Patents Assigned to Procter & Gamble Company
  • Wet wipes comprising a lotion
    Patent number: 11540988
    Abstract: Described herein is a wet wipe including a substrate and a lotion. The lotion includes from about 98.5% to about 99.9% water, from about 0.061% to about 0.084% benzoic acid, and from about 0.024% to about 0.072% by weight of sodium benzoate, wherein the amount of benzoic acid is greater than or equal to the amount of sodium benzoate. The benzoic acid is derived from dissociation of the sodium benzoate within the lotion. The lotion has a pH from about 3.6 to about 4.8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Randall Glenn Marsh, Karolin K. Kroening
  • Flexible package and method of manufacture
    Patent number: 11542084
    Abstract: A package having a flexible inner sheet having a first surface and a second surface. The package has an article reservoir for accepting an article to be shipped. The expansion chambers can be inflated or otherwise expanded to provide structure to the package and to protect the article in the article reservoir. The inner sheet of the package includes a shrinkable material that can be activated to immobilize articles disposed in the article reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Susana E Borrero, Benjamin Jacob Clare, Joseph Craig Lester, Kenneth Stephen McGuire
  • Folding apparatus
    Patent number: 11535411
    Abstract: A folding apparatus is provided to be positioned adjacent a conveyor along which product having a flexible film wrapper wrapped about the product moves adjacent the folding apparatus such that the folding apparatus effects the folding of a first flap of the wrapper. The folding apparatus comprises a passive folding device comprising a first passive folding member defining a first passive folding surface adapted to engage the first flap as the product and the film wrapper move in a machine direction and folding the first flap from a first position away from the product to a second position adjacent the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gustav André Mellin, Pawel Marek Siczek
  • Insect trap device and method of using
    Patent number: 11533898
    Abstract: An insect trap having a base portion, which has a lighting element and a housing portion, and a trap portion. The trap portion has a frame and a membrane, which has an adhesive surface, is at least partially contained within the frame, and is configured to adhere to an insect. The housing portion is configured to receive and retain the trap portion when engaged therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
    Inventors: Andrew F Sandford, Daniel B Lazarchik
  • Wet wipes comprising a fibrous structure and a liquid composition
    Patent number: 11534373
    Abstract: A wet wipe that exhibits a novel combination of properties and methods for making such wet wipes are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Thomas James Klofta, Steven Lee Barnholtz, Christopher Scott Cameron, Mario Castillo, Randall Glenn Marsh, Pamela Marie Morison, Wendy Qin, Jeffrey David Turner
  • Packaged absorbent article
    Patent number: 11534349
    Abstract: A packaged absorbent article having a body surface and a garment surface; and a wrapper sheet for wrapping the absorbent article so that at least a portion of the garment surface of the absorbent article can be seen through the wrapper sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Shimizu, Akane Matsuo, Sachiko Ninomiya, Tsunetoshi Miura
  • Compositions in the form of dissolvable solid structures
    Patent number: 11529292
    Abstract: Described are effervescent dissolvable solid structures having fibers formed from a composition comprising surfactant and water soluble polymeric structurant, having a total dissolvable solid structure density of from about 0.100 g/cm3to about 0.380 g/cm3, having a surfactant dose of from about 0.5 to about 2.0 g, and a surfactant density of from about 0.1 g/cm3 to about 0.3 g/cm3. Also described are processes for manufacturing the Dissolvable Solid Structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael Sean Pratt, Jennifer Elaine Hilvert, Pamela Ann Keune, Alessandra Massa, Melanie Anne Kay, Mark William Hamersky, Mark Robert Sivik
  • Absorbent article package with enhanced opening and recloseability
    Patent number: 11529269
    Abstract: A package containing a stack of folded disposable absorbent articles, the package being formed of flexible polymeric film, and having a path of perforations or scoring defining a hood opening structure, is disclosed. The hood opening structure may be configured to open proximate the fold noses of the articles for easy tactile identification, grasping and withdrawal of individual ones thereof, and may be configured so as to serve as an effective package reclosure device whereby the package may be used to store the unused supply of articles following opening. The package, and printed commercial artwork and product information on the package surfaces, may be configured such that the fold noses are disposed at the apparent bottom of the package, for improved standing stability when the package is shelved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Astrid Annette Sheehan, Oliver Edwin Clarke Mason
  • Polymeric materials and articles manufactured there from
    Patent number: 11529760
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a three dimensional object includes steps of: providing a digital description of the object as a set of voxels; sequentially creating an actual set of voxels corresponding to the digital set of voxels. At least one voxel comprises a polymer derived from: polyol and an ionic monomer. The calculated charge density of the resulting polymer is 0.01 to 0.7 mEq/g. A three-dimensional object having at least one voxel. The at least one voxel including a polymer derived from: a polyol and an ionic monomer, and the calculated charge density of the resulting polymer is 0.01 to 0.7 mEq/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignees: The Procter & Gamble Company, Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties Inc.
