Patents Assigned to The Proctor & Gamble Company
  • Thermal covering
    Publication number: 20080064996
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a thermal covering that delivers consistent therapy to a portion of a user's hand-wrist area, is easy to use and apply to the body, and is securely positionable on the body. The thermal covering can be entirely disposable after one use. The thermal covering can also have a disposable component and a reusable component that can be packaged individually together as a kit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2007
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Applicant: The Proctor & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Donald Stephen Bretl, Mary Elaine Freeland, Kyle William Harris, Richard W. Pack, Angela Marie Reed
  • Compositions and kits useful for treatment of respiratory illness
    Publication number: 20070249727
    Abstract: The invention relates to a clear device: comprising a composition contained in a device; wherein said composition comprising a pharmaceutical active selected from the group consisting of phenylephrine, its free and addition salt forms, and mixtures thereof. Also disclosed are kits comprising: a composition contained in a device; wherein said composition comprising a pharmaceutical active selected from the group consisting of phenylephrine, its free and addition salt forms, and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Applicant: The Proctor & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kelly Lee Martin, Jayant Eknath Khanolkar, Douglas William Gledhill, Susan Elaine Criss, Niranjan Ramji, Elaine Rose Costeines, Thomas Edward Huetter, Radhika R. Iyer, Daren K. Anness
  • Flowable solids dispensing apparatus and method of use
    Patent number: 7275498
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for depositing flowable solids onto articles located on a moving conveyor. A flowable solid is placed on a vibrating trough and dispensed to an article on the moving conveyor through a slot in the trough. A third planar surface placed beneath the slot receives the flowable solid from the slot and provides an even dispersing pattern of the flowable solid onto the articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: The Proctor 'Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey Wes Martin, Mark Joseph Fiteny
  • Responsive coated substrates
    Publication number: 20070190299
    Abstract: A responsive coated substrate, said substrate comprising an interfacial surface to which a responsive coating attaches, said responsive coating comprising (a) at least one silicone-based, substantially hydrophobic polymer and (b) at least one substantially hydrophilic polymer wherein said responsive coating substrate is in a first state; and methods of coating the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: The Proctor & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Vladimir Gartstein, David Salloum, Faiz Sherman, Robert Lupitskyy, Sergiy Minko, Mikhail Motornov, Roman Sheparovych
  • Liquid laundry detergent composition containing boron-compatible cationic deposition aids
    Patent number: 7226900
    Abstract: The invention is directed to liquid laundry detergent compositions comprising (a) at least one surfactant; (b) at least one enzyme and an enzyme stabilizing system comprising boron; (c) at least one fabric care ingredient which is not a fabric cleaning ingredient; and (d) at least one modified cationic polysaccharide-based deposition aid for the fabric care ingredient, wherein prior to modification, the cationic deposition aid contains at least one pair of cis-hydroxy groups, and wherein the cationic deposition aid is modified in such a way that the enzyme stabilizing system does not exhibit cis-hydroxy group interaction with the cationic deposition aid. The use of such compositions and methods for treating fabrics in fabric treatment applications including domestic laundering to thereby provide improved cleaning and fabric care are also covered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: The Proctor & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Patrick Firmin August Delplancke, Jean-Pol Boutique, Stefano Scialla, Mark Robert Sivik, Bernard William Kluesener, Jiping Wang
  • Methods for emitting volatile compositions
    Patent number: 7223361
    Abstract: Methods and devices for emitting volatile materials are disclosed. In some embodiments, methods and devices for emitting two or more fragrance compositions are disclosed. In one non-limiting embodiment of a device, the device has a housing, and the housing is supported on an electrical outlet by a plug at least indirectly joined to the housing. The device contains a first volatile composition and a second volatile composition. The first volatile composition is emitted in an alternating period relative to said second volatile composition. In one embodiment of the method, the volatile compositions are alternately emitted during periods that are greater than 15 minutes and less than 2 hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: The Proctor & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Frank Andrej Kvietok, Eileen Marie St. Pierre
  • Feminine hygiene kit
    Patent number: 7144391
    Abstract: Kits of feminine hygiene products are disclosed. In particular, kits which may be used as learner kits are disclosed. Such kits preferably include at least an absorbent tampon having an absorbency of less than or equal to about 6 grams according to the syngina test. Also included are a backup feminine hygiene article such as a pantiliner, sanitary napkin, or absorbent interlabial device. Other optional components such as a mirror, finger cover, glove, lubricant, bonus product, an instruction booklet, may also be included in the kit. Also disclosed are non-absorbent training tampons which may be used to assist a new tampon user in getting the feel for proper tampon insertion technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: The Proctor & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Karen A. Kreutz, Lisa A. Mackay, Donna R. Hill, Thomas W. Osborn, III
