Patents Assigned to The Procter and Gamble Company
  • Apertured fibrous structures and methods for making same
    Patent number: 10792229
    Abstract: Apertured fibrous structures and more particularly apertured fibrous structures containing one or more fibrous elements, for example filaments, containing one or more fibrous element-forming materials and one or more active agents that are releasable from the fibrous element when exposed to conditions of intended use, and methods for making same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael Sean Pratt, Min Mao, David Charles Oertel, Janine Anne Flood, Tom Edward Dufresne, Paula A. Chmielewski, Andreas Josef Dreher, Alyssandrea Hope Hamad-Ebrahimpour
  • Container systems
    Patent number: 10793324
    Abstract: Container systems and closure systems having lids with a closed position, an intermediate open position, and a fully open position. Processes related thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Nicolas Robert Nuno Cromarty Oliveira, Thierry Christian Francis Dagnelie, Vincent Hubert M. De Wilde, Clara Sophie Lea Ng Pak Leung, Raf Gustaaf Alfons Degeyter, Katrien De Malsche, Annalise Charlotte Richmond, David Brian Dawson
  • Rolled fibrous structures comprising encapsulated malodor reduction compositions
    Patent number: 10792384
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fibrous structure including one or more encapsulated malodor reduction compositions and methods of making and using such a fibrous structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: LaTisha Evette Salaam-Zayid, Jose Enrique Betancourt, Judith Ann Hollingshead, Laura Lynn McElroy, Nancy L. Schuchter
  • Apparatus for sensing environmental pH changes
    Patent number: 10794850
    Abstract: A sensor comprises: an electrically comprises a switchable polymeric element. The polymeric element has at least a first electrical state and a second electrical state and is switchable between the first and second electrical states as a function of predefined environmental pH changes. The sensor comprises a pH sensitive polymeric matrix and a plurality of conductive particles embedded in the polymeric matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Grant Edward Striemer
  • Apertured topsheets and methods for making the same
    Patent number: 10786401
    Abstract: A diaper includes a liquid permeable topsheet including a patterned apertured nonwoven material. The patterned apertured nonwoven material includes a plurality of land areas in the patterned apertured nonwoven material and a plurality of apertures defined in the patterned apertured nonwoven material. At least some land areas of the plurality of land areas surround at least some apertures of the plurality of apertures. The plurality of apertures are non-homogeneous in a repeat unit such that at least two apertures of the plurality of apertures have a different size or a different shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Timothy Ian Mullane, Kelyn Anne Arora, Jill Marlene Orr, Donald Carroll Roe, Jennifer Schutte, John Brian Strube, Ann Cecilia Tapp, Rachael Eden Walther, Amanda Margaret Bicking, Jennifer Lynn Dusold, Margaret Elizabeth Porter
  • Package made of a laminate material
    Patent number: 10786404
    Abstract: A flexible gusset package containing a plurality of items is described. The package has a front surface having no seam; a rear surface opposite the front surface; a first surface adjacent the front and rear surfaces; a second surface having a closing seam and being opposite the first surface; an opposing pair of third and fourth surfaces respectively adjacent the first and second surfaces, the third and fourth surfaces having a first and second side seams, respectively; a pair of side gussets located in the third and fourth surfaces, respectively; and a pair of closing gussets located in the second surface, wherein the surfaces cooperatively define an interior compartment of the package, wherein the package is a laminate having a film layer facing the interior compartment and a paper layer, and wherein the second surface includes an area of the film layer where the closing seam is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Enjun Cheng, Christian Kohlweyer
  • Absorbent article with profiled acquisition-distribution system
    Patent number: 10786402