    Inventors: Travis Kyle Hodgdon, Timothy E Long, Allison M Pekkanen, Abby Rebecca Whittington, Christopher Bryant Williams, Callie Elizabeth Zawaski, Douglas M Graham, Corey J Kenneally, Freddy Arthur Barnabas, Andre Stevenson
  • Cleaning composition
    Patent number: 11530371
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hand dishwashing cleaning composition including a desirable foam rheology profile. In particular, the composition includes a surfactant system comprising an alkyl polyglucoside surfactant having a mixture of: (a) 60% or more of a first alkyl polyglucoside surfactant material having an average carbon chain length between 10 and 12; and (b) 40% or less of a second alkyl polyglucoside surfactant material having an average alkyl carbon chain length between 12 and 16. Such compositions exhibit surprising and unexpected good sudsing profile, preferably suitable suds rheology and aesthetics, especially when applied onto a cleaning implement upon dilution with wash water during the dishwashing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Karl Ghislain Braeckman, Patrick August Firmin Delplancke, Nuray Yaldizkaya
  • Liquid hand dishwashing cleaning composition comprising linear and branched alkyl anionic surfactant mixture
    Patent number: 11530370
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid hand dishwashing cleaning composition including a surfactant system, wherein the surfactant system includes an anionic surfactant and a co-surfactant, wherein the anionic surfactant includes a mixture of a linear anionic surfactant and a branched anionic surfactant with a defined degree of branching and with the branching predominantly on an unalkoxylated alkyl sulfate surfactant. Such compositions exhibit surprising and unexpected improved sudsing profile, preferably stable suds, especially when the manual dishwashing is performed in a sink full of water with the cleaning composition diluted in it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jan Julien Marie-Louise Billiauw, Roel Krols, Christopher Stephen Jones
  • Hair care compositions comprising a 2-pyridinol-n-oxide material and an iron chelator
    Patent number: 11529299
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a hair care composition having an effective amount of a 2-pyridinol-N-oxide material and an effective amount of an iron chelator; wherein the combination of the iron chelator and the 2-pyridinol-N-oxide material provides high anti-fungal efficacy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Casey Patrick Kelly, Charles Allen Pettigrew, Gregory Scot Miracle, Patrick Christopher Stenger, Kenneth LaMont Martin, Jennifer Gentry Shields, Justin Angelo Caserta, James Patrick Henry
  • Absorbent article with belt having zoned elasticity
    Patent number: 11529271
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to absorbent articles having at least a first belt which comprises a first, second and third zone. The at least first belt provides improved fit in the low motion zone of a wearer while being able to adapt easily to the motion of the wearer outside the low motion zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gary D. LaVon, Koichi Morimoto, Chunmin Cheng, Ling Tong
  • Array of sanitary tissue products
    Patent number: 11524837
    Abstract: An array of toilet tissue products comprising first, second, and third packages, where first package conveys strength and a second package conveys softness. Lint, basis weight, total dry tensile, absorbency, and softness are common intensive properties of the first, second, and third toilet tissue products and one or more of these common intensive properties can be different between the first, second, and third toilet tissue products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Thorsten Knobloch, Michael Ricardo Burns, Jennifer Lori Steeves-Kiss, Illya Torrance Thomas
  • Porous dissolvable solid structure
    Patent number: 11525104
    Abstract: A porous dissolvable solid can include an isethionate surfactant; a non-sulfate anionic surfactant; and an amphoteric surfactant, a zwitterionic surfactant, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Hongsing Tan, Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr.
  • Unitary dispensing nozzle for co-injection of two or more liquids and method of using same
    Patent number: 11524883
    Abstract: A unitary dispensing nozzle for co-injecting two or more liquids of different viscosity, solubility and/or miscibility at high filling speed to improve homogeneous mixing of such liquids, while said nozzle is an integral piece free of any movable parts and substantially free of dead space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Justin Thomas Cacciatore, Chong Gu, Scott William Capeci, Ilse Maria Cyrilla D'Haeseleer, Vincenzo Guida, Boon Ho Ng, Qi Zhang
  • Recycling of superabsorbent polymer with an extensional flow device
    Patent number: 11525047
    Abstract: Poly(acrylic acid)-based superabsorbent polymer (SAP) in a feed stream is converted into poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) in an extensional flow device. The total energy used to degrade the SAP into PAA is less than about 50 MJ/kg SAP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Dimitris Ioannis Collias, John Andrew McDaniel, Gary Wayne Gilbertson, Martin Ian James, Arsen Arsenov Simonyan
  • Over the counter medicinal container with surface ornamentation
    Patent number: D972931
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Erica Stoelb, Amy Marie Kletz
  • Bond pattern for substrate
    Patent number: D973200
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ray Dennis Dria, Michael Joseph Page, Joseph Leslie Grolmes, Scott Alan King, Matthew Steven Ritter, Christopher Colin Arp
  • Dose cup for liquid medicinal formulations
    Patent number: D974548
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Erica Takahashi, Gregory Christopher Peischl, Janet Luong, Adam Wardak, Patrick Michael Slater