Patents by Inventor Grant Edward Tompkins, IV

Grant Edward Tompkins, IV 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).

  • Method for developing three dimensional surface patterns for a papermaking belt
    Patent number: 8135170
    Abstract: A process for making an image for a papermaking belt wherein the image is the product of: (a) providing an image, said image being a simple geometric figure; (b) performing a first alpha image modification algorithm on said image; (c) performing a first beta image modification algorithm upon said image to provide a resultant image, said beta image modification algorithm being a three-dimensional image modification algorithm; and, (d) using said resultant image to form a pattern for said papermaking belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Grant Edward Tompkins, IV, Rebecca Howland Spitzer, Ward William Ostendorf
  • METHOD FOR DEVELOPING THREE DIMENSIONAL SURFACE PATTERNS FOR A PAPERMAKING BELT
    Publication number: 20110207058
    Abstract: A process for making an image for a papermaking belt wherein the image is the product of: (a) providing an image, said image being a simple geometric figure; (b) performing a first alpha image modification algorithm on said image; (c) performing a first beta image modification algorithm upon said image to provide a resultant image, said beta image modification algorithm being a three-dimensional image modification algorithm; and, (d) using said resultant image to form a pattern for said papermaking belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventors: Grant Edward Tompkins, IV, Rebecca Howland Spitzer, Ward William Ostendorf
  • Method for developing three dimensional surface patterns for a papermaking belt
    Patent number: 7894625
    Abstract: A process for making an image for a papermaking belt wherein the image is the product of (a) providing an image; and (b) performing at least one image modification algorithm thereon, one of the at least one image modification algorithms being a beta image modification algorithm and the beta image modification algorithm being a three-dimensional image modification algorithm to provide a resultant image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Grant Edward Tompkins, IV, Rebecca Howland Spitzer, Ward William Ostendorf
  • Paper product
    Patent number: D570118
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Elizabeth Ann Kreider, Grant Edward Tompkins, IV, Joseph Jay Bullock, Douglas Jay Barkey, LaTisha Evette Salaam
  • Paper product
    Patent number: D570608
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: LaTisha Evette Salaam, Elizabeth Ann Kreider, Joseph Jay Bullock, Douglas Jay Barkey, Grant Edward Tompkins, IV
  • Paper towel
    Patent number: D662327
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Stacey Ann Espinosa, Cathy Marie Sanders, Grant Edward Tompkins, IV, Nakomi Lee Feldmann
  • Paper towel
    Patent number: D662328
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Stacey Ann Espinosa, Cathy Marie Sanders, Grant Edward Tompkins, IV, Nakomi Lee Feldmann
  • Paper towel
    Patent number: D668878
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Stacey Ann Espinosa, Cathy Marie Sanders, Grant Edward Tompkins, IV, Nakomi Lee Feldmann