    Abstract: An absorbent article (20) having an absorbent core comprising at least about 80% of superabsorbent polymers (SAP) by weight of its absorbent material. An acquisition-distribution system (ADS) (50) is at least partially disposed between the absorbent core and the topsheet. The ADS extends in the longitudinal direction of the absorbent article at least from a point A1 disposed at a distance D from the front edge to a point A2 disposed at a distance D from the back edge of the article, D being equal to 32% of the length L of the article. The ADS has a basis weight which may be at least 20% lower at the point A2 than at the point A1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ernesto Gabriel Bianchi, Manuela Ines Schneider, Gemma Baquer Molas, Nguyen Huynh-Trang Le
  • Absorbent article with profiled acquisition-distribution system
    Patent number: 10786403
    Abstract: An absorbent article (20) having an absorbent core comprising at least about 80% of superabsorbent polymers (SAP) by weight of its absorbent material. An acquisition-distribution system (ADS) (50) is at least partially disposed between the absorbent core and the topsheet. The ADS extends in the longitudinal direction of the absorbent article at least from a point A1 disposed at a distance D from the front edge to a point A2 disposed at a distance D from the back edge of the article, D being equal to 32% of the length L of the article. The ADS has a basis weight which may be at least 20% lower at the point A2 than at the point A1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ernesto Gabriel Bianchi, Manuela Ines Schneider, Gemma Baquer Molas, Nguyen Huynh-Trang Le
  • Apparatus for sensing environmental moisture changes
    Patent number: 10788439
    Abstract: A sensor comprises: an electrically comprises a switchable polymeric element. The polymeric element has at least a first electrical state and a second electrical state and is switchable between the first and second electrical states as a function of predefined environmental changes. The sensor comprises a polymeric matrix and a plurality of conductive particles embedded in the polymeric matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Grant Edward Striemer
  • Apparatus for sensing environmental changes
    Patent number: 10788437
    Abstract: A sensor system comprises: a communications element and a switch configured to enable or disable the communications element. The switch comprises a switchable polymeric element. The polymeric element has at least a first electrical state and a second electrical state and is switchable between the first and second electrical states as a function of predefined environmental changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Grant Edward Striemer
  • Particulate laundry softening wash additive comprising a branched polyester
    Patent number: 10787629
    Abstract: A composition including a plurality of particles, the particles including: about 25% to about 94% by weight a water-soluble carrier; about 5% to about 45% by weight of a branched polyester; and an optional deposition aid; wherein each of the particles can have a mass from about 1 mg to about 1 g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Bernard William Kluesener, Heather Anne Doria, Lenae Virginia Johnson
  • Antiperspirant spray devices and compositions
    Patent number: 10787283
    Abstract: A method for filling a hand held spray device is disclosed. The spray device has a body with a reservoir. The method includes mixing a non-volatile silicone fluid, an antiperspirant active, at least one liquid activation enhancer and a first portion of an organoclay material to form a first composition, wherein the liquid activation enhancer has a Hansen Solubility Parameter for Hydrogen Bonding, ?h, between about 2 and about 6 and a light transmittance value greater than 90%. The method further includes mixing a liquid fragrance material and a second portion of an organoclay material to form a second composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Elton Luis Menon, David Frederick Swaile
  • Methods for inhibiting conversion of carnitine to trimethylamine (TMA)
    Patent number: 10786479
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of inhibiting the conversion of carnitine to trimethylamine (TMA) and lowering TMAO in an individual comprising administering to the individual one or more compositions comprising a compound set forth in Formula (I): Wherein the compound is administered in an amount effective to inhibit conversion of carnitine to TMA in the individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignees: The Procter & Gamble Company, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Inventors: Stanley Leon Hazen, Jose Carlos Garcia-Garcia, George Franklin Gerberick, John August Wos, David Thomas Stanton, Thomas Alfred Inglin, Michael Reilly, Angela Jane Deutsch, Jodie Michele Reed, David Blair Cody
  • Thick and absorbent and/or flexible toilet tissue
