Patents Assigned to The Procter & Gamble
  • Concentrated personal cleansing compositions and methods
    Patent number: 10952950
    Abstract: Methods for enhancing fragrance on skin upon initial application of a rinse-off cleansing composition can include combining surfactant, perfume, solvent, and water, to form the composition, wherein the composition has a total GCMS count higher than that of a control where the solvent is replaced with water when the total GCMS count is measured in accordance with the PSHAM method immediately following the initial application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Edward Dewey Smith, III, Shawn David McConaughy, Jianjun Justin Li, Marc Adam Flickinger
  • Personal care device with audible feedback
    Patent number: 10945515
    Abstract: A personal care device for modifying a keratinous surface having a sensor, a treatment element adapted to deposit a personal care composition, a feedback element, and a processor. The feedback element can be activated during deposition of the personal care composition. The personal care device can analyze a keratinous surface, identify keratinous imperfections, and then modify the keratinous imperfection by depositing a personal care composition. The feedback element can be intermittently activated during deposition and can emit a feedback signal that corresponds to the deposition of the personal care composition to alert the user as to how the personal care device is working and/or when the modification process is complete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Stephan James Andreas Meschkat, Thomas Elliot Rabe, Rebecca Ashley Kolakoski, Brian Lee Floyd, Faiz Feisal Sherman, Paul Vernon
  • Nonlinear line of weakness formed by a perforating apparatus
    Patent number: 10946545
    Abstract: A web includes a curvilinear line of weakness. The curvilinear line of weakness includes a plurality of perforations. Each of the plurality of perforations is separated by a bond area. Each of the plurality of perforations has a perforation length and each bond area has a non-perforation length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kathryn Christian Kien, Deborah Sue Slovut, Jeffrey Moss Vaughn
  • Shampoo composition containing a gel network
    Patent number: 10945935
    Abstract: A shampoo composition and a method of making a shampoo composition which delivers both good conditioning benefits and good lather performance. The shampoo composition comprises a dispersed gel network phase comprising: from about 2.8 weight % to about 8 wt % of one or more fatty alcohols; at least 0.01% of one or more secondary surfactants, wherein the secondary surfactant comprises sodium laureth-n sulfate wherein n is from about 0 to about 5; and water; and from about 5% to about 50% of a detersive surfactant; from about 0.02% to about 1.50% of a material selected from the group consisting of structurants, suspending agents and mixtures thereof, from about 0.5 to about 1% of a cationic deposition polymer; and at least 20% of an aqueous carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark Anthony Brown, Michelle Ramos
  • Shaping keratin fibres using dialdehyde compounds
    Patent number: 10945931
    Abstract: Described herein is a method for shaping keratin fibres including (i) providing a crosslinking composition comprising from about 1% to about 20% of a dialdehyde compound, optionally a photocatalyst, and a cosmetically acceptable carrier; (ii) applying the crosslinking composition to keratin fibres; and (iii) mechanically shaping the keratin fibres with an appliance at a temperature of about 50° C. to about 280° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Randy Purnell Washington, Jamie Angel Reed, Yonas Gizaw
  • Sanitary tissue product with a shaped line of weakness
    Patent number: 10947671
    Abstract: A web of toilet tissue that includes a shaped line of weakness, wherein the toilet tissue exhibits a LWP Factor of greater than about 7, and an average Free Fiber End value of greater than about 1.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Katie Kristine Glass, Angela Marie Leimbach, Gustav Andre Mellin
  • Microfluidic cartridge
    Patent number: 10946114
    Abstract: A microfluidic cartridge is provided. The microfluidic cartridge includes a reservoir for containing a fluid composition, a first face, and a second face joined with the first face. The electrical circuit has a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion of the electrical circuit is disposed on the first face and the second end portion of the electrical circuit is disposed on the second face. The first end portion includes electrical contacts and one or more circuit minor openings that are configured to mate with minor guideposts on the housing of a microfluidic delivery device. The microfluidic cartridge may include one or more major openings that are configured to mate with major guideposts on the housing. The microfluidic cartridge includes a microfluidic die disposed on the second face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Dana Paul Gruenbacher, William Michael Cannon, James Daniel Anderson, Jr.
