Patents by Inventor Christopher Michael Young

Christopher Michael Young 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: 20260132572
    Abstract: Single-ply sanitary tissue products of the present disclosure may comprise non-wood fibers selected from the group consisting of bamboo, abaca, and mixtures thereof, and may have a Wet Burst Strength of greater than about 17 g/m2. Sanitary tissue products of the present disclosure may comprise bamboo fibers and may have a Horizontal Full Sheet of greater than about 19 g/g. Sanitary tissue products of the present disclosure may be structured and may comprise non-wood fibers selected from the group consisting of bamboo, abaca, and mixtures thereof, and may have a MD Flex Rigidity of less than about 80 mg*cm. Sanitary tissue products of the present disclosure may comprise non-wood fibers selected from the group consisting of bamboo, abaca, and mixtures thereof, and may have a Plate Stiffness of less than about 3 N*mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2025
    Publication date: May 14, 2026
    Inventor: Christopher Michael YOUNG
  • Publication number: 20260117464
    Abstract: A structured sanitary tissue product may comprise at least about 5% by weight non-wood fibers and a coverage greater than about 5.0 fiber layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2025
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Inventors: Christopher Michael YOUNG, Jeffrey Glen SHEEHAN, Ward William OSTENDORF
  • Publication number: 20260117465
    Abstract: A creped sanitary tissue product may comprise at least about 5% to about 100% by weight non-wood fibers, wherein the creped sanitary tissue product exhibits a Formation Index Average of less than about 80 as measured according to the Formation Index Test Method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2025
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Inventors: Christopher Michael YOUNG, Jeffrey Glen SHEEHAN, Kathryn Christian KIEN, Ward William OSTENDORF, Paul Thomas WEISMAN
  • Publication number: 20260110142
    Abstract: A sanitary tissue product may comprise at least about 5% to about 100% by weight non-wood fibers, wherein the sanitary tissue product exhibits a CD Wet Peak Elongation of greater than about 12% as measured according to the Wet Tensile Method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2025
    Publication date: April 23, 2026
    Inventors: Kathryn Christian KIEN, Christopher Michael YOUNG, Jeffrey Glen SHEEHAN, Ward William OSTENDORF
  • Patent number: 12606961
    Abstract: Sanitary tissue products, for example, paper towels, having non-wood fibers, and exhibiting a TS7 less than about 22.0 dB V2 rms are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kathryn Christian Kien, Christopher Michael Young, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, Ward William Ostendorf
  • Publication number: 20260103844
    Abstract: Sanitary tissue products of the present disclosure may comprise non-wood fibers and may have a TS7 of less than about 14 dB V2 rms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2025
    Publication date: April 16, 2026
    Inventors: Christopher Michael YOUNG, Jeffrey Glen SHEEHAN, Kathryn Christian KIEN, Ward William OSTENDORF
  • Publication number: 20260103845
    Abstract: Sanitary tissue products of the present disclosure may comprise non-wood fibers and may have a roll bulk greater than about 11.0 cm{circumflex over (?)}3/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2025
    Publication date: April 16, 2026
    Inventors: Christopher Michael YOUNG, Jeffrey Glen SHEEHAN, Kathryn Christian KIEN
  • Publication number: 20260098381
    Abstract: Sanitary tissue products of the present disclosure may comprise non-wood fibers and may have a TS7 of less than about 14 dB V2 rms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2025
    Publication date: April 9, 2026
    Inventors: Christopher Michael YOUNG, Jeffrey Glen SHEEHAN, Kathryn Christian KIEN, Ward William OSTENDORF
  • Patent number: 12590418
    Abstract: Processes for making sanitary tissue products of the present disclosure may comprise re-slushing pulp comprising non-wood fibers prior to sending the pulp to a headbox; forming a web comprising the non-wood fibers; creating zones of differential densities in the web; and creping the web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2026
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Young, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, Kathryn Christian Kien, Ward William Ostendorf
  • Patent number: 12565737
    Abstract: Sanitary tissue products having a multi-layered ply comprising a consumer-facing side having pillows and non-wood fibers are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2026
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Young, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, Kathryn Christian Kien, Ward William Ostendorf
  • Patent number: 12534855
