Patents Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company
  • Microfluidic ejection element and method of operation of a microfluidic ejection element having a simplified interface
    Patent number: 10857253
    Abstract: A control circuit for a thermally-activated microfluidic ejection element and a method of dispensing a fluid composition from the same is provided. The thermally-activated microfluidic ejection element includes a plurality of nozzles and a thermal actuator associated with each nozzle, and a control circuit that includes: a logic circuit that increments through a pre-determined sequence, wherein the sequence is defined by the physical layout of the thermally-activated microfluidic ejection element; a first input in electrical communication with the logic circuit; a second input in electrical communication with each thermal actuator, wherein the first input and second input are used to select and energize each thermal actuator on the thermally-activated microfluidic ejection element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Stephan Gary Bush, John Glenn Edelen, Viren N. Patel, Michael Anthony Marra, III
  • Detergent compositions
    Patent number: 10858618
    Abstract: A detergent composition and processes for making and using same. A detergent composition that includes cellulose fibers to improve the deposition and/or retention of encapsulated benefit agent onto fabrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Susana Fernandez-Prieto, Pieter Jan Maria Saveyn, Johan Smets
  • Oral-care implement having color-communicative element
    Patent number: 10856646
    Abstract: An oral-care implement comprises a mounting surface having a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and a plurality of filaments outwardly extending from the mounting surface in at least one direction not parallel to either one of the longitudinal axis and the transverse axis, each filament having a free end terminating with a tip. At least some of the filaments possess at least one functional characteristic selected from the group consisting of filament's structure, composition, cross-sectional shape, tip geometry, and any combination thereof. A plurality of filament tips comprises a working surface that includes at least a first color and a second color different from the first color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Matthew Lloyd Newman, Li Wen, Elizabeth Ann Brown Reno, Jens Alinski
  • Process of making a multi-ply fibrous water soluble product
    Patent number: 10857756
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a water soluble product including the steps of: providing a water soluble fibrous first ply; providing a water soluble fibrous second ply formed on a surface other than the first ply, wherein the second ply is separate from the first ply; superposing the first ply and the second ply; and joining a first portion of the first ply to a second portion of the second ply to form the water soluble product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael Sean Pratt, Anthony Edward Reed, Stephen Robert Glassmeyer, Mark Robert Sivik, Dinah Achola Nyangiro
  • Method and apparatus for adjusting and maintaining a position of a cutting surface of a perforating apparatus
    Patent number: 10857690
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to adjusting and maintaining a position of a cutting surface used to create lines of weakness for rolled products. A perforating apparatus includes a housing rotatably supported by a frame, wherein the housing is adapted to rotate about a first axis. A support member including a first cutting surface is rotatably supported by the housing, wherein the support member is adapted to rotate about a second axis offset from the first axis. A roll including a second cutting surface is positioned adjacent the support member, wherein the roll is adapted to rotate about a third axis. The second cutting surface is adapted to contact the first cutting surface as the roll rotates about the third axis. The perforating apparatus is configured such that the functions of adjusting the position of the first cutting surface and holding the first cutting surface in a fixed position are separate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Brian Christopher Schwamberger, Gustav André Mellin, Michael Devin Long
  • Water-soluble unit dose articles made from extruded films and containing household care compositions and methods for making the same
    Patent number: 10858619
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to water-soluble unit dose articles made from a combination of water-soluble films and containing household care compositions that are at least partially enclosed by the water-soluble films in at least one compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Amanee Daarina Salaam, Norman Scott Broyles, Emily Charlotte Boswell, Pier-Lorenzo Caruso, Michaela Monika Czupik
  • Barrier patch with soluble film and methods of improving skin appearance
    Patent number: 10857076
    Abstract: A multilayer beauty care product or method is provided. The beauty care product has a water soluble film zone that includes a water soluble film forming polymer and a cosmetic composition with an effective amount of a skin active agent. The product also has a barrier patch having a backing layer and a pressure sensitive adhesive zone. The adhesive zone and the water soluble film zone are continuous, discontinuous, or a combination thereof. The product exhibits a dynamic modulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Emily Charlotte Boswell, Jack Alan Hunter, Michael Joseph Roddy, Elizabeth Anne Wilder
  • Absorbent article with waistband
    Patent number: 10857045
    Abstract: A disposable absorbent article is disclosed that includes a first waist region, a second waist region, a crotch region disposed between the first waist region and second waist region, a waist edge in the first waist region, at least one waistband in the first waist region, at least one fastener in the second waist region, and at least one discrete landing zone in the first waist region, the discrete landing zone comprising an lateral inboard edge, wherein the discrete landing zone and the waistband overlap to form an overlap region in the first waist region, and wherein the waistband does not overlap the lateral inboard edge of the discrete landing zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jeromy Thomas Raycheck, Andrew James Sauer, Mark James Kline, Kathleen Marie{grave over ( )} Lawson, Zachary Aaron Freije
