Patents Assigned to Procter & Gamble Company, The
  • Absorbent Article Process and Apparatus for Intermittently Deactivating Elastics in Elastic Laminates
    Publication number: 20130255460
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for assembling absorbent articles, and more particularly, methods and apparatuses for severing elastic in an advancing elastic laminate. A continuous elastic laminate may be formed by bonding elastic strands between a first continuous substrate layer and a second continuous substrate layer. As discussed in more detail below, the continuous elastic laminate may advance through a cutting apparatus that intermittently deactivates or severs the elastic strands of the elastic laminate along the machine direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Uwe Schneider, Michael Brian Quade, Jose Angel Mercado
  • Hair colorant compositions comprising 3-amino-2,6-dimethylphenol and 4-aminophenol-type developers, methods, and kits comprising the compositions
    Publication number: 20130255005
    Abstract: A hair colorant composition comprises 3-amino-2,6-dimethylphenol in combination with a second dye coupler selected from the group consisting of 2,6-dihydroxyethylaminotoluene, 2,6-diaminopyridine and a developer selected from the group consisting of 4-aminophenol, 4-amino-3-methylphenol, 4-(methylamino)phenol. A kit for coloring hair comprises the hair colorant composition. A method of treating hair comprises applying the hair colorant composition to hair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Richard Matthew Charles SUTTON, Bryan Patrick MURPHY, Margaret Ann POPP, Stephen Robert SCHOFIELD
  • ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE AND METHODS FOR MAKING SAME
    Publication number: 20130255015
    Abstract: Soil adsorbing agent-containing articles of manufacture that provide superior mirror cleaning properties compared to known soil adsorbing agent-containing articles of manufacture, are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Charles William NEAL, David Dale McKAY
  • LIQUID CLEANING AND DISINFECTING COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20130261038
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cleaning and disinfecting liquid detergent compositions and, in one embodiment, liquid hand dishwashing compositions, comprising a metal salt, preferably a divalent metal salt, preferably Zn2+-salt and linear alkyl nucleophilic surfactant, preferably a linear alkyl chain amine oxide. The present invention further relates to methods of disinfecting dishware and/or dishwashing implements and/or skin using such a liquid detergent compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jamila Tajmamet, Jean-Luc Philippe Bettiol, Robby Renilde Francois Keuleers
  • METHOD OF DEWATERING IN A CONTINUOUS HIGH INTERNAL PHASE EMULSION FOAM FORMING PROCESS
    Publication number: 20130256935
    Abstract: A method for continuous High Internal Phase Emulsion (HIPE) foam production. A HIPE is produced then extruded onto a belt. After polymerization, a portion of the saturated aqueous phase is removed using a vacuum box. A nip insert is inserted under the vacuum box to raise the vacuum box leading to improved uniformity of the HIPE in the cross direction along the belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Wei-ling Siew, Jiajie Zhang, Aditya Garg
  • Method of Use of Substrate Having Properties of Keratinous Tissue
    Publication number: 20130255355
    Abstract: Method of evaluating a product by applying a substance to the surface of an artificial substrate to form a substance-coated surface and performing an analysis of the substance-coated surface. The surface of the substrate may have one or more of the following properties: a total surface energy of from about 15 mJ/m2 to about 50 mJ/m2, a polar component of the total surface energy of from about 0 mJ/m2 to about 15 mJ/m2, and a zeta-potential at a pH of about 5.0 of from about ?30 mV to about 30 mV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
    Inventors: Saswati DATTA, William Randall BELCHER, Sandra Lou MURAWSKI, Mannie Lee CLAPP, Steven Hardy PAGE, Richard TWEDDELL, III, Louis Fay WONG, Magda EL-NOKALY, Sohini PALDEY, Ronald R. WARNER
  • System for Identifying Connections Between Perturbagens and Genes Associated with a Skin Hyperpigmentation Condition
    Publication number: 20130261024
    Abstract: A system for identifying connections between perturbagens and genes associated with a skin hyperpigmentation condition. The system includes a computer readable medium having a plurality of instances stored thereon, and a skin hyperpigmentation-relevant gene expression signature. Each instance includes an instance list of rank-ordered identifiers of differentially expressed genes, and the hyperpigmentation-relevant gene expression signature includes a gene expression signature list of identifiers representing differentially expressed genes associated with a hyperpigmentation condition or differentially expressed genes associated with a benchmark skin-lightening agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Tomohiro HAKOZAKI, Wenzhu ZHAO, Robert Lloyd BINDER, Jun XU
  • Hair Conditioning Composition Comprising Higher Percent of Cationic Surfactant and Deposition Polymer
    Publication number: 20130259819
    Abstract: Disclosed is a hair conditioning composition comprising: a cationic surfactant; a high melting point fatty compound; a deposition polymer having specific monomers; and an aqueous carrier; wherein the mole % of the cationic surfactant to a sum of the cationic surfactant and the high melting point fatty compound is from about 20% to about 60%. The composition of the present invention provides improved friction reduction on wet hair, while providing improved deposition of cationic surfactant, fatty compounds, and/or silicone compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Nobuaki NMN UEHARA, Kapilanjan NMN KRISHAN
