Patents Assigned to The Procter and Gamble Company
  • Liquid laundry detergent compositions with improved stability and transparency
    Patent number: 7928050
    Abstract: An improved method for predicting stability of liquid detergent composition, identifying and designing liquid detergent compositions that provide said desired stability, consumer acceptance and performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Eva Schneiderman, Genevieve Cagalawan Wenning, Peggy Marion Teyssier, David Robert Nassano, David Kent Rollins, Donna Jane Wiedemann, Arturo Luis Casado Dominguez, Rajan Keshev Panandiker
  • Fibers and nonwovens comprising polyethylene blends and mixtures
    Patent number: 7927698
    Abstract: Fibers (including bicomponent fibers) comprising polymeric blends and polymeric mixtures that incorporate a blend of a first polyethylene and a second polyethylene are described. The first and second polyethylenes have a predetermined relationship for the density and the melt index of the individual polyethylenes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Marie Autran, Kelyn Anne Arora
  • Clear and/or translucent fabric enhancers comprising nano-sized particles
    Patent number: 7928055
    Abstract: A fabric enhancer comprising: at least one fabric softening active, wherein said at least one fabric softening active comprises a plurality of particles comprising an intensity weighted particle size distribution wherein greater than about 95% of said plurality of particles have a size below about 170 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Yonas Gizaw, Francesc Corominas, Alessandro Corona, III, Marc Johan Declercq, Hugo Jean Marie Demeyere, Ivan Maurice Alfons Jan Herbots, Andreas Leopold, Matthew Lawrence Lynch, Raul Victorino Nunes, Ke-ming Quan, Alice Marie Ward
  • Device for measuring moisture in substrate and health of hair
    Patent number: 7928739
    Abstract: A sensor for measuring moisture content of a substrate, comprising: a coplanar waveguide; a directional coupler having a pair of generally parallel first and second strips defining a coupling gap therebetween; and a high frequency signal generator electrically coupled to said first strip and operable to couple power to said second strip with the substrate placed across said coupling gap to thereby generate a coupled power signal in said second strip having an amplitude related to moisture content of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Faiz Feisal Sherman, Vladimir Garstein, David Burton Moore
  • Consumer package having a viewing angle dependent appearance
    Patent number: 7926703
    Abstract: A consumer package flat for forming a package is disclosed. The consumer package flat comprises a plurality of panels. At least one of the panels comprises a compound image attached thereto. The compound image is observable through an opening disposed within at least one of the panels. The compound image has a viewing angle dependent appearance so that at least two image attributes selected from the group consisting of flip, motion, depth of field, and zoom are perceived according to an angle at which the compound image is observed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Randy James Kleinsmith
  • Detergent additive extrudates containing alkyl benzene sulphonate
    Patent number: 7928054
    Abstract: A detergent additive extrudate containing from about 0.5% to about 20% an alkyl benzene sulphonate, from about 0.5% to about 15% a water soluble carboxylate-containing polymer, from about 20% to about 80% water soluble inorganic salt and a moisture level of 2% to 10%; process for making the detergent additive extrudate and granular laundry detergent containing the same. The detergent additive extrudates have an improved physical stability, dissolution property and ease of process property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Paul Anthony Gould
  • Multiphase cleaning compositions having ionic liquid phase
    Patent number: 7928053
    Abstract: A multiphase cleaning composition comprises a first phase and a second ionic liquid phase, wherein the second phase is substantially immiscible with the first phase. The first phase may comprise, for example, an aqueous phase or a silicone solvent system. Methods of cleaning a soiled surface comprise contacting a soiled surface with a multiphase wash liquor including a first phase and a second ionic liquid phase, wherein the second phase is substantially immiscible with the first phase, and removing soils from the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Stacie Ellen Hecht, Kenneth Nathan Price, Patricia Sara Berger, Peter Robert Foley, Howard David Hutton, III, Michael Stanford Showell, Robb Richard Gardner, Raymond Louis Niehoff, Kenneth Richard Seddon, Harambage Quintas Nimal Gunaratne, Martyn Earle
  • PERFUME SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20110086793
    Abstract: The present application relates to perfume systems and consumer products comprising new perfumes and/or such perfume systems, as well as processes for making and using such perfume systems and consumer products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Johan Smets, David Thomas Stanton, Rafael Trujill Rosaldo, Alan Campbell McRitchie, Hugo Robert Germain Denutte, Thierry Granier, Andreas Hanhart, Jerzy A. Bajgrowicz, Philip Kraft
  • Densified fibrous structures and methods for making same
    Patent number: 7922705
    Abstract: Differentially densified fibrous structures, methods for making same, and processes for treating fibers used in the fibrous structures are provided. More particularly, fibrous structures comprising two or more regions, at least one of which exhibits a density that is at least 1.6 times greater than another region within the fibrous structure, methods for making such fibrous structures and non-naturally occurring fibers useful in such fibrous structures are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Robert Stanley Ampulski
