Patents Assigned to The Procter & Gamble
  • Patent number: 11035851
    Abstract: Methods of identifying potential skin moisturizing actives for the treatment of dry skin and method of formulating a moisturizing skin care composition using actives identified by the method. Moisturizing agents can be identified by comparing the transcriptional profile of a skin tissue sample contacted by a test agent to a negative or positive control to determine if the regulation of certain genes corresponds to the appropriate direction of regulation indicated by the control. Agents identified as skin moisturizing agents can then be incorporated into a skin moisturizing composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Qing Stella, Michael Keith Robinson, Kevin John Mills
  • Patent number: 11026848
    Abstract: A method and apparatus to transfer and fold a partially folded absorbent article. The transfer apparatus includes a frame that is rotatable about a first axis of rotation and a transfer member that is rotatable about a second axis of rotation. The transfer member includes a receiving surface. While advancing absorbent article, the transfer member rotates the absorbent article about the second axis of rotation. The partially folded absorbent article is transferred to a folding apparatus. The folding apparatus advances the partially folded absorbent article such that the end regions of the belt of the partially folded absorbent article are directed away from the folding apparatus. The end regions are engaged by a folding assembly. The folding assembly guides and/or pushes the end regions toward the central region of the belt and/or the chassis to form a folded absorbent article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael Devin Long, Todd M. Fegelman, Matthew Alexander Gittings, Tanner Laurie Williams
  • Patent number: 11027910
    Abstract: The invention relates to a piston for an optionally pressurized container, the piston having a sidewall, an upper side and a bottom side, and at least a first circumferential seal, wherein at least the upper side of the piston is closed by a closure and made of a first elastic material, wherein the upper side is configured to deform upon a pressure change acting on the upper side, wherein the sidewall is made of a second material which is different from the first elastic material, wherein the first circumferential seal is positioned on the sidewall on its outer surface. The invention further relates to an optionally pressurized container comprising a piston as mentioned above, to a process of discharging a product from said container and to a process of manufacturing said container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Stefano Bartolucci, Andrew William Franckhauser, William Mercer Benson, Nathan Daniel Grubbs
  • Patent number: 11021679
    Abstract: Perfume-containing particles are provided for delighting the consumers with an enhanced olfactory experience during and after the laundering process. Each of such particles contains perfume, polyethylene glycol, and water-soluble or water-dispersible filler particles, while the water-soluble or water-dispersible filler particles are characterized by a particle size of from 5 microns to 150 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Rui Shen, Pu Zhao, Zhe Guan, Ruizhi Pei
  • Patent number: 11020289
    Abstract: An absorbent product comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core, the absorbent core comprising an absorbent structure comprising one or more stratum comprising one or more enrobeable elements, wherein a smooth transition zone is exhibited between an acquisition portion of the absorbent structure and a storage portion of the absorbent structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Vito Carla, Jan Claussen, Christopher Philip Bewick-Sonntag, Wade Monroe Hubbard, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11021812
    Abstract: Filaments containing a filament-forming material and an additive, such as an ingestible active agent, nonwoven webs, and methods for making such filaments are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gregory Charles Gordon, Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr., Mark Robert Sivik, Mark Ryan Richards, Stephen Wayne Heinzman, Michael David James, Geoffrey William Reynolds, Paul Dennis Trokhan, Paul Thomas Weisman, Steven Ray Gilbert, Trevor John Darcy
  • Patent number: 11020288
    Abstract: An absorbent article having a body contacting surface a garment contacting surface; and an absorbent core disposed therebetween is disclosed. The body contacting surface has first and second layers, with each layer having a pair of first longitudinal side edges and second longitudinal side edges, respectively. The garment contacting surface has a garment contacting layer with a plurality of graphic elements and a pair of garment layer longitudinal side edges. The absorbent core has a pair of core longitudinal side edges. Extending laterally outwardly from the article are a pair of flaps formed from a portion of the garment contacting layer and the second layer. A portion of a circumferential edge of the article is formed by each of the pair of second longitudinal side edges and the pair of garment layer longitudinal side edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Tsunetoshi Miura, Kensuke Ito, Akiko Sasaki, Yoshiko Nakao, Shuri Kondo, Koichi Tomi
