Patents Assigned to Procter & Gamble Company
  • Articles containing nanofibers produced from low melt flow rate polymers
    Patent number: 8395016
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to hygiene articles comprising nanofibers. The nanofibers are made from a melt film fibrillation process with a polymer composition having a melt flow rate of less than about 400 decigram per minute. The nanofibers, having a diameter of less than 1 micron, must comprise a significant number of the fibers in one layer of the web contained by the hygiene article. The hygiene articles include diapers, training pants, adult incontinence pads, catamenials products such as feminine care pads and pantiliners, tampons, personal cleansing articles, personal care articles, and personal care wipes including baby wipes, facial wipes, and feminine wipes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Olaf Erik Alexander Isele, Rajeev Chhabra
  • Cosmetic applicator with torque limiter
    Patent number: 8393338
    Abstract: A cosmetic applicator includes a handle, a drive coupled to the handle, an applicator head coupled to the drive, and a torque limiter coupled to or within at least one of the drive and the applicator head such that the torque applied via the applicator head does not exceed a predetermined allowable torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Peter Jonathan Wyatt, David Edward Wilson, Donald Frank Rainey, Tamela Suzanne Jadin
  • Absorbent article having extensibility at waist panel
    Patent number: 8395017
    Abstract: An absorbent article having extensibility at waist panel is disclosed. The absorbent article includes a liquid pervious topsheet, an absorbent core disposed underneath the topsheet, and a chassis layer. A first or second waist panel includes a portion of the chassis layer. The chassis layer includes a plurality of spaced discontinuities regularly disposed in at least a portion of the first or second waist panel. The discontinuities are open to provide the chassis layer with extensibility in the transverse direction when the first or second waist panel is subjected to tension. The absorbent article also includes an extensibility controlling means to control the extensibility of the chassis layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nakahata, Hong Lu, Kouichi Miyamoto, Takuya Shirakawa
  • Disposable absorbent articles containing odor controlling films
    Patent number: 8395012
    Abstract: Stable odor controlling compositions, methods for incorporating the compositions, and disposable absorbent articles, which release perfume and subsequently are able to minimize odor caused from bodily fluids via the presence of an oil-in-water emulsion that serves as a carrier and preservation system for the perfume. The stable odor controlling emulsion compositions include an oil-in-water emulsion comprising: a) an aqueous phase comprising a modified starch and water; b) an oil phase comprising a perfume; c) an effective amount of a rheology modifier; d) an effective amount of a co-surfactant; and e) an effective amount of an antimicrobial agent; wherein said emulsion composition is applied to said article in the form of stable emulsion droplets having an median size of less than about 1 ?m and dries to form a discontinuous film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Dennis Ray Bacon, Matthew Joel Taylor
  • Three dimensional feel benefits to fabric
    Patent number: 8394753
    Abstract: Methods of assessing three dimensional fabric feel are useful for identifying fabric care actives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Matthew Scott Wagner, Leslie Dawn Waits, Janine A. Flood, Mark Gregory Solinsky
  • Pearlescent agent slurry for liquid treatment composition
    Patent number: 8394752
    Abstract: An inorganic pearlescent agent slurry for use in liquid treatment compositions. The slurry comprises: inorganic pearlescent agent; organic solvent, selected from the group consisting of glycerol, sorbitol and mixtures thereof; and rheology modifier. The inorganic pearlescent agent may be selected from the group consisting of mica, bismuth oxychloride, and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Omer Erbezci, Theresa Anne John, Bruno Jean-Pierre Matthys, Lucia Prada-Fernandez
  • Amphiphile-containing perfume compositions
    Patent number: 8394754
    Abstract: Concentrated perfume compositions having an amphiphile are useful for incorporating perfume into concentrated fabric softener compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Jaden Scott Zerhusen
  • Method for proper placement and positioning of an absorbent article in an undergarment
    Patent number: 8395013
    Abstract: A method for correctly placing an absorbent article in the crotch portion of an undergarment having a crotch portion bounded on opposite sides by portions of curved leg openings. In one embodiment the method comprises the steps of providing an absorbent article having at least one indicator marker visible from the body-facing surface, the indicator marker disposed to indicate proper alignment of the absorbent article with respect to the curved leg openings; positioning the absorbent article in the crotch portion such that the indicator marker is aligned with at least one leg elastic of the curved leg openings; and, affixing the article to the crotch portion of the undergarment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Marco Digiacomantonio, Evelina Toro, Giovanni Carlucci, Remo Bellucci
  • PERFUME COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING FUNCTIONAL PERFUME COMPONENTS
    Publication number: 20130058886
