Patents Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company
  • Patent number: 10869545
    Abstract: A filament for an oral care implement has a longitudinal axis and a substantially cross-shaped cross-sectional area extending in a plane substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The cross-shaped cross-sectional area has four projections and four channels, the projections and channels are arranged in an alternating manner. The cross-sectional area has an outer diameter, and each channel has a concave curvature formed by neighboring and converging projections. The concave curvature has a radius which is within a range from about 0.015 mm to about 0.12 mm, and the ratio of the outer diameter to the radius is within a range from about 2.5 to about 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Erwin Paul Mark, Jochen Erich Kawerau, Jens Alinski, Sven Alexander Franke, Karen Lynn Claire-Zimmet, Uwe Jungnickel
  • Patent number: 10870816
    Abstract: A fabric treatment composition having a polymer and a fabric softening active. The polymer includes a cationic repeating unit and a non-cationic repeating unit. The polymer has a weight-average molecular weight of from about 40,000 to about 600,000 Daltons. The polymer has a calculated cationic charge density of from about 0.05 to about 2 meq/g at a pH of between about 2 and about 8. The polymer includes less than about 0.1% by mole of a cross-linking agent. The fabric softening active includes a quaternary ammonium compound. The composition has less than about 5% by weight of the composition of an anionic surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Renae Dianna Fossum, Gledison Fonseca, Aaron Flores-Figuero
  • Patent number: 10869787
    Abstract: An absorbent article such as a diaper comprises a topsheet, a backsheet and an absorbent core. The absorbent layer comprises at least a longitudinally-extending central portion, and a first and second side portions disposed transversally outward of the central portion. The absorbent core further comprises first and second curved folding guides between the central portion and the side portions. Each side portion comprises a plurality of winglets, each winglet having a proximal side relative to a folding guide and extending outward from this proximal side, and wherein neighboring winglets are separated by a gap between their neighboring sides. The central portion and the side portions form a three-dimensional basin when the absorbent core is folded along the folding guides. The absorbent core is substantially free of cellulose fibers. The article further may comprise at least one liquid management layer substantially free of superabsorbent polymer between the topsheet and the absorbent core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bruno Johannes Ehrnsperger, Hans Adolf Jackels, Claus Peter Stoelzel, Christine Elisabeth Zipf
  • Patent number: 10869786
    Abstract: A sensor system for detecting a property of or within an absorbent article may comprise an absorbent article and a sensor. The absorbent article may comprise a garment-facing layer and an absorbent assembly. The sensor may be disposed in and/or on the absorbent article. The sensor may be separable from the absorbent article. The sensor may be configured to sense a change in condition within the absorbent article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gary Dean LaVon, Vijay Rajagopalan
  • Patent number: 10870819
    Abstract: A laundry care composition including at least one laundry care ingredient, a leuco composition, from 0.05 wt % to 15 wt % of a primary amine compound and from 0.005 wt % to 5 wt % of an antioxidant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gregory Scot Miracle, Brian Joseph Loughnane, Samantha Jo Cost, Wesley A. Freund, Haihu Qin, Sanjeev Kumar Dey
  • Patent number: 10863880
    Abstract: A method for reducing auto-dosing fluctuation of a washing machine equipped with an automatic dosing device, by using a liquid detergent with a relatively low high-shear viscosity. A cleaning system including a washing machine equipped with an auto-dosing device, in combination with a liquid detergent characterized by a relative low high-shear viscosity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ming Tang, Xiaolin Yang
  • Patent number: 10864167
    Abstract: An improved process of making a benefit agent delivery particle and consumer products incorporating such particles are disclosed. The process comprises the steps of providing a first composition of water phase 1, water phase 2 and water phase 3. Water phase 1 comprises water and an initiator; water phase 2 comprises water, a water-soluble or dispersible amine(meth)acrylate or hydroxyl(meth)acrylate and a multifunctional (meth)acrylate. Water phase 3 comprises water, and carboxyalkyl(meth)acrylate and a base or quaternary ammonium acrylate. The first two water phases are combined to prereact the hydroxy- or amine(meth)acrylate and the multifunctional (meth)acrylate to form a multifunctional hydroxyl-amine(meth)acrylate pre-polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Hanwei Zhang, Todd Arlin Schwantes, Katie Ann Hobart, Diane Jean Williamson
  • Patent number: 10864117
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an array of packages may comprise three or more different sizes of disposable absorbent articles. The Product Length-to-Waist Silhouette of a second absorbent article may be equal to or less than a Product Length-to-Waist Silhouette of a first absorbent article. And the Product Length-to-Waist Silhouette of a third absorbent article may be equal to or less than a Product Length-to-Waist Silhouette of a second absorbent article. And, an Array Average Product Length-to-Waist Silhouette of first and second packages of the array may be from about 1.1 to about 0.3. Further, an Array Average Product-Hip-to-Side Silhouette may be from about 1.0 to about 1.7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bret Darren Seitz, Gary Dean LaVon, Jeremy Menner, Raymond Scott Hamilton, Luke Robinson Magee
  • Patent number: 10864118
    Abstract: A sensor system for detecting a property of or within an absorbent article may comprise an absorbent article and a sensor. The absorbent article may comprise a garment-facing layer and an absorbent assembly. The sensor may be disposed in and/or on the absorbent article. The sensor may be separable from the absorbent article. The sensor may be configured to sense a change in condition within the absorbent article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gary Dean LaVon, Vijay Rajagopalan
  • Patent number: 10864119
    Abstract: An absorbent article having a wearer-facing side and garment-facing side, the article comprising: —a nonwoven topsheet on the wearer-facing side, wherein the topsheet has a first color which is not white and comprises thermal bonds; a backsheet on the garment facing-side; an absorbent core between the topsheet and the backsheet; optionally an acquisition layer; and a visual signal disposed on the topsheet or a layer of the article under the topsheet; wherein the visual signal comprises a first portion having a first appearance and a second portion having a different second appearance. The topsheet has an opacity index of at least 28% as measured by the opacity index test as described herein and the visual signal is visible on the wearer-facing side of the article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ernesto Gabriel Bianchi, Theodore Cory Fites, Nicole Anja Reichardt, Thomas Walenzyk
  • Patent number: 10864122
    Abstract: A package containing a stack of folded disposable absorbent articles, the package being formed of a flexible polymeric film defining a cuboid package having top and bottom surfaces and rear, front, first and second side walls. One or more folding tabs are provided proximal the top surface and extending along a width of one or both of the first and second side walls. Each folding tab has a height of between about 10 mm and about 50 mm in a direction perpendicular to the length of the folding tab and comprises a higher bending stiffness than the flexible polymeric film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Astrid Annette Sheehan
  • Patent number: 10865218
    Abstract: Methylene blue (MB) derivatives selectively detect F? by desilylation reaction to act as a fluorescent probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Yunming Shi, Ross Strand, Tao Yi, Peng Wei, FengFeng Xue
  • Patent number: 10865521
    Abstract: A deflection member that includes a reinforcing member and a plurality of tiles fastened to the reinforcing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Leslie Brent, Jr., James Michael Singer, John Allen Manifold, Min Mao, Steven James Schroeck
  • Patent number: D904868
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Harald De Buhr, Oliver Horst Heilmann, Eric Latza, Erwin Mark, Martin Marotti, Christian Stief, Craig Wilburn
  • Patent number: D904895
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Raymond Lo, Marek Mikovec
  • Patent number: D904899
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Wee Hau Tan, Yaan Thomas Kinally
  • Patent number: D905366
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Richard Christopher Hagee, Glenn Allen Bradbury
  • Patent number: D905437
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sarah Anne Saville, Rachael Eden Walther, Diana Woehnl Juratovac, Adam Miller Ruggles
  • Patent number: D905553
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Raymond Lo, Marek Mikovec
  • Patent number: D905563
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Raymond Lo, Marek Mikovec