Patents Assigned to Procter & Gamble Company
  • Absorbent paper product having non-embossed surface features
    Patent number: 7799411
    Abstract: A cellulosic fibrous structure product having one or more plies. At least one of the plies has one or more unembossed areas, and the one or more unembossed area has a macroscopic first surface and a macroscopic second surface. The fibrous structure product also has a first wall which forms vertices with the first surface and the second surface. In addition, the first wall and the second surface form a top side wall angle of from about 90° to about 140°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ward William Ostendorf, Rebecca Howland Spitzer
  • Liquid impermeable, moisture vapour permeable layers and films comprising thermoplastic hydrophilic polymeric compositions
    Patent number: 7799431
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid impermeable, moisture vapour permeable film or layers comprising thermoplastic hydrophilic polymeric compositions. The thermoplastic compositions comprise selected thermoplastic hydrophilic polymers, selected compatible plasticisers, and selected functionalized copolymers that provide the resulting film or layer with an increased mechanical strength, and better bonding capability to a substrate, without impairing the moisture vapour permeability of said films or layers. The layers and films of the present invention made from the thermoplastic hydrophilic polymeric compositions can find a variety of applications wherein liquid imperviousness and moisture vapour permeability are desirable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Italo Corzani, Calum MacBeath
  • Fabric Care Products
    Publication number: 20100230000
    Abstract: Laundry care products comprising a plastic container containing a laundry care composition, wherein the container comprises a self venting tap functionally attached to the container, provides for a product that is free of a venting chimney and/or the container's fill volume to be maximized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2009
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Robert Kopulos, Nathaniel David Thulin
  • AMINE REACTION COMPOUNDS COMPRISING ONE OR MORE ACTIVE INGREDIENT
    Publication number: 20100234258
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a product of reaction between a primary and/or secondary amine and one or more active ingredients. By the present invention, there is provided a release of the active component over a longer period of time than by the use of the active itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Philippe Bettiol, Alfred Busch, Hugo Denutte, Christophe Laudamiel, Peter Marie Kamiel Perneel, Marie Montserrat Sanchez-Pena, Johan Smets
  • NANO-FLUIDS AS CLEANING COMPOSITIONS FOR CLEANING SOILED SURFACES, A METHOD FOR FORMULATION AND USE
    Publication number: 20100234263
    Abstract: A cleaning composition comprising from about 0.001% to about 25% of nanoparticles comprising a water insoluble metal or semimetal compound having an effective diameter of less than about 65 nanometers, a grass stain removal index greater than 0 and a grease stain removal index greater than 0; and adjunct ingredients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2007
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicants: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY, ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Darsh T. Wasan, Alex D. Nikolov, Michael Ray McDonald, Stacie Ellen Hecht
  • Coated water-swellable material comprising hydrogel forming polymers
    Patent number: 7794839
    Abstract: This invention is directed to coated water-swellable materials, typically solid, particulate, water-swellable materials, i.e. materials that comprise hydrogel-forming polymers, whereof at least a part is coated with a coating, which substantially does not break when the polymers swell, as set out in the method herein. Said coating is present at a level of at least 1% by weight of the water-swellable material. The coating comprises preferably an elastomeric polymeric material. The invention also relates products, e.g., disposable absorbent articles, comprising such coated water-swellable material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mattias Schmidt, Axel Meyer, Bruno Johannes Ehrnsperger, Stephen Allen Goldman, Edward Joseph Urankar
  • Disposable absorbent articles with masking topsheet having one or more openings providing a passageway to a void space
    Patent number: 7794440
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a disposable absorbent article, such as a diaper, training pants, adult incontinence article, having a specific topsheet with an opening to receive bowel movement waste (BM) and which is such that it masks the waste present underneath said topsheet. The topsheet is air permeable and it has a uniform pore size distribution with small pores only and it has a low surface energy and therefore an alcohol repellency of at least 7, typically at least 9 or even preferably 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Anja Schuehle (Née Hoffmann), Joerg Mueller, Heike Opper, Georg Pescher, Mattias Schmidt
  • Dual cuff for a unitary disposable absorbent article being spaced away from backsheet
    Patent number: 7794441
    Abstract: A unitary disposable absorbent article includes: an absorbent core having a garment surface and a body surface, a liquid permeable topsheet positioned adjacent said body surface of said absorbent core, a liquid impermeable backsheet positioned adjacent said garment surface of said absorbent core and an elastically contractible dual cuff. The dual cuff has a proximate end and a distal end. The dual cuff is joined to the article by an intermediate bond. The dual cuff has a first cuff and a second cuff. The first cuff is disposed between the proximate end and the intermediate bond. The second cuff is disposed between the intermediate bond and the distal end. The dual cuff is constructed of a continuous cuff material and enclosed by a cuff end bond. The second cuff is spaced away from the backsheet. The backsheet extends outboard of the distal end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: the Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gregory Ashton, Eiro Fukuda, Masaharu Nishikawa
  • Upright-stabilizing packaging for disposable diapers
    Patent number: 7794439
    Abstract: A stabilizer for the upright stabilizing of at least one disposable diaper product. The stabilizer may include a front panel, a bottom panel, a rear panel, and at least one standoff. In another exemplary stabilizer for the upright stabilizing of at least one disposable diaper product, the stabilizer may include a circumferential sleeve, a bottom panel, and at least one standoff.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Andreas Peter Motsch, Beate Christine Janik, Martin Werner Frank
  • Compositions for sustained release of volatile materials
    Patent number: 7795476
    Abstract: Compositions comprising polytetramethylene glycol and a volatile material (e.g. a perfume) are able to sustainedly release said volatile material and are easy to disperse in liquid and cream products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Italo Corzani, Calum MacBeath, Manuel Mariani
  • Paper product having a surface pattern
    Patent number: D623420
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Elizabeth Jan Mercer, Douglas Jay Barkey
  • Surface pattern of a paper product
    Patent number: D623423
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Elizabeth Jan Mercer, Douglas Jay Barkey
  • Cleansing cloth with pattern design
    Patent number: D623424
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kimberly Dawn Roberts, Gina Barattieri Tesnar
  • Wipes container
    Patent number: D623451
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Debra Gay Gehring, Sarah Louise Thielman
  • Pitcher
    Patent number: D623465
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Nasahn Adam Sheppard, Dominik Heinz Langhammer, Tim Foster Wallack
  • Portions of a container and label
    Patent number: D623521
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Martin Jay Marotti, Stacy Alycia Thomas, Philip Edwin Hague
  • Wipes tub label
    Patent number: D623695
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Andrew Bernard Tesnar, Laura Kathleen Weber
  • Portion of a candle
    Patent number: D623780
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Seum, Norio Fujikawa, Shujan Sung Bertrand, Anh Tuan Nguyen
  • Paper product
    Patent number: D623864
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Holly Jacquelyn Shoemaker
  • Topsheet of a diaper
    Patent number: D624179
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gemma Baquer Molas, Cornelia Beate Martynus, Simone Seeboth, Kara Marie Cain, Susan Marie Dorenkemper, Ekaterina Anatolyevna Ponomarenko