Patents Assigned to Procter and Gamble Company
  • Visual appearance measurement method and system for randomly and regularly arranged birefringent fibers
    Patent number: 8223322
    Abstract: A method for measuring visual appearance of birefringent fibers is disclosed. The method involves emitting light, creating N polarization states of the emitted light, wherein the polarized emitted light illuminates the birefringent fibers, thereby generating internal reflection components, external reflection components, and diffusion components of the light, observing the light from the illuminated birefringent fibers, creating N polarization states of the observed light, forming N images of the observed polarized light, each image comprising a plurality of pixels, measuring the intensity in each pixel of the N images, and for each pixel, separating the internal reflection component, the external reflection component, and the diffusion component from the i-th image for the N images, wherein i=1, 2, . . . N and N?4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignees: Bossa Nova Technologies, LLC, The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sebastien Breugnot, Nicolas Lechocinski, Bruno Fraçois Pouet
  • POUCH HAVING OBTUSE-ANGLED CORNER
    Publication number: 20120175282
    Abstract: A pouch has a sheet containing at least one layer of a film material. The sheet forms a tube that is sealed to form a volume. The seal contains a first straight edge and a second straight edge adjoining the first straight edge. The first straight edge forms an obtuse angle with the second straight edge. A sealing jaw and a method for forming such a pouch is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Gautam BHATTACHARJEE
  • Sensor responsive electric toothbrushes and methods of use
    Patent number: 8214958
    Abstract: A sensor-responsive toothbrush that can adjust its output or operation depending upon information received by one or more sensors incorporated in the toothbrush or as selected by a user. The information typically relates to certain conditions or the presence of particular substances or agents within or outside of the oral cavity. The sensor-responsive toothbrush also includes one or more responsive output components that provide a responsive output in response to the sensed information. A method of providing an oral care benefit, comprising steps of: activating a toothbrush comprising a sensor; detecting a sensor input with the sensor; and initiating a responsive output from the toothbrush in response to the sensor input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Aleksey Mikhailovich Pinyayev, Eric Altman Goulbourne, Jr., Stephen Andras Kovacs, Chanchal Kumar Ghosh
  • Tampon having an asymmetric insertion end
    Patent number: 8216202
    Abstract: Tampons comprising an asymmetric insertion end are provided. The tampon can comprise a substantially symmetrical absorbent mass having an insertion end and a withdrawal end, wherein the insertion end is asymmetric around an X axis of the tampon. A method of improving placement of a tampon in a vagina of a female is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ryo Minoguchi, Ricky Alan Pollard, Margaret Henderson Hasse, Letha Margie Hines, Diana Lynn Gann, Thomas Ward Osborn, III
  • Oral care compositions with improved aesthetics and fused silica
    Patent number: 8216553
    Abstract: An oral care composition comprising fused silica and a flavoring agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Iain Allan Hughes, John Christian Haught, Ellen Louise Colón, Arif Ali Baig, George Endel Deckner
  • Absorbent article having a dehydration indicator
    Patent number: 8217217
    Abstract: A wearable article comprising a dehydration indicator adapted to measure a urine ionic strength correlated to a specific gravity of the wearer's urine and provide a visible signal when the urine ionic strength reaches a value corresponding to a predetermined threshold of the specific gravity. The wearable article may be a disposable absorbent article. The dehydration indicator may also be comprised in an insert for use with a wearable article. The dehydration indicator may provide qualitative or quantitative information about the ionic strength of the wearer's urine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Joseph Raymond Diehl, Donald Carroll Roe, Patrick Jay Allen
  • Package of stacked paper products bearing coordinated images
    Patent number: 8215486
    Abstract: A package of two or more stacks of paper sheet products, such as paper napkins or paper towels is disclosed. Each of the paper sheet products is printed with at least a first motif image and a second motif image. An uppermost paper sheet product of one of the stacks displays the first motif image and an uppermost paper sheet product of another of the stacks displays the second motif image. The napkins may be folded in each stack such that the exposed image of each napkin in a given stack alternates between the first motif image and the second motif image. The first and second images may be motif images that are thematically related to one another, in that both the motif images are primarily associated with the same event, holiday, season or special occasion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Cathy Marie Sanders, Phillip Lacoi Hutchison
  • Solvent system for microemulsion or protomicroemulsion and compositions using the solvent system
    Patent number: 8216991
    Abstract: A solvent system for use in a microemulsion or protomicroemulsion where the solvents are selected to have a Hansen parameter of ?d to be from 15 to about 18; of ?p to be from 0 to about 8 and of ?H to be from 0 to about 12; such that the resulting Hansen parameter of the solvents comprises has a ?d of from 15 to about 18; a ?p from about 2 to about 8 and a ?H of from about 5 to about 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble company
