Patents by Inventor Fernando Benvegnu
Fernando Benvegnu 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).
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Patent number: 7389777Abstract: A method is provided to quantify and/or qualify psychological and physiological components of stress in mammals, in which a stimulus can be applied to the test subject's environment during the test. The method involves the steps of measuring one or more physiological and/or psychological characteristics before and after the administration of a stimulus to a test subject. The stimulus may consist of any product, task, aroma or the like that elicits a stress-related response upon administration. By analyzing the resulting measurements, and optionally comparing physiological and psychological characteristics where both are measured, an overall level of stress may be determined. The method of stress measurement may further be used in product development and/or testing.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2007Date of Patent: June 24, 2008Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Magda El-Nokaly, Michael Lee Hilton, Daniel Raymond Schaiper, Fernando Benvegnu
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Publication number: 20070260127Abstract: A method is provided to quantify and/or qualify psychological and physiological components of stress in mammals, in which a stimulus can be applied to the test subject's environment during the test. The method involves the steps of measuring one or more physiological and/or psychological characteristics before and after the administration of a stimulus to a test subject. The stimulus may consist of any product, task, aroma or the like that elicits a stress-related response upon administration. By analyzing the resulting measurements, and optionally comparing physiological and psychological characteristics where both are measured, an overall level of stress may be determined. The method of stress measurement may further be used in product development and/or testing.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2007Publication date: November 8, 2007Inventors: Magda El-Nokaly, Michael Hilton, Daniel Schaiper, Fernando Benvegnu
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Patent number: 7249603Abstract: A method is provided to quantify and/or qualify psychological and physiological components of stress in mammals, in which a stimulus can be applied to the test subject's environment during the test. The method involves the steps of measuring one or more physiological and/or psychological characteristics before and after the administration of a stimulus to a test subject. The stimulus may consist of any product, task, aroma or the like that elicits a stress-related response upon administration. By analyzing the resulting measurements, and optionally comparing physiological and psychological characteristics where both are measured, an overall level of stress may be determined. The method of stress measurement may further be used in product development and/or testing.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2004Date of Patent: July 31, 2007Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Magda El-Nokaly, Michael Lee Hilton, Daniel Raymond Schaiper, Fernando Benvegnu
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Patent number: 7168630Abstract: Methods and devices for repelling insects are disclosed. The methods and devices provide personal protection from insect bites and insect landings, particularly mosquito bites. The methods and devices employ insect repellents such as pyrethroids at low (parts per billion) levels. The methods and devices effectively minimize the number of mosquitoes landing on a subject properly using the devices.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2005Date of Patent: January 30, 2007Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Inventors: Marcia Mary Ketcha, Pedro Antonio Rodriguez, Todd Laurence Underiner, Lowen Robert Morrison, Dennis Allen Beckholt, Robert Stanley Dirksing, David Burton Moore, Kendal William Kerr, James Douglas Still, Peter Blenkiron, Fernando Benvegnu, John Patrick Herlinger, Charles Winston Saunders, Andrew Wilson
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Patent number: 7152809Abstract: Methods and devices for repelling insects are disclosed. The methods and devices provide personal protection from insect bites and insect landings, particularly mosquito bites. The methods and devices employ insect repellents such as pyrethroids at low (parts per billion) levels. The methods and devices effectively minimize the number of mosquitoes landing on a subject properly using the devices.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2005Date of Patent: December 26, 2006Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Inventors: Marcia Mary Ketcha, Pedro Antonio Rodriguez, Todd Laurence Underiner, Lowen Robert Morrison, Dennis Allen Beckholt, Robert Stanley Dirksing, David Burton Moore, Kendal William Kerr, James Douglas Still, Peter Blenkiron, Fernando Benvegnu, John Patrick Herlinger, Charles Winston Saunders, Andrew Wilson
