Patents by Inventor Francisco Antonio Rimoli

Francisco Antonio Rimoli 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).

  • Patent number: 8871123
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an absorbent article including a absorbent core having a plurality of first regions and a second region, each one of said first regions being arranged in spaced relationship from each of the other first regions and each of the first regions being entirely surrounded by the second region. The present invention also relates to a method of making such a core structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Ind. E Com. Ltda.
    Inventors: Antonio Carlos Ribeiro de Carvalho, Ivair Luiz Duarte, Márcia Helena Teixeira Fajolli, Francisco Antonio Rimoli, Maria Márcia R. Caldas Salles
  • Patent number: 8480387
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a method and apparatus for a making a formed fibrous article and more specifically to method and apparatus for making a formed fibrous article useful as an absorbent core structure in a disposable sanitary article such as a sanitary napkin, panty liner, diaper or the like. The present invention also relates to a disposable sanitary article including a formed fibrous article according to the present invention as a core structure thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson DO Brasil Industria E Comercio Produtos Para Saude Ltda.
    Inventors: Marco Antonio Alkmin, José Francisco Cau, Jose Manoel Soares Coutinho, Ivair Luiz Duarte, Reinaldo Lourenço Faria, Francisco J. V. Hernandez, Francisco Antonio Rimoli, Francisco Savastano Neto, Alexandre Teixeira Yamashita
  • Patent number: 8398915
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a method and apparatus for a making a formed fibrous article and more specifically to method and apparatus for making a formed fibrous article useful as an absorbent core structure in a disposable sanitary article such as a sanitary napkin, panty liner, diaper or the like. The present invention also relates to a disposable sanitary article including a formed fibrous article according to the present invention as a core structure thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson do Brasil Industria e Comercio Produtos Paral Saude Ltda. Rodovia
    Inventors: Marco Antonio Alkmin, Livea Fujita Barbosa, José Francisco Cau, Jose Manoel Soares Coutinho, Ivair Luiz Duarte, Reinaldo Lourenço Faria, Francisco J. V. Hernandez, Manuela Leonel Martines, Francisco Antonio Rimoli, Francisco Savastano Neto, Alexandre Teixeira Yamashita
  • Patent number: 8394316
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a method and apparatus for a making a formed fibrous article and more specifically to method and apparatus for making a formed fibrous article useful as an absorbent core structure in a disposable sanitary article such as a sanitary napkin, panty liner, diaper or the like. The present invention also relates to a disposable sanitary article including a formed fibrous article according to the present invention as a core structure thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson do Brasil Industria e Comercio Produtos Para Saude Ltda. Rodovia
    Inventors: Marco Antonio Alkmin, José Francisco Cau, Jose Manoel Soares Coutinho, Francisco J. V. Hernandez, Francisco Antonio Rimoli, Francisco Savastano Neto
  • Patent number: 8388329
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to an apparatus for a making a formed fibrous article and more specifically to an apparatus for making a formed fibrous article useful as an absorbent core structure in a disposable sanitary article such as a sanitary napkin, panty liner, diaper or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson do Brasil Industria e Comercio Produtos para saude Ltda. Rodovia
    Inventors: Marco Antonio Alkmin, José Francisco Cau, José Manoel Soares Coutinho, Francisco J. V. Hernandez, Francisco Antonio Rimoli, Francisco Savastano Neto
  • Publication number: 20120040171
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a method and apparatus for a making a formed fibrous article and more specifically to method and apparatus for making a formed fibrous article useful as an absorbent core structure in a disposable sanitary article such as a sanitary napkin, panty liner, diaper or the like. The present invention also relates to a disposable sanitary article including a formed fibrous article according to the present invention as a core structure thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Marco Antonio Alkmin, José Francisco Cau, Jose Manoel Soares Coutinho, Francisco J.V. Harnandez, Francisco Antonio Rimoli, Francisco Savastano Neto
  • Publication number: 20120041405
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a method and apparatus for a making a formed fibrous article and more specifically to method and apparatus for making a formed fibrous article useful as an absorbent core structure in a disposable sanitary article such as a sanitary napkin, panty liner, diaper or the like. The present invention also relates to a disposable sanitary article including a formed fibrous article according to the present invention as a core structure thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Marco Antonio Alkmin, Livea Fujita Barbosa, José Francisco Cau, Jose Manoel Soares Coutinho, Ivair Luiz Duarte, Reinaldo Lourenço Faria, Francisco J. V. Hernandez, Manuela Leonel Martines, Francisco Antonio Rimoli, Francisco Savastano Neto, Alexandre Teixeira Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20120040039
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a method and apparatus for a making a formed fibrous article and more specifically to method and apparatus for making a formed fibrous article useful as an absorbent core structure in a disposable sanitary article such as a sanitary napkin, panty liner, diaper or the like. The present invention also relates to a disposable sanitary article including a formed fibrous article according to the present invention as a core structure thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Marco Antonio Alkmin, José Francisco Cau, Jose Manoel Soares Coutinho, Ivair Luiz Duarte, Reinaldo Lourenco Faria, Francisco J.V. Hernandez, Francisco Antonio Rimoli, Francisco Savastano Neto, Alexandre Teixeira Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20120037329
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a method and apparatus for a making a formed fibrous article and more specifically to method and apparatus for making a formed fibrous article useful as an absorbent core structure in a disposable sanitary article such as a sanitary napkin, panty liner, diaper or the like. The present invention also relates to a disposable sanitary article including a formed fibrous article according to the present invention as a core structure thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Marco Antonio Alkmin, José Francisco Cau, José Manoel Soares Coutinho, Francisco J.V. Hernandez, Francisco Antonio Rimoli, Francisco Savastano Neto
  • Publication number: 20120041406