    Inventors: Freddy Arthur Barnabas, Jennifer Lynn Treadway
  • Methods of determining efficacy of treatments of diseases of the bowel
    Patent number: 8216563
    Abstract: Novel methods of determining efficacy of a treatment of inflammatory diseases of the bowel in mammals are provided. The methods are of use in screening and determining the efficacy of treatments of inflammatory diseases of the bowel, and for determining the efficacy response of individual sufferers of inflammatory diseases of the bowel to a given regime. Kits for carrying out the method are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ker-Sang Chen, John Kevin Collins, Barry Pius Kiely, Fangyi Luo, Liam Diarmuid O'Mahony, Ross Peter Phillipson, Fergus Shanahan
  • Substrates having improved crockfastness
    Patent number: 8216666
    Abstract: An ink-printed substrate comprising a substrate and water-based ink composition printed on the substrate, wherein the ink-printed substrate has an average crockfastness of at least about 2.5 or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Alrick Vincent Warner, Timothy Wayne Robertson, Wenbin Li, Charles Douglas McCurry
  • Oral care compositions containing gel networks and fused silica
    Patent number: 8216552
    Abstract: An oral care composition comprising a fused silica abrasive and a gel network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: George Endel Deckner, Michael Jude LeBlanc, Lawrence Edward Dolan, Arif Ali Baig, Iain Allan Hughes
  • Catalytic laundry detergent composition comprising relatively low levels of water-soluble electrolyte
    Patent number: 8211848
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid laundry detergent composition comprising multiple catalysts and water-soluble electrolyte, wherein the ratio of (i) the total reduction in activation energy in kilojoules per mole achieved by the catalysts to (ii) the electrolytic strength of the laundry detergent composition at a concentration of 1 g/l in de-ionized water and at a temperature of 25° C. in mScm?1 laundry detergent composition is at least 1000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Richard Dykstra, Alan Thomas Brooker, Nigel Patrick Somerville Roberts, Gregory Scot Miracle, Neil Joseph Lant, Philip Frank Souter, Mark Forrest, Colin Ure
  • Oral care compositions with fused silica
    Patent number: 8211406
    Abstract: An oral care composition comprising a fused silica abrasive and a stannous ion source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Arif Ali Baig, George Endel Deckner, Iain Allan Hughes, Erica Marie Kincaid
  • Paper product having unique physical properties
    Patent number: 8211271
    Abstract: A multiple ply paper product having an SST value ratio of greater than about 1.6 g/sec1/2 is disclosed. Additionally, a multiple ply paper product having a residual water value, RW, of less than about 0.05 g is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Osman Polat, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan
  • Bag and article of manufacture
    Patent number: 8210746
    Abstract: Disclosed is an article of manufacture including bag having a front surface; a rear surface; two side surfaces each having a gusset therein and connecting the front and rear surfaces; a flattenable bottom surface formed by connecting the front, rear, and side surfaces; and a top surface formable by connecting the front, rear, and side surfaces. The bag has a height, a width, and a depth, and defines an internal volume. The bag is sealable and has a seal strength of at least about 1,600 pounds per square inch. The bag is formed from a plastic laminate having a thickness of from about 130 to about 200 microns and a tensile strength of at least about 3,400 pounds per square inch. The article of manufacture also includes at least about 15 pounds of a particulate, flowable composition contained therein. The bag can also have a closure system comprising a non-reusable closure and a reusable closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: George Scott Kerr, Lawrence Andrew Schumacher, Barry Stanley Shantz, David P Cameron, Roger B Fielder
  • Systems and devices for emitting volatile compositions
    Patent number: 8210448
    Abstract: Systems and devices for emitting volatile materials are disclosed. In some embodiments, devices for emitting two or more fragrance compositions are disclosed. In one non-limiting embodiment of a device, the device has a housing, and the housing is supported on an electrical outlet by a plug at least indirectly joined to the housing. The device contains a first volatile composition and a second volatile composition. The first volatile composition is emitted in an alternating period relative to said second volatile composition. In one embodiment of the device, the volatile compositions are alternately emitted during periods that are greater than 15 minutes and less than 2 hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Frank Andrej Kvietok, Eileen Marié St. Pierre
  • Lid for a container
    Patent number: D662817
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & gamble Company
    Inventors: Brian David Andres, William Kater Lasala, Michael Donald Webb, Francisco Miguel de Tavares Duarte Nogueira
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D662828
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Stacy Leigh Jackson, Kerry Lloyd Weaver, Andrew Peter Heidel, Paul Frank Diehl
  • Applicator
    Patent number: D663028
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Nancy Deters Slayton
  • Package for personal care composition
    Patent number: D663200
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: David Dombrowski, George Scott Kerr