Patents Assigned to Procter & Gamble Company, The
  • Blister cards promoting intuitive dosing
    Patent number: 8905237
    Abstract: A blister card with a back side and a front side opposite the back side. The front side has a plurality of blisters and each blister contains a unit dose and each unit dose contains an active. Each blister card contains from about 12 hours to about 24 hours of unit doses according to the dosage instructions. The actives can be the same or different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Rosa Manuela Leon Alonso, Kelly Lee Schmeichel, Isabelle LaFosse-Marin, Angela Jane Deutsch, Thomas Alfred Inglin, Kurt Franklin Trombley, Diane Danheiser Powers, Eduardo de Abreu Mangione, Craig Andrew Hawkins, Jay Robert Morosey, Jr.
  • Absorbent article having a multifunctional containment member
    Patent number: 8907156
    Abstract: An absorbent article such as a diaper, training pant, and the like comprises a containment member that has a central zone and a barrier zone. The central zone has greater air flow according to the Air Permeability Test than the barrier zone. The bather zone a greater hydrohead according to the Hydrostatic Head Pressure Test than the central zone. The containment member may be used for absorbent core formation and may have portions configured to serve as barrier leg cuffs for the finished absorbent article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Donald Carroll Roe, Michael Dale Trennepohl, Olaf Erik Alexander Isele, Kenneth Michael Hammall, Angelli Sue Denmon
  • Methods and apparatuses for anvil reconditioning
    Patent number: 8905821
    Abstract: A rotary cutting apparatus comprises a frame and a die roll defining a first longitudinal axis and comprising a cutting member. The die roll is rotatably connected with the frame and configured to rotate about the first longitudinal axis. The rotary cutting apparatus further comprises a bearer ring connected with the die roll and an anvil roll defining a second longitudinal axis and comprising an outer radial surface. The anvil roll is rotatably connected with the frame and is configured to rotate about the second longitudinal axis. The bearer ring of the die roll is in contact with the outer radial surface. The rotary cutting apparatus further comprises a reconditioning member comprising an abrasive surface engaged with the outer radial surface of the anvil roll. The outer radial surface of the anvil roll moves relative to the abrasive surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Uwe Schneider, Robert Charles Dreisig
  • Hand hair dryer with two handle grips
    Patent number: 8904663
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hand hair dryer (1), comprising an electric fan (2) and an in-series electric heating device (3), for the generation of an air stream (4) out of a tube section (5), whereby the fan (2) is arranged in a housing section (6) and the heating device (3) arranged in the tube section (6). An operating element (7), with a first handle grip (8), is arranged on the housing section (6) at approximately 90 degrees to the tube section (5). The tube section (5) is embodied as a second handle grip (9), thus providing ergonomic advantages on operating the hand hair dryer (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Klaus Worgull, Robert Kuechler
  • Sanitary napkins with hydrophobic lotions
    Patent number: 8907154
    Abstract: A catamenial device comprising a liquid pervious topsheet, the topsheet having an inner surface oriented toward the interior of the absorbent article and an outer surface oriented toward the body of the wearer when the absorbent article is being worn. At least a portion of the topsheet outer surface comprises an effective amount of a lotion coating which is semi-solid or solid at about 25° C. and which is partially transferable to the wearer's body. The lotion coating comprises from about 60 to about 99.9% of a carrier comprising a petroleum based hydrocarbon and lower molecular weight glycols or polyols and from about 0.2 to about 65% of a fatty alcohol with a melting point from about 450 C to about 110° C. A backsheet is joined to the topsheet and an absorbent core is disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Joseph Anthony Gatto, Raphael Warren, John Lee Hammons
  • Spray-dried detergent powder
    Patent number: 8906842
    Abstract: The present invention is a spray-dried powder comprising: (i) from 20 to 80 wt % of a first spray-dried particle comprising less than 5 wt % sulphate, anionic detersive surfactant and having a bulk density of from 300 g/l to 450 g/l: and (ii) from 20 to 80 wt % of a second spray-dried particle comprising at least 45 wt % sulphate, 0 wt % to 15 wt % anionic detersive surfactant, and having a bulk density of from 350 g/l to 700 g/l.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Hossam Hassan Tantawy, Andres Arturo Martinez-Guzman, Andre-Brian Greenaway Patton, Adam Porter
  • DETERGENT PACKING
    Publication number: 20140352260
    Abstract: A process for packing a detergent composition in a container wherein the process comprises the steps of: a. making the detergent composition in the form of a finished single fluid or a finished plurality of fluids; b. cooling the finished single fluid or at least one finished fluid of the plurality of fluids to produce a cold fluid; c. delivering the cold fluid resulting from step b) into the container using delivering means; and optionally d. subjecting the filled container resulting from step c) to ambient temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Raffaele PINNA
  • LIQUID CLEANING AND/OR CLEANSING COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20140352722
    Abstract: A liquid cleaning and/or cleansing composition comprising abrasive cleaning foam particles, wherein said abrasive cleaning foam particles comprise a biodegradable thermoplastic material and have a packing density of from greater than 100 kg/m3 to less than 250 kg/m3, and wherein the abrasive cleaning foam particles have a biodegradable rate of greater than 50% according to ASTM6400 test method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Denis Alfred GONZALES, Stephen Robert GLASSMEYER, Michael Leslie GROOMBRIDGE, Martin Ian JAMES, David John PUNG, James Robert TINLIN
  • LIQUID CLEANING COMPOSITION WITH ABRASIVES
    Publication number: 20140352723