  • Coating compositions for modifying surfaces
    Patent number: 7112621
    Abstract: Coating compositions, methods and articles of manufacture comprising a nanoparticle system employing same to impart surface modifying benefits for all types of soft surfaces, and in some cases, hard surfaces, are disclosed. In some embodiments, dispersement of nanoparticles in a suitable carrier medium allows for the creation of coating compositions, methods and articles of manufacture that create multi-use benefits to the modified surfaces. These surface modifications can produce long lasting or semi-permanent multi-use benefits that, in some embodiments, may include at least one of the following improved surface properties: cleaning, wettability, liquid strike-through, comfort, stain resistance, soil removal, malodor control, modification of surface friction, reduced damage to abrasion and color enhancement, relative to the surfaces unmodified with such nanoparticle systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: The Proctor & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Henry Rohrbaugh, Glenn Thomas Jordan, IV, Michael Ray McDonald, John David Carter, Eugene Paul Gosselink, Heather Anne Liddle
  • Tampon having recessed portions
    Patent number: 7070585
    Abstract: A compressed tampon having an insertion end, a withdrawal end, a longitudinal axis, a radial axis, and an outer surface. The outer surface of the tampon has a plurality of recessed portions. Each of the recessed portions comprises a length dimension, a first side wall, and a second side wall. The first side wall and the second side wall both have proximal ends, opposed distal ends, and wall dimensions extending between the proximal end and the distal end. The proximal ends of the first and second side walls intersect one another to form a vertex. The recessed portion has a depth dimension as measured parallel to the radial axis from an imaginary line connected by the distal end of the first side wall and the distal end of the second side wall to the vertex. The depth dimension varies as measured along at least a portion of the length dimension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: The Proctor & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Tim Jensen
  • Method and apparatus for predicting the result of a coloration
    Patent number: 6980888
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for predicting the result of the coloration of a substrate by a coloring product. The method and apparatus involve the use of micro-processing system and are especially suitable for quickly and easily determining the result of hair coloration by a commercial hair dye product. Preferably a bar-code scanning device is used to input information relating to the product into the micro-processing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: The Proctor & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Paul Edmund Baker, David Richard Hayman
  • Disposable excreta management device
    Patent number: 6926701
    Abstract: The disposable excreta management device has a longitudinal centerline, a transverse centerline, a wearer-facing surface and an opposing surface. The disposable excreta management device comprises a flexible bag to contain excreta and an adhesive flange to attach the device to the body of a wearer. The flexible bag has an opening positioned on the wearer-facing surface. The excreta management device has an orifice provided on the flexible bag and comprises a seal means to resealably close the orifice. A peel force of the seal means to the surface of the flexible bag is between 0.3 N/cm and 4.0 N/cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: The Proctor & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Glasgow Burns, Jr., Maya Hasegawa, Takaya Okano, Yoko Hayashi
  • Mask for differential curing and process for making same
    Patent number: 6913859
    Abstract: A process for making the mask can comprise providing a thin transparent material of substantially uniform thickness, forming a pattern of opaque regions on the material according to a first predetermined pattern, and embossing the material according to a second predetermined pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: The Proctor & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael Douglas Hill, Paul Dennis Trokhan, Larry Leroy Huston
  • Substituted cyclic amine metalloprotease inhibitors
    Patent number: 6858628
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds which are useful as inhibitors of metalloproteases, and which are effective in treating conditions characterized by excess activity of these enzymes. In particular, the present invention relates to a compound having a structure according to Formula (I). Also disclosed are compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating diseases characterized by metalloprotease activity using these compounds or the pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: The Proctor & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael George Natchus, Biswanath De, Stanislaw Pikul, Neil Gregory Almstead, Roger Gunnard Bookland, Yetunde Olabisi Taiwo, Menyan Cheng
  • Aqueous liquid detergent compositions comprising a polymeric stabilization system
    Patent number: 6844305
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous liquid detergent compositions and methods of using such compositions to launder fabrics. More specifically, the present invention relates to aqueous liquid detergent compositions comprising one or more particulate solids, such as peroxycarboxylic acids, and a polymeric stabilization system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignee: The Proctor & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Karel Jozef Maria Depoot, Francesco deBuzzaccarini, Rob Roggeband
