Patents Assigned to The Procter & Gamble
  • Bag in box container
    Patent number: 11040815
    Abstract: A bag in box container having one or more features for lifting the bag in box, deploying the tap dispenser of the bag in box conveniently, storing a dosing cup, or conveniently using the bag in box container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jill Renee Ficke, Ian Oliver Malott
  • Functionalized siloxane polymers and compositions comprising same
    Patent number: 11041138
    Abstract: A composition including a siloxane polymer. A method of treating and/or cleaning a situs using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Bernard William Kluesener
  • Wet wipe comprising a lotion
    Patent number: 11039988
    Abstract: Described herein is a wet wipe including a substrate and a lotion. The substrate includes from about 14.5% to about 100% cotton. The lotion includes from about 98% to about 99.5% water and has an Equivalence Value from about 30 to about 95.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Randall Glenn Marsh, Karolin K. Kroening
  • Array of wet wipe packages
    Patent number: 11039989
    Abstract: Described herein is an array of wet wipe packages including a first package and a second package. The first package includes a first wet wipe having a first nonwoven material and a first lotion. The first nonwoven material includes from about 14.5% to about 45% cotton. The first lotion includes from about 98.5% to about 99.5% water and is devoid of fragrance and/or perfume. The first wet wipe has an Equivalence Value from about 30 to about 95. The second package includes a second wet wipe having a second nonwoven material and a second lotion. The second lotion is different than the first lotion. The first package and the second package are designed to be sold individually. The first package and the second package each include a common brand name.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Randall Glenn Marsh, Karolin K. Kroening
  • Diaper structure with enhanced tactile softness attributes
    Patent number: 11033441
    Abstract: A diaper structure with enhanced softness attributes is disclosed. The diaper structure may include an innermost layer formed of a first nonwoven web, and an outermost layer formed of a second nonwoven web. The first and second nonwoven webs may have a combined basis weight of at least about 30 gsm. The ratio of the first web basis weight to the second web basis weight may range from 30/70 to 70/30.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Han Xu, John Ferrer
  • Skin care composition
    Patent number: 11033480
    Abstract: A personal care composition for cosmetic treatment of skin that provides an improved moisturization signal to a user and exhibits good feel properties. The composition includes a dimethicone fluid or a blend of dimethicone fluids with a viscosity of greater than 1000 centistokes (cSt). The dimethicone fluid(s) are configured to provide the composition with a Time Weighted Force Area of between 5×104 and 12×104 and a Mean Break Time of between 0.30 and 0.75.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Shawn David McConaughy, Jorge Max Sunkel, Rebecca Lynn Boland
  • Methods of making acrylic acid from lactic acid or its derivatives in liquid phase
    Patent number: 11034641
    Abstract: Methods for making acrylic acid, acrylic acid derivatives, or mixtures thereof by contacting a feed stream containing lactic acid, lactic acid derivatives, or mixtures thereof with a molten salt catalyst comprising an ionic liquid (IL) and an acid in liquid phase are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jakob Albert, Peter Wasserscheid, Nicola Taccardi, Jens Nagengast, Matthias Kehrer, Julian Kadar, Dimitris Ioannis Collias
  • Three-dimensional substrates
    Patent number: 11033440
    Abstract: A liquid permeable substrate for an absorbent article is disclosed. The substrate includes a first layer including a hydrophobic material and a second layer including a hydrophilic material. The first layer is joined to the second layer. The substrate includes a plurality of recesses, a plurality of projections, and a plurality of land areas. The land areas surround at least a majority of the plurality of projections and a plurality of the recesses. The plurality of recesses, the plurality of projections, and the plurality of land areas together form a first three-dimensional surface on a first side of the substrate and a second three-dimensional surface on a second side of the substrate. The substrate has an overall z-directional height in the range of about 1000 ?m to about 6000 ?m according to the Overall Substrate Height Test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Olaf Erik Isele, Jörg Endres, Gueltekin Erdem, Rodrigo Rosati, Paul Thomas Weisman, Sharon Ann Young, Mike P. Purdon
  • Method of identifying cosmetic agents for moisturizing skin
    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
  • Method and apparatus for advancing and folding an absorbent article
    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
  • Piston with flexible closure for aerosol container
    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
  • Packaged composition
    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
  • Absorbent structure
    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.
  • Filaments comprising an ingestible active agent nonwoven webs and methods for making same
    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
  • Package for oral care products
    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
  • Spray head
    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
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D922202
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Pieter Dirk Jenny Maria Van Den Bergh, Richard Hagee, Mark Armstrong
  • Air freshener housing
    Patent number: D922559
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: William Michael Cannon, Keri Marsh Arinsmier, Richard Lee Lane
  • Absorbent article
    Patent number: D922569
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Brittany Dawn Canfield, Jessica Owens Stephens
  • Cosmetic skin care device
    Patent number: D922598
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Charles Roger Levy