    Abstract: Sanitary tissue products, which may be creped, having non-wood fibers and exhibits a coverage greater than about 5.5 fiber layers and a fiber count-area (C(n)) greater than about 830 million/m2 and/or a coverage greater than about 7.5 fiber layers and/or a coverage greater than a line defined by an expression: Y=0.00767X+3.0 (wherein the fiber coverage is “Y” and wherein a fiber count-area (C(1)) is “X”) are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2026
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Young, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, Ward William Ostendorf
  • Patent number: 12529191
    Abstract: Sanitary tissue products having non-wood fibers and exhibiting a formation index of less than about 65 and/or a tensile ratio less than about 1.7 are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2026
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Young, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, Kathryn Christian Kien, Ward William Ostendorf, Paul Thomas Weisman
  • Patent number: 12516475
    Abstract: Sanitary tissue products having non-wood fibers selected from the group consisting of bamboo, abaca, and mixtures thereof and exhibiting a TS7 of less than about 14 dB V2 rms and/or a TS750 less than about 45 dB V2 rms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2026
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Young, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, Kathryn Christian Kien, Ward William Ostendorf
  • Patent number: 12516476
    Abstract: Sanitary tissue products in the form of a roll and exhibiting a percent compressibility less than about 6 and having a consumer-facing surface having non-wood fibers are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2026
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Young, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, Kathryn Christian Kien
  • Publication number: 20250360031
    Abstract: Structures, for example fibrous structures, such as absorbent material, for example absorbent core material including particles, for example super absorbent polymer particles (SAP particles), and processes for making same are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2025
    Publication date: November 27, 2025
    Inventors: John Daniel Algers, Christopher Philip Bewick-Sonntag, John David Norcom, Michael Joseph Page, Christopher Michael Young
  • Patent number: 12410561
    Abstract: Articles, such as sanitary tissue products, including fibrous structures, and more particularly articles including fibrous structures having a plurality of fibrous elements wherein the article exhibits differential cellulose content throughout the thickness of the article and methods for making same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2025
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Young, Michael Gomer Stelljes, Michael Donald Suer, Timothy James Klawitter, Steven Lee Barnholtz, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, Paul Dennis Trokhan, James Roy Denbow
  • Patent number: 12409077
    Abstract: Structures, for example fibrous structures, such as absorbent material, for example absorbent core material including particles, for example super absorbent polymer particles (SAP particles), and processes for making same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2025
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Daniel Algers, Christopher Philip Bewick-Sonntag, John David Norcom, Michael Joseph Page, Christopher Michael Young
  • Patent number: 12385187
    Abstract: Fast-wetting (hydrophilic) coform fibrous structures, more particularly fast-wetting composite fibrous structures, for example dry fast-wetting composite fibrous structures, employing a wet-laid fibrous structure such as a paper web, and a coform fibrous structure, multi-ply fibrous structures, for example multi-ply sanitary tissue products such as multi-ply absorbent products for example multi-ply paper towel products, employing one or more fast-wetting composite fibrous structures, and methods for making same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Young, Steven Lee Barnholtz, Todd Leon Mansfield, Michael Gomer Stelljes
  • Patent number: 12377631
    Abstract: Articles, such as sanitary tissue products, including fibrous structures, and more particularly articles including fibrous structures having a plurality of fibrous elements wherein the article exhibits differential cellulose content throughout the thickness of the article and methods for making same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Young, Michael Gomer Stelljes, Michael Donald Suer, Timothy James Klawitter, James Roy Denbow, Steven Lee Barnholtz, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, Paul Dennis Trokhan
  • Publication number: 20250243614
    Abstract: Sanitary tissue products of the present disclosure may comprise at least about 70% short fibers and/or having a weight weighted mean fiber length of less than about 1.4, and may have one or a combination of premium performance parameter(s). One or more of said sanitary tissue products may form part of an array of sanitary tissue products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2025
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Inventors: Christopher Michael YOUNG, Paul Thomas WEISMAN, Jeffrey Glen SHEEHAN