Patents by Inventor Gretchen Louise Elder
Gretchen Louise Elder 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: 8420883Abstract: Disclosed is a method for maintaining and/or improving skin health in the area of a wearer covered by an absorbent article. The absorbent article includes a vapor permeable backsheet, a liquid pervious topsheet positioned in facing relation with the backsheet, an absorbent core located between the backsheet and the topsheet. The absorbent article also includes skin care compositions thereon for maintaining and/or improving skin health.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2011Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Gretchen Louise Elder, Donald Carroll Roe, Thomas James Klofta
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Patent number: 8138388Abstract: Disclosed is a method for maintaining and/or improving skin health in the area of a wearer covered by an absorbent article. The absorbent article includes a vapor permeable backsheet, a liquid pervious topsheet positioned in facing relation with the backsheet, an absorbent core located between the backsheet and the topsheet. The absorbent article also includes skin care compositions thereon for maintaining and/or improving skin health.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2010Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Gretchen Louise Elder, Donald Carroll Roe, Thomas James Klofta
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Publication number: 20120065603Abstract: Disclosed is a method for maintaining and/or improving skin health in the area of a wearer covered by an absorbent article. The absorbent article includes a vapor permeable backsheet, a liquid pervious topsheet positioned in facing relation with the backsheet, an absorbent core located between the backsheet and the topsheet. The absorbent article also includes skin care compositions thereon for maintaining and/or improving skin health.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2011Publication date: March 15, 2012Inventors: Gretchen Louise Elder, Donald Carroll Roe, Thomas James Klofta
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Publication number: 20110118687Abstract: Disclosed is a method for maintaining and/or improving skin health in the area of a wearer covered by an absorbent article. The absorbent article includes a vapor permeable backsheet, a liquid pervious topsheet positioned in facing relation with the backsheet, an absorbent core located between the backsheet and the topsheet. The absorbent article also includes skin care compositions thereon for maintaining and/or improving skin health.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2010Publication date: May 19, 2011Inventors: Gretchen Louise Elder, Donald Carroll Roe, Thomas James Klofta
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Patent number: 7851668Abstract: Disclosed is a method for maintaining and/or improving skin health in the area of a wearer covered by an absorbent article. The absorbent article includes a vapor permeable backsheet, a liquid pervious topsheet positioned in facing relation with the backsheet, an absorbent core located between the backsheet and the topsheet. The absorbent article also includes skin care compositions thereon for maintaining and/or improving skin health.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2006Date of Patent: December 14, 2010Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Gretchen Louise Elder, Donald Carroll Roe, Thomas James Klofta
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Patent number: 6803496Abstract: The present invention relates a method for maintaining or improving skin health by repeatedly applying lotion-treated absorbent articles to a wearer. When applied with sufficient frequency, the skin in the area covered by lotion-treated absorbent articles shows equal or improved skin health, relative to skin covered by untreated absorbent articles that do not comprise a skin care composition. The present invention also relates to methods for assessing skin health in the area covered by an absorbent article.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 1997Date of Patent: October 12, 2004Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Gretchen Louise Elder, Donald Carroll Roe
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Patent number: 6710223Abstract: The present invention relates a method for improving skin condition by repeatedly applying lotion-treated absorbent articles to a wearer. When applied with sufficient frequency, the skin in the area covered by lotion-treated absorbent articles shows improvement in skin smoothness, relative to skin covered by untreated absorbent articles that do not comprise a skin care composition. The present invention also relates to methods for assessing skin smoothness in the area covered by an absorbent article.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 1997Date of Patent: March 23, 2004Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Laura Graves Spalding Van Rijswijck, Gretchen Louise Elder, Mauricio Rolando Odio, Susan Baldwin, Michelle Denise Roseman, Kevin Eugene Grandison
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Patent number: 6476288Abstract: An absorbent article, such as a diaper, containing cuffs and a topsheet with one or more skin care compositions disposed thereon. The skin care compositions are transferable to the wearer's skin by normal contact and/or wearer motion and/or body heat. The skin care compositions disclosed in the present invention are selected to maintain and/or improve the skin health of the wearer upon transfer during use, for example, to provide a skin protective barrier or a therapeutic benefit; to minimize the abrasion between the cuffs and skin in the area where the cuffs contact the wearer's skin, resulting in less skin irritation; to improve BM clean up on the skin, or to improve the barrier properties of the cuffs.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2000Date of Patent: November 5, 2002Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Laura Graves Spalding VanRijswijck, Gretchen Louise Elder, Donald Carroll Roe
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Publication number: 20020143304Abstract: Disclosed is a method for maintaining and/or improving skin health in the area of a wearer covered by an absorbent article. The absorbent article includes a vapor permeable backsheet, a liquid pervious topsheet positioned in facing relation with the backsheet, an absorbent core located between the backsheet and the topsheet. The absorbent article also includes skin care compositions thereon for maintaining and/or improving skin health.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2001Publication date: October 3, 2002Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Gretchen Louise Elder, Donald Carroll Roe, Thomas James Klofta
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Publication number: 20020026165Abstract: Disclosed is a method for maintaining and/or improving skin health in the area of a wearer covered by an absorbent article, the method comprising:Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 1997Publication date: February 28, 2002Inventors: GRETCHEN LOUISE ELDER, LAURA G. S. VAN RIJSWIJCK, SUSAN BALDWIN, MAURICIO R. ODIO, MICHELLE DENISE ROSEMAN, DONALD CARROLL ROE
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Patent number: 6290979Abstract: Web materials which have two or more skin care compositions disposed thereon. The skin care compositions are transferable to the wearer's skin by normal contact and/or wearer motion and/or body heat. The skin care compositions disclosed in the present invention are selected to maintain and/or improve the skin health of the wearer upon transfer during use, for example, to provide a skin protective barrier or a therapeutic benefit; to minimize the abrasion between the cuffs and skin in the area where the cuffs contact the wearer's skin, resulting in less skin irritation; to improve BM clean up on the skin, or to improve the barrier properties of the cuffs. Web materials of the present invention have a wide range of potential uses in both durable and disposable articles, but are particularly well suited for use in disposable absorbent articles such as disposable diapers, incontinent briefs, training pants, sanitary napkins, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2000Date of Patent: September 18, 2001Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Donald Carroll Roe, Gretchen Louise Elder, Thomas Edward Schulte, Laura Graves Spalding VanRijswijck, Steven Worthington Miller
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Patent number: 6120783Abstract: Web materials which have two or more skin care compositions disposed thereon. The skin care compositions are transferable to the wearer's skin by normal contact and/or wearer motion and/or body heat. The skin care compositions disclosed in the present invention are selected to maintain and/or improve the skin health of the wearer upon transfer during use, for example, to provide a skin protective barrier or a therapeutic benefit; to minimize the abrasion between the cuffs and skin in the area where the cuffs contact the wearer's skin, resulting in less skin irritation; to improve BM clean up on the skin, or to improve the barrier properties of the cuffs. Web materials of the present invention have a wide range of potential uses in both durable and disposable articles, but are particularly well suited for use in disposable absorbent articles such as disposable diapers, incontinent briefs, training pants, sanitary napkins, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 1997Date of Patent: September 19, 2000Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Donald Carroll Roe, Gretchen Louise Elder, Thomas Edward Schulte, Laura Graves Spalding Van Rijswijck, Steven Worthington Miller
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Patent number: 6120488Abstract: An absorbent article, such as a diaper, containing cuffs and a topsheet with one or more skin care compositions disposed thereon. The skin care compositions are transferable to the wearer's skin by normal contact and/or wearer motion and/or body heat. The skin care compositions disclosed in the present invention are selected to maintain and/or improve the skin health of the wearer upon transfer during use, for example, to provide a skin protective barrier or a therapeutic benefit; to minimize the abrasion between the cuffs and skin in the