    Abstract: A liquid cleaning and/or cleansing composition comprising abrasive cleaning particles; one or more surfactants selected from the group consisting of anionic, nonionic, cationic, amphoteric and mixtures thereof; and a first acidic component wherein said acidic component consists of one or more chelating acids; wherein at least one nonionic surfactant is comprised in said composition and the total level of nonionic surfactant is less than 2% by weight of the total composition and/or at least one anionic surfactant is comprised in said composition and the total level of anionic surfactant is less than 2% by weight of the total composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Laura CERMENATI, Marina Jozefa HERMIE, James Robert TINLIN
  • ABSORBENT ARTICLES COMPRISING A FRAGRANCE ACCORD
    Publication number: 20140352090
    Abstract: A first absorbent article has a first fragrance accord and a second absorbent article has a second fragrance accord. The first fragrance accord includes 10% to 15% of a perfume having a vapor pressure of greater than 0.08 Torr at 25° C.; 35% to 65% of a perfume having a vapor pressure from 0.006 Torr at 25° C. to 0.08 Torr at 25° C.; 20% to 30% of a perfume having a vapor pressure of less than 0.006 Torr at 25° C. The second fragrance accord includes 10% to 20% of a perfume having a vapor pressure of greater than 0.08 Torr at 25° C.; 20% to 30% of a perfume having a vapor pressure from 0.006 Torr at 25° C. to 0.08 Torr at 25° C.; 45% to 70% of a perfume having a vapor pressure of less than 0.006 Torr at 25° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Nancy L. SCHUCHTER, Ann Marie FREY, Megan E. JOHNS, Marianne MALMBAK-SCHAEFER, Jason John OLCHOVY
  • LIQUID CLEANING AND/OR CLEANSING COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20140357544
    Abstract: A liquid cleaning and/or cleansing composition comprising non-spherical and/or non-rolling abrasive cleaning particles derived from a foam structure comprising a plurality of struts, wherein the abrasive cleaning particles comprise a plurality of filler particles at least partly incorporated therein, wherein the particle size of the abrasive cleaning particles is greater than the particle size of the filler particles and wherein the ratio of the mean area-equivalent diameter of the filler particles to the abrasive cleaning particles is from 0.01 to 0.2, the area-equivalent diameter being measured according to ISO 9276-6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Denis Alfred GONZALES, Michael Leslie GROOMBRIDGE, Michael MCDONNELL
  • LIQUID CLEANING AND/OR CLEANSING COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20140352721
    Abstract: A liquid cleaning and/or cleansing composition comprising abrasive cleaning foam particles derived from grinding a foam structure, wherein said abrasive cleaning foam particles comprise a thermoplastic material having a raw material density of greater than 1.15, and the foam having a coefficient of expansion of from 8 to 14.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Denis Alfred GONZALES, Martin Ian JAMES, Michael Leslie GROOMBRIDGE, Michael MCDONNELL, David John PUNG
  • ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH ELASTICALLY ELONGATABLE PANEL
    Publication number: 20140358107
    Abstract: Closure elements that include elastic and non-elastic regions are disclosed as well as absorbent articles that include closure elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Herbert BADER, Horst Kurrer, Marcel Grossmann, Olga Fezert
  • SURFACE TREATMENT COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING PHOTOCHROMIC DYES
    Publication number: 20140357542
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for treating surfaces comprising photochromic dyes, particularly for laundry treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Neil Joseph LANT, Steven George PATTERSON, Andrew Philip MOON
  • OBJECTIVE NON-INVASIVE METHOD FOR QUANTIFYING DEGREE OF ITCH USING PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL MEASURES
    Publication number: 20140357962
    Abstract: An objective non-invasive method for quantifying itch comprising the steps of presenting a visual stimulus to a subject, wherein the visual stimulus comprises focusing the subject on itch; collecting psychophysiological data from subject while presenting the visual stimulus; using the psychophysiological data to objectively assess the therapeutic value of a treatment or a product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Nick Robert HARRINGTON, James Robert SCHWARTZ, James Charles DUNBAR, Haruko MIZOGUCHI
  • NON-AQUEOUS HAIR OIL COMPOSITION COMPRISING ISOPARAFFIN BASE OIL, SILICONE ELASTOMER AND ITS SOLUBILIZER
    Publication number: 20140356308
    Abstract: Disclosed is a non-aqueous hair care composition comprising: a base oil being a volatile isoparaffin; a silicone elastomer; a solubilizer for the silicone elastomer which is a non-volatile silicone having a viscosity from about 25 to about 100,000 mm2·s?1. The composition of the present invention has improved stability such as reduced phase separation at lower temperature, and also has a balanced dry performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jun HASEGAWA, Taisuke OKU
  • Method of producing saturated alkyl esters/acids
    Patent number: 8901329
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is the production of saturated alkyl esters or acids from furan materials. The starting compounds contain furan, ketone, and ester or acid functional groups and may be biologically-derived. The method includes hydrogenating the starting compound to form a reduced mixture. The method further includes hydrodeoxygenation of the reduced mixture to yield a saturated alkyl ester or acid. The saturated alkyl ester or acid can be unbranched or branched. The ester and acid products have a wide variety of applications and may be further processed into surfactants, solvents, and lubricants suitable for use in consumer products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ryan Michael West, Scott Leroy Cron, Jane Ellen Godlewski
  • End seal for an absorbent article
    Patent number: 8901367
    Abstract: The present invention relates to absorbent articles, such as diapers and sanitary napkins, and cores useful for such articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Miguel Brandt Sanz, Peter Dziezok, Ralf Geilich, Carson Heinrich Kreuzer
  • Container having surface ornamentation
    Patent number: D719021
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Corey Michael Bischoff, Sev Gerk
  • Container lid
    Patent number: D719022
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Chris Van Den Wouwer, Andrew Peter Heidel, Gian DeBelder, Gil Palmon, Christopher Robert Kopulos