Patents Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company
  • Stable colored thickened bleaching compositions
    Patent number: 6448215
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid colored thickened hypohalite bleaching-containing compositions having a viscosity of 10 cps to 2000 cps and comprising a hypohalite bleach, an alkyl (alkoxy)n sulphate, wherein n is from 2 to 4, optionally a co-surfactant, and a pigment selected from the group consisting of Ultramarine Blue and its equivalents, chlorinated indanthrone and its equivalents, cobalt aluminate blue and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Giovanni Grande, Oreste Todini
  • Stability enhancing formulation components, compositions and laundry methods employing same
    Publication number: 20020123445
    Abstract: Novel bleaching compositions comprising organic catalyst compounds, preferably branched organic catalyst compounds, and an anionic surfactant, methods for laundering fabrics using such bleaching compositions, and laundry additive products containing such bleaching compositions are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2002
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Richard Dykstra, Marc Eric Gustwiller, Tonya Ann Howard
  • Foam materials derived from high internal phase emulsions for clothing insulation
    Publication number: 20020123283
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymeric foam materials useful as insulation in clothing articles. These polymeric foams are prepared by polymerization of certain water-in-oil emulsions having a relatively high ratio of water phase to oil phase, commonly known in the art as “HIPEs.” As used herein, polymeric foam materials which result from the polymerization of such emulsions are referred to hereafter as “HIPE foams.” These HPE foams comprise a generally hydrophobic, flexible or semi-flexible, nonionic polymeric foam structure of interconnected open-cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2001
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Collins Dyer, Thomas Allen DesMarais, Bryn Hird
  • Absorbent articles having fluid contact angle gradients and apertured backsheet layer
    Publication number: 20020123729
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a disposable absorbent article (1) comprising a liquid pervious topsheet (2), an absorbent core (4), and a backsheet (3). Said backsheet (3) comprises a gas permeable polymeric two-dimensional film having apertures, and said core (4) comprising a fluid storage layer, wherein said absorbent article (1) exhibits a fluid contact angle gradient across said storage layer and said backsheet (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Philip Bewick-Sonntag, Paolo Veglio
  • Laundry detergent composition having granular cyclodextrin for removing malodor from laundered items and process for making and using same
    Publication number: 20020123449
    Abstract: The present invention provides a laundry detergent product capable of removing malodor from laundered items during an automatic laundry washing process is disclosed. The laundry detergent comprises: (a) cyclodextrin granules formed from a mixture of cyclodextrin powder, an inorganic compound and an aqueous medium, the cyclodextrin granules having a particle size in a range of from about 100 microns to about 1200 microns; (b) a laundry detergent composition including a surfactant, a builder and an enzyme; and (c) the laundry detergent product being adapted to readily dissolve and disperse the cyclodextrin granules into a wash solution when the laundry detergent product is used in the above automatic laundry washing process, and wherein the cyclodextrin, when released into the above wash solution, has an odor loading factor of at least about 50.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2002
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company.
    Inventors: Adrian John Wayneforth Angell, Paul Amaat France
  • Cleansing compositions
    Patent number: 6444629
    Abstract: A rinse-off liquid personal cleansing composition comprising surfactant and water wherein the composition comprises less than 8% of a first surfactant selected from a crystallizing anionic surfactant and greater than 3% of a second surfactant selected from non-crystalizing anionic surfactants, amphoteric surfactants, nonionic surfactants, zwitterionic surfactants, and mixtures thereof, and wherein the composition has a Mean Rinse Feel Value of 3.5 or less as measured by the Rinse Feel Panel Test. The personal cleansing compositions of the invention provide excellent rinse feels and skin mildness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Russell Philip Elliott, Nicola Jacqueline Phipps, Timothy Woodrow Coffindaffer
  • Foam materials and high internal phase emulsions made using oxidatively stable emulsifiers
    Patent number: 6444716
    Abstract: This application relates to microporous, open-celled polymeric foam materials with physical characteristics that make them suitable for a variety of uses produced from high internal phase emulsions (HIPEs). This application particularly relates to oxidatively stable emulsifiers used to stabilize the HIPE and the foams produced from such HIPEs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bryn Hird, Edward Joseph Urankar, Brian Bernard Filippini, Richard Michael Lange, Bryan Allers Grisso, Yan Zhao
  • Skin care compositions containing combination of skin care actives
    Patent number: 6444647
    Abstract: The present invention relates to skin care compositions containing combinations of skin care actives and to methods of using such compositions to regulate the condition of skin. The compositions contain a safe and effective amount of a vitamin B3 compound; a safe and effective amount of a skin care active selected from farnesol, phytantriol, and mixtures thereof; and a dermatologically acceptable carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Larry Richard Robinson, Donald Lynn Bissett, George Endel Deckner, Robert Bao Kim Ha
  • Registration system for phasing simultaneously advancing webs of material having variable pitch lengths
    Patent number: 6444064
    Abstract: Disclosed is a registration system and a method useful for controlling and correcting the phase and position of simultaneously advancing webs having pre-printed objects spaced at a pitch length characterized by small but significant pitch variation to a target web. Also disclosed are consumer products, such as disposable absorbent articles including the preprinted objects which were previously included in the webs phased before combining with a target web by utilizing the instant registration system. The pre-printed objects may include pre-printed, pre-bonded, pre-applied, pre-cut, or pre-glued objects or elements of disposable absorbent articles or registration marks produced on a separate independent process not control-linked to the instant registration method. The registration marks may be visible or normally invisible to the human eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Douglass Scott Henry, Toshiyuki Matsuda, Charles Phillip Miller, Alton Henry Stephens, Paul Kevin King, II
  • Bleaching compositions
    Patent number: 6444634
    Abstract: Granular detergent compositions and in particular low density, phosphate containing detergent compositions comprise a specific bleaching system containing hydrophobic peracid bleach and hydrophilic peracid bleach and a peroxide source. These detergent compositions have specific low levels of available oxygen from hydrophobic aid hydrophilic peroxyacid bleach, specific ratios of available oxygen from the hydrophobic peracid bleach to the hydrophilic peracid bleach and specific ratios of available oxygen of the peroxide source to the available oxygen of the peracids. These specific mixed bleach systems are useful for sanitization or reduction of bacterial activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Susan Judith Mason, Ludivine Pascale Grippay, Nour-Eddine Guedira, Donald Ray Brown, Michelle Frances Mellea
  • Absorbent article having improved adhesive system to provide flexibility and breathability
    Patent number: 6443936
    Abstract: An absorbent article, such as a diaper, a sanitary napkin, a panty liner, an adult incontinence device, a bandage, or the like is provided which has: (a) a liquid pervious topsheet defining a body-facing side of the absorbent article; (b) a liquid impervious backsheet joined to the topsheet and defining a garment-facing side of the absorbent article; (c) an absorbent layer being positioned between the topsheet and the backsheet; and (d) an adhesive system located on the backsheet. The adhesive system comprises a plurality of three-dimensional protrusions which are deformable into a substantially two-dimensional configuration and an interconnected network of adhesive surrounding the protrusions which is protected from inadvertent contact with external surfaces until the three-dimensional protrusions are deformed into a substantially two-dimensional configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Peter W. Hamilton, Charles J. Berg, Jr., Ricky Alan Pollard
  • Dishwashing detergent product having a ultraviolet light resistant bottle
    Patent number: 6444631
    Abstract: A dishwashing product containing a diamine-containing detergent composition specifically for hand dishwashing is disclosed. The container or bottle in which the detergent composition is contained is effectively resistant to UV light, thereby preventing any discoloration of the composition prior to full use of the product by the consumer. Alternatively, the composition itself is UV light resistant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kofi Ofosu-Asante, Robert Henry Kordenbrock, Robert Owens
  • Granular laundry detergent compositions comprising zwitterionic polyamines
    Patent number: 6444633
    Abstract: The present invention relates to laundry detergent compositions which provide enhance hydrophilic soil cleaning benefits, said compositions comprising: a) from about 0.01% by weight, of a zwitterionic hexamethylene diamine; b) from about 0.01% by weight, of a surfactant system comprising one or more surfactants selected from the group consisting of nonionic, anionic, cationic, zwitterionic, ampholytic surfactants, and mixtures thereof; and c) the balance carriers and adjunct ingredients. The preferred embodiment of the present includes laundry detergent compositions in the form of a water soluble or dispersible tablet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Kenneth Nathan Price
  • Methods of making cross-bridged macropolycycles
    Patent number: 6444808
    Abstract: Improved synthesis of a macropolycycle, more particularly, of a cross-bridged tetraazamacrocycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: George Douglas Hiler, II, Christopher Mark Perkins
  • Disposable pant-type diaper having improved fitness to body
    Patent number: 6443940
    Abstract: A disposable pull-on garment having at least one pair of extensible car panels extending laterally outward from the chassis in the front or back region. Each ear panel has an outermost edge line and at least one outermost edge line has a non-uniform lateral distance from the longitudinal center line when the garment is in an unseamed flat condition. Seams join the ear panels to the chassis along the outermost edge lines to form two leg openings and a waist opening. In another embodiment, the garment has a pair of extensible ear panels in each of the front and back regions and at least one outermost edge line has a non-uniform lateral distance from the longitudinal center line when the garment is in an unseamed flat condition. Seams join the corresponding front and back ear panels along their outermost edge lines to form two leg openings and a waist opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gregory Ashton, Craig Andrew Hawkins
  • MRI image enhancement compositions
    Publication number: 20020119101
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for using said compositions which comprise:
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2001
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Mark Perkins, David Johnathan Kitko
  • Low stress relaxation elastomeric materials
    Publication number: 20020119301
    Abstract: A low stress relaxation elastomeric material comprises a block copolymer having an elasotmeric soft block portion and thermoplastic hard block portions, at least one vinylarene resin and mineral oil. The elasotmeric material may be used in a film comprising an elastomeric layer and at least one substantially less elastomeric skin layer. The skin layer comprises a thermoplastic polymer such as polyolefins. The film exhibits desired elastic and stress relaxation properties at body temperature. The film is useful in forming a macroscopically-expanded, three-dimensional elastomeric web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2002
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Jianbin Zhang, John Joseph Curro, Michele Ann Mansfield
  • Container bottom and methods
    Publication number: 20020119223
    Abstract: Substantially triangular shaped container bottoms include a bottom wall with a concave surface. The container bottom can be used with a container body having an interior chamber for receiving at least one article. Exemplary embodiments include a container bottom attached to a container body wherein the container bottom includes a central surface area that is inwardly concave towards an interior chamber of the container body. Methods of loading a plurality of articles in a container are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gerard Laurent Buisson, James Calvin McIntyre, Elizabeth Dominique Maczek, James Wagner Settelmayer, Douglas David Sena, Brian Adrian Miller, Benito Alberto Romanach
  • Multi-layer dye-scavenging article
    Publication number: 20020119721
    Abstract: A multi-layer dye-scavenging article for use in hand or machine washing systems is disclosed. More specifically, a multi-layer article for the introduction of dye absorbing, dye transfer inhibiting and/or other detergent active materials into an aqueous wash system is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Yousef Georges Aouad, Gregory Charles Gordon, Nicholas David Vetter
  • Surface pattern for sheet material
    Patent number: D462180
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Junan Kao, Peter Graves Ayers, Paul Dennis Trokhan