Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm James C. Vago
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Patent number: 6807703Abstract: A toothbrush, having a handle and a resiliently flexible bristle-bearing head wherein, when the toothbrush is in its normal stress-free configuration, the free ends of bristles lying along a longitudinal and/or transverse axis of the brush form a generally concave profile adapted to suit the buccal surface of the teeth. The toothbrush head can flexibly conform to a convex profile to suit the labial surface of the teeth or to avoid damage to the gums.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2002Date of Patent: October 26, 2004Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Maria van Gelder, Kirstie Jane Morgan
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Patent number: 6783713Abstract: A process for forming an activated carbon fiber filter for removing viruses from liquids is provided. The process includes selecting a plurality of activated carbon fibers, placing the activated carbon fibers in a hollow form open at least one end, and applying a predetermined compressive force to the fibers along the axis through the hollow form parallel to the direction in which the liquid will pass until the fibers are densely and uniformly packed within the form.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2002Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Co.Inventors: Mario Elmen Tremblay, Steve Gary Fishter, Dimitris Ioannis Collias
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Patent number: 6733827Abstract: Processes for forming a filter material are provided. The processes include the steps of coating a filter particle with a lignosulfonate, carbonizing the coating, and activating the coating.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2001Date of Patent: May 11, 2004Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Co.Inventors: Michael Donovan Mitchell, Blair Alex Owens, Dimitris Ioannis Collias, Andrew Julian Wnuk
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Patent number: 6725490Abstract: An electrically driven toothbrush has a rotatable shaft with a cam preferably at a remote end of the shaft, which fits into a slot in a bristle holder. The holder is mounted for rotation in a toothbrush head. When the shaft rotates cam describes a circle and drivingly engages the slot to cause the holder to vibrate in a first brushing motion. A second bristle holder is also driven by the shaft, for a second kind of brushing motion. The second bristle holder is driven through and engagement with a portion of the remote end and/or with one or more additional cams or cam portions included on the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2001Date of Patent: April 27, 2004Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Lawrence A. Blaustein, Douglas A. Gall, Patrick W. Brown
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Patent number: 6602410Abstract: A kit for purifying water comprises a first container for receiving untreated water, and a second container for receiving purified water and having a dispensing spigot. A water purification composition, when mixed with water in the first container, produces partially purified water having solid matter. A first filter held in a filter holder at an upper end of the second container removes the solid matter when the partially purified water is poured from the first container. A second filter in the second container comprises carbon.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2000Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignee: The Procter & Gamble ComapnyInventors: John D. Tanner, David J. Emmons, Ward William Ostendorf, Kathleen Grieshop Baier, Jesus Velazquez, Christy Ann Olson, Philip Frank Souter, Colin Ure
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Patent number: 6582708Abstract: The present invention relates to a product comprising tooth whitening substance which comprises a high concentration of water, a peroxide, a gelling agent, and carrier materials. The tooth whitening substance will remain stable when stored as a thin layer. The present invention also relates to a method of storage of a tooth whitening substance and a method producing a stable thin layer of tooth whitening substance on a strip of material. Additionally, the present invention relates to the benefits obtained from the tooth whitening composition.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2000Date of Patent: June 24, 2003Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Paul Albert Sagel, Sue Ellen Bernheim, Lesle Marie Goodhart, Hooman Shahidi
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Patent number: 6578224Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process of cleaning carpets and other large fabric coverings with a product dispensed from a device. The device comprises a reservoir for the product, means for dispensing the product, a spray arm and at least one dispensing opening. The reservoir is a removable non-refillable cartridge. Preferably, the reservoir comprises at least one compartment.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2000Date of Patent: June 17, 2003Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: John Russell Lawson, Marcel Vanderbroek, Jelle Dankert Vuijk
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Patent number: 6565749Abstract: A filter for removing microorganisms from a fluid is provided by the invention. The filter includes a substrate having a reactive surface, and a polymer covalently bonded to the reactive surface of the substrate. The polymer includes a plurality of cationic groups for attracting microorganisms. Faucet mounted filters and pour through filters containing the polymer coated substrate are provided. Also disclosed are methods for using and manufacturing filters for removing microorganisms from a fluid.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2000Date of Patent: May 20, 2003Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Kenneth C. Hou, Donald S. Bretl, Richard D. Hembree