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a method and apparatus for a making a formed fibrous article and more specifically to method and apparatus for making a formed fibrous article useful as an absorbent core structure in a disposable sanitary article such as a sanitary napkin, panty liner, diaper or the like. The present invention also relates to a disposable sanitary article including a formed fibrous article according to the present invention as a core structure thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Marco Antonio Alkmin, José Francisco Cau, Jose Manoel Soares Coutinho, Francisco J.V. Hernandez, Francisco Antonio Rimoli, Francisco Savastano Neto
  • Publication number: 20120037327
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a method and apparatus for a making a formed fibrous article and more specifically to method and apparatus for making a formed fibrous article useful as an absorbent core structure in a disposable sanitary article such as a sanitary napkin, panty liner, diaper or the like. The present invention also relates to a disposable sanitary article including a formed fibrous article according to the present invention as a core structure thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Marco Antonio Alkmin, Livea Fujita Barbosa, José Francisco Cau, Jose Manoel Soares Coutinho, Ivair Luiz Duarte, Reinaldo Lourenço Faria, Francisco J. V. Hernandez, Manuela Leonel Martines, Francisco Antonio Rimoli, Francisco Savastano Neto, Alexandre Teixeira Yamashita
  • Patent number: 7854235
    Abstract: Monofilament dental tapes including a core body having first and second opposing external faces, where at least one of the external faces has a plurality of indentations protruding into the core body of the dental tape, where the plurality of indentations are provided in from about 5% to about 95% of the total area of the first or second external faces, the indentations having a depth within the core body corresponding to from about 0.1% to about 95% of the thickness of the core body, taken transversally to the external face containing the plurality of indentations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen John Blanchard, Emilson Ismael Netto, Daniel Ricardo Queiroz, Francisco Antonio Rimoli
  • Publication number: 20100032860
    Abstract: The present invention also relates to a method of making an absorbent core having a first central region and second region concentrically surrounding the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Francisco J.V. Hernandez, Francisco Antonio Rimoli
  • Publication number: 20100032858
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an absorbent article including a absorbent core having a plurality of first regions and a second region, each one of said first regions being arranged in spaced relationship from each of the other first regions and each of the first regions being entirely surrounded by the second region. The present invention also relates to a method of making such a core structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Antonio Carlos Ribeiro de Carvalho, Ivair Luiz Duarte, Marcia Helena Fajolli, Francisco Antonio Rimoli, Maria Marcia Salles
  • Publication number: 20080230087
    Abstract: The present invention includes monofilament dental tapes that include a core body having a first external face and a second external face opposite the first external face, where at least one of the first and second external faces has a plurality of indentations protruding into the core body of the dental tape, where the plurality of indentations are provided in from about 5% to about 95% of the total area of the at least one of the first and second external faces. The indentations have a depth within the core body, in relation to the at least one of the first and second external faces comprising the plurality of indentations, corresponding to from about 0.1% to about 95% of the thickness of the core body, taken transversally to the at least one of the first and second external faces comprising the plurality of indentations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Stephen John Blanchard, Emilson Ismael Netto, Daniel Ricardo Queiroz, Francisco Antonio Rimoli
  • Publication number: 20060111684
    Abstract: An absorbent article including a first layer having an internal surface and an external surface, a second layer having an internal surface and an external surface, indicia arranged on at least one of the internal surfaces of the first layer the second layer, at least one of the first layer or the second layer having a light transmittance of at least 45% so that the indicia is viewable from at least one of the external surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Inventors: Maria Berba, Ana Marcelo, Maria Socorro Medina, Paulo Roberto Serra, Jenny Du, Tarun Arora, Luiz Rachid, Francisco Antonio Rimoli
  • Publication number: 20040121106
    Abstract: Portable disposable personal article containing a product for body care, comprising a substrate (S) of flexible material, which is water and oil insoluble and consists of a basic film (10) having a front face incorporating, in a single piece, a plurality of projecting tabs (11), which are mutually interconnected, in order to define substantially prismatic and anteriorly opened cavities (12), and a single amount of a product (P) for body care, which is deposited on the front face of the basic film (10), in order to fill at least partially a certain number of cavities, in which it is retained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Nilo Lemos Cobeiros, Rogerio Costa, Joseph David Melnik, Francisco Antonio Rimoli, Julio Malva Filho
  • Patent number: 6632207
    Abstract: An intimate napkin for use with an undergarment, having: a substantially planar and elongated frame (3, 3′) comprising a first face having a liquid pervious material layer, and a second face, opposite to the first face, having a liquid impervious material layer; an absorbing core (2) inserted in the frame (3,3′) between the liquid pervious material layer and the liquid impervious material layer, the liquid impervious material layer having a first inner surface faced to the core (2), and a second outer surface, opposite to the first surface, faced outwardly, which constitutes the outer face of the napkin (1,1′); and an adhesive layer applied to the second outer surface, the napkin (1,1′), wherein the adhesive layer is comprised of at least five lines of adhesive (4) substantially spaced apart, the adhesive ratio ranges from 8 to 25 g/m2, and the adhesive has a shear value of at least 2.0 Kgf is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Industria e Comercio Ltda.
    Inventors: Fabio Eduardo Franca Rangel, Francisco Antonio Rimoli, Joao Bosco Pereira, Jose Francisco Cau, Julio Malva Filho
  • Publication number: 20020029027
    Abstract: An intimate napkin for use with an undergarment, having:
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2001
    Publication date: March 7, 2002
    Inventors: Fabio Eduardo Franca Rangel, Francisco Antonio Rimoli, Joao Bosco Pereira, Jose Francisco Cau, Julio Malva Filho, Joao Bosco Pereira