Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Eileen L. Hurghett
  • Liquid transport member for high flux rates between a port region and an opening
    Patent number: 6579457
    Abstract: The present invention is a liquid transport member with significantly improved liquid handling capability, which has at least one bulk region and a wall region that completely circumscribes said bulk region, and which comprises a membrane port region and an open port region, whereby the bulk region has an average fluid permeability kb which is higher than the average fluid permeability kp of the membrane port region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bruno Johannes Ehrnsperger, Mattias Schmidt, Karl Michael Schumann, Fred Naval Desai, Gary Dean Lavon, Gerald Alfred Young, Donald Carroll Roe