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Patent number: 6560806Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process of treating carpets and other large fabric coverings with a product dispensed from an appliance. This appliance comprises a reservoir for the product and means for dispensing this product which comprises a detachable and extendible spray arm. Preferably, this appliance is a portable electrical sprayer, and the spray arm comprises a handle, a telescopingly extendible wand connected to this handle, and a dispensing tube that is attached outside the extendible wand, and at least one portion of the detachable and telescopingly extendible wand is arranged inside the handle, when the spray arm is in the collapsed position.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2000Date of Patent: May 13, 2003Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: John Russell Lawson, Marcel Vanderbroek, Jelle Dankert Vuijk
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Patent number: 6551579Abstract: Delivery systems for whitening teeth are provided. The delivery system includes a strip of material sized to cover a front surface of a plurality of teeth and a layer of a tooth whitening substance in contact with the strip of material. The tooth whitening substance includes a gelling agent and a whitening active selected from the group consisting of peroxides, metal chlorites, perborates, percarbonates, peroxyacids, hypochlorites, and combinations thereof. The delivery system further includes a release liner having a coating thereon, wherein the release liner exhibits less affinity for the tooth whitening substance than the tooth whitening substance exhibits for itself and for the strip of material.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2001Date of Patent: April 22, 2003Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Paul Albert Sagel, Robert Stanley Dirksing, Frederick James Rohman
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Patent number: 6546585Abstract: A toothbrush with a detachable/replaceable head, comprising a top section having a first aperture, a second aperture, a first end and a second end. The first end includes a notched portion. The first aperture extends from the top section first end along a length of the top section within the top section. The second aperture is located along a top surface of the top section, a bottom section having a first end and a second end. The first end includes a tabbed portion which matingly engages with the notched portion of the top section first end. The bottom section further includes an extension having a first end and a second end and a protrusion adjacent the extension first end wherein the extension is connected to the bottom section first end. The protrusion selectively cooperates with the second aperture in the top section to selectively lock and unlock the top and bottom sections. The extension is inserted into the first aperture of the top section.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 1999Date of Patent: April 15, 2003Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Lawrence A. Blaustein, John Osher, John R. Nottingham, John W. Spirk
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Patent number: 6514445Abstract: A process for forming a grooming implement is provided. The steps include providing a blank having a head and a handle, wherein the head has one or more void spaces which divide said head into at least two segments, and injecting an elastomer into the void space at a temperature of at least about 245° C. thereby fusing the elastomer to the segments and forming a resiliently flexible joint. The elastomer is the sole mechanical link between the segments such that the segments can flex relative to each other and the elastomer can be stretched to about 120% of its unstressed length without separation of the elastomer from the segments.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 1999Date of Patent: February 4, 2003Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: David Victor Cann, Kilian John O'Neill, Roland Stark
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Patent number: 6505373Abstract: A toothbrush is provided. The toothbrush has a handle with a longitudinal axis. A bristle-bearing head having an outer perimeter, a proximal end, and a distal end is attached to the handle at its proximal end. A plurality of longitudinal grooves are disposed in the head. The longitudinal grooves are aligned generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the handle and terminate at the outer perimeter of the distal end of the head.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2001Date of Patent: January 14, 2003Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Maria van Gelder, Kirstie Jane Morgan
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Patent number: D465377Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2001Date of Patent: November 12, 2002Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Ian MacDonald Murison, Christopher Clive Jones, Adrian Charles Bennett, Neville John Pryke, Naomi Ruth Nelson, Richard Alan Arett
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Patent number: D472472Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 1999Date of Patent: April 1, 2003Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventor: Shane Edwin Meeker
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Patent number: D473750Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2002Date of Patent: April 29, 2003Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Ian MacDonald Murison, Christopher Clive Jones, Adrian Charles Bennett, Neville John Pryke, Naomi Ruth Nelson, Richard Alan Arett
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Patent number: D476159Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2002Date of Patent: June 24, 2003Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Lawrence A. Blaustein, Patrick W. Brown, Robert L. Dorsey
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Patent number: D476486Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2002Date of Patent: July 1, 2003Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: John Roy Whitney, Lawrence A. Blaustein, John G. Chan, Ping Wang
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Patent number: D483182Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2002Date of Patent: December 9, 2003Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Lawrence A. Blaustein, Patrick W. Brown, Robert L. Dorsey
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Patent number: D496495Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2003Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Melissa Ellen Jeffers, Sheila Marie Kelly, Cindy M. Graulty, Erin C. Daley, Joseph Edward Robillard, Philip Edwin Hague, Michael Sauer