  • Articles comprising cationic polysaccharides and acidic pH buffering means
    Patent number: 6844430
    Abstract: The present invention relates to articles, preferably disposable absorbent articles like sanitary napkins and pantiliners, which comprise a cationic polysaccharide, typically chitin-based material and/or chitosan material, and an acidic pH buffering means. Such disposable absorbent articles deliver improved odor control performance even upon prolonged wearing time of the articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignee: The Proctor & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Antonella Pesce, Adelia Alessandra Tordone, Giovanni Carlucci, Achille Di Cintio
  • Tampon with fluid wicking overwrap with skirt portion
    Patent number: 6840927
    Abstract: An improved absorbent catamenial tampon having increased leakage protection and ability to readily absorb fluid while not aggressively adhering to tissue. This is accomplished with a tampon comprising a compressed absorbent member comprising an absorbent material. The compressed absorbent member of the tampon has an inner region and an exterior surface. The fluid wicking overwrap substantially covers the exterior surface of the compressed absorbent member, substantially permeates the inner region of the compressed absorbent member and extends beyond the withdrawal end to form a skirt portion. A method of making a tampon of the present invention is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: The Proctor & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Margaret Henderson Hasse, Steven Ray Gilbert, Eric Patton Weinberger, Sharon Darlene Kirkpatrick
  • Disinfecting composition and process for disinfecting surfaces
    Patent number: 6841090
    Abstract: Liquid disinfecting compositions comprise an effective amount of a disinfecting material and a poly (alkylene glycol) ether having the following formula: R1—O—(CH2—CHR2O)n—R3, wherein R1 and R2 are each independently hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted, saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched hydrocarbon chain having from 1 to 30 carbon atoms or a hydroxy bearing linear or branched hydrocarbon chain having from 1 to 30 carbon atoms. R3 is a substituted or unsubstituted, saturated, or unsaturated, linear or branched hydrocarbon chain having from 1 to 30 carbon atoms or a hydroxy bearing linear or branched hydrocarbon chain having from 1 to 30 carbon atoms, and n is greater than 2. Processes of disinfecting and hard-surface employ such a composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: The Proctor & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Giadro Serego Allighieri, Giuseppe Sirianni, Vincenzo Tomarchio, Marina Trani
  • Fatty acid compositions having superior stability and flavor properties
    Patent number: 6838109
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions having a superior stability and flavor profile, despite the presence of a fatty acid material (and even without use of a surfactant or emulsion), and may be utilized as a variety of different finished compositions, for example, cosmetic, health care, food, and beverage compositions, preferably food and beverage compositions, and most preferably beverage compositions. The compositions herein comprise: a) a fatty acid material selected from the group consisting of fatty acids, esters thereof, glycerides thereof, and mixtures thereof; b) a pectin compound; and c) an alginate compound. The present invention further relates to methods of stabilizing a product comprising incorporating into the product a composition as described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: The Proctor & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Raul Victorino Nunes, Michael Herbert Brock, Matthew Thomas Heisey
  • Laundry detergent compositions with cellulosic polymers to provide appearance and integrity benefits to fabrics laundered therewith
    Patent number: 6833347
    Abstract: Disclosed are detergent compositions and methods which utilize certain modified cellulose ethers as fabric treatment agents that can impart fabric appearance and integrity benefits to fabrics and textiles laundered in washing solutions which contain such agents. Such modified cellulose ether fabric treatment agents are those having selected types and amounts of anhydroglucose ring substituents in order to render them nonionic, cationic or anionic in nature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2004
    Assignee: The Proctor & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jiping Wang, Nodie Monroe Washington, Kathleen Brenner Hunter, Stanton Lane Boyer
  • Bottle-dispenser combination
    Patent number: D546688
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: The Proctor & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Joost Marinus Verburg
  • Image processing
    Patent number: 4941185
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing a first (e.g. half-tone) image constituted by a second (e.g. continuous tone) image convolved with a periodic (screen) function, to produce the second image is described. The invention is particularly suited to handling digitally represented half-tone images. The apparatus comprises a microcomputer (17) for determining digital data defining a frequency filter characteristic adapted to suppress the frequency or frequencies of the periodic function. A fast Fourier transform circuit (11) transforms the image data into the frequency domain and a multiplier (12) multiplies the transformed data by the frequency characteristic stored in a store (13). The resultant multiplied data is inversely transformed back into the image of spatial domain by a fast Fourier transform circuit (14) to generate the second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 10, 1990
    Assignee: Crosfield Electronics
    Inventor: Alastair Reed