Patents Assigned to The Procter & Gamble
  • Patent number: 6706311
    Abstract: A low fat nut spread having high protein and high fiber. The nut spread has a protein to fat ratio of greater than about 0.68:1 and a fiber to fat ratio of greater than about 0.18:1. The nut spread has good flavor and texture. The process for making the nut spread is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Co.
    Inventors: Vincent York-Leung Wong, Susana R. Waimin Siu, Richard Joseph Sackenheim
  • Patent number: 6706256
    Abstract: An oral care composition comprising: (i) an effective amount of a antibacterial seed or pulp extract from the Citrus plant family; the Vitis plant family; and mixtures thereof; (ii) an oral care active selected from the group consisting of anti-calculus agents; anti-plaque agents; fluoride ion source; desensitizing agents; oral malodor control agents; H2 antagonists; and mixtures thereof; and (iii) a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Co.
    Inventor: Thomas Mark Lawlor
  • Patent number: 6706677
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods to treat fabrics with lipophilic fluid and bleaching agents. The present invention is also directed to compositions containing lipophilic fluid and bleaching agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael Eugene Burns, John Christian Haught
  • Publication number: 20040047925
    Abstract: A composition and method for enhancing immune response and improving the overall health of canines is provided which includes feeding the canines a dietary composition containing an effective amount of garlic in an amount of from about 1 to 10 g/kg diet. The dietary composition, when fed to canines, provides antioxidant, anticancer, and immunomodulatory benefits. The canines are fed the composition containing an effective amount of garlic in a quantity and frequency appropriate for their nutritional needs resulting in an enhanced immune response by increased lymphocyte blastogenesis and improves the overall health of the animal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael G. Hayek, Stefan Patrick Massimino, Katherine P. Boebel
  • Publication number: 20040048767
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a detergent composition comprising a hydrophobically modified polyamine with polyalkyleneoxy capped units where at least one polyalkyleneoxy capped unit is an anionic capping unit, with the hydrophobically modified polyamine quatemized with at least one hydrophobic quaternizing unit, but having less than all of the hydrophobically modified polyamine quaternized with a hydrophobic quaternizing unit; wherein the detergent composition further comprises a surfactant system, carriers, and adjunct ingredients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kenneth Nathan Price, Rafael Ortiz, Jeffrey John Scheibel
  • Publication number: 20040045861
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a packaged product comprising flexible liquid-filled pouches and an outer container for containing the liquid-filled pouches; wherein the outer container contains a plurality of flexible liquid-filled pouches whereby at least two or more of the flexible liquid-filled pouches are in mutual contact, and in that the outer container further comprises means for avoiding or minimizing rupture of the flexible liquid-filled pouches when the outer container is subject to shock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sonya Ann Curry, Laurent Eric Dujardin, Michael Felix Spruyt
  • Publication number: 20040049167
    Abstract: A catamenial tampon comprises a compressed absorbent member having an inner region and an exterior surface, the compressed absorbent member comprising an absorbent material. An overwrap substantially covers the exterior surface of the compressed absorbent member. The overwrap comprises an apertured fluid pervious material that is hydrophobic or rendered hydrophobic relative to the compressed absorbent member. The fluid pervious overwrap therefore tends to remain free of fluid as the fluid is preferentially partitioned into the absorbent member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Margaret Henderson Hasse, Steven Ray Gilbert, James Earl Trout
  • Publication number: 20040048763
    Abstract: Laundry or cleaning composition comprising: (a) a catalytically effective amount, preferably from about 1 ppb to about 99.9%, of a transition-metal bleach catalyst which is a complex of a transition-metal and a cross-bridged macropolycyclic ligand; and (b) at least about 0.1% of one or more laundry or cleaning adjunct materials, preferably comprising an oxygen bleaching agent. Preferred compositions are laundry compositions and automatic dishwashing detergents which provide enhanced cleaning/bleaching benefits through the use of such catalysts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Co.
    Inventors: Daryle Hadley Busch, Simon Robert Collinson, Timothy Jay Hubin, Christopher Mark Perkins, Regine Labeque, Barbara Kay Williams, James Pyott Johnston, David Jonathan Kitko, James Charles Theophile Roger Burckett-St. Laurent, George Douglas Hiler
  • Publication number: 20040045685
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of a multi-ply tissue comprising at least two plies. The process comprises steps of mechanically refining a first slurry of fibers wherein the fibers have an average length of at least 2 mm; mixing the refined slurry with a second slurry of fibers, providing an embryonic web upon a foraminous surface, removing water from the embryonic web to form a ply; and juxtaposing at least two plies to form the multi-ply tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Thomas Horner, Scott Thomas Loughran, Marianne Malmbak, Anja Werth
  • Publication number: 20040046628
    Abstract: The present invention provides an actuating device suitable for remotely actuating a tool which can be the fluid delivery mechanism of a cleaning implement. The actuating device has a flexible tape attached at one end to a spring-loaded spool mechanism connected to a trigger where the spring loaded spool mechanism is located within a housing for holding the device. The tape is threaded through at least one pole segment and is attached to a tool which can be actuated by a pulling or pushing motion of the tape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Paulus Antonius Augustinus Hofte, Gregory Clegg Spooner, Terence Graham Curtis, Hoss Vong, Leonard Joseph Keller, Thibault Fayette
  • Publication number: 20040047986
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for zone controlling the temperature of a rotating roll. The apparatus includes a roll having a surface at a first temperature and a belt disposed adjacent at least a portion of the surface of the roll. The belt contacts the roll surface in a contact region and has a second temperature that is different from the first temperature of the roll such that the belt affects a temperature change in at least a portion of the surface of the roll in the contact region as the roll is rotated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: William J. Butsch, John William Toussant
  • Publication number: 20040049132
    Abstract: A method and device for monitoring a body activity. The device has an actimetry sensor for measuring the activity and storage means for receiving data from the actimetry sensor. The data are analysed according to a method using summation algorithm, where a plurality of parameters relating to the activity are summed to provide advisory information relating to that activity. The analysis may include pre-programmed biasing constants or user supplied biasing constants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2002
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bradford Scott Barron, Emily Charlotte Boswell, Corinne Dauger-Strauss, Joseph Fernand Deflander, Neil Archibald MacGilp, Chris Van den Wouwer, David Keith Ewart, Derk-Jan Dijk
  • Patent number: 6702796
    Abstract: Absorbent interlabial devices are disclosed. Preferably, the absorbent interlabial device has a liquid pervious topseet, a liquid impervious backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. The device preferably also has a grasping tab joined to the backsheet. The tab preferably has at least a first zone and a second zone where the stiffness of the first zone is greater than the stiffness of the second zone. Preferably, the tab is made up of multiple layers. These layers are preferably laminated to each other in the first zone and are not laminated to each other in the second zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ronald Ray McFall, Richard George Coe, Julie Michelle Lohre
  • Patent number: 6702999
    Abstract: Disclosed are stable oral care compositions, preferably confectionery compositions, which provide enhanced oral malodour benefits combined with one or more additional oral care benefits, wherein the compositions comprise: (i) a polyphosphate material with an average anion chain length of 3 or greater; (ii) greater than about 10 ppm of a first metal cation selected from the metals of groups 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16 of the periodic table; (iii) greater than about 10 ppm of a second metal cation selected from the metals of groups 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16 of the periodic table; and (iv) a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, wherein the molar ratio of polyphosphate anion to the total level of first and second metal cation combined is in the range of from about 10:1 to about 1:1 and wherein the molar ratio of the first metal cation to the second metal cation is in the range of from about 50:1 to about 1:50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Co.
    Inventor: Thomas Mark Lawlor
  • Patent number: 6703065
    Abstract: Disclosed is a potato mash and the method for making the same. The potato mash can be used to produce food products such as mashed potatoes, potato patties, potato pancakes, and potato snacks. The potato mash can also be used to form dehydrated potato products such as flakes, flanules, granules, agglomerates, sheets, pieces, bits, flour, and particulates. The dehydrated potato products are suitable for use in a wide variety of food products, such as mashed potatoes, potato patties, potato pancakes, potato snacks, breads, gravies, and sauces. The food products made from the mash and/or from the dehydrated products produced therefrom have improved potato flavor and improved texture. Especially preferred is an improved fabricated chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Co.
    Inventors: Maria Dolores Martinez-Serna Villagran, Jianjun Li, David Kee Yang, David Shang-Jie Chang, Joel Franklin Evans
  • Patent number: 6703537
    Abstract: An absorbent article including a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet joined to at least a portion of the topsheet, an absorbent core disposed between at least a portion of the topsheet and the backsheet, and a waste management element disposed in at least a portion of a crotch region. The waste management element preferably includes an acceptance element having an effective open area of at least about 30 percent and a storage element having a compressive resistance of at least about 70 percent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Donald C. Roe, Cheryl D. Fox, Aleksey M. Pinyayev
  • Patent number: 6703008
    Abstract: Disclosed are aerosol hair spray compositions which comprise a first and a second silicone-grafted copolymer, wherein the copolymers exhibit a dichotomous viscosity behavior which results in superior hold and excellent hair feel benefits, and a method of styling hair comprising applying to the hair an effective amount of the above composition. The aerosol hair spray compositions comprise: (A) from about 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jose Antonio Carballada, Thomas Allen Hutchins
  • Patent number: 6703526
    Abstract: Couplers for hair coloring compositions for oxidative dyeing of hair are compounds of formula (1): wherein X is selected from of halogen and R5SO4 R3 is selected from C1 to C2 alkyl and hydroxyethyl; and R, R1, R2 and R5 are each independently selected from C1 to C22 alkyl or C1 to C22 mono or dihydroxyalkyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mu-Ill Lim, Yuh-Guo Pan, Margaret Popp
  • Patent number: 6703536
    Abstract: An absorbent article, at least a portion of which comprises a skin care composition that comprises an enzyme inhibitor and is at least partially transferred from the article to the skin of a wearer of the article as a result of normal contact, wearer motion and/or body heat. The enzyme inhibitor is transferred to the skin with the skin care composition and is available at the skin/urine and skin/feces interfaces to inhibit enzymatic activity on the skin and to reduce or prevent the occurrence of inflammation. Repeated application of similar treated articles to the wearer's skin provides an available source with which the enzyme inhibitor transfers onto the skin continuously over time and accumulates to provide a proactive defense against harmful enzymes for the treatment and/or prevention of diaper dermatitis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Donald Carroll Roe, Francis James Rourke, Scott Edward Osborne
  • Patent number: D487401
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Thomas Leonard Cotton, Raf Gustaaf Alfons De Geyter, Timothy Frederick Thomas Perry