    Abstract: Perfume compositions having functional perfume components for aiding in perfume evaporation. The functional perfume components have a Kovat's index in the range of 900-1400 and an ODT of greater than about 1 ppb. In one embodiment, the functional perfume component may be present in an amount from at least about 10% by weight of the composition. In another embodiment, the composition containing a function perfume component is substantially free of a VOC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
    Inventor: The Procter & Gamble Company
  • Absorbent article having a functional enhancement indicator
    Patent number: 8388590
    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: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Peter Charles Mason, Jr., Ronald Bosman Visscher, Jeanne Marie Hughes, Folke Schlueter, Emma Somma, Giovanni Carlucci, Paul Thomas Weisman
  • Computational model of the internal human pelvic environment
    Patent number: 8392159
    Abstract: A computational model of the internal human pelvic environment. The model comprises meshed finite element regions corresponding to internal tissues or organs selected from the group consisting of pelvic muscles, vagina, vaginal walls, intestinal tissues, bowel tissues, bladder, bladder walls, cervix, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Thomas Ward Osborn, III, Ryo Minoguchi, Hyundae Hong, Steven J Owens, Balakrishna Haridas
  • Computer based models for absorbent articles
    Patent number: 8392161
    Abstract: Methods of using computer based models for simulating the physical behavior of bodily fluids with absorbent articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Chengming Wang, Gene Xiaoqing Huang, Arthur Joseph Koehler, Chuming Luke Hwang
  • Fabric softening compositions
    Patent number: 8389462
    Abstract: Fabric softening compositions comprising two specific encapsulated perfume compositions provide an improved laundry experience to consumers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jerome Anthony Janszen, George Kavin Morgan, III, Kristen Taylor Hutson, Zaiyou Liu, Victoria Majerczak Tavares
  • Stretchable laminates of nonwoven web(s) and elastic film
    Patent number: 8388594
    Abstract: A stretchable laminate, a process of making a stretchable laminate and a disposable absorbent article that includes a stretchable laminate are disclosed. The stretchable laminate includes a nonwoven web and a web of elastomeric material. The nonwoven web includes three layers of spunbond fibers and two layers of meltblown fibers. The side of the nonwoven web that includes two layers of spunbond fibers is attached to the elastomeric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Haines Turner, Donald Zgoda, Walter Douglas Daniels, Jim Thomas Bader, Erika Fabiola Galvis
  • Fastening system
    Patent number: 8388596
    Abstract: A mechanical fastening system having an engaging component and a receiving component. The receiving component has a first bond line, a second bond line, a bond zone, and a plurality of consecutive sweep regions. The second bond line is disposed adjacent to the first bond line such that a portion of the second bond line overlaps a portion of the first bond line. The bond zone circumscribes the first bond line and the second bond line. The plurality of consecutive sweep regions are disposed within the bond zone. At least one sweep region includes a portion of both the first bond line and the second bond line, and the remaining sweep regions include at least a portion of the first or the second bond lines. The receiving component has a bond ratio greater than or equal to about 1 and less than or equal to about 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Thomas Alexander Horn, Mark James Kline, Kazuhiko Masuda, Hisashi Morimoto
  • Automatic dishwashing composition containing a sulfonated copolymer
    Patent number: 8389458
    Abstract: An ADW composition comprising a builder and a water-soluble copolymer which comprises: (a) from about 30 to 60 mol % of the copolymer having a structural unit originating from a monoethylenic unsaturated dicarboxylic acid (or dicarboxylate) monomer having 4 to 6 carbon atoms or its anhydride at; (b) from about 30 to 60 mol % of the copolymer having a structural unit originating from a monoethylenic unsaturated monocarboxylic acid (or monocarboxylate) monomer having 3 to 8 carbon atoms; and (c) from about 5 to 15 mol % of the polymer having a structural unit originating from a monoethylenic unsaturated monomer having a sulfonic (or sulfonate) group; wherein the water-soluble copolymer has a weight average molecular weight of from about 1,000 to about 50,000 wherein the copolymer is polymerized with hydrogen peroxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Takahiro Tsumori, Masato Nakano
  • Label for an oral care product
    Patent number: D677334
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mindy Sue Barry, Sara Mundy Keating, Michael Cohen-Dumani, Adam Christian Waugh, Paul Anthony Brinker, Robert Eugene Heard, Alissa Joan Jones, Birte Thurow, Lisa Buchholz
  • Label for an oral care product
    Patent number: D677337
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mindy Sue Barry, Sara Mundy Keating, Michael Cohen-Dumani, Jessica Lynn Berry, Adam Christian Waugh, Paul Anthony Brinker, Robert Eugene Heard, Alissa Joan Jones, Birte Thurow, Lisa Buchholz
  • Paper product
    Patent number: D677472
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Stacey Ann Espinosa, Cathy Marie Sanders, Nakomi Lee Feldmann
  • Over the counter medicinal container with surface ornamentation
    Patent number: D677580
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Diane Danheiser Powers, Andrea Marie Subler