Patents Assigned to Procter and Gamble Company
  • Bulk softened fibrous structures
    Patent number: 8049060
    Abstract: Bulk softened fibrous structures, especially bulk softened, polar agent-free fibrous structures, and methods for making such fibrous structures are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kenneth Douglas Vinson, Michael Scott Prodoehl
  • Processes for making ethersuccinylated hydroxyl polymers
    Patent number: 8049004
    Abstract: Processes for making ethersuccinylated hydroxyl polymers are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Stephen Wayne Heinzman
  • LIQUID DETERGENT COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20110259365
    Abstract: A method of cleaning dishware with a liquid detergent composition having an amphiphilic graft polymer, to provide improved grease cleaning and sudsing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Tristan Schütz, Stephen Michael Grindell, Frank Hulskotter, James Lee Danziger, Maria Angeles Gomez Ruiz, Kevin George Goodall, Valerio Delduca
  • Polymeric compositions for sustained release of volatile materials
    Patent number: 8043606
    Abstract: A polymeric composition comprising a copolymer of ethylene with at least another monomer comprising at least a heteroatom, a tackifier, less than 10% of a compatible plasticizer or blend of plasticizers and a volatile material. The compositions are able to deliver effectively the volatile material incorporated for a long time and also have good adhesion properties on most substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Calum MacBeath, Italo Corzani, Lamia Delphine Mimassi
  • Method and apparatus for transferring a wound web
    Patent number: 8042760
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for transferring a web wound about a loaded core. The steps include providing a core shaft axially extending between a core shaft first end and a core shaft second end, providing a web wound about a loaded core, the loaded core coaxially related to the core shaft, axially supporting the core shaft by a first axial support operatively engaged with the core shaft first end and a second axial support operatively engaged with the core shaft second end, axially moving the loaded core from the core shaft to the second axial support, and removing the first axial support and the second axial support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Claudio Antonio Matos, Stephan Otto Hiltenkamp, Christopher van de Vrande, Rajesh Kumar Singh
  • Absorbent article having a stable skin care composition
    Patent number: 8044256
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an absorbent article having a stable skin care composition disposed on its skin-contacting surface. The skin care composition is readily transferable to the skin via normal contact, wearer motion, and/or body heat. Importantly, the skin care composition contains at least one skin care ingredient imparting visible skin benefits to the skin upon transfer to the skin and at least one theological agent for stabilizing the composition such that agglomeration, stratification and/or settling of the composition are minimized. The present invention also relates to a process for making the absorbent articles having a stable skin care composition disposed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Joseph Anthony Gatto, Thomas Robert Hanser, James Anthony Staudigel, Thomas James Klofta, Ronald Dean Cramer, Donald Carroll Roe
  • Specific branched aldehydes, alcohols, surfactants, and consumer products based thereon
    Patent number: 8044249
    Abstract: A process for preparing a detergent alcohol mixture comprising the steps of providing one or more poly-branched poly-olefins, wherein the poly-branched poly-olefins must contain one non-branched terminal olefin and one or more additional branched olefins in the molecule; hydroformylating said poly-branched poly-olefins to produce a poly-branched olefin containing aldehyde product with one or more olefins or mixture thereof; reducing the aldehyde product of step (b) in the presence of hydrogen and a hydrogenation catalyst to form a poly-branched detergent alcohol mixture; and removing said poly-branched alcohol mixture from said catalyst and branched aldehydes, alcohols and surfactants produced from the products of this process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey John Scheibel, Robert Edward Shumate
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING AND TRANSFERRING SOLID MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20110253511
    Abstract: An apparatus and an associated method comprise a receiving zone, for receiving solid material, a transferring zone, for transferring said solid material and optionally a releasing zone for releasing said solid material, e.g. to another moving surface and with a moving endless surface moving in and through said zones, said a moving endless surface has thereto a multitude of primary cavities and secondary cavities receiving said solid material, wherein said primary cavities are connectable and/or connected to said vacuum system of said transferring zone, and said secondary cavities are not connectable/connected to said vacuum system of said transferring zone, and wherein thus only said primary cavities transfer said solid material e.g. to said further moving surface; and wherein typically both primary and secondary cavities are connectable/connected to a vacuum system in said receiving zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Hans Adolf Jackels
  • Absorbent article with low cold flow construction adhesive
    Patent number: 8038661
    Abstract: Absorbent articles assembled using a low cold flow construction adhesive are described. The absorbent articles have an in bag compression opening force of less than about 0.75N. A method for making the absorbent articles is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Shunketsu Sue, Ebrahim Rezai
  • Method for manufacturing a shaped article
    Patent number: 8039427
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a shaped article comprising the step of cutting a shaped article from a first article; wherein as the shaped article is cut from the first article the shaped article's cross-section is deformed and wherein the first article's cross-section is shaped such that it compensates for the deformation during the cutting step so as to achieve a shaped article with a desired cross-section. Shaped articles and compositions comprising shaped articles are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Stefan James Egan, Michael McDonnell, Sanjeev Sharma
  • Handle for brush
    Patent number: D646899
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: David Dombrowski, Kenneth Edward Lamb, Jr., William John Davis, David James McNeill
  • Pitcher
    Patent number: D646920
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Nasahn Adam Sheppard, Dominik Heinz Langhammer, Tim Foster Wallack
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D646979
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jason Patrick Shaw, Devin William Baldridge, Bryan Martin Shova, Dong Ruan
  • Detergent tablet
    Patent number: D647249
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Andrew Peter Heidel, Tony Christopher Siebel
  • Detergent tablet
    Patent number: D647250
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Andrew Peter Heidel, Tony Christopher Siebel
  • Paper product
    Patent number: D647310
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Phillip Lacoi Hutchison
  • Surface ornamentation for a container
    Patent number: D647797
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Doug Sovonick, Rob Anthony
  • Detergent tablet
    Patent number: D648065
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Andrew Peter Heidel, Tony Christopher Siebel
  • Detergent tablet
    Patent number: D648068
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Andrew Peter Heidel, Tony Christopher Siebel
  • Detergent tablet
    Patent number: D648069
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Andrew Peter Heidel, Tony Christopher Siebel