formation of hemiacetal functional inter-fiber cross-links. The fiber-flexibilizing composition can comprise either a humectant or a plasticizer. The humectant can be selected from the group consisting of calcium chloride; lactic acid and its salts, high fructose corn syrup, glycerol, triacetin, sorbitol, maltitol, mannitol, propylene glycol, and any combination thereof. The plasticizer can be selected from the group consisting of urea, alkyloxylated glycols, dextrose, sucrose, ethylene carbonate, propylene carbonate, and any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kenneth Douglas Vinson, Paul Joseph Coffaro
  • Publication number: 20030127206
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition for softening an absorbent tissue and tissue structures softened using the composition. The composition includes an effective amount of a softening active ingredient; a vehicle in which the softening active ingredient is dispersed; an electrolyte dissolved in the vehicle; a bilayer disrupter and a high polymer. The electrolyte and the bilayer disrupter cooperate to cause the viscosity of the composition to be less than the viscosity of a dispersion of the softening active ingredient in the vehicle alone. The high polymer adds “stringiness” to the composition opening the air pressure operating window for spray application of the softening composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2003
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Steven Lee Barnholtz, Kenneth Douglas Vinson, Paul Joseph Coffaro, Larry Neil Mackey, Amy Jo Hamilton, Errol Hoffman Wahl, Gayle Marie Frankenbach, Yenchun Wu
  • Patent number: 6547928
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition for softening an absorbent tissue and tissue structures softened using the composition. The composition includes an effective amount of a softening active ingredient; a vehicle in which the softening active ingredient is dispersed; an electrolyte dissolved in the vehicle; a bilayer disrupter and a high polymer. The electrolyte and the bilayer disrupter cooperate to cause the viscosity of the composition to be less than the viscosity of a dispersion of the softening active ingredient in the vehicle alone. The high polymer adds “stringiness” to the composition opening the air pressure operating window for spray application of the softening composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Steven Lee Barnholtz, Kenneth Douglas Vinson, Paul Joseph Coffaro, Larry Neil Mackey, Amy Jo Hamilton, Errol Hoffman Wahl, Gayle Marie Frankenbach, Yenchun Wu
  • Publication number: 20020112831
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition for softening an absorbent tissue and tissue structures softened using the composition. The composition includes an effective amount of a softening active ingredient; a vehicle in which the softening active ingredient is dispersed; an electrolyte dissolved in the vehicle; a bilayer disrupter and a high polymer. The electrolyte and the bilayer disrupter cooperate to cause the viscosity of the composition to be less than the viscosity of a dispersion of the softening active ingredient in the vehicle alone. The high polymer adds “stringiness” to the composition opening the air pressure operating window for spray application of the softening composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Steven Lee Barnholtz, Kenneth Douglas Vinson, Paul Joseph Coffaro, Larry Neil Mackey, Amy Jo Hamilton, Errol Hoffman Wahl, Gayle Marie Frankenbach, Yenchun Wu
  • Patent number: D632897
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Paul Joseph Coffaro, Matthew Shane Pierson, Rebecca Howland Spitzer, Ward William Ostendorf, Angela Michelle Roberts
  • Patent number: D633722
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Paul Joseph Coffaro, Matthew Shane Pierson
  • Patent number: D634130
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Paul Joseph Coffaro, Matthew Shane Pierson, Rebecca Howland Spitzer, Ward William Ostendorf, Angela Michelle Roberts