  • Detergent composition
    Patent number: 10858616
    Abstract: Use of a detergent composition comprising a fatty acid-transforming enzyme to impart suds longevity in a washing process. A method for promoting suds longevity in a washing process for washing soiled articles, comprising the step of: delivering a composition comprising a fatty acid-transforming enzyme to a volume of water to form a wash liquor and immersing the soiled article in the liquor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Neil Joseph Lant, Jean-Luc Philippe Bettiol, Denis Alfred Gonzales
  • Fibrous structures and methods for making same
    Patent number: 10858785
    Abstract: Fibrous structures that exhibit a pore volume distribution such that greater than about 50% of the total pore volume present in the fibrous structure exists in pores of radii of from about 101 ?m to about 200 ?m, and methods for making such fibrous structures are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Steven Lee Barnholtz, Paul Dennis Trokhan, Michael Donald Suer
  • Absorbent core wrap with a low basis weight nonwoven in the bottom layer
    Patent number: 10857255
    Abstract: An absorbent article includes an absorbent core having an absorbent material enclosed in a core wrap having a top layer and a bottom layer. The bottom layer of the core wrap comprises a nonwoven comprising synthetic fibers, which has a basis weight from about 6 g/m2 to about 10 g/m2 and the nonwoven has a static coefficient of friction as measured in cross-machine direction of no more than 0.40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Stefan Flöter, Geeske Gratzel, Torsten Lindner
  • Shaped nonwoven
    Patent number: 10858768
    Abstract: A spunbond nonwoven fabric. The fabric has a first surface and a second surface and at least a first and second visually discernible zone on at least one of the first and second surface, each of the first and second zones having a pattern of three-dimensional features, each of the three-dimensional features defining a microzone. Each microzone has a first region and a second region, the first and second regions having a difference in values for an intensive property, and wherein the difference in values for an intensive property for at least one of the microzones in the first zone is different from the difference in values for the intensive property for at least one of the microzones in the second zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Arman Ashraf, Paul Thomas Weisman
  • Hair conditioning composition comprising cyclic compounds and compounds having at least three head groups
    Patent number: 10857086
    Abstract: Disclosed is a hair conditioning composition comprising: a cationic surfactant; a high melting point fatty compound; a cyclic compound selected from the group consisting of a vitamin B3 compound, a xanthine compound, a salicylic acid ester, and mixtures thereof; a compound having at least three large head groups; and an aqueous carrier. The composition of the present invention provides improved hair manageability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventor: Mui Siang Soh
  • Bonding pattern for disposable absorbent articles
    Patent number: 10849801
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure, an article includes a first web and second web underlying the first web. The article further includes a bonding pattern. The bonding pattern includes a plurality of discrete bonding points and a sized spacing between each adjacent bonding point sufficient to have inscribed therein a circle having a diameter of about 1 mm to about 12 mm. The bonding pattern is located solely in one of the front end region or the back end region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Digvijay Rawat, Ronda Lynn Glassmeyer, Keith Joseph Stone, Pietro Cecchetto, Lennie Cruz Murphy
  • Methods for inhibiting conversion of choline to trimethylamine (TMA)
    Patent number: 10849866
    Abstract: A method of inhibiting the conversion of choline to trimethylamine (TMA) and lowering TMAO in an individual by providing a composition comprising a compound set forth in Formula (I):
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignees: The Procter & Gamble Company, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Inventors: Jose Carlos Garcia-Garcia, George Franklin Gerberick, Stanley Leon Hazen, Xiaodong Gu
  • Absorbent pant with advantageously channeled absorbent core structure and bulge-reducing features
    Patent number: 10849799
    Abstract: A disposable absorbent pant having a belt structure that encircles the wearer's waist, with front and rear belt portions, and a longitudinally channeled absorbent core structure, is disclosed. The channels are extended so as to underlie at least one of the front and rear belt portions, thereby providing added structural support to restrain the absorbent core and reduce the likelihood of undesirable bulging in the front and/or rear of the pant while it is worn, after the core has absorbed liquid and stiffened longitudinally as a result of the channeled structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Masaharu Nishikawa, Gary Dean LaVon
  • Dip tube aerosol dispenser with upright actuator
    Patent number: 10850914
    Abstract: An aerosol foam dip tube dispenser with an axis of symmetry with a pressurizable outer container for storing a propellant and a composition under pressure and an actuator. The aerosol dispenser is ergonomic and promotes upright dispensing in order to avoid degassing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Stefano Bartolucci, Douglas Charles Cook, Christopher Raymond Lo, Jazmin Veronica Torres Rivera, Kerry Lloyd Weaver
  • Carton having legs
    Patent number: D903487
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Joseph Bohache, Ian Oliver Malott
  • Container for absorbent articles
    Patent number: D903489
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Lee Anne Hilsabeck
  • Product package for absorbent articles
    Patent number: D904187
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Tracy Huggins