Patents Assigned to The Procter & Gamble
  • Packaged personal cleansing product
    Patent number: 10806686
    Abstract: A packaged personal cleansing product includes a package with a small fixed orifice or an orifice with a valve, wherein the wherein the package has a peak dispensing velocity of 50 cm/s or more; and a composition including from about 18% to about 70%, by weight of the composition, of surfactant; wherein the composition has a low shear viscosity of 100 Pa*s or more and a high shear viscosity 18 Pa*s or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kelsey Marie Smyth, Edward Dewey Smith, III, Shawn David McConaughy, Nancy Lorincz Leppla
  • Mark and papermaking belt made therefrom
    Patent number: 10801161
    Abstract: A textured mask comprising a film. The film can have a first substantially continuously flat surface lying in a first plane and a second surface opposite the first surface lying in a second plane substantially parallel to the first plane. The second surface is interrupted by a plurality of cavities, each of the cavities having a first depth defined by a third surface lying in a third plane substantially parallel to the first and second planes. The depth of the cavities can be at a distance of from about 0.1 mm to about 5 mm from the second plane. The textured mask is at least partially coated with an opaque masking agent. The textured mask can make a correspondingly structured three-dimensional papermaking belt, which can make correspondingly structured three-dimensional fibrous structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Geoffrey Eugene Seger, John Allen Manifold, Osman Polat, Andrew Paul Frank Milton, Robert Scadding Moir, Daniel Graham Ward, Richard Bown
  • Detergent compositions comprising polypeptide variants
    Patent number: 10800997
    Abstract: Detergent compositions comprising polypeptide variants and methods of cleaning and/or treatment of surfaces using such compositions, and fabric treatment compositions comprising polypeptide variants. The compositions may comprise surfactants: anionic, nonionic and/or cationic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Lars Beier, Klaus Gori, Lars Henrik Oestergaard, Lars Giger, Annette Helle Johansen, Gernot J. Abel, Neil Joseph Lant
  • Process for making renewable surfactant intermediates and surfactants from fats and oils and products thereof
    Patent number: 10800975
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to methods for producing renewable detergent compounds. More specifically, the invention relates to methods for producing detergent intermediates, including bio-linear alkylbenzene (LAB), bio-alcohols, and long chain bio-paraffins, from natural oils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey John Scheibel, Scott Leroy Cron, Stephen Anthony Derose, Ryan Michael West, Phillip Kyle Vinson, Thomas Earl Williams, Kevin Lee Garber, Praveen Kumar Depa
  • Process and apparatus for manufacturing an absorbent article using a laser source
    Patent number: 10799398
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for imparting a first line of weakness and a second line of weakness into one or more layers of an advancing substrate, such as a belt assembly. The first line of weakness is coincident with the second line of weakness. The advancing substrate may be a belt assembly including an outer layer, an inner layer, and one or more elastic strands disposed between the outer layer and the inner layer. A first surface of the belt assembly may be acted on by a first laser beam that operatively engages a first scan head and a second surface of the belt assembly may be acted on by a second laser beam that operatively engages a second scan head. A trim removal member may be used to separate the first and second lines of weakness forming a trim portion and a separation edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Klaus Eimann, Bradley Edward Walsh, Uwe Schneider
  • Barrier patch with soluble film and methods of improving skin appearance
    Patent number: 10799431
    Abstract: A beauty care product is provided. The beauty care product is a multi-layered barrier patch with a water soluble film zone comprising a polyethylene oxide, methylcellulose, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, hydroxypropylcellulose, and combinations thereof, and a cosmetic composition comprising an effective amount of a skin active agent. The product also has a barrier patch with a backing layer and a pressure sensitive adhesive zone wherein the adhesive zone and the soluble film zone are continuous, discontinuous, or a combination thereof. The soluble film zone or product is capable of changing from a first visual state to a second visual state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: EMily Charlotte Boswell, Jack Alan Hunter, Elizabeth Anne Wilder
  • Multi-layered thermoplastic polymer films comprising polylactic acid
    Patent number: 10800140
    Abstract: A multi-layered film comprising at least 3 layers is provided. When a 5 layered film is provided, the film includes a first outer layer having 80% to 100% by weight of one or more polyolefins, a first tie layer having from 5% to 100% by weight of the first tie layer of one or more functionalized polyolefins, a core layer having from 75% to 100% by weight of the core layer of polylactic acid, a second tie layer having from 5% to 100% by weight of second tie layer of one or more functionalized polyolefins, and a second outer layer having from 80% to 100% by weight of the second outer layer of one or more polyolefins, wherein the first tie layer layer is disposed between the first outer layer and the core layer the second tie layer is disposed between the core layer and the second outer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Norman Scott Broyles, April Renae Brown, Gary Wayne Gilbertson
  • Fibrous nonwoven coform web structure with visible shaped particles, and method for manufacture
    Patent number: 10801141
    Abstract: A fibrous nonwoven structure formed of a blend of cellulose pulp fibers and melt spun polymer filaments is disclosed. The structure may include a distribution of a plurality of macroscopically visible shaped particles of substantially similar size and shape, included in the blend. The structure may also include outer scrim layers formed of melt spun polymer filaments. A method of manufacturing the fibrous nonwoven structure is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Mario Castillo
  • Concentrated shampoo dosage of foam for providing hair care benefits
    Patent number: 10799434
    Abstract: Described herein is a dosage of foam including from about 5 cm3 to about 70 cm3 of the foam. The foam includes from about 0.5 g to about 4 g of a detersive surfactant; from about 0.001 g to about 4 g propellant; a foam density of from about 0.10 g/cm3 to about 0.35 g/cm3; a bubble size distribution having an R32 of from about 5 ?m to about 100 ?m; and a yield point of from about 5 Pa to about 100 Pa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jazmin Veronica Torres Rivera, Eric Scott Johnson, Sarah Elizabeth Mullen, Sean Michael Renock, Todd Ryan Thompson, Jean Jianqun Zhao, Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr.
