Patents Represented by Attorney John M. Howell
  • Patent number: 6899246
    Abstract: The present invention is a vessel for containing consumer products. Parts of the containment vessel are made of material sufficiently capable of being deformed by the mechanical force applied by the hands of the consumer while avoiding accidental opening during shipment or display of the vessel on store shelves. The vessel can be made of a suitable material to display the contents of the containment vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Debra Gay Gehring, Ty Eric Martin, John Martin Howell
  • Patent number: 6753063
    Abstract: The present invention relates to personal cleansing wipes articles which have superior softness, feel and cleansing properties. The wipes of the present invention comprise a substrate and an aqueous liquid cleansing composition which is coated onto or impregnated into said substrate to the extent of from about 100% to about 400% by weight of the substrate. The substrate is a single-layer, nonwoven substrate which is formed from hydroentangled fibers. Upon a substantial portion of a base surface comprising the substrate there exists a three-dimensional pattern comprising a plurality of discrete, raised fibrous regions. The raised fibrous regions have a density which is substantially the same as the density of the base surface. The raised fibrous regions are joined to the base surface by a fibrous transition region. The aqueous liquid cleansing composition comprises an effective amount of a cleansing surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: David John Pung, Steven Kirk Hedges, Frank Lin, Marcus Wayne Evans
  • Patent number: 6699824
    Abstract: A rinse-off liquid personal cleansing composition comprising: (a) water; (b) from about 1% to about 60% by weight of a water soluble surfactant; (c) a water-insoluble oil selected from highly branched polyalphaolefins having formula (A) wherein R1 is H or C1-C20 alkyl, R4 is C1-C20 alkyl, R2 is H or C1-C20, and R3 is C3-C20 preferably from C5-C20, n is an integer from 0 to 3 and m is an interger of from 1 to 1000 and having a number average molecular weight of from about 1000 to about 25,000; and (d) a hydrophobic skin active component selected from antimicrobial agents, sunscreens, vitamins, perfume oils, insect repellents, anti fungal agents, and mixtures thereof, wherein the hydrophobic skin active component has a ClogP value of greater than 3. The personal cleansing compositions of the invention provide improved deposition of hydrophobic skin actives, excellent rinse feel and skin mildness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: George Geoffrey Dawson, Kristina Vanoosthuyze
  • Patent number: 6699488
    Abstract: Rinsable skin conditioning compositions comprising high internal phase emulsions and being substantially free of surfactant provide superior deposition on skin of conditioning agents, skin benefit agents and/or other conventional cosmetic or skin care ingredients. Such rinsable skin conditioning compositions have much improve aesthetics as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: George Endel Deckner, Scott Edward Manchuso, William Joseph Monsueir, Victor Ruben Rodriguez, Mark Richard Sine
  • Patent number: 6673755
    Abstract: Disclosed are personal cleansing compositions, and corresponding methods of application, wherein the compositions comprise (A) a cleansing phase containing a cleansing surfactant and water; and (B) an active phase containing lipophilic carrier and preferably a skin active agent; wherein the cleansing and active phases are physically separated from one another by one or more packaging barriers, located in the same or separate packages. Preferred embodiments are further defined by selected lipophilic carrier rheologies, defined active phase particulates for improved skin feel, and selected chronic skin active agents for use in the active phase. These compositions and corresponding methods provide improved cosmetics, skin feel, and/or skin active efficacy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Karl Shiqing Wei, John Christopher Wesner, Cheyne Pohlman Thomas, Christopher Dean Putman, Lourdes Dessus Albacarys, Edward Dewey Smith, III
  • Patent number: D524661
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Tanya Nicole Blasko, Stacy Alycia Thomas, Erica Heidi Hollman
  • Patent number: D525143
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Tanya Nicole Blasko, Stacy Alycia Thomas, Erica Heidi Hollman
  • Patent number: D526211
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Tanya Nicole Blasko, Stacy Alycia Thomas, Erica Heidi Hollman
  • Patent number: D526908
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Tanya Nicole Blasko, Stacy Alycia Thomas, Erica Heidi Hollman
  • Patent number: D527277
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Tanya Nicole Blasko, Stacy Alycia Thomas, Erica Heidi Hollman
  • Patent number: D531497
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Tanya Nicole Blasko, Erica Heidi Hollmann, Stacy Alycia Thomas
  • Patent number: D533070
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: David William Schuller, Javier Verdura, Michael Dean McCutchan
  • Patent number: D536963
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Tanya Nicole Blasko, Erica Heidi Hollmann, Stacy Alycia Thomas
  • Patent number: D537339
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Tanya Nicole Blasko, Erica Heidi Hollmann, Stacy Alycia Thomas
  • Patent number: D537710
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Tanya Nicole Blasko, Erica Heidi Hollmann, Stacy Alycia Thomas
  • Patent number: D539135
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Tanya Nicole Blasko, Erica Heidi Hollmann, Stacy Alycia Thomas
  • Patent number: D544368
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Tanya Nicole Blasko, Stacy Alycia Thomas, Erica Heidi Hollman
  • Patent number: D547193
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Tanya Nicole Blasko, Stacy Alycia Thomas, Erica Heidi Hollman
  • Patent number: D483527
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Akiko Ashiwa, Masumi Yoshida, Kenji Tanihata, Masataka Sugita, Teruhisa Hirano, Satoshi Yamane
  • Patent number: D494467
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Midori Ohno