Patents Assigned to The Procter & Gamble
  • Microfluidic cartridge and microfluidic delivery device comprising the same
    Patent number: 11633514
    Abstract: A microfluidic delivery device and method of dispensing a fluid composition from a microfluidic die are provided. The method includes generating air flow from a fan; directing a first portion of the air flow through a first air outlet in a housing; directing a second portion of the air flow through a second air outlet in the housing; jetting a fluid composition from a microfluidic die through a fluid orifice in the housing; directing the second portion of air flow adjacent to the microfluidic die and out the fluid outlet, wherein the first portion of the air flow directs the fluid composition jetted out of the fluid outlet into the air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Dana Paul Gruenbacher, William Michael Cannon, Hua Hu, James Thomas Sullivan
  • Disposable absorbent articles and arrays of said articles comprising visual characteristics
    Patent number: 11633308
    Abstract: An absorbent article or an array of absorbent articles comprising visual characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
    Inventors: Ryo Minoguchi, Sion Agami, Vanessa Marie Melendez
  • Absorbent article having outwardly convex longitudinal central channels for improved protection
    Patent number: 11633312
    Abstract: An absorbent article having a pair of longitudinal edges, front and rear transverse edges, a front end region, a rear end region, and a central region disposed between the front and rear end regions. The absorbent article has a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet, an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, a pair of outwardly convex longitudinal central channels formed at least in the central region. The traversal distance of the pair of outwardly convex longitudinal central channels decreases towards both ends of the channels to define a central closed area. The absorbent article has a rear channel defining a rear closed area in the rear end region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
    Inventors: Yoko Munakata, Kiyoe Ohba
  • Strand-based laminates in absorbent articles
    Patent number: 11633309
    Abstract: Absorbent articles comprising a multilayer outer cover comprising a first outer layer and a second outer layer comprising a component that exhibits at least partial elastic recovery after mechanical activation in the machine direction; an inner layer, disposed between the first outer layer and the second outer layer, the inner layer comprising elastic strands; and wherein at least one of the first outer layer and second outer layer is laminated to the inner layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Marie Autran, Urmish Popatlal Dalal
  • Laundry care compositions, methods, and test kits for determining authenticity
    Patent number: 11634663
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a laundry care composition having at least one laundry care ingredient and at least one leuco composition conforming to Formula (I): Ar1Ar2Ar3CH??(I) wherein Ar2 and Ar3 are independently a carbocyclic aryl or heteroaryl, and Ar1 is selected from the group consisting of: unsubstituted phenyl, electron deficient carbocyclic aryl, and heteroaryl. The present disclosure also provides a method of determining an authentic laundry care composition and test kits for detecting authentic laundry care compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gregory Scot Miracle, Daniel Dale Ditullio, Jr., Sanjeev Kumar Dey, Haihu Qin
  • Container filling assembly
    Patent number: 11634310
    Abstract: A container filling assembly that can be used with container filling systems to fill containers during successive filling cycles with the same or different fluid compositions at high rates of speed, with little to no machinery changeover, and/or with little to no fluid waste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Justin Thomas Cacciatore, Eric Shawn Goudy, Bernard George Durham, Benny Leung, John Glenn Kuley, Scott William Capeci, Vincenzo Guida, Emilio Javier Tozzi
  • Patterned apertured webs
    Patent number: 11633311
    Abstract: A patterned apertured web is disclosed. The patterned apertured web includes a plurality of land areas in the patterned apertured web and a plurality of apertures defined in the patterned apertured web. At least some land areas of the plurality of land areas surround at least some apertures of the plurality of apertures. The patterned apertured web has an Effective Open Area in the range of about 3% to about 30%, according to the Aperture Test herein. The plurality of apertures include a first set of apertures defining a first shape and a second set of apertures defining a second shape. The first shape is positioned within the second shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Timothy Ian Mullane, Kelyn Anne Arora, Jill Marlene Orr, Donald Carroll Roe, Jennifer Schutte, John Brian Strube, Ann Cecilia Tapp, Rachael Eden Walther, Amanda Margaret Bicking, Jennifer Lynn Dusold, Margaret Elizabeth Porter
  • Mono-layer blow molded article with functional, visual, and/or tactile effects and method of making such articles
    Patent number: 11634248
    Abstract: Blow molded articles having a predetermined feature incorporated into the wall provided by variations in the thickness of the wall of the article corresponding to a predetermined pattern etched into the preform from which the article was formed. Also, etched preforms for making blow molded articles and methods for making such preforms and articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Nicole Ashley Rizzo, Joseph Craig Lester, Philip Andrew Sawin
  • Personal care composition preservatives level optimization
    Patent number: 11633340
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to hair care composition comprising from about 8 to about 17% of one or more surfactants; from about 0.01% to about 10% of one or more surfactant soluble antidandruff agents; from about 0.01% to about 5% of one or more polyacrylate or polyacrylamide based thickening polymer; from about 0.02-0.25% salicylate salts or acids; from about 0.02-0.25% benzoate salts or acids wherein there is a weight ratio of about 1:1 to 12.5:1 for the salicylate salts or acids to benzoate salts or acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Debora W. Chang, Eric Scott Johnson, Matthew Francis Kuhar, Beth Anne Muir
  • Methods of making capsules
    Patent number: 11628413
    Abstract: A method of making a population of capsules, the capsules can include a core including a benefit agent and a shell surrounding the core, wherein the shell can include a first shell component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mariana B T Cardoso, Andre Martim Barros, Peter De Nies, Pierre Daniel Verstraete, Valerie Wong, Steven Daryl Smith, Zhibing Zhang, Jon A Preece
  • Clear cleansing composition
    Patent number: 11628126
    Abstract: A cleansing composition comprising a detersive surfactant; an aqueous carrier; from about 0.5% to about 30% by weight of the cleansing composition of discrete particles comprising anhydrous particles and an aqueous phase, and wherein said anhydrous particles comprise: one or more fatty amphiphile selected from the group consisting of fatty alcohol, fatty ester, fatty acid, fatty amide and mixtures thereof; of one or more secondary surfactants selected from the group consisting of anionic, nonionic, zwitterionic, cationic or mixtures thereof. Wherein the discrete particle of the cleansing composition has a size from about 500 microns to about 7000 microns, and wherein the cleansing composition has a % transmittance of about 75% or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark Anthony Brown, Gemma Zoe Braganza, Junichi Yokogi, William Randal Belcher, Linda Sue Reed, Jorge Max Sunkel
  • Reducing surface and bulk contamination in plastic
    Patent number: 11628379
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a method of reducing contamination from plastics. The resulting purer plastic can be used in demanding applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Norman Scott Broyles, Dimitris Ioannis Collias, Anthony Frederick Cappel
  • Articles having an acquisition layer with stretch openings and processes to make them
    Patent number: 11628100
    Abstract: An absorbent article such as a diaper comprising an acquisition layer with one or more longitudinally-extending stretch openings is provided. The stretch openings may be obtained by slitting and stretching an acquisition layer material. The topsheet forms recesses at the wearer-facing surface of the absorbent article as it folds inside the stretch openings. The stretch openings may provide a three dimensional profile on the wearer-facing side of the absorbent article in a simple and cost effective manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Dirk Saevecke, Julien René Garcia, Maike Siemons
  • Mark and papermaking belt made therefrom
    Patent number: 11629462
    Abstract: A textured mask comprising a film. The film can have a first substantially continuously flat surface lying in a first plane and a second surface opposite the first surface lying in a second plane substantially parallel to the first plane. The second surface is interrupted by a plurality of cavities, each of the cavities having a first depth defined by a third surface lying in a third plane substantially parallel to the first and second planes. The depth of the cavities can be at a distance of from about 0.1 mm to about 5 mm from the second plane. The textured mask is at least partially coated with an opaque masking agent. The textured mask can make a correspondingly structured three-dimensional papermaking belt, which can make correspondingly structured three-dimensional fibrous structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Geoffrey Eugene Seger, John Allen Manifold, Osman Polat, Andrew Paul Frank Milton, Robert Scadding Moir, Daniel Graham Ward, Richard Bown
  • Fibrous structures including an active agent and having a graphic printed thereon
    Patent number: 11624156
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to fibrous structures including active agents and having a graphic printed thereon. In some embodiments, a nonwoven web may include a fibrous structure comprising filaments. In turn, the filaments may include filament forming material, and an active agent releasable from the filaments when exposed to conditions of intended use. In addition, a graphic may be printed directly onto the fibrous structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Paul Thomas Weisman, Hui Yang, Alrick Vincent Warner, Andreas Josef Dreher, Mark Robert Sivik
  • Horizontal axis laundry treatment machine having corner entry
    Patent number: 11624139
    Abstract: A laundry treatment machine including: a cabinet; a tub within the cabinet; a horizontal axis fluid pervious drum within the tub rotatable about a horizontal axis, wherein the drum has a diameter orthogonal to the horizontal axis and an average width in line with the horizontal axis and a ratio of diameter to average width from 1.5:1 to 3.25:1; a circumferential entry section into the tub that spans at least across an intermediate range of from 30 degrees to 60 degrees above and rotationally about the horizontal axis and is bounded within a front position of more than 2 degrees above and rotationally about the horizontal axis and a top position less than 90 degrees above and rotationally about the horizontal axis; and a door in the cabinet, the door sealingly engaged with the entry section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Scott Eugene Mizer, Benny Leung
  • Dentifrice compositions for treatment of dental biofilm
    Patent number: 11622925
    Abstract: Dentifrice compositions comprising zinc lactate, glycine, and fluoride ion are provided for treating dental plaque biofilm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ross Strand, Xiaoxiao Li, Yunming Shi
  • Method of treating a skin condition
    Patent number: 11622963
    Abstract: An improved method of treating a skin barrier condition is disclosed. The method involves identifying a target portion of skin on a person where treatment is desired and applying a low-pH composition to the target portion of skin. The low-pH composition contains an effective amount of a vitamin B3 compound and has a pH of less than 5.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Tomohiro Hakozaki, Leo Timothy Laughlin, II, Jason Martin Winget, Teresa DiColandrea
  • Toilet tissue comprising a non-clingy surface
    Patent number: 11624157
    Abstract: Fibrous structures, for example toilet tissue, having a surface including a plurality of fibrous elements, such as a plurality of hydroxyl polymer filaments that exhibit an average fiber diameter of less than 2 ?m as measured according to the Surface Average Fiber Diameter Test Method such that the fibrous structure exhibits a Dual Surface Glide Value of less than 17.7 g as measured according to the Glide Test Method—3 Inch Sample and method for making same is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Matthew Gary McKee, Brooke Marie Woods, Joerg Kleinwaechter, William Ryan Falta, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, Paul Dennis Trokhan
  • Absorbent article having elastic belt
    Patent number: 11622894
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wearable article continuous in a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction comprising an elastic belt region, a crotch region, a waist opening and two leg openings; wherein the elastic belt region is a laminate comprising an inner sheet made of nonwoven fiber, and an outer sheet made of nonwoven fiber, and a plurality of elastic bodies configured to stretch the elastic belt region in the transverse direction, wherein the article has a Compression Work index of at least about 70 gfcm and a Stretch Circumference Force of less than about 6.5N according to the measurements herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Koichi Morimoto, Hui Liu