Patents by Inventor Anja Hoffman

Anja Hoffman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20040092900
    Abstract: The present invention relates to disposable absorbent article with a backsheet and a first topsheet, which is a unitary sheet or web, which in use is capable of being at least partially in contact with the wearer's skin, said first topsheet being a fibrous three-dimensional web, having bonded regions where the fibres are bonded to another, and unbonded regions, where the fibres are unbonded to one another, whereby the fibres extend from at least one unbonded region into at least two bonded regions, typically in the form of loops, and whereby the bonded regions form the support structure for the unbonded regions and whereby the surface area of the unbonded regions is at least 2 mm2 and whereby the topsheet has a thickness (caliper) of between 0.1 and 5 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Anja Hoffman, Joerg Mueller, Heike Opper, Georg Pescher, Mattias Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20040092902
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a disposable absorbent article, such as a diaper, training pants, adult incontinence article, having a specific topsheet with an opening to receive bowel movement waste (BM) and which is such that it masks the waste present underneath said topsheet. The topsheet is air permeable and it has a uniform pore size distribution with small pores only and it has a low surface energy and therefore an alcohol repellency of at least 7, typically at least 9 or even preferably 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Anja Hoffman, Joerg Mueller, Heike Opper, Georg Pescher, Mattias Schmidt