    Patent number: 10786972
    Abstract: Thick and absorbent and/or flexible toilet tissue and methods for making same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Joerg Kleinwaechter, Eric Bryan Bond, Matthew Gary McKee, Hasan Eroglu, Tyler Jacob Werner, Jeffrey Chan, Joshua Thomas Fung, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, Paul Dennis Trokhan, Jean A. Ibrahim, Brooke Marie Woods
  • Method of maximizing shipping efficiency of absorbent articles
    Patent number: 10780001
    Abstract: A process for shipping absorbent products having a substantially airfelt free absorbent core, on pallets, is provided. The loaded pallet comprises a plurality of packages, each having a plurality of disposable absorbent articles disposed within the interior space of the package, wherein the plurality of packages are arranged on the pallet such that the plurality of packages on the pallet exhibit a density of from about 11.0 lbs/ft3 to about 14.6 lbs/ft3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Paul Thomas Weisman, Dean Larry Duval, Harald Hermann Hundorf, Holger Beruda, Horst Blessing, Peter Dziezok, Axel Krause, Mattias Schmidt, Lutz Stelzig
  • Microfluidic delivery cartridges and methods of connecting cartridges with microfluidic delivery systems
    Patent number: 10780192
    Abstract: A method of connecting a cartridge comprising a fluid composition with a microfluidic delivery system is provided. The method includes the steps of: providing a housing comprising electrical contacts, wherein the electrical contacts of the housing are disposed on a first plane; providing a cartridge comprising a reservoir for containing a fluid composition, a die comprising a nozzle, and electrical contacts that are in electrical communication with the die, wherein the electrical contacts of the cartridge are disposed along a second plane that is parallel with the first plane; and connecting the cartridge with the housing by moving the cartridge in a direction parallel with the second plane toward the housing until the electrical contacts of the cartridge are in electrical communication with the electrical contacts of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Dana Paul Gruenbacher, Simon Dodd, David S. Hunt, Joseph Edward Scheffelin, Faiz Feisal Sherman
  • Cleansing composition having a preservative system and a wet wipe comprising the clean compositions
    Patent number: 10779533
    Abstract: A wet wipe includes a cleansing composition and a substrate. The cleansing composition includes a preservative enhancing agent selected from the group consisting of caprylyl glycol; caprylyl glyceryl ether; glyceryl caprylate; sorbitan caprylate; ethylhyexyl glycerin, and combinations thereof. The cleansing composition includes a preservative selected from the group consisting of benzoic acid; lactic acid; sorbic acid; malic acid; maleic acid, and combinations thereof. The cleansing composition has a pH less than about 4. A method of making the cleansing composition may include dissolving one or more preservatives with water to form a solution; adding a rheology modifier to the solution; adding an emulsifier to the solution; adding a preservative enhancing agent to the solution; and adding citric acid to the solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Charles Allen Pettigrew, Justin Angelo Caserta, Donna Jane Wiedemann
  • Oral care compositions for active agent delivery
    Patent number: 10780032
    Abstract: An oral care composition with an aqueous phase, hydrophobic phase, active agent, and optionally emulsifier. A jammed emulsion with aqueous phase, hydrophobic phase, active agent, and optionally emulsifier. An oral care composition with aqueous phase, hydrophobic phase, active agent, and optionally emulsifier. Methods of using disclosed compositions for active agent delivery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jayanth Rajaiah, Paul Albert Sagel, Geoffrey Marc Wise
  • Apparatus for sensing environmental humidity changes
    Patent number: 10782261
    Abstract: A sensor comprises: an electrically comprises a switchable polymeric element. The polymeric element has at least a first electrical state and a second electrical state and is switchable between the first and second electrical states as a function of predefined environmental changes. The sensor comprises a polymeric matrix and a water soluble electrolyte embedded in the polymeric matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Grant Edward Striemer
  • Absorbent article substrate with a pattern
    Patent number: D897526
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Theodore Cory Fites, Sarah Ann Sanborn, Jennifer Lynn DuSold