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Publication number: 20060226249Abstract: Methods and devices for repelling insects are disclosed. The methods and devices provide personal protection from insect bites and insect landings, particularly mosquito bites. The methods and devices employ insect repellents such as pyrethroids at low (parts per billion) levels. The methods and devices effectively minimize the number of mosquitoes landing on a subject properly using the devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2005Publication date: October 12, 2006Inventors: Marcia Ketcha, Pedro Rodriguez, Todd Underiner, Lowen Morrison, Dennis Beckholt, Robert Dirksing, David Moore, Kendal Kerr, James Still, Peter Blenkiron, Fernando Benvegnu, John Herlinger, Charles Saunders, Andrew Wilson
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Patent number: 7007861Abstract: Methods and devices for repelling insects are disclosed. The methods and devices provide personal protection from insect bites and insect landings, particularly mosquito bites. The methods and devices employ insect repellents such as pyrethroids at low (parts per billion) levels. The methods and devices effectively minimize the number of mosquitoes landing on a subject properly using the devices.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2001Date of Patent: March 7, 2006Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Inventors: Marcia Mary Ketcha, Pedro Antonio Rodriguez, Todd Laurence Underiner, Lowen Robert Morrison, Dennis Allen Beckholt, Robert Stanley Dirksing, David Burton Moore, Kendal William Kerr, James Douglas Still, Peter Blenkiron, Fernando Benvegnu, John Patrick Herlinger, Charles Winston Saunders, Andrew Wilson
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Publication number: 20050054904Abstract: A method is provided to quantify and/or qualify psychological and physiological components of stress in mammals, in which a stimulus can be applied to the test subject's environment during the test. The method involves the steps of measuring one or more physiological and/or psychological characteristics before and after the administration of a stimulus to a test subject. The stimulus may consist of any product, task, aroma or the like that elicits a stress-related response upon administration. By analyzing the resulting measurements, and optionally comparing physiological and psychological characteristics where both are measured, an overall level of stress may be determined. The method of stress measurement may further be used in product development and/or testing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2004Publication date: March 10, 2005Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Magda El-Nokaly, Michael Hilton, Daniel Schaiper, Fernando Benvegnu
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Patent number: 6476104Abstract: The present invention is directed to an antimicrobial hydrogel-forming absorbent polymer comprising a hydrogel-forming absorbent polymer, and an antimicrobial comprising a 1-hydroxy-2-pyrrolidone derivative represented by the formula (I); wherein R1 represents an alkyl group having 1-17 carbon atoms, alkenyl group having 2-17 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl group having 5-8 carbon atoms, bicycloalkyl group having 7-9 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl-alkyl group wherein the alkyl group has 1-4 carbon atoms and the cycloalkyl group may be substituted with an alkyl group having 1-4 carbon atoms, aryl group, aralkyl group with an alkyl group having 1-4 carbon atoms, aryl-alkenyl group with the alkenyl group having 2-4 carbon atoms, aryloxyalkyl or arylmercaptoalkyl group with the alkyl group having 1-4 carbon atoms, benzhydryl group, phenylsulfonylalkyl group with the alkyl group having 1-4 carbon atoms, furylalkenyl group with the furyl or alkenyl group having 2-4 carbon atoms, wherein the above-mentioned aryType: GrantFiled: July 28, 2000Date of Patent: November 5, 2002Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Reiko Nakamura, Kesyin Fugger Hsueh, Fernando Benvegnu, Kohtaro Fujioka
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Patent number: 6461716Abstract: The present invention relates to an apertured web formed from a polymeric film having permanent hydrophilicity which is suitable for use as a topsheet in an absorbent article. One embodiment of the present invention is a multi-layer polymeric film having a first layer, a second layer, and at least one intermediate layer between the first and second layers, where one of the first or second layers is a block copolymer of a polyether and another polymer and the other layer is a hydrophobic layer as defined herein. Methods of producing such webs are also disclosed. The present invention also pertains to absorbent articles which preferably include a topsheet in accordance with the present invention, a backsheet secured to the topsheet, and an absorbent core positioned between the topsheet and the backsheet.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 1999Date of Patent: October 8, 2002Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Yann-Per Lee, Hugh Joseph O'Donnell, Andrew Julian Wnuk, Todd Leon Mansfield, Gary Dean LaVon, Fernando Benvegnu
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Publication number: 20020005437Abstract: Methods and devices for repelling insects are disclosed. The methods and devices provide personal protection from insect bites and insect landings, particularly mosquito bites. The methods and devices employ insect repellents such as pyrethroids at low (parts per billion) levels. The methods and devices effectively minimize the number of mosquitoes landing on a subject properly using the devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2001Publication date: January 17, 2002Inventors: Marcia Mary Ketcha, Pedro Antonio Rodriguez, Todd Laurence Underiner, Lowen Robert Morrison, Dennis Allen Beckholt, Robert Stanley Dirksing, David Burton Moore, Kendal William Kerr, James Douglas Still, Peter Blenkiron, Fernando Benvegnu, John Patrick Herlinger, Charles Winston Saunders, Andrew Wilson
