Patents Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company
  • Patent number: 7139757
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are described for providing a user with contextually relevant content from a library of information. According to one embodiment of the present invention, metadata tagged information about a user's work profile and working context, and content within a library of information are read. The metadata tagged information about content within the library of information to metadata tagged information about one or more of the user's work profile, the user's working context, or other content within the library of information is matched using one or more programmable rules. A rank ordered set of the most contextually relevant content from the library of information is then delivered to the user based on the matching of the metadata tagged information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Alex Apollonsky, Warren Braunig, Karl Cremin, Eric Hoffert, Ray Tenenbaum
  • Patent number: 7138133
    Abstract: The present invention is an orally administered liquid pharmaceutical composition that demonstrates excellent physical stability while delivering concentrated levels of the pharmaceutical active(s). Specifically, these compositions for extended periods do not allow the active to precipitate or settle out of solution. Among the advantages of this invention is that the compositions do not require agitation/shaking prior to use as a method to re-suspend or dissolve active drug material to insure even and consistent dosing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Douglas Joseph Dobrozsi, Jerry William Hayes, II, Francis Joseph David Bealin-Kelly, Jayant Eknath Khanolkar, Benoit Maurice Mullet, Shane Michael DE LA Harpe, Brian James Robbins
  • Patent number: 7135451
    Abstract: Fabric care compositions comprise cationic starch and fabric softening active, wherein the composition comprises a viscosity of less than about 2000 centipoise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Alessandro Corona, III, Alice Marie Ward, Yonas Gizaw, Donald Ray Brown, Anna Liza Tolentino, Gayle Marie Frankenbach
  • Patent number: 7136814
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described for effecting a computer transaction using speech as a primary input. The speech is captured using a speech recognition program. A context associated with the captured speech is determined. Where the context has been determined, the computer transaction is built based on the context and at least a portion of the captured speech. A representation of the computer transaction is presented to a human operator for verification. The computer transaction is effected upon verification by the human operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Theodore Van Fossen McConnell
  • Patent number: 7132377
    Abstract: A disposable dish care and hard surface cleaning wipe is disclosed. In one embodiment, the wipe is comprised of a water insoluble substrate that includes a partially hydrophobic nonwoven first layer, and a low density nonwoven second layer that is adjacent to the said first layer and has melded onto the side facing away from the said first layer an abrasive coating of thermoplastic material nubs or hooks, and a cleaning paste containing a surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Patrice Mar Luc Borgonjon, Jeffrey Lee Butterbaugh, Edward Paul Fitch, Peter Robert Foley, Francis Cornelio Ford, Brian Jeffreys
  • Patent number: 7132539
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds which comprise a nitrogen-containing ring scaffold substituted by an R1 alkyl units selected from the group consisting of C1–C12 linear or branched alkyl, C3–C8 cyclic alkyl, C2–C12 linear or branched alkenyl, or haloalkyl, for example, the 2-keto-3-alkylpiperazines having the formula: wherein R is selected from the group consisting of phenyl, 3-fluorophenyl, 4-fluorophenyl, 3,5-difluorophenyl, and 4-chlorophenyl; R1 is selected from the group consisting of methyl, ethyl, propyl, iso-propyl, butyl, iso-butyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl, cyclopropyl, cyclopropylmethyl, cyclopentyl, cyclopentylmethyl, cyclohexyl, cyclohexylmethyl, benzyl, allyl, 1-methylallyl, 2-methylallyl, but-2-enyl, and propargyll; R7a is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, —CO2H, —CONH2, —CONHCH3, and —CON(CH3)2; R8 is benzyl, substituted benzyl, or naphthalen-2-ylmethyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Frank Hallock Ebetino, Xinrong Tian, Wieslaw Adam Mazur, Anny-Odile Colson
  • Publication number: 20060243298
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dental floss or dental article comprising: a. a monofilament substrate; b. a coating composition coated on the monofilament substrate comprising a mixture of menthol and a coolant selected from the group consisting of N-substituted-p-menthane-carboxamides, and mixtures thereof; wherein the ratio of the coolant to menthol is from about 1:1 to about 2.5:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Deanna Hamant
  • Publication number: 20060246401
    Abstract: A method of sealing one or more tooth surfaces is provided. The method includes applying an oral care composition containing a sealing agent to one or more tooth surfaces in an oral cavity and using an oral care device to activate the sealing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2006
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Aleksey Pinyayev
  • Patent number: 7127874
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a continuous, horizontal process for making water-reactive pouches, involving the steps of: a) continuously feeding a first water-soluble film onto a horizontal portion of an continuously and rotatably moving endless surface, which comprises a plurality of moulds, or onto a non-horizontal portion thereof and continuously moving the film to said horizontal portion; b) forming from the film on the horizontal portion of the continuously moving surface, and in the moulds on the surface, a continuously moving, horizontally positioned web of open pouches; c) filling the continuously moving, horizontally positioned web of open pouches with a product, to obtain a horizontally positioned web of open, filled pouches; d) closing the web of open pouches, to obtain closed pouches, preferably by feeding a closing material onto the horizontally positioned web of open, filed pouches, to obtain closed pouches; and preferably sealing the closed pouches and whereby step d) and preferably step
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Louis John Viltro, Rachid Ben Moussa, Timothy Bernard William Kroese, Tanguy Marie Louise Alexandre Catlin, Gregory Martin Gressel, Carl Noble, Ray Kaercher
  • Patent number: D530924
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: William John Davis, John Edward Sheppard, Zoe Trevett
  • Patent number: D531497
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Tanya Nicole Blasko, Erica Heidi Hollmann, Stacy Alycia Thomas
  • Patent number: D531500
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Timothy Frederick Thomas Perry, Edward Adamson
  • Patent number: D531509
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Murphy Mongeon, William John Maskell, Amy Bridgman
  • Patent number: D531515
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Timothy Sadley Owens, Sheila Marie Kelly, Robert Maurice Lynch, IV, Jason Craig Campbell, Philip Edwin Hague
  • Patent number: D531753
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: William John Davis, John David Lamb, John Edward Sheppard
  • Patent number: D531809
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Xiaowei Li
  • Patent number: D531818
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Siegfried Kurt Martin Hustedt, Anja Werth, Kenneth Douglas Vinson, John Allen Manifold, Jonathan Andrew Ficke, Yanping Zhang
  • Patent number: D531856
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Seum, Dale Steven Arand
  • Patent number: D531906
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Murphy Greene Mongeon, William John Maskell, Amy Bridgman, George Scott Kerr, Thomas Hlavacek
  • Patent number: D532170
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jennifer Ellen Davis-Wilson, Jerome Joo Ge Goh, Leo Kopelow, Christine Marie Kurjan, Adrian Benton James, John Philip Stoddard, Bryan Thomas White, Jan Hendrick Maria Verbiest