Abstract: A process for bleaching trichome fibers individualized from a trichome source, such as a leaf and/or a stem, is disclosed. The process of bleaching degrades trichome associated protein. Further, the bleaching processes improves the color of the trichomes, exhibiting CIELAB Color values of L* greater than 87 and b* less than 17 and with less than 0.1% protein by weight of molecular weight greater than 3,500 daltons.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 26, 2019
Date of Patent:
August 30, 2022
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Phillip Richard Green, Raul Victorino Nunes, Nicholas William Geary, Khosrow Parviz Mohammadi
Abstract: A kit for treating vaginal dryness is provided. The kit comprises a hand held applicator and a dispenser or receptacle storing a vaginal care composition.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 25, 2019
Date of Patent:
August 30, 2022
Assignee:
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
Inventors:
Samantha Chen-Yee Wang, Nery Vanesa Breslin, Kyra L Wilsonhouck
Abstract: Fibrous structures that exhibit a Geometric Mean Elongation of greater than 14.85% as measured according to the Elongation Test Method are provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 8, 2020
Date of Patent:
August 30, 2022
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
John Allen Manifold, Charles Chidozie Ekenga, Douglas Jay Barkey, Kathleen Diane Sands, Thorsten Knobloch, Robert Lenord Powers, Christopher Gerald Donner
Abstract: A unitary deflection member. The unitary deflection member can have a fluid pervious reinforcing member and a patterned framework. The patterned framework can have a plurality of regularly spaced protuberances extending from the reinforcing member. At least two of said protuberances can be similar in size and shape, and each protuberance can have a transition portion having a transition portion width and a forming portion having a forming portion width. The transition portion width can be less than the forming portion width.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 17, 2020
Date of Patent:
August 30, 2022
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
John Allen Manifold, John Leslie Brent, Jr., James Michael Singer
Abstract: The invention relates to a cleaning product including an inverted container assembly comprising an inverted container and a liquid dispenser attached to a bottom surface of the inverted container, and a viscous cleaning composition contained in the inverted container assembly. The present invention also relates to the use of the cleaning product for cleaning dishware.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 16, 2020
Date of Patent:
August 30, 2022
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Katrien Brouwers, Karl Ghislain Braeckman, Robby Renilde Francois Keuleers, Deepak Ahirwal, Greta Annie Renata Sanders
Abstract: Disclosed herein is a comb sensor for measuring combing resistance, wherein the comb sensor comprises: a comb or brush comprising a handle, a head connected to the handle, and teeth connected to the head; and a bend sensor located on at least one of the teeth, to measure the bending of the one of the teeth. The present invention provides improved sensitivity and/or detailed measurement result.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 14, 2019
Date of Patent:
August 30, 2022
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Kapilanjan Krishan, Jie Zhang, Siew Lay Lim, Wei Peng Goh, Aung Ko Ko Kyaw, Yi-Luen Ellen Do, Ranasinghe Arachchilage Nimesha Ranasinghe, Shienny Karwita Tailan, David Lewis Alexander Tolley, Ragavan Kalatharan, Xin Liu, Ning Xue, Chee Keong Michael Ho, Ee Lim Tan, Jingjing Lan
Abstract: A mold insert has at least one filament cavity and a stack of at least a first and second insert plates, wherein the first plate has a front face that closely abuts a front face of the second insert plate. A portion of the a filament cavity is provided in at least one of the front faces of the first and second insert plates such that the filament cavity is open at a top surface of the mold insert but does not extend to a bottom surface of the mold insert. A venting cavity is provided in the same front face of the insert plate in which the portion of the at least one filament cavity is provided. The venting cavity, which is in air-conducting connection with the blind-hole end of the filament cavity, has a depth between 1 ?m and 20 ?m.
Abstract: A head for an oral care implement has a mounting surface and at least one tuft mounted thereon. The tuft has a longitudinal axis and a cross-sectional area extending in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The tuft comprises a plurality of substantially cylindrical filaments. Each filament has a longitudinal axis and a cross-sectional area extending in a plane that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The cross-sectional area of an individual filament has a substantially non-circular shape. The plurality of filaments is arranged such that the cross-sectional area of the tuft has a scaled-up shape of the individual filament's cross-sectional area.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 11, 2015
Date of Patent:
August 30, 2022
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Ulrich Stoerkel, Simone Bertrand, Marlis Huebner, Andreas Birk, Franziska Schmid, Alexander Hilscher, Heidrun Schmelcher, Jochen Ganninger, Jochen Kawerau, Uwe Jungnickel, Benedikt Heil, Christian Mandl, Eva Kaiser, Kathi Ballmaier, Christine Hielscher, Britta Stockinger
Abstract: Disclosed is an absorbent article continuous in a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction comprising a front elastic belt region, a back elastic belt region, a crotch region, a waist opening and two leg openings; the front and back elastic belt regions being a laminate comprising an inner sheet made of nonwoven fiber, and an outer sheet made of nonwoven fiber, and a plurality of elastic bodies configured to stretch the front and back elastic belt regions in the transverse direction, the outer sheet having a material caliper of at least about 0.25 mm at 500.
Abstract: A fibrous structure with a plurality of fibrous elements. The fibrous elements contain a polymeric structurant; a fatty material with a melting point above 25° C.; a cationic surfactant, which can be selected from the group consisting of a mono-long alkyl amine, a tertiary amine, and combinations thereof; and an oil soluble acid. The oil soluble acid can be selected from the group consisting of salicylic acid, lactic acid, acetic acid, malic acid, succinic acid, sorbic acid, 2,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid, maleic acid, and combinations thereof.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 1, 2020
Date of Patent:
August 23, 2022
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Jennifer Elaine Hilvert, Mark William Hamersky, Emily Lao Hickey
Abstract: Oral care compositions comprising stannous ion source, neutral amino acid, and polyphosphate are provided for improved efficacy to help inhibit biofilm formation or help disrupt biofilm.
Abstract: An automatic dishwashing cleaning composition having a new protease.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 18, 2020
Date of Patent:
August 23, 2022
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Lilia Maria Babe, Frits Goedegebuur, Thijs Kaper, Sina Pricelius, Eva Maria Perez-Prat Vinuesa, Michelle Jackson, Carly Pickering, Philip Frank Souter
Abstract: Liquid consumer product compositions that include delivery particles and a consumer product adjunct, where the delivery particles include a graft copolymer and a benefit agent, and where the graft copolymer includes a polyalkylene glycol, vinyl acetate moieties, and N-vinylcaprolactam moieties. Methods of making and using such particles and compositions.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 19, 2020
Date of Patent:
August 23, 2022
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Frank Hulskotter, Johan Smets, Cédric Marc Tahon, Susana Fernandez Prieto, Jean-Francois Bodet, Marianna Mamusa, Piero Baglioni
Inventors:
Douglas Charles Cook, Shaun Shang-Yun Chan, Scott David Hochberg, Christopher Raymond Lo, Nicole Alisa Renee Lockett Turner, Marilyn Anne Vennemeyer, Sharonda Lee Crawford Washington