Patents Assigned to The Procter & Gamble
  • Finished products formed from cutting convolutely wound logs of web materials
    Patent number: 11065776
    Abstract: Described herein is an array of finished products, each finished product in the array having a length relative error of less than 0.81% of a target length, H is disclosed. The finished products, which may be toilet paper and kitchen towels, are formed from transversally cutting elongate logs of convolutely wound web materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Joseph Henry Kettula, Jonathan Lee Price, Victoria Grace Strain, Gustav Andre Mellin
  • Product composition comprising a discrete particle and an aqueous base composition
    Patent number: 11058620
    Abstract: Disclosed is a product composition comprising: a discrete particle of a mixture composition, wherein the mixture composition comprises a surfactant and a high melting point fatty compound and a benefit agent; and an aqueous base composition comprising a surfactant, a high melting point fatty compound, and an aqueous carrier, and wherein the aqueous base composition is substantially free of detersive surfactant. The product composition of the present invention provides at least one the followings: more flexibility in the product composition rheology; improved stability in the product composition; improved deposition of benefit agents; and improved visual/aesthetic appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Junichi Yokogi, XinHao Zhu, Jorge Max Sunkel
  • Tuft picker for a brush making machine
    Patent number: 11058214
    Abstract: A tuft picker for a brush-making machine for automated production of brushes, such as toothbrushes, which is adapted to remove filaments from a filament container. The tuft picker comprises two parts. Each of the two parts comprises at least one picker eye for taking up a predefined number of loose filaments from the filament container. These picker eyes comprise an opening which can be opened and closed by moving the cover tool from a first position into a second position during one working stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Jens Alinski
  • Absorbent articles with thinner backsheet
    Patent number: 11058590
    Abstract: An absorbent article selected from a sanitary napkin, an incontinence pad and a pantyliner, comprising a topsheet layer a backsheet layer a fastening adhesive applied on the backsheet garment facing surface, wherein at least a portion of said fastening adhesive (PFA) is applied in a pattern and wherein said backsheet layer is a plastic film having a basis weight of less than 20 gsm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Carlo Toro, Stefan Roell, Jay Tao, David Mark Ooten
  • Aerosol antiperspirant methods
    Patent number: 11058616
    Abstract: An aerosol antiperspirant product method of manufacture is provided, in which the time between the final milling of an antiperspirant composition and its filling into a spray device is at most 2 hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jianwei Zhang, Beverly Ann Herre, David Frederick Swaile
  • Product composition comprising a discrete particle and an aqueous base composition
    Patent number: 11058621
    Abstract: Disclosed is a product composition comprising: a discrete particle of a mixture composition, wherein the mixture composition comprises a surfactant and a high melting point fatty compound and a benefit agent; and an aqueous base composition comprising an aqueous carrier and water soluble polymer, wherein the base composition is substantially free of a detersive surfactant selected from anionic surfactants, zwitterionic surfactant, amphoteric surfactant, and combinations thereof. The product composition of the present invention provides at least one the followings: more flexibility in the product composition rheology; improved stability in the product composition; improved deposition of benefit agents; and improved visual/aesthetic appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Junichi Yokogi, XinHao Zhu, Jorge Max Sunkel
  • Precision applicator
    Patent number: 11058207
    Abstract: A self-supporting applicator comprises a first structural element which is self-supporting and has a shape determined according to a target structure, the applicator further comprises an active agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Scott Kendyl Stanley, Mariana Saba, Andrew Paul Rapach
  • Hair care composition comprising cationic polymers and anionic particulates
    Patent number: 11058624
    Abstract: Disclosed is a hair care composition comprising cationic polymers and anionic particulates. The composition of the present invention provides improved deposition of anionic particulates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kristine Suzanne So Yu, Mannie Lee Clapp
  • Feminine hygiene article with improved wings
    Patent number: 11058591
    Abstract: Feminine hygiene articles are disclosed herein. The feminine hygiene articles described herein can provide easily discernable placement and orientation guides which reduce the likelihood of misapplication by the user, facilitated attachment guides which can reduce the likelihood of misapplication of the feminine pad and can also reduce the likelihood of improper attachment of the feminine pad to a panty. The feminine hygiene articles disclosed include uniquely shaped wings which can provide cues on proper attachment of the article to the panty, and may help in providing sustained coverage of the feminine hygiene article to the panty which reduces the likelihood that the pad will become detached during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Henning Vohwinkel, Wolfgang Domeier, Rainer Hefele, Bruce William Lavash, Holger Wendt
  • Container system with improved messaging structure
    Patent number: 11053047
    Abstract: Container systems having improved messaging structures. Container systems that include a tab that partially occludes a mouth or passageway to an interior volume. Methods of making and using container systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Nikola Curcic, Eric Douglas Banks, Ashley Chonta Robinson, Mary Ellen Finnegan, Sofie Van Assche
  • Water-soluble unit dose articles comprising perfume
    Patent number: 11053466
    Abstract: Described herein is a household care composition, which delivers active agents onto fabric, in the form of a water-soluble unit dose article comprising a water-soluble fibrous structure and a perfume, as well as methods for making the article and methods for treating fabrics using the article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark Robert Sivik, Kristin Marie Kelly-Murray, Frank William Denome
  • Agglomerated superabsorbent polymer particles having a specific size ratio
    Patent number: 11053370
    Abstract: Agglomerated superabsorbent polymer particles is provided and obtained by a method including the steps of (a) providing precursor superabsorbent polymer particles having a first mass average particle size 1mAvPS, a first particle diameter “1D10” of not less than 30 ?m and a first particle diameter “1D90”, (b) mixing the precursor superabsorbent polymer particles with a solution including polymerizable monomers and/or oligomers, or crosslinkable polymers, and (c) polymerizing the mixed solution if the solution includes polymerizable monomers and/or oligomers or crosslinking the mixed solution if the solution includes crosslinkable polymers. The agglomerated superabsorbent polymer particles have a second particle diameter “2D10” and a second particle diameter “2D90”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Juliane Kamphus
  • Sensor devices and systems for monitoring the basic needs of an infant
    Patent number: 11051996
    Abstract: Sensor devices and systems for monitoring the basic needs of an infant comprising feeding, sleeping, and/or voiding (urinating and/or defecating) are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Blanca Arizti, Mark Reidy
  • Systems and methods for providing customized product recommendations
    Patent number: 11055762
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing customized skin care product recommendations. The system utilizes an image capture device and a computing device coupled to the image capture device. The computing device causes the system to analyze a captured image of a user via the by processing the image through a convolutional neural network to determine a skin age of the user. Determining the skin age may include identifying at least one pixel that is indicative of the skin age and utilizing the at least one pixel to create a heat map that identifies a region of the image that contributes to the skin age. The system may be used to determine a target skin age of the user, determine a skin care product for achieving the target skin age, and provide an option for the user to purchase the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Faiz Feisal Sherman, Shannon Christine Weitz, Jun Xu
  • Sensor devices and systems for monitoring the basic needs of an infant
    Patent number: 11051995
    Abstract: Sensor devices and systems for monitoring the basic needs of an infant comprising feeding, sleeping, and/or voiding (urinating and/or defecating) are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Blanca Arizti, Mark Reidy
  • Systems and methods for inspecting absorbent articles on a converting line
    Patent number: 11051991
    Abstract: A method for inspecting absorbent articles is provided. The inspection is performed using an inspection algorithm generated with a convolutional neural network having convolutional neural network parameters. The convolutional neural network parameters are generated by a training algorithm. Based on the inspection, characteristics of the absorbent articles, such as defects, can be identified. Absorbent articles having identified characteristics can be rejected, or other actions can be taken.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Paul Anthony Kawka, Stephen Michael Varga, Aitzaz Ahmad
  • Methods of treating fabrics and related compositions
    Patent number: 11053465
    Abstract: A process of treating a fabric with a fabric treatment composition, where the composition is provided to a receiving vessel such as the dispenser drawer of an automatic washing machine, the composition including a fabric conditioning active (FCA), where the composition may be dispensed from a container, for example a pressurized container, as a foam. Related compositions, including compositions in pressurized containers. Related uses, for example, to provide an anti-wrinkle benefit to a fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jaden Scott Zerhusen, Julie Ann O'Neil, Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Alessandro Corona, III, Carola Barrera, Andrew William Franckhauser
  • Absorbent article with sensing means
    Patent number: 11051994
    Abstract: The invention provides an absorbent article comprising an indication means for indicating the presence of bodily exudates, the indication means comprising a color-changing indication means, wherein the absorbent article and the indication means form one integral unit, the article further comprising a indication device, which comprises a housing and a connection means, such that the indication device can be attached to the absorbent article and be detached from the absorbent article, wherein the indication device comprises a color sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Blanca Arizti, Jonathan Livingston Joyce, Steven Jeffrey Specht, Grant Edward Anders Striemer
  • Systems and methods for inspecting absorbent articles on a converting line
    Patent number: 11051992
    Abstract: A method for inspecting absorbent articles is provided. The inspection is performed using an inspection algorithm generated with a convolutional neural network having convolutional neural network parameters. The convolutional neural network parameters are generated by a training algorithm. Based on the inspection, characteristics of the absorbent articles, such as defects, can be identified. Absorbent articles having identified characteristics can be rejected, or other actions can be taken.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Paul Anthony Kawka, Stephen Michael Varga, Aitzaz Ahmad, Paul Philip Thomas
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D925371
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Dennis Lee Maclam, Leigh Mahoney, Richard Michael Girardot, Luis Peraza