  • Patent number: 11020938
    Abstract: Bonded formed laminates, and methods for making bonded formed laminates, are made from multiple layers of formed substrates comprising at least one nonwoven formed substrate which are bonded together at the distal ends or bases of protrusions formed in the substrates. The bonded formed laminate provides a very soft and lofty structure that is sustainable under compression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Daniel Charles Peck, John Brian Strube, Matthew William Waldron, Jill Marlene Orr, Eric Bryan Bond
  • Patent number: 11020287
    Abstract: An absorbent article comprises a topsheet, a backsheet and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and backsheet; and a component comprising a base design, wherein the base design comprises one or more design elements and a camouflaged code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey Michael Kent, Taylor Javier Morris, John Andrew Strasemeier, Shahram Jahanian, Marita Susanna Hergert, Daniel Howard Hill
  • Patent number: 11020932
    Abstract: Tip bonded formed laminates, and methods for making tip bonded formed laminates, are made from multiple layers of formed substrates made from films which are bonded together at the tips of their formed protrusions. Tip bonded laminates can be designed with greater resistance to bending, improved resilience to compression, and can be patterned for directionally oriented responses to tensile loads. Also, tip bonded formed laminates made from multiple layers of formed substrates can use their layered structure to provide better aesthetics as well as better physical properties such as improved puncture resistance. Tip bonded formed laminates can be configured with thicker portions and designed patterns, which are appealing to consumers. A tip bonded formed laminate can be made from two or more formed substrates and can be used instead of a single, thick, unformed, substrate, so the laminate can use about the same amount of material, while still providing surprising functional benefits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Daniel Charles Peck, John Brian Strube, Matthew William Waldron
  • Patent number: 11021636
    Abstract: Described herein is an adhesive composition including (a) from about 70 wt. % to about 90 wt. % of one or more copolymers, and (b) from about 10 wt. % to about 30 wt. % of one or more heterophase copolymers. The one or more copolymers include (i) from about 30 mole % to about 70 mole % of monomer units selected from the group consisting of ethylene, 1-butene, and mixtures thereof; and (ii) from about 30 mole % to about 70 mole % of propene monomer units. The adhesive composition is free of polyisobutylene. The adhesive composition has a viscosity of from about 2,000 mPa·s to about 11,500 mPa·s at 150° C. The one or more heterophase copolymers includes a first heterophase copolymer and a second heterophase copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Haines Turner, Torsten Lindner, Matthias Morand, Benjamin John Kutay, Holger Beruda, Ekaterina Ponomarenko, William L. Bunnelle, Jon Fagerness, Nick Fowler, Bill Turner, Andres Sustic, Enrico Buenacosa, Steve Oetting, Steve McHaney, J. J. DeCair
  • Patent number: 11015296
    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: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Young, Michael Gomer Stelljes, Michael Donald Suer, Timothy James Klawitter, Steven Lee Barnholtz, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, Paul Dennis Trokhan
  • Patent number: 11015297
    Abstract: Sanitary tissue products employing fibrous structures that exhibit novel compressibility properties alone and in combination with plate stiffness properties and methods for making same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ward William Ostendorf, Guillermo Matias Vidal, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, David Warren Loebker, Ryan Dominic Maladen, John Allen Manifold
  • Patent number: 11015153
    Abstract: A water-soluble unitary laundry detergent article that contains two or more surfactant-containing non-fibrous sheets with a fabric hueing agent located between such non-fibrous sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Hongsing Tan, Mark Robert Sivik, Frank William Denome, Na Hou, Min Mao
  • Patent number: 11013642
    Abstract: A disposable absorbent pant that includes a central chassis and a belt structure is disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sarah Marie Wade, Gary Dean Lavon, Miguel Alvaro Robles
  • Patent number: 11013640
    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: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Blanca Arizti, Mark Reidy
  • Patent number: D920101
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Danielle Lee Abel, Elizabeth Marguerite Grubow, Victor Jantzen, JuKyoung Ham, Billy A. Thomas
  • Patent number: D920123
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Douglas Michael McGahan, Marc Christopher Hatcher
  • Patent number: D921480
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Martin Jay Marotti, Andrew Martin Joseph Gauvin
  • Patent number: D921486
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Pieter Dirk Jenny Maria Van Den Bergh, Richard Hagee, Mark Armstrong