  • Disposable absorbent articles
    Patent number: 10799402
    Abstract: An absorbent article comprising a first and second plurality of elastics. The first plurality of elastics may be disposed in a front and a crotch region. The second plurality of elastics may be disposed in a back region and the crotch region. The first and second plurality of elastics may be linear and parallel with a transverse axis of the article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Margaret Henderson Hasse, Luke Robinson Magee
  • Apertured fibrous structures and methods for making same
    Patent number: 10792229
    Abstract: Apertured fibrous structures and more particularly apertured fibrous structures containing one or more fibrous elements, for example filaments, containing one or more fibrous element-forming materials and one or more active agents that are releasable from the fibrous element when exposed to conditions of intended use, and methods for making same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael Sean Pratt, Min Mao, David Charles Oertel, Janine Anne Flood, Tom Edward Dufresne, Paula A. Chmielewski, Andreas Josef Dreher, Alyssandrea Hope Hamad-Ebrahimpour
  • Apparatus for sensing environmental pH changes
    Patent number: 10794850
    Abstract: A sensor comprises: an electrically comprises a switchable polymeric element. The polymeric element has at least a first electrical state and a second electrical state and is switchable between the first and second electrical states as a function of predefined environmental pH changes. The sensor comprises a pH sensitive polymeric matrix and a plurality of conductive particles embedded in the polymeric matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Grant Edward Striemer
  • Unitary deflection member for making fibrous structures and process for making same
    Patent number: 10794004
    Abstract: A deflection member. The deflection member can be a unitary structure having a plurality of discrete primary elements and a plurality of secondary elements. At least one of the secondary elements can be an elongate member having a major axis having both a machine direction vector component and a cross machine direction vector component. In an example, the secondary elements can be arranged in a Voronoi pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Allen Manifold, John Leslie Brent, Jr., James Michael Singer, Gustav Andre Mellin
  • Stable liquid detergent composition containing a self-structuring surfactant system
    Patent number: 10793810
    Abstract: A stable liquid detergent composition containing a self-structuring surfactant system, where without using external structurants, the liquid detergent composition exhibits good shear thinning properties while maintaining stability under high shear. A liquid detergent composition comprising a linear alkyl benzene sulfonate, a zwitterionic and/or amphoteric surfactant and optionally polyethylene glycol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Liangjing Fang, Ming Tang, Karl Shiqing Wei, Peng Qin, Ting He
  • Absorbent article with leg cuffs
    Patent number: 10792198
    Abstract: A disposable absorbent article may include a chassis that includes a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet; and a leg gasketing system. The leg gasketing system may include an inner cuff and an outer cuff; the inner cuff may include an inner cuff folded edge and an inner cuff material edge and the outer cuff may include an outer cuff folded edge and an outer cuff material edge such that the web of material is folded laterally inward to form the outer cuff folded edge and folded laterally outward to form the inner cuff folded edge. The leg gasketing system may also include a leg gasketing system pocket with an opening on an inboard longitudinal edge of the pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Abhishek Prakash Surushe, Jeromy Thomas Raycheck, Cornelia Beate Martynus, Andrew James Sauer, Aaron Duane Seitz
  • Container systems
    Patent number: 10793324
    Abstract: Container systems and closure systems having lids with a closed position, an intermediate open position, and a fully open position. Processes related thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Nicolas Robert Nuno Cromarty Oliveira, Thierry Christian Francis Dagnelie, Vincent Hubert M. De Wilde, Clara Sophie Lea Ng Pak Leung, Raf Gustaaf Alfons Degeyter, Katrien De Malsche, Annalise Charlotte Richmond, David Brian Dawson
  • Package of disposable wipes
    Patent number: 10791887
    Abstract: A disposable wipes package and a package for disposable wipes comprising improved fitments to aid removal of wipes from within a package is disclosed herein. The dispensing fitment is formed of a single material and comprises a frame for securing to a package of disposable wipes. The frame has an oval, rectangular, diamond or ring shaped rim with an internal wall defining an opening through which wipes may be dispensed. A first petal is provided having a free end extending into an opening from a first side of the frame. A second petal has a free end extending into an opening from a second side of the frame towards the first petal to define a gap between the free ends of the first and second petals. The opening includes the gap and one or more orifices and occupies between 40% and 90% of the area within the rim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Norman Simmons, Lawrence Andrew Schumacher
  • Substrates and laminates for absorbent articles
    Patent number: 10792199
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides substrates and laminates for absorbent articles and absorbent articles comprising the substrates or laminates. The substrates and laminates may have three-dimensional elements, land areas, and increased permeability regions intermediate at least some of the land areas and at least some of the three-dimensional elements. The increased permeability regions may be positioned adjacent to the three-dimensional elements. The land areas may have a first basis weight and the increased permeability regions may have a second basis weight. The first basis weight may be greater than the second basis weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kelyn A. Arora, John L. Hammons, Donna R. Hill
  • Blister pack
    Patent number: D898586
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Yun Qin Lee, Stefano Bartolucci
  • Sheet with pattern
    Patent number: D899106
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Murphy Greene Mongeon, Grace Juifong Tsau, Christopher Krasen, Danielle Denise Buchanan, Yassir Halty