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Patent number: 5670476Abstract: Rinse-added fabric softening compositions are provided comprising mixtures of a substituted imidazoline fabric softener material and a highly ethoxylated hydrophobic material as a scum dispersant to prevent the formation of scum by interaction of the substituted imidazoline fabric softener material with anionic detergent surfactant and/or phosphate detergency builder entrapped in the fabric, and a liquid carrier. These, preferably biodegradable, compositions have good product stability, dispersibility, and concentratability, as well as excellent fabric softening characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 1996Date of Patent: September 23, 1997Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Alice Marie Vogel, Jeffrey Wayne Watson, Errol Hoffman Wahl, Fernando Benvegnu, John Cort Severns
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Patent number: 5234610Abstract: An effective amount of perfume/cyclodextrin complex is applied to fabric that is preferably at least partially wetted. A preferred method applies said complex to said fabric in an automatic laundry dryer. The perfume/cyclodextrin complexes are preferably incorporated into solid, dryer-activated, fabric treatment (conditioning) compositions, preferably containing fabric softeners, more preferably cationic and/or nonionic fabric softeners. The complexes provide fabrics with perfume benefits when they are rewetted after drying. Volatile perfume materials, including those materials that are commonly associated with "freshness" can be applied to the fabrics in an effective way. Clay provides protection for said perfume/cyclodextrin complexes, especially when certain materials like some nonionic fabric softeners and/or fatty acids are present and in contact with said perfume/cyclodextrin complexes.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 1991Date of Patent: August 10, 1993Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: John M. Gardlik, Toan Trinh, Todd J. Banks, Fernando Benvegnu
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Patent number: 5234611Abstract: Fabric softening compositions, preferably in liquid form, for use in the rinse cycle of home laundry operations are improved by: (a) using certain protected water sensitive materials, especially particulate complexes of cyclodextrins and perfumes, which are protected in fabric softening compositions and/or detergent compositions, by e.g.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 1991Date of Patent: August 10, 1993Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Toan Trinh, Dennis R. Bacon, Fernando Benvegnu
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Patent number: 5102564Abstract: An effective amount of perfume/cyclodextrin complex is applied to fabric that is preferably at least partially wetted. A preferred method applies said complex to said fabric in an automatic laundry dryer. The perfume/cyclodextrin complexes are preferably incorporated into solid, dryer-activated, fabric treatment (conditioning) compositions, preferably containing fabric softeners, more preferably cationic and/or nonionic fabric softeners. The complexes provide fabrics with perfume benefits when they are rewetted after drying. Volatile perfume materials including those materials that are commonly associated with "freshness" can be applied to the fabrics in an effective way. Clay provides protection for said perfume/cyclodextrin complexes, especially when certain materials like some nonionic fabric softeners and/or fatty acids are present and in contact with said perfume/cyclodextrin complexes.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 1989Date of Patent: April 7, 1992Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: John M. Gardlik, Toan Trinh, Todd J. Banks, Fernando Benvegnu
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Patent number: 5094761Abstract: An effective amount of perfume/cyclodextrin complex is applied to fabric that is preferably at least partially wetted. A preferred method applies said complex to said fabric in an automatic laundry dryer. The perfume/cyclodextrin complexes are preferably incorporated into solid, dryer-activated, fabric treatment (conditioning) composition, preferably containing fabric softeners, more preferably cationic and/or nonionic fabric softeners. The complexes provide fabrics with perfume benefits when they are rewetted after drying. Volatile perfume materials, including those materials that are commonly associated with "freshness" can be applied to the fabrics in an effective way. Clay provides protection for said perfume/cyclodextrin complexes, especially when certain materials like some nonionic fabric softeners and/or fatty acids are present and in contact with said perfrum/cyclodextrin complexes.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 1989Date of Patent: March 10, 1992Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Toan Trinh, John M. Gardlik, Todd J. Banks, Fernando Benvegnu