  • Methods for treating fibrous structures
    Patent number: 8545574
    Abstract: Methods for treating a fibrous structure in need of treatment with a chemical additive, such as a chemical softener, and products produced therefrom, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kenneth Douglas Vinson, Jonathan Andrew Ficke, Khosrow Pariz Mohammadi, Robert Michael Bourbon, Paul Joseph Coffaro
  • Hard surface cleaning composition
    Patent number: 8546317
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hard surface cleaning composition comprising a polybetaine polymer, wherein said polybetaine polymer comprises a zwitterionic unit A or a mixture thereof, wherein said unit A comprises a betaine group or a mixture thereof and wherein said betaine group of said unit A is a sulphobetaine group or a mixture thereof, and a vinylpyrrolidone homopolymer or copolymer, wherein said polybetaine polymer and said vinylpyrrolidone homopolymer or copolymer are present in said composition at a weight ratio of polybetaine polymer to vinylpyrrolidone homopolymer or copolymer of at utmost 1.5:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Annick Julia Oscar Mertens, Geert Andre Deleersnyder, Patrick Firmin August Delplancke, Stefano Scialla
  • High-capacity disposable absorbent inserts for reusable outer covers
    Patent number: 8546641
    Abstract: High-capacity disposable absorbent inserts for reusable outer covers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Donald Carroll Roe
  • Surface treatment compositions including polyquaternium-22 and sheilding salts
    Patent number: 8546314
    Abstract: A surface treatment composition comprising from about 6% to about 20%, by weight of the composition, of cationic polymer; from about 6% to about 40%, by weight of the composition, of anionic surfactant; and from about 4% to about 15%, by weight of the composition, of a shielding salt, wherein the weight ratio of anionic surfactant to cationic polymer is between about 0.5:1 and about 4:1. The shielding salt is defined by having a molecular weight of from about 25 to about 500 and being incapable of lowering the surface tension of water below 50 mN/m when added to water at concentrations of up to 0.01M.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sherri Lynn Randall, Michelle Ann Tscheiner, Eric Scott Johnson, Mark Robert Sivik
  • Compositions comprising cyclodextrin
    Patent number: 8546355
    Abstract: A stable composition for removing unwanted molecules from a surface comprises functionally-available cyclodextrin, cyclodextrin-compatible surfactant, and cyclodextrin-incompatible surfactant. The compositions are suitable for capturing unwanted molecules from inanimate surfaces, including fabrics, including carpets, and hard surfaces including countertops, dishes, floors, garbage cans, ceilings, walls, carpet padding, air filters, and the like, and from animate surfaces, including skin, hair, and the like. The compositions can further comprise other cyclodextrin-compatible and -incompatible materials and other optional ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Hirotaka Uchiyama, Ricky Ah-Man Woo, Dean Larry DuVal, Steven Reece
  • Fibrous structures
    Patent number: 8545976
    Abstract: Fibrous structures that exhibit a Geometric Mean Modulus (GM Modulus) of less than 1402.4 g/cm at 15 g/cm as measured according to the Modulus Test Method described herein and a Geometric Mean Elongation (GM Elongation or GM Elong) of less than 10.2% measured according to the Elongation Test Method described herein are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Allen Manifold, Joshua Thomas Fung, Jeremy Howard Nugent, Ashley Lynn Kuntz, Katie Kristine Fleming Glass, Kathryn Christian Kien, Kevin Mitchell
  • Apparatus for separating particles and methods for using same
    Patent number: 8545675
    Abstract: An apparatus suitable for separating particles and methods for using such apparatus are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Young, Hasan Eroglu, John Ferney McKibben, Steven Lee Barnholtz
  • Array of disposable absorbent articles having a sequence of graphics corresponding to a wearer's stages of development
    Patent number: 8545471
    Abstract: An array of disposable absorbent articles comprising a sequence of graphic designs corresponding to a wearer's stage of development. For a disposable diaper, the array of disposable absorbent article graphic designs may comprise a first absorbent article graphic design for newborns and infants, a second absorbent article graphic design for toddlers, and a third absorbent article graphic design for older wearers, and other absorbent article graphic designs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: the Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gregory Ashton, Molly Kelly Grovak, Kaoru Ishihara, Deborah Ann Vargo
  • Liquid detergent composition with natural abrasive particles
    Patent number: 8546316
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dishwashing composition comprising abrasive particles and a suspending aid selected from the group consisting of crystalline wax structurants, micro-fibril-cellulose, amido-gellants, di-benzylidene polyol acetal derivatives, and mixtures thereof, and the process and use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Eva Maria Perez-Prat Vinuesa, Denis Alfred Gonzales, Anna Asmanidou, Susana Fernandez Prieto
  • Box
    Patent number: D690594
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kiran Bhaskar Gotur, Susannah Louise Strydom, El Ramos Matanguihan, Ian Josiah Swanson, Jacky Man Hin Ko
  • Container with surface ornamentation
    Patent number: D690603
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Frank Delmar Macaulay, Nancy Andrew
  • Applicator assembly
    Patent number: D690876
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: William Dale Murdock, Mikah Coffindaffer, Richard Michael Harper, Joseph A. Berlepsch, James Douglas Still