  • Methods of determining efficacy of treatments of inflammatory diseases of the bowel
    Patent number: 7923000
    Abstract: Novel methods of determining efficacy of a treatment of inflammatory diseases of the bowel in mammals are provided. The methods are of use in screening and determining the efficacy of treatments of inflammatory diseases of the bowel, and for determining the efficacy response of individual sufferers of inflammatory diseases of the bowel to a given regime. Kits for carrying out the method are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ker-Sang Chen, John Kevin Collins, Barry Pius Kiely, Fangyi Luo, Liam Diarmuid O'Mahony, Ross Peter Phillipson, Fergus Shanahan
  • Spray dispensers
    Patent number: 7922041
    Abstract: Spray dispensers and body spray systems are provided. The spray dispensers are suitable for use with aerosol personal care compositions, e.g., body sprays, and are configured to allow removal and replacement of an aerosol spray canister. In some implementations, the spray dispensers include an actuator lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Paul Gurrisi, Timothy Collin Wheatley, Steve Schennum, Jeremy Abel, Ng Man Kin Ricky, Thomas Carsello
  • Detergent composition
    Patent number: 7923426
    Abstract: A detergent composition comprising: a non-sulphated anionic surfactant, alkyl sulphate surfactant(s) of formula R2—O—SO3?M+, with R2 being a linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted, optionally alkoxylated, C6-C18 alkyl and with M+ being a proton or a cation which provides charge neutrality, and wherein the alkyl sulphate surfactant(s) of formula R2—O—SO3?M+, comprises from 85% to 100% by weight of alkyl sulphate surfactant(s) of formula R1—O—SO3?M+, with R1 being a linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted, optionally alkoxylated, C6-C14 alkyl and with M+ being a proton or a cation which provides charge neutrality, wherein the composition comprises from 0 to 20% of zeolite, and wherein the composition does not comprise from 40% to 43% by weight of sodium chloride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kenneth Nathan Price, Hiroshi Oh, Qing Chen, Ming Tang, Suxuan Gong, Lucia Mendez-Mata
  • Water filter materials and water filters containing a mixture of microporous and mesoporous carbon particles
    Patent number: 7922008
    Abstract: A filter and filter material for providing or treating potable water is provided. The filter includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet, a filter material disposed within the housing, the filter material formed at least in part from a mixture of a plurality of mesoporous and microporous activated carbon particles. Preferably, at least some of the mesoporous activated carbon filter particles are coated with a cationic polymer, and even more preferably, at least some of the particles are coated with a cationic polymer and silver or a silver containing material. Kits comprising filters and information relating to the reduction, killing or removal of bacteria, viruses, microbials, and TTHM are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jeannine Rebecca Bahm, Andrew Thomas Pearks, Guillermo Matias Vidal, Dimitris Ioannis Collias, Michael Donovan Mitchell, Robert E. Astle, Katharine L. K. Faye, Robert Andrew Governal, Thomas J. Hamlin, Rebecca A. Lucht, Hemang Patel
  • Responsive coated substrates
    Patent number: 7923106
    Abstract: A responsive coated substrate, said substrate comprising an interfacial surface to which a responsive coating attaches, said responsive coating comprising (a) at least one silicone-based, substantially hydrophobic polymer and (b) at least one substantially hydrophilic polymer wherein said responsive coating substrate is in a first state; and methods of coating the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Vladimir Gartstein, David S. Salloum, Faiz Feisal Sherman, Robert Mikhailovych Lupitskyy, Sergiy Minko, Mikhail Motornov, Roman Bogdanovych Sheparovych
  • Disposable absorbent article comprising a durable hydrophilic core wrap
    Patent number: 7923597
    Abstract: A disposable absorbent article having a durable hydrophilic substantially liquid pervious core wrap surrounding a storage layer. The core wrap has a hydrophilicity boosting composition coated on a core wrap substrate. The hydrophilicity boosting composition includes a hydrophilicity boosting amount nanoparticles having a particle size of from about 1 nanometer to about 750 nanometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ekaterina Anatolyevna Ponomarenko, John David Carter, Ronald Dean Cramer, Mattias Schmidt, Robert Henry Rohrbaugh
  • Feminine hygiene pad with ornamental indicia
    Patent number: D636076
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Lisa June Hood, Federica Denti, Christine Dodge, Signe Christine Larson
  • Pump dispenser
    Patent number: D636261
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Tomotaka Michitsuji, Manivannan Kandasamy
  • Pump dispenser
    Patent number: D636262
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Tomotaka Michitsuji, Manivannan Kandasamy
  • Container
    Patent number: D636274
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Phillip Lacoi Hutchison
  • Absorbent article
    Patent number: D636486
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Beth Goldman Mason, Ada Ho Yau Ko, Kimberly Elizabeth Hawes, Thadd Joseph Fiala, Norman David Johnson, Thomas Alfred Studer, Elizabeth Lynn Johnson