Patents by Inventor Sarah M. WADE

Sarah M. WADE 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: 11857401
    Abstract: An absorbent article may have a Product Hip-to-Side Silhouette from 0.5 to about 1.8 and a Relaxed Product Side Length that is greater than about 65% of the Relaxed Product Length. An array of absorbent articles may have an Array Average Product Hip-to-Side Silhouette from about 0.5 to about 1.8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gary Dean Lavon, Bret Darren Seitz, Masaharu Nishikawa, Sarah M. Wade, Franz-Josef Hermes
  • Publication number: 20220331173
    Abstract: An absorbent article may have a Product Length-to-Side Silhouette from 0.5 to about 1.5. An array of absorbent articles may have an Array Average Product Length-to-Side Silhouette from 0.5 to about 1.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Gary Dean LaVON, Bret Darren SEITZ, Sarah M. WADE, Masaharu NISHIKAWA, Franz-Josef HERMES
  • Patent number: 11432974
    Abstract: An absorbent article may have a Product Length-to-Side Silhouette from 0.5 to about 1.5. An array of absorbent articles may have an Array Average Product Length-to-Side Silhouette from 0.5 to about 1.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gary Dean LaVon, Bret Darren Seitz, Sarah M. Wade, Masaharu Nishikawa, Franz-Josef Hermes
  • Patent number: 11432973
    Abstract: An absorbent article may have a Product Hip-to-Side Silhouette from 0.5 to about 1.8 and a Relaxed Product Side Length that is greater than about 65% of the Relaxed Product Length. An array of absorbent articles may have an Array Average Product Hip-to-Side Silhouette from about 0.5 to about 1.8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gary Dean LaVON, Bret Darren Seitz, Masaharu Nishikawa, Sarah M. Wade, Franz-Josef Hermes
  • Publication number: 20220257433
    Abstract: An absorbent article may have a Product Hip-to-Side Silhouette from 0.5 to about 1.8 and a Relaxed Product Side Length that is greater than about 65% of the Relaxed Product Length. An array of absorbent articles may have an Array Average Product Hip-to-Side Silhouette from about 0.5 to about 1.8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Gary Dean LAVON, Bret Darren SEITZ, Masaharu NISHIKAWA, Sarah M. WADE, Franz-Josef HERMES
  • Patent number: 11351068
    Abstract: An absorbent article may have a Product Length-to-Hip Silhouette from about 0.5 to about 0.85 and a Product Length-to-Waist Silhouette from about 0.5 to about 0.9. An array of absorbent articles may have an Array Average Product Length-to-Waist Silhouette from about 0.5 to about 0.9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gary Dean LaVon, Bret Darren Seitz, Masaharu Nishikawa, Sarah M. Wade, Franz-Josef Hermes
  • Publication number: 20210369512
    Abstract: An absorbent article having a topsheet, a backsheet, an absorbent core, and an outer cover material or a landing zone having an embossed pattern is provided. A garment-facing surface of the backsheet has one or more graphics. A portion of the embossed pattern overlaps a portion of the graphics. The portion of the graphics exhibits a first L*, a*, b* color value, when measured through a densified region of the embossed pattern. The portion of the one or more graphics exhibits a second, different L*, a*, b* color value, when measured through a non-densified region of the outer cover material. The garment-facing surface of the backsheet has a graphic-free area of about 5% to about 85%. The embossed pattern forms at least one and less than 40 recognizable, discrete indicia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Sara L. Giovanni, Arman Ashraf, Jacob Jayakaran, Kristian Rafael Santa Hornedo, Danielle Schiano, Keith Alvarado, Sarah M. Wade, Kelyn A. Arora, John L. Hammons
  • Publication number: 20210369511
    Abstract: An absorbent article comprises a topsheet, backsheet, and absorbent core positioned intermediate the topsheet and the backsheet, and an outer cover nonwoven material. The outer cover nonwoven material comprises a first surface, a second surface, and a visually discernible pattern of three-dimensional features on the first surface and/or the second surface. At least some of the three-dimensional features each comprise a first region and a second region. The first regions have a first value of an average intensive property. The second regions have a second, different value of the average intensive property. A garment-facing side of the backsheet comprises one or more visually vibrant graphics. A portion of the visually discernible pattern of three-dimensional features overlaps a portion of the one or more visually vibrant graphics. The portion of the one or more visually vibrant graphics exhibits a chroma value greater than 8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Sara L. GIOVANNI, Arman ASHRAF, Jacob JAYAKARAN, Kristian Rafael SANTA HORNEDO, Danielle SCHIANO, Keith ALVARADO, Sarah M. WADE, Sarah Nicole WOLFE
  • Publication number: 20190029894
    Abstract: An absorbent article may have a Product Length-to-Side Silhouette from 0.5 to about 1.5. An array of absorbent articles may have an Array Average Product Length-to-Side Silhouette from 0.5 to about 1.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Gary Dean LaVON, Bret Darren SEITZ, Sarah M. WADE, Masaharu NISHIKAWA, Franz-Josef HERMES
  • Publication number: 20190000684
    Abstract: An absorbent article may have a Product Length-to-Hip Silhouette from about 0.5 to about 0.85 and a Product Length-to-Waist Silhouette from about 0.5 to about 0.9. An array of absorbent articles may have an Array Average Product Length-to-Waist Silhouette from about 0.5 to about 0.9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Gary Dean LaVON, Bret Darren SEITZ, Masaharu NISHIKAWA, Sarah M. WADE, Franz-Josef HERMES
  • Publication number: 20190000685
    Abstract: An absorbent article may have a Product Hip-to-Side Silhouette from 0.5 to about 1.8 and a Relaxed Product Side Length that is greater than about 65% of the Relaxed Product Length. An array of absorbent articles may have an Array Average Product Hip-to-Side Silhouette from about 0.5 to about 1.8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Gary Dean LaVON, Bret Darren SEITZ, Masaharu NISHIKAWA, Sarah M. WADE, Franz-Josef HERMES