  • Encapsulates
    Patent number: 10947483
    Abstract: The present application relates processes that can be used to produce encapsulated benefit agents comprising a core and a shell that encapsulates said core, encapsulated benefit agents produced by such process and products comprising such encapsulated benefit agents as well as methods of making and using such products. Such process can be used to produce particles that offer the desired protection and release benefits when used in a varity of products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Procter & Gamble International Operations SA
    Inventors: Johan Smets, Susana Fernandez Prieto, Raul Rodrigo Gomez, Albert Gasull Morales, Jennifer Efua Kwansima Quansah
  • Methods of screening for mild skin cleanser
    Patent number: 10942107
    Abstract: Methods for screening skin cleansers for mildness can include utilization of a volume ratio of vesicles to micelles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Karl Shiqing Wei, Wei Ji, Marc Andrew Mamak, Peter Joseph Stoffolano
  • Article with zeolites
    Patent number: 10940059
    Abstract: Absorbent articles with substantially cellulose-free cores with zeolites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Johannson Jimmy Tee, Jr., Kristin Hofmann Miller, William Winfield Cheeseman, Peter Dziezok, Holger Beruda, Marc Jennewein, Ryan Michael West, Kevin Max Labitzke, Vincent Scott Stapp, Emily Suzanne Allen
  • Method for purifying reclaimed polyethylene
    Patent number: 10941269
    Abstract: A method for purifying a reclaimed polyethylene is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method involves obtaining reclaimed polyethylene, contacting the reclaimed polyethylene with a first fluid solvent to produce an extracted reclaimed polyethylene; then dissolving the extracted reclaimed polyethylene in a solvent to produce a first solution comprising polyethylene. The first solution is settled and then filtered. A purer polyethylene is separated from the resulting solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Moncrief Layman, Dimitris Ioannis Collias, Hans Schonemann, Kara Williams
  • Method and apparatus for applying a material onto articles using a transfer component that deflects on both sides
    Patent number: 10940685
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for applying a transfer material onto the surface of an article are disclosed, including apparatuses and methods of transfer printing on and/or decorating three-dimensional articles, as well as the articles printed and/or decorated thereby. In some cases, the apparatuses and methods involve providing a deposition device, such as a printing device; providing a transfer component; depositing a material onto a portion of the transfer component with the deposition device; modifying the portion of the transfer component with the transfer material thereon to conform the transfer component to at least a portion of the surface of the three-dimensional article; and transferring the transfer material onto the surface of the article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Matthew Richard Allen, Robert Paul Cassoni, Tadayoshi Ishihara, Paul Edmund Baker
  • Absorbent articles with color effects
    Patent number: 10940051
    Abstract: Disposable absorbent articles having color effects and materials thereof are disclosed. Disposable absorbent articles include a topsheet; a backsheet; an absorbent core between the topsheet and the backsheet; and a layer between the absorbent core and the topsheet. The topsheet has a generally planar first surface having a plurality of out-of-plane features and a first color. The layer has a second color. And, the plurality of out-of-plane features have a feature color different than the first color and the second color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sarah Beth Gross, Stephanie Niezgoda Moss, Kelyn Anne Arora, John Lee Hammons
  • Oral care compositions comprising fluoride ions
    Patent number: 10932996
    Abstract: Oral care compositions and/or unit-dose oral care compositions with a fluoride ion source. Oral care compositions and/or unit-dose oral care compositions with a high average fluoride ion uptake. Oral care compositions with one or more web forming materials, a calcium ion source, and a fluoride ion source with a high average fluoride uptake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Arif Ali Baig, Min Mao, Gregory Charles Gordon, Melissa Cherie Payne, Holly Balasubramanian Rauckhorst, Paul Albert Sagel, Jeanette Marie Swartz, Paul Dennis Trokhan, Brian Patrick Croll, Dinah Achola Nyangiro, Samuel James St. John
  • Absorbent articles comprising sensors
    Patent number: 10932958
    Abstract: A sensor system for detecting a property of or within an absorbent article may comprise an absorbent article and a sensor. The absorbent article may comprise a garment-facing layer and an absorbent assembly. The sensor may be disposed in and/or on the absorbent article. The sensor may be separable from the absorbent article. The sensor may be configured to sense a change in condition within the absorbent article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gary Dean LaVon, Vijay Rajagopalan
  • Cleaning product
    Patent number: 10934502
    Abstract: A cleaning product including a spray dispenser and a cleaning composition suitable for spraying and foaming, the composition housed in the spray dispenser and includes: i) from about 5 to about 15% by weight of the composition of a surfactant system; and ii) a specific glycol ether solvent, the surfactant system and the glycol ether solvent are in a weight ratio of from about 5:1 to about 1:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Wesley Yvonne Pieter Boers, Peter Vancampenhout, Denis Alfred Gonzales, Aicha Dkidak, Jean-Luc Philippe Bettiol
  • Paper sheet
    Patent number: D912410
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sarah Anne Saville, Rachael Eden Walther, Diana Woehnl Juratovac, Adam Miller Ruggles
  • Sanitary napkin
    Patent number: D912807
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Andrew Saksa, Emma Lynn Sartini, Timothy S. Hittle, Lauren Jane Lacy, Amit Kumar Kaushik
  • Cosmetic applicator
    Patent number: D912891
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Marilyn Anne Vennemeyer, James Douglas Still, William Dale Murdock, Mikah Coffindaffer, Kendrick Jon Hughes, Christopher Paul Turner
  • Single-dose laundry detergent pod
    Patent number: D913584
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Hong Sing Tan, Wee Hau Tan, Min Jiang