Patents Assigned to Procter + Gamble Co.
  • Patent number: 9510664
    Abstract: A personal care article, such as a toothbrush having an inner cavity made in one molding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE CO
    Inventors: Li Wen, Matthew Lloyd Newman, Andreas Birk, Andreas Bresselschmidt, Andrew Joseph Horton, Siegfried Kurt Hustedt, Scott Andrew Jackson, Jochen Erich Kawerau, Ulrich Pfeifer, Richard Darren Satterfield, Heidrun Annika Schmelcher, Franziska Schmid, Jens Uwe Stoerkel, Benjamin John Wilson, Tilmann Winkler
  • Patent number: 9340903
    Abstract: A process for making a filament for use in a brush implement comprises providing a composite filament comprising an external material and at least one internal material, wherein the tip surface comprises the internal material surrounded by the external material, the internal material having longitudinal shrinkage characteristics that differ from those of the external material; and causing the internal material to shrink inside the external material, whereby the internal material comprising the tip surface sinks relative to the external material comprising the tip surface so that at least one crater is formed at the tip surface of the filament, the at least one crater comprising a bottom formed by the internal material and walls formed by the external material, the at least one crater having a surface edge of a predetermined size and a predetermined shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE CO
    Inventors: John Geoffrey Chan, Li Wen, Elizabeth Ann Brown Reno, John Kit Carson, Xiaole Mao
  • Patent number: 9320368
    Abstract: A shelf display unit having one or more magnetic connectors allowing the display unit to be releasably attached to a shelf for the display of products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE CO
    Inventors: Martin Jay Marotti, Ralph Albert Sagel, Raymond Charles Bell
  • Patent number: 9155769
    Abstract: The present invention relates to flavor oils including mint-, fruit- and spice-type flavors that are specially processed to substantially eliminate low-molecular weight sulfur compounds, in particular dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), which has been found to be the main precursor of malodorous species such as dimethyl sulfide and methyl mercaptan. These malodorous species are produced via oxidation-reduction reactions involving such sulfur-containing compounds present in flavor oils. A preferred processing method is an aqueous-washing process, which has advantages of being simple, inexpensive and easy to implement while importantly avoiding the problems of typical processes including non-selective removal of desirable components and subjecting the flavor oils to extreme conditions that may destroy other components and result in undesirable changes in flavor or odor character.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE CO
    Inventors: Steve Hoke, Marc Hester, Niranjan Ramji
  • Patent number: 9006315
    Abstract: The present invention relates to improvements in prevention of discoloration of thermoplastic starch materials and their blends with other thermoplastic materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Co
    Inventors: Norman Scott Broyles, Pier-Lorenzo Caruso, Emily Charlotte Boswell, Robert Earl Magness, Ludwig Busam, Jorg Harren, Laurent Wattebled
  • Patent number: 8975210
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a web substrate comprising an activatable colorant and at least one deformed region. A first activated color region is produced in the web substrate upon exposure to a first external stimulus and a second activated color region is produced within the first activated color region upon exposure to a second external stimulus. The second activated color region coincides with the deformed region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Co.
    Inventors: Kelyn Anne Arora, John Lee Hammons, Timothy Ian Mullane
  • Patent number: 8956593
    Abstract: Topical compositions containing from about 40% to about 77% by weight of the composition of a humectant component, said component containing from about 0.25% to about 7% of a structuring humectant selected from polyethylene glycols having an average molecular weight of from about 3,000 to about 8,000, and mixtures thereof; and at least one secondary humectant; the topical composition further comprises abrasive from about 5% to about 35%; from about 0% to about 1.5% of a viscosity modifier; a total solids content of 50% or less; water from about 5% to about 12%; and wherein the structuring humectant is added to the composition in solution with solvent or is added in a controlled manner as a molten material to the composition at a temperature less than about 35° C. and with turbulent mixing or vigorous agitation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Co.
    Inventors: Steven Carl Burgess, Ayowumi O. Fatade
  • Patent number: 8906347
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous oral composition comprising: a) from 0.2% to 3% divalent metal ions comprising: i. from 0.1% to 1.5% of zinc ions; ii. from 0.1% to 2% of tin (II) ions; and b) a source of fluoride ions; c) a silica dental abrasive; d) one or more chelants having a MW of less than 1000 and capable of forming water-soluble complexes with the zinc ions, wherein the chelants comprise less than 0.2% linear polyphosphates having a chain length of four or more; e) an orally acceptable carrier comprising at least 20% total water; wherein the pH of the composition is from 5 to 6.5, the molar ratio of the chelants to the divalent metal ions is at least 0.70:1 and at least 80% by weight of the total zinc ions are solubilised within the composition. The composition of the invention has been found to give improved antimicrobial activity from the zinc/stannous combination without significant taste, staining or stability problems, compared to compositions having lower levels of chelants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Co.
    Inventors: Ross Strand, Maurice Joseph Prendergast, Xiaoli Wang
  • Patent number: 8883698
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are novel mixtures of near terminal-branched compounds and derivatives thereof. Further disclosed are methods of making these mixtures, and uses of these mixtures in cleaning compositions (e.g., dishcare, laundry, hard surface cleaners,) and/or personal care compositions (e.g., skin cleansers, shampoo, hair conditioners).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Co
    Inventors: Jeffrey John Scheibel, David Johnathan Kitko, Jun Xu, Charles Winston Saunders, Kenneth Nathan Price, Stephanie Ann Urbin, Phillip Richard Green
  • Patent number: 8865192
    Abstract: The present invention relates to flavor oils including mint-, fruit- and spice-type flavors that are specially processed to substantially eliminate low-molecular weight sulfur compounds, in particular dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), which has been found to be the main precursor of malodorous species such as dimethyl sulfide and methyl mercaptan. These malodorous species are produced via oxidation-reduction reactions involving such sulfur-containing compounds present in flavor oils. A preferred processing method is an aqueous-washing process, which has advantages of being simple, inexpensive and easy to implement while importantly avoiding the problems of typical processes including non-selective removal of desirable components and subjecting the flavor oils to extreme conditions that may destroy other components and result in undesirable changes in flavor or odor character.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Co
    Inventors: Robert Leslie Swaine, Jr., Marc Hester, Steve Hoke, Denise McClenathan, Niranjan Ramji, Gerhard Norbert Zehentbauer
  • Patent number: 8835529
    Abstract: A denture adhesive composition having a denture adhesive component and a cohesion builder component. The cohesion builder component may be of salts of mono-phosphates, salts of di-phosphates, or salts of tri-phosphates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Co.
    Inventors: Jayanth Rajaiah, Arif Ali Baig, Robert Scott Leonard
  • Patent number: D712747
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Co
    Inventors: Martin Jay Marotti, Juan Carlos Vinseiro
  • Patent number: D713464
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Co.
    Inventors: Daniel William Volpenhein, Cathy Lynn Isakson
  • Patent number: D734168
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE CO
    Inventors: Jayanth Rajaiah, Robert Scott Leonard, Tina Marie Bernard, Luisa Navarro Cerda, Thinh Nguyen Ha
  • Patent number: D736096
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE CO
    Inventors: Martin Jay Marotti, Juan Carlos Vinseiro
  • Patent number: D738728
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE CO.
    Inventor: Martin Jay Marotti
  • Patent number: D738730
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE CO
    Inventor: Martin Jay Marotti
  • Patent number: D738731
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE CO
    Inventor: Martin Jay Marotti
  • Patent number: D739246
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE CO
    Inventor: Martin Jay Marotti
  • Patent number: D764294
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE CO
    Inventor: Martin Jay Marotti