Patents Assigned to Procter & Gamble
  • Liquid laundry detergent
    Publication number: 20040092425
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a liquid laundry detergent composition comprising at least one detergent ingredient selected from the group consisting of anionic surfactant, zwitterionic surfactant, amphoteric surfactant, and mixtures thereof; a coacervate phase forming cationic polymer; and one or more fabric care ingredients selected from the group consisting of one or more cationic silicone polymers comprising one or more polysiloxane units and one or more nitrogen moieties; one or more amino silicone polymers; one or more nitrogen-free silicone polymers; and mixtures thereof; and a liquid carrier for providing cleaning and fabric care benefits. A process for preparing such compositions, a method for treating substrates, a method for providing certain fabric care benefits and the use of such compositions are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jean-Pol Boutique, Patrick Firmin August Delplancke, Roland Wagner, Matthew David Butts, Sarah Elizabeth Genovese, Stefano Scialla
  • Storage wrap material
    Publication number: 20040091702
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved storage wrap material comprising a sheet of material comprising one or more layers and having a first, active side and a second side. The sheet comprises a plurality of protrusions integral with the first active side and the second side. The protrusions comprise from about 30% to about 70% of the first active side. The storage wrap material also comprises an adhesive continuously disposed upon the first active side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Peter Worthington Hamilton, Kenneth Stephen McGuire
  • Fatty acids, soaps, surfactant systems, and consumer products based thereon
    Publication number: 20040092419
    Abstract: Novel fatty acids and derivatives thereof such as salts, new surfactant systems comprising one or more of these compounds, consumer products such as laundry products, personal care products, pharmaceutical compositions, industrial cleaners, and the like comprising said compounds or surfactant systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Daniel Stedman Connor, Jeffrey John Scheibel, Deborah Jean Back, Toan Trinh, Phillip Kyle Vinson, Roland George Severson, Thomas Anthony Cripe, James Charles Theophile Roger Burckett-St. Laurent, Mark Robert Sivik, Errol Hoffman Wahl, Gayle Marie Frankenbach, Marc Johan Declercq, Hugo Jean Marie Demeyere
  • Striped liquid personal cleansing compositions containing a cleansing phase and a separate benefit phase with improved stability
    Publication number: 20040092415
    Abstract: Personal cleansing compositions comprise (A) a cleansing phase containing a surfactant and water; and (B) a separate benefit phase containing a hydrophobic material; wherein the cleansing and benefit phases are packaged together and are in physical contact. The two phases are packaged in physical contact and remain separate and stable at ambient conditions for at least 180 days. These compositions and corresponding methods provide improved cosmetics, skin feel, and/or skin benefit efficacy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Heather Lynn Focht, Christopher Dean Putman, Cheyne Pohlman Thomas, Karl Shiqing Wei
  • Disposable absorbent article with masking topsheet
    Publication number: 20040092902
    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: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Anja Hoffman, Joerg Mueller, Heike Opper, Georg Pescher, Mattias Schmidt
  • Disposable absorbent article with improved topsheet
    Publication number: 20040092900
    Abstract: The present invention relates to disposable absorbent article with a backsheet and a first topsheet, which is a unitary sheet or web, which in use is capable of being at least partially in contact with the wearer's skin, said first topsheet being a fibrous three-dimensional web, having bonded regions where the fibres are bonded to another, and unbonded regions, where the fibres are unbonded to one another, whereby the fibres extend from at least one unbonded region into at least two bonded regions, typically in the form of loops, and whereby the bonded regions form the support structure for the unbonded regions and whereby the surface area of the unbonded regions is at least 2 mm2 and whereby the topsheet has a thickness (caliper) of between 0.1 and 5 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Anja Hoffman, Joerg Mueller, Heike Opper, Georg Pescher, Mattias Schmidt
  • Fabric treatment compositions comprising different silicones, a process for preparing them and a method for using them
    Publication number: 20040092424
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fabric treatment compositions comprising at least one or more cationic silicone polymers, comprising one or more polysiloxane units and one or more quaternary nitrogen moieties, and an nitrogen-free silicone polymer wherein the ratio by weight of the cationic silicone polymer to the nitrogen-free silicone polymer is from 10:1 to 0.01:1, preferably from 5:1 to 0.05:1, and more preferably from 1:1 to 0.1:1. A process for preparing such compositions, a method of treating substrates and the use of such compositions are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jean-Pol Boutique, Patrick Firmin August Delplancke, Roland Wagner, Matthew David Butts, Sarah Elizabeth Genovese
  • Laundry detergent compositions with certain cationically charged dye maintenance polymers
    Patent number: 6733538
    Abstract: The present invention relates to laundry detergent compositions providing dye protection benefits to fabric comprising: a) from about 4% to about 70% by weight, of a surfactant; b) from about 0.01% by weight, of a dye maintenance polymer or oligomer, said polymer or copolymer comprising one or more linearly polymerizing monomers, cyclically polymerizing monomers, and mixtures thereof; and c) the balance carriers and adjunct ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Sherri Lynn Randall, Janet Sue Littig, Eugene Paul Gosselink, David William Bjorkquist
  • Process and apparatus for making papermaking belt using extrusion
    Patent number: 6733833
    Abstract: A papermaking belt comprises a reinforcing element and a resinous framework joined together. The resinous framework is formed by a plurality of resinous beads which mutually contact or cross-over. Super-knuckles extending outwardly from the reinforcing element are formed at points of contact. A preferred continuous process for making the belt comprises extruding, in a pre-selected pattern, a plurality of beads of a resinous material onto the forming surface thereby forming the resinous framework thereon, joining the resinous framework and the reinforcing element together, and then solidifying the resinous framework. The resinous material may comprise at least two chemically-active materials capable of cross-linking upon contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Robert Stanley Ampulski
  • Cleaning compositions comprising an oxidoreductase
    Patent number: 6734155
    Abstract: Cleaning compositions, including laundry, dishwashing, hard surface cleaner, oral/dental cleaning compositions, comprising an oxidoreductase with an &agr;/&bgr;-hydrolase fold and a catalytic triad consisting of the amino acid residues serine, histidine and aspartic acid, which provide effective and efficient cleaning of colored and/or everyday body stains and/or soils and the sanitization of treated surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ivan Maurice Alfons Jan Herbots, Alfred Busch
  • Faecal collector having breathable skin attachment means
    Patent number: 6733482
    Abstract: A faecal management device has a bag and a flange. The faecal management device is placed on a wearer, in combination with an applicator. The applicator is configured to exert pressure from at least two spaced apart pressure points onto the flange of the device. The device is placed on a wearer by using placement lobes associated with the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Peter Coles, Olindo Evangelista, Fabio Cinelli, Eva Susanne Dominique Thurnay
  • Treatment of fabric articles with specific fabric care actives
    Patent number: 6734153
    Abstract: Methods and compositions to treat fabrics with lipophilic fluid and a specific fabric care active are provided by the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: William Michael Scheper
  • Apparatus and method for controlling the temperature of manufacturing equipment
    Patent number: 6733284
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for zone controlling the temperature of a rotating roll. The apparatus includes a roll having a surface at a first temperature and a belt disposed adjacent at least a portion of the roll. The belt contacts the roll surface in a contact region and has a second temperature that is different from the first temperature of the roll such that the belt affects a temperature change in at least a portion of the surface of the roll in the contact region as the roll is rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: William J. Butsch, John William Toussant
  • Method for the ultrasonic treatment of hair and other keratinous fibers
    Patent number: 6732744
    Abstract: The invention is the use of a chelating agent with an ultrasonic device for the treatment of hair and other fibers. The treatment device includes an ultrasound generator, a comb device responsive to the generated ultrasonic waves, a reflector for reflecting the incident ultrasonic waves disposed on the distal end of the comb device, and a chelating agent preferably disposed within the treatment device. The treatment device efficaciously dispenses the chelating agent and ultrasonically treats the fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael Andrew Olshavsky, Ke Ming Quan
  • Methods and apparatus for producing granular compositions
    Patent number: 6733709
    Abstract: Methods for producing granular compositions comprise the steps of preparing a viscous liquid mixture, forming a plurality of ligaments from the viscous liquid mixture, cutting the ligaments with one or more liquid jet streams to form pieces, and drying the pieces to form the granular compositions. Apparatus for producing a granular compositions comprise a viscous liquid composition supply, a ligament forming device in fluid communication with a viscous liquid composition supply, one or more liquid jet nozzles adjacent an outlet of a ligament forming device, and a dryer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Aleksey Mikhailovich Pinyayev
  • Processes for manufacturing particles coated with activated lignosulfonate
    Patent number: 6733827
    Abstract: Processes for forming a filter material are provided. The processes include the steps of coating a filter particle with a lignosulfonate, carbonizing the coating, and activating the coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Co.
    Inventors: Michael Donovan Mitchell, Blair Alex Owens, Dimitris Ioannis Collias, Andrew Julian Wnuk
  • Absorbent article having positioning indicia
    Patent number: 6733483
    Abstract: An absorbent article, such as a disposable diaper, adapted to be worn about the lower torso of a wearer. The diaper includes side panels and fastener elements for assembling the diaper about the body of the wearer. The outer surface of the diaper and the side panels or fastener tabs include indicia that complement each other and are provided to facilitate the proper and symmetrical application of the diaper to the wearer for maximum comfort and for optimal functioning of the diaper as a waste retention vehicle without leakage between the diaper and the legs of the wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael Charles Raufman, Carmie S. Maloney
  • Method and apparatus for friction bonding portions of plural workpiece layers
    Patent number: 6733605
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provide for dynamically bonding plural workpiece layers together. The apparatus comprises: a first assembly including a rotatable element having an outer circumferential portion adapted to engage one of the workpiece layers; a second assembly including an anvil roll adapted to engage another of the workpiece layers and defining with the rotatable element a nip for receiving the workpiece layers; a drive mechanism for effecting rotation of the rotatable element and the anvil roll; and servo motor apparatus for applying a predefined force to at least one of the rotatable element and the anvil roll so as to bias the rotatable element and the anvil roll together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael J. Lamping, Bryan A. Robertson
  • Cleaning sheet
    Patent number: D489537
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Arthur Wong, Andrew W. Delaney, Rick M. Augustine
  • Actuator
    Patent number: D489613
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jason Craig Campbell, Erica Heidi Hollmann, Karl Anton Bakker, Stacy Alycia Thomas, Lia Marie Braaten