Patents Assigned to Procter & Gamble Company
  • Appliance for shaping fibrous material
    Patent number: 9713369
    Abstract: An appliance for shaping fibrous material where when the appliance is in the closed position, the portion of the fibrous material received between the first inner face and the second inner face can receive light energy from the light source and heat energy from the heating element. Also a method, use and kit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Randy Purnell Washington, Jamie Angel Reed, Alan David Willey, Stevan A. Samuel, Michael Kloeppel-Riech, Sandra Smith, Frank Beerwerth, David Salloum Salloum
  • Fibrous structures and methods for making same
    Patent number: 9714484
    Abstract: Fibrous structures that exhibit a pore volume distribution such that at least 25% and/or at least 43% of the total pore volume present in the fibrous structures exists in pores of radii of from 91 ?m to 140 ?m, and to methods for making such fibrous structures are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Steven Lee Barnholtz, Paul Dennis Trokhan, Douglas Jay Barkey, Christopher Michael Young, Michael Donald Suer
  • Absorbent core with high superabsorbent material content
    Patent number: 9713556
    Abstract: An absorbent core (28) and an absorbent article (20) comprising the core. The absorbent core comprises a core wrap (16, 16?) enclosing an absorbent material (60), wherein the absorbent material comprises at least 80% of superabsorbent polymers (“SAP”) by weight of the absorbent material. The absorbent core has a Relative Wet Caliper Increase (RWCI) after compression of less than 10% as measured by the Wet Caliper And Compression Force (WCACF) Test as described herein, and wherein the core wrap (16, 16?) is at least partially sealed so that substantially no absorbent material leaks out of the core wrap while performing the WCACF Test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Blanca Arizti, Ernesto Bianchi, Bruno Johannes Ehrnsperger, Hans Adolf Jackels, Carsten Heinrich Kreuzer, Rodrigo Rosati
  • Methods for smoothing wrinkles and skin texture imperfections
    Patent number: 9713587
    Abstract: A skin smoothing composition that has from about 0.5 to about 10%, by weight, of an interpenetrating polymer that is a co-polymer of polyurethane and a polyacrylic polymer. The composition further contains from about 0.1% to about 5%, by weight, of a thickener made from homopolymers of acrylic acid crosslinked with a cross linker selected from the group consisting of an allyl ether pentaerythritol, allyl ether of sucrose, allyl ether of propylene and mixtures thereof. And from about 10 to 98% water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Timothy Roy Nijakowski
  • Device for applying a cosmetic composition
    Patent number: 9713580
    Abstract: A cosmetic applicator for providing a natural looking cosmetic benefit. The cosmetic applicator includes a substrate and a solid, transferrable cosmetic composition disposed on the substrate. The cosmetic composition is configured as a multitude of dots arranged in a discontinuous stochastic pattern. The cosmetic composition comprises a colorant and an adhesive and in some instances has an L* value of from about 30 to 80, a c* value of from about 15 to 50, and an h* value of from about 30 to 80.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jorge Max Sunkel, Karen Kay Kalla, Larry Wayne Marshall, Jr.
  • Particles for malodor reduction
    Patent number: 9714401
    Abstract: A composition including a plurality of particles, wherein the particles include: about 30% to about 95% by weight of a carrier; about 0.1% to about 30% by weight of a perfume; and about 0.00025% to about 30% by weight of a malodor agent; wherein the malodor agent comprises one or more malodor reduction materials having a Blocker Index of less than 3 or a Blocker Index average of 3 to about 0.001; and wherein each of the particles has a mass between about 0.1 mg to about 5 g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Gayle Marie Frankenbach
  • Personalized cleaning composition dispensing device
    Patent number: 9706897
    Abstract: A personalized cleaning composition dispensing device for use in an automatic dishwasher dispensing the right chemistry at the right time during a wash cycle to provide an improved cleaning performance compared to standard automatic dishwasher dispensers. The device includes wash cycle sensing system that controls the release of chemistry via temperature and water flow data measured during the current wash cycle and uses either a preprogrammed product release algorithm for new wash cycles or a modified product release algorithm based on wash cycle data previously stored in the data storage unit for repeated wash cycles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mik Van Tol, Robby Renilde Francois Keuleers, Paulus Antonius Augistinus Hoefte, Benjamin Niestroj
  • Detergent composition comprising bluing agent and clay soil removal / anti-redeposition agent
    Patent number: 9708572
    Abstract: A laundry detergent composition having: (a) detersive surfactant; (b) bluing agent, and (c) a clay and soil removal/anti-redeposition agent; and (d) optionally, one or more additional laundry detergent ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Patrick Christopher Stenger, Gregory Scot Miracle, Andrew Philip Moon, Brian Joseph Loughnane, Sivaramakrishnan Muthukrishnan
  • Detergent composition comprising bluing agent and clay soil removal / anti-redeposition agent
    Patent number: 9708573
    Abstract: A laundry detergent composition having: (a) detersive surfactant; (b) bluing agent, and (c) a clay and soil removal/anti-redeposition agent; and (d) optionally, one or more additional laundry detergent ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Patrick Christopher Stenger, Gregory Scot Miracle, Andrew Philip Moon, Brian Joseph Loughnane, Sivaramakrishnan Muthukrishnan
  • Fragrance compositions
    Patent number: 9708568
    Abstract: The present application relates to fragrance compositions comprising perfume raw materials that resist fragrance habituation, and methods for making and using the fragrance compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Lynette Anne Makins Holland, Julien Claude Plos, Sandra Sabine Meyer, Lara Katharine Goodman, Christelle Marie Sandrine Bonnet, Fabienne Pastor, Jose Maria Velazquez, Jonathan Richard Stonehouse, William Eoghan Staite, Jonathan Robert Cetti, Zerlina Guzdar Dubois, Virginia Tzung-Hwei Hutchins, Michael Wayne Kinsey, Christine Marie Readnour
  • Methods for assessing vaginal atrophy
    Patent number: 9706951
    Abstract: An array of methods for assessing vaginal atrophy are disclosed. The methods may be used alone or in combination with a treatment or as part of a kit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Raphael Warren, Dean Larry DuVal, Miranda Aref Farage, Charles Carson Bascom, Gina Marie Fadayel, Kenneth Robert Wehmeyer, Jay Patrick Tiesman, David Burton Moore, Murray A. Friedman
  • Cam-controlled core inserter for a surface winder
    Patent number: 9708147
    Abstract: A cam-controlled core inserter for a surface winder is disclosed. The cam-controlled core insertion device provides for a shaft having a plurality of cam housings disposed thereabout. A cam cooperatively associated with a respective cam housing is disposed within a first surface of each of the cam housings. A fixed finger plate cooperatively associated with a respective cam housing and having a fixed finger fixably attached thereto is juxtaposed proximate to each of the cam housings and fixably attached to the shaft. A cam follower having a finger shaft that has a movable finger attached thereto is cooperatively associated with each of the cams. The distal end of each of the movable fingers and the distal end of each of the fixed fingers are capable of forming a space therebetween for contacting engagement and containment of a core suitable for the convolute disposal of a web material thereabout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Stephen Scott D'Souza
  • Methods for characterizing in vivo operations of objects
    Patent number: 9706958
    Abstract: According to the embodiments described herein, a method for characterizing in vivo operation of a dental prosthetic can include providing subject position data and prosthetic position data. The method may further include transforming the subject position data into a reference three-dimensional coordinate system. The reference three-dimensional coordinate system can be ordered according to a coordinate index. The coordinate index can be based at least in part upon a subject position index of the subject position data. The method may further include comparing, automatically with one or more processors, the prosthetic position data and the reference three-dimensional coordinate system according to a comparison order to characterize the dental prosthetic. The comparison order can be based at least in part upon a prosthetic position index of the prosthetic position data and the coordinate index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
    Inventors: Phyllis D. Hoke, Julie Myers Grender, Jill Renee Underwood, Gregory John Carr, Malgorzata Klukowska
  • Dispensers and applicator heads therefor
    Patent number: 9706832
    Abstract: An applicator head for selectively dispensing product includes a base structure and a support structure. The base structure includes a top face inclined relative to a bottom face, and a first side wall. The top face includes a base flange, and defines a first orifice in fluid communication with a fastener of the bottom face. The support structure includes a lower face inclined relative to an upper face, and a second side wall. The upper face includes a top surface and defines a second orifice. The lower face includes a support flange engaged with the base flange such that the support structure is pivotable relative to the base structure between first and second positions. Fluid communication is facilitated from the fastener through the second orifice in only one of the first and second positions. A dispenser is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Amy Marie Price, Gregory Clegg Spooner, Kin Wong Yau, Ming Fung Chen, William Fraser Gwynfor Jones, David Bernard Domingo Deacon, Chun Yu Wong, Wai Keung Tsui
  • Color printed laminated structure, absorbent article comprising the same and process for manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 9707133
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a disposable absorbent article is disclosed. The method includes providing a first nonwoven layer with bi-component fibers and having a first surface and an opposing second surface; color printing the first nonwoven layer on at least one of the first or second surface; providing a second nonwoven layer with bi-component fibers and a first and an opposing second surface; joining the first and the second nonwoven layers together to form a laminate structure, wherein the color printing faces the second nonwoven layer; providing a topsheet, an absorbent core, and a backsheet; and placing the laminate between a topsheet and an absorbent core such that the color printing is visible through the topsheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Marco Digiacomantonio, Carlo Toro, Giovanni Carlucci
  • Packaged product
    Patent number: 9708117
    Abstract: A packaged product including a container wherein the container includes an opening and an internal compartment, and at least two flexible water-soluble unit dose articles held within the internal compartment of the container, wherein the unit dose articles are positioned side-by-side to form a single row of unit dose articles within the container, and wherein the ratio of the largest cross-sectional dimension of the unit dose article to the smallest cross-sectional dimension of the internal compartment is from 1.2:1 to 1:1.8 and a process of its use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robby Renilde Francois Keuleers, Katrien De Malsche, Raf Gustaaf Alfons Degeyter, Katy Saint-Ignan
  • Antiperspirant products
    Patent number: 9707416
    Abstract: Antiperspirant products are described that include a dispensing package and an antiperspirant product contained within a chamber component of the dispensing package. The portion of the chamber component that comes into contact with the antiperspirant composition is made from a polymeric resin that is substantially devoid of phosphorus compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ryan Joseph Avey, Michael John Bolander, Joseph Estill Lennon, David William Walling, Steven Michael Wujek
  • Product package for absorbent article
    Patent number: D792207
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sarah A. Sanborn, Derek Rillo
  • Container and a closure
    Patent number: D792232
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Douglas Scott Miller, Shaun Shang-Yun Chan, Janelle Yurong Wang Treadway, Pablo Bernal Ruesta
  • Applicator
    Patent number: D792591
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Widalys Luz De Soto-Burt, Nanda Christine Almond