Patents Assigned to Procter and Gamble Company
  • Package of stacked paper products bearing coordinated images
    Patent number: 8038007
    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: April 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Cathy Marie Sanders, Phillip Lacoi Hutchison
  • Absorbent article having a functional enhancement indicator
    Patent number: 8039685
    Abstract: A feminine hygiene article having a body-facing surface, a first end region and a second end region. The feminine hygiene article is for placement in an undergarment having a crotch portion bounded on opposite sides by portions of curved leg openings, the feminine hygiene article comprising at least one functional enhancement indicator visible from said body-facing surface, the functional enhancement indicator corresponding to at least one functionally-enhanced portion of the feminine hygiene article. The feminine hygiene article can be a sanitary napkin, a pantiliner, or an incontinence pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Peter Charles Mason, Jr., Ronald Bosman Visscher, Jeanne Marie Hughes, Folke Schlueter, Emma Somma, Giovanni Carlucci, Paul Thomas Weisman
  • Feline probiotic bifidobacteria
    Patent number: 8034601
    Abstract: According to the invention there is provided a strain of lactic acid bacteria of the genus Bifidobacteria obtainable by isolation from resected and washed feline gastrointestinal tract having a probiotic activity in animals. Methods of use and compositions comprising the Bifidobacteria of the present invention are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Thomas William-Mawell Boileau, Barry Pius Kiely, Liam Diarmuid O'Mahony, John MacSharry, Greg Dean Sunvold
  • Patterned fibrous structures
    Patent number: 8034215
    Abstract: Patterned fibrous structures, more particularly to fibrous structures that comprise a pattern that conveys to a user a characteristic of the fibrous structure and/or single- or multi-ply sanitary tissue product comprising such a patterned fibrous structure and methods for making same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Thorsten Knobloch, Luis Bernardo De La Rosa, Gregg Thomas Weaver, Jennifer Hope Dolan
  • Method for separating a web material
    Patent number: 8033436
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for separating a web material are disclosed herein. The apparatus includes a bedroll and a chop off roll. The bedroll includes a bedroll blade and a bedroll web pin. The chop off roll includes a pin pad and a plurality of chop off roll blades. The bedroll web pin and the bedroll blade mesh with the pin pad and the chop off roll blades. The chop off roll blades are moved relative to the bedroll blade, stretching and separating the web material. The web pin perforates the web material and may completely or partially separate a portion of the web material. The web pin and the separated portion perforate the pin pad. The separated portion is stripped from the web pin as the pin passes out of the pin pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: William Joseph Butsch, Stephen Rainey Addison
  • Thickened hair colourant and bleaching compositions
    Patent number: 8034128
    Abstract: The present invention relates to hair colouring and hair bleaching compositions comprising a first component comprising at least one oxidizing agent and a C6 to C16 alkyl glucoside and a second component comprising an anionic surfactant and a fatty alcohol. The compositions surprisingly provide improved hair colourant and bleaching compositions which deliver lift, lightening and colour, whilst minimizing damage and which provide the required viscosity both pre and post mixing of the first and second components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Andrei Sergeevich Bureiko, Graham John Myatt, Colin John Clarke
  • Fibrous structures
    Patent number: 8034463
    Abstract: Fibrous structures that exhibit a Wet Burst of greater than 30 g as measured according to the Wet Burst Test Method and that may also exhibit a Geometric Mean (“GM”) Modulus and/or CD Modulus of less than 1320 at 15 g/cm and/or less than 875 at 15 g/cm as measured according to the Modulus Test Method are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Angela Marie Leimbach, Michael Scott Prodoehl, John Allen Manifold
  • Thickened hair colourant and bleaching compositions
    Patent number: 8034127
    Abstract: The present invention relates to hair coloring and hair bleaching compositions comprising at least one oxidizing agent, a specified gel network thickener system comprising a specified tertiary system, a cationic polymer and a mica and or titanium oxide. The compositions surprisingly provide improved hair colorant and bleaching compositions which deliver lift, lightening and color, whilst minimizing damage which are easy to manufacture and which improve adhesion of the composition to the hair roots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Andrei Sergeevich Bureiko, Juergen Schmenger
  • Container for hair care composition
    Patent number: D646170
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ian Andrew Carnduff, Richard Michael Girardot, Adrian Keith McKinney, Patrick John Mulcahy, Ian Josiah Swanson, Cristian Alexis Viola-Prioli, Erika Linsley Wetzel
  • Motorized skin care device
    Patent number: D646487
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Nancy Lorincz Leppla, Yamilca Del Carmen Rodriguez, David Bernard Domingo Deacon
  • Oral care package
    Patent number: D646565
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Wei Ren
  • Cap
    Patent number: D646568
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Andrew Peter Heidel, Ian Andrew Carnduff, Paul Frank Diehl
  • Cap
    Patent number: D646569
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Andrew Peter Heidel, Ian Andrew Carnduff, Paul Frank Diehl
  • Cap
    Patent number: D646570
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Andrew Peter Heidel, Ian Andrew Carnduff, Paul Frank Diehl
  • Cap
    Patent number: D646571
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Andrew Peter Heidel, Ian Andrew Carnduff, Paul Frank Diehl
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D646575
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: William John Davis, David James McNeill, Paul Robert Scott, Joost Marinus Verburg
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D646576
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: William John Davis, David James McNeill, Paul Robert Scott, Joost Marinus Verburg
  • Package
    Patent number: D646582
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Wei Ren, Cesar Alejandro Jaramillo Lopez
  • Dispenser
    Patent number: D646583
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Murphy Greene Mongeon, Ian Andrew Carnduff, Akina Kurihara
  • Surface ornamentation for a container
    Patent number: D646970
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Doug Sovonick, Rob Anthony