Patents Assigned to The Procter & Gamble
  • Polymeric film exhibiting improved anti-blocking characteristics and process of making
    Patent number: 8158849
    Abstract: A method of forming a film resistant to blocking including the steps of providing a polymeric film having a first and second surface, applying an anti-blocking agent in a fluid or molten state to at least the first surface of the polymeric film so as to form a treated film, gathering the treated film, and separating the gathered film so as to result in the detachment of at least some portion of the gathered film that was in contact with itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Arman Ashraf, Daniel Steven Wheeler
  • Multiphase personal care composition comprising a structuring system that comprises an associative polymer, a low HLB emulsifier and an electrolyte
    Patent number: 8158566
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multiphase personal care composition. The multiphase personal care composition comprises an aqueous structured surfactant phase, a structuring system, and a benefit phase. The aqueous structured surfactant phase comprises from about 5% to about 16%, by weight of the multiphase personal care composition, of a lathering surfactant selected from the group consisting of anionic surfactants, nonionic surfactants, amphoteric surfactants, cationic surfactants or mixtures thereof and a structuring system. The structuring system comprises a non-ionic emulsifier having an HLB of from about 1.4 to about 13; about 0.05% to about 5%, by weight of the multiphase personal care composition, of an associative polymer; and an electrolyte. The benefit phase comprises from about 5% to about 30%, by weight of the multiphase personal care composition, of hydrophobic benefit material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Karl Shiqing Wei
  • Process for winding a web material
    Patent number: 8157200
    Abstract: A method for rewinding a web material is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: a) providing a conveyor belt having opposed first and second surfaces; b) providing a pressure assist device proximate to the second surface of the conveyor belt; c) disposing the web material on the first surface of the conveyor belt; d) providing at least one winding spindle having a speed profile proximate to the web material disposed upon the first surface of the conveyor belt; e) adjusting a position of at least one of the conveyor belt and the pressure assist device relative to the winding spindle to provide a compressive force to the surface of the winding spindle by the conveyor belt; f) adjusting a speed of the at least one winding spindle according to the speed profile; and, g) transferring the web material to the at least one winding spindle from the conveyor belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey Moss Vaughn, Matthew Alan Russell, Frederick Edward Lockwood
  • Breathable and liquid impermeable web and method of making the web
    Patent number: 8158846
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for modifying the physical characteristics of a web which involves passing the web between at least one pair of interengaged rolls to incrementally stretch the web, and then withdrawing the incrementally stretched web from between the rolls under tension. A web modified according to the disclosed method has desirable breathability and liquid impermeability, as well as extensibility and a soft, cloth-like textured surface. One embodiment of the present invention provides a breathable web comprising a microporous film exhibiting an MVTR of at least about 2000 g/m2/24 hr, a dynamic impact value of less than about 10 g/m2, a bubble pressure at least about 45 psi, and an air flow of at least about 2 liters/m2/s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Barry Jay Anderson, Todd Leon Mansfield, George Christopher Dobrin, Suna Polat
  • Detergent products, methods and manufacture
    Patent number: 8156713
    Abstract: A water-soluble pouch suitable for use in machine dishwashing and which comprises a plurality of compartments in generally superposed or superposable relationship, each containing one or more detergent active or auxiliary components, and wherein the pouch has a volume of from about 5 to about 70 ml and a longitudinal/transverse aspect ratio in the range from about 2:1 to about 1:8, preferably from about 1:1 to about 1:4. The water-soluble pouch allows for optimum delivery of dishwashing detergent. A process for the manufacture of multi-compartment pouches and a pack to contain the pouches are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Tanguy Marie Louis Alexandre Catlin, Rachid Ben Moussa, Timothy Bernard William Kroese, Charles Rupert Gillham, James Iain Kinloch, David John Smith, Alison Lesley Main, Helen Varley
  • Absorbent Article With Hook And Loop Fastening System
    Publication number: 20120089112
    Abstract: Absorbent article comprising a loop member for a hook and loop fastener. The loop member comprises a knitted fabric which is adhesively attached to a carrier. The adhesive pattern for attaching the knitted fabric onto a carrier has a first plurality of adhesive stripes extending substantially in the warp thread direction of the knitted fabric and a second plurality of adhesive stripes extending substantially perpendicular to the first plurality of adhesive stripes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Thomas Alexander Horn, Dieter Homoelle, Georg Baldauf
  • Method for measuring surface smoothness of hair
    Patent number: 8151624
    Abstract: A method for measuring the surface smoothness of hair comprising the steps of: a) providing a means for measuring hair surface smoothness; b) using said means for measuring hair a surface smoothness to obtain a measured surface smoothness value for said hair; and c) correlating said surface smoothness value to a surface smoothness descriptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Faiz Fiesal Sherman, Holly Lynn Krigbaum, Vladimir Gartstein
  • Embossed multi-ply fibrous structure product
    Patent number: 8152959
    Abstract: A multi-ply fibrous structure product having two or more plies of fibrous structure where at least one of the plies has a plurality of domes formed during the papermaking process and there are from about 10 to about 1000 domes per square inch of the product. At least one of the plies of the multi-ply fibrous structure has a plurality of embossments thereon with a total embossment area of from about 3% to about 15%. The embossments may be arranged such that they define non-geometric foreground patterns of unembossed cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ahmed Kamal Elony, Osman Polat, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, Markus Wilhelm Altmann, Ward William Ostendorf, Kevin Mitchell Wiwi, Steven Lee Barnholtz, Douglas Jay Barkey
  • Structured fluid detergent compositions comprising dibenzylidene polyol acetal derivatives and detersive enzymes
    Patent number: 8153574
    Abstract: Fluid detergent compositions comprising an external structurant comprising dibenzylidene polyol acetal derivatives for providing desired rheological benefits such as product thickening, shear thinning behavior, as well as particle suspension capabilities, and a detersive enzyme such as lipase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jean-Pol Boutique, James Charles Theophile Roger Burckett St. Laurent, Myriam Bouilliche, Dennis Allen Beckholt, Sohan Rajpanth Murthy, Mario Elmen Tremblay
  • Tufted fibrous web
    Patent number: 8153225
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fibrous web having a first region and at least one discrete integral second region, the second region having at least one portion being a discontinuity exhibiting a linear orientation and defining a longitudinal axis, and at least another portion being a deformation having a plurality of tufted fibers integral with but extending from the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Haines Turner, John Joseph Curro, Jody Lynn Hoying, Susan Nicole Lloyd, John Lee Hammons
  • Capped tufted laminate web
    Patent number: 8153226
    Abstract: A laminate web having a nonwoven web in facing relationship with a polymer film. The laminate web has a first side comprising the polymer film and a plurality of discrete tufts including fibers integral with and extending from the nonwoven web. Each of the tufts has a tuft base proximal to the nonwoven web and a distal portion opposing the tuft base. At least part of the distal portion of each of the tufts is covered by a cap, each cap being an integral extension of said polymer film extending over the distal portion of a discrete tuft. The cap has a first opening including a location of rupture in the polymer film above which the tuft extends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Joseph Curro, John Lee Hammons, Jody Lynn Hoying, Susan Nicole Lloyd, Robert Haines Turner
  • Personal-care articles having self-assembling peptides
    Patent number: 8153582
    Abstract: A personal-care article, for receiving body exudates, having a self-assembling peptide is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventor: Giovanni Carlucci
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D657255
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kerry Lloyd Weaver, Andrew Peter Heidel, David Martin Haller
  • Detergent tablet
    Patent number: D657495
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: William John Davis, Charlie Arthur Payne
  • Package
    Patent number: D657694
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Brian Lee Floyd, Ian Andrew Carnduff, Graham Clive Hufton
  • Package
    Patent number: D657695
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Brian Lee Floyd, Ian Andrew Carnduff, Graham Clive Hufton
  • Package
    Patent number: D657696
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Brian Lee Floyd, Ian Andrew Carnduff, Graham Clive Hufton
  • Hair analyzer
    Patent number: D657703
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignees: The Procter & Gamble Company, ColoRight Ltd.
    Inventors: Wolfgang Stegmann, Phong Duy Vu, Sven Wuttig
  • Detergent tablet
    Patent number: D657910
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: William John Davis, Charlie Arthur Payne
  • Cleaning article
    Patent number: D657925
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Lee Ann Luipold