Patents Assigned to The Procter & Gamble
  • Flexible packages with flat panels
    Patent number: 11299333
    Abstract: Flexible packages with reinforcing lines and flat panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Hugh Joseph O'Donnell, Edward Daniel Theiss, III
  • Packages with raised portions
    Patent number: 11299332
    Abstract: Packages having raised portions that provide improvements in displaying graphics, such as images and branding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Hugh Joseph O'Donnell, Edward Daniel Theiss, III
  • Packages with raised portions
    Patent number: 11299325
    Abstract: Packages having raised portions that provide improvements in displaying graphics, such as images and branding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Hugh Joseph O'Donnell, Edward Daniel Theiss, III
  • Wearable article having elastic belt
    Patent number: 11298273
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wearable article continuous in a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, comprising a main body and an elastic belt comprising a front belt and a back belt, the main body being continuous with the front belt and the back belt, and the transverse edges of the front belt and the back belt are joined by a seam to form a waist opening and two leg openings, wherein each of the front belt and back belt are formed by an inner sheet, an outer sheet, and a plurality of elastic bodies sandwiched therebetween, wherein at least some of the elastic bodies run in the transverse direction substantially parallel to each other, wherein according to the Material Circumference Measurement and the Whole Article Force Measurement herein, the Belt Utilization is no less than 92%, and the Fit Circumference Force is greater than 2.0N.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Koichi Morimoto, Chunmin Cheng, Masaharu Nishikawa
  • Flexible packages with flat panels
    Patent number: 11299337
    Abstract: Flexible packages with reinforcing areas and flat panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Hugh Joseph O'Donnell, Edward Daniel Theiss, III
  • Diaper adapted for collection of uncontaminated and intact stool sample from an infant
    Patent number: 11298276
    Abstract: A diaper configured for collection of a stool sample for an infant, and an associated method for collection, are disclosed. The diaper may include a backsheet including an effectively urine- and feces-impermeable material; a transverse perineal barrier including an effectively urine- and feces-impermeable material and having a proximal portion overlying the backsheet and sealingly connected to the diaper, and a free distal edge; and a liquid control structure disposed over the backsheet. The diaper may include additional features configured to receive a discharge of urine, isolate fecal material from urine, and facilitate collection of an intact stool sample following elimination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jacob Alan Barnhorst, Masaharu Nishikawa, Jeromy Thomas Raycheck, Cornelia Beate Martynus
  • Array of sanitary tissue products
    Patent number: 11292660
    Abstract: An array of toilet tissue products comprising a first package that conveys strength and a second package that conveys softness. Lint, basis weight, total dry tensile, absorbency, and softness are common intensive properties of the first and second toilet tissue products and one or more of these common intensive properties can be different between the first and second toilet tissue products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Thorsten Knobloch, Michael Ricardo Burns, Jennifer Lori Steeves-Kiss, Illya Torrance Thomas
  • Systems and methods of applying compositions to webs
    Patent number: 11292242
    Abstract: A method of printing composition(s) on a web is disclosed. The method includes the steps of advancing the web and printing a plurality of composition sites on the web. The method further includes the step of forming one or more discontinuities in the web. The discontinuities correspond to the printed composition sites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Misael Omar Aviles, Martin James, Stephen Michael Varga, Hui Yang, Arman Ashraf, Eric Daniel Ricciardi
  • Absorbent and compressible fibrous structures
    Patent number: 11292227
    Abstract: Fibrous structures including a plurality of pulp fibers wherein at least a portion of the plurality of pulp fibers are in the form of a paper web and a plurality of thermoplastic meltblown filaments spun directly onto the paper web such that the fibrous structures exhibit novel properties are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Young, Michael Gomer Stelljes, Michael Donald Suer, Timothy James Klawitter, James Roy Denbow, Steven Lee Barnholtz, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, Paul Dennis Trokhan
  • Delivery of surfactant soluble anti-dandruff agent
    Patent number: 11291616
    Abstract: A hair care composition directed to from about 14% to about 40% of one or more surfactants; from about 0.1% to 10% of one or more surfactant soluble antidandruff agents; wherein when the hair care composition is diluted to 1.3% surfactant concentration has a ratio of surfactant diffusion coefficient to soluble agent diffusion coefficient less than 0.6 or greater than 1.4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Debora W Chang, Eric Scott Johnson, Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr., Todd Ryan Thompson, Allison Lynn Edwards, Michelle Lynn Carter
  • Strong fibrous structures
    Patent number: 11292229
    Abstract: Articles, such as sanitary tissue products, including fibrous structures, and more particularly articles including fibrous structures having a plurality of fibrous elements wherein the article exhibits differential cellulose content throughout the thickness of the article and methods for making same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Young, Michael Gomer Stelljes, Michael Donald Suer, Timothy James Klawitter, James Roy Denbow, Steven Lee Barnholtz, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, Paul Dennis Trokhan
  • Fibrous structures including an active agent and having a graphic printed thereon
    Patent number: 11293144
    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: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Paul Thomas Weisman, Hui Yang, Alrick Vincent Warner, Andreas Josef Dreher, Mark Robert Sivik
  • Absorbent article with color matched surfaces
    Patent number: 11291590
    Abstract: A disposable absorbent article comprising a front waist region, a rear waist region, and a crotch region, wherein said absorbent article further comprises at least three discrete elements each comprising at least one visible surface; wherein at least three or more of the visible surfaces comprise an imparted color wherein said colors are color matched. Color matching exists when said colors are contained within a specified CIELab color space volume, have a specified hue difference, or total color difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Limin Song, Kesyin Fugger Hsueh, Walter Douglas Daniels, John Joseph Litchholt
  • Fluid filling nozzle, apparatus, and method of filling a container with a fluid
    Patent number: 11292022
    Abstract: A fluid filling apparatus for filling containers with a fluid is provided. An ultrasonic frequency is used to vibrate a filling nozzle between successive container filling cycles. The vibrations break a liquid string filament formed at a discharge end of the filling nozzle at the end of each filling cycle. Methods and a fluid filling nozzle for filling containers with a fluid are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ke-ming Quan, Eric Shawn Goudy
  • Compressible and strong fibrous structures
    Patent number: 11292228
    Abstract: Articles, such as sanitary tissue products, comprising fibrous structures, and more particularly articles comprising fibrous structures comprising a plurality of fibrous elements wherein the articles exhibit improved consumer relevant properties, for example improved bulk and absorbent properties, compared to known articles and methods for making same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Young, Michael Gomer Stelljes, Michael Donald Suer, Timothy James Klawitter, James Roy Denbow, Steven Lee Barnholtz, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, Paul Dennis Trokhan
  • Nozzle assembly used to manufacture absorbent articles
    Patent number: 11292016
    Abstract: An apparatus for applying a first fluid to an advancing substrate comprising a nozzle body made, at least in part, using an additive manufacturing method. The nozzle body comprises a fluid orifice for receiving the first fluid; a conduit in fluid communication with the fluid orifice for receiving the first fluid received by the fluid orifice; a passageway in fluid communication with the conduit for receiving the first fluid received by the conduit; and a slot in fluid communication with the passageway for applying the first fluid to the advancing substrate. A method for making an apparatus comprising a nozzle body is also provided, comprising: sequentially forming, from at least one material using an additive manufacturing method, a plurality of layers in a configured pattern corresponding to a shape of at least one of an upper nozzle assembly member or of a lower nozzle assembly member of the nozzle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Uwe Schneider, Klaus Eimann, Agnieszka Zuzanna Ries, Ricky Reynaldo Yanez, Jr., Dirk Manfred Georg Esser
  • Topsheet comprising natural fibers
    Patent number: 11291595
    Abstract: A topsheet for use in an absorbent article is provided and has at least a first layer. The first layer comprises at least 15% by weight of natural fibers by total weight of the first layer. The first layer has a plurality of apertures. The first layer comprises land areas between the plurality of the apertures. The contact angle on the land areas of the first layer between the plurality of the apertures is more than 70°, according to the Contact Angle Test Method. The topsheet has a run-off of less than 40%, according to the Run-off Test Method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Rodrigo Rosati, Gueltekin Erdem, Cornelia Sprengard-Eichel, Luigi Di Girolamo-Galasso, Andrea Lieselotte Benner
  • Brush head
    Patent number: D947538
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ki Hyun Yoon, Qian Liao, Rui Zhang
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D948344
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Dennis Lee Maclam, Leigh Mahoney, Richard Michael Girardot, Luis Peraza
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D948345
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Dennis Lee Maclam, Leigh Mahoney, Richard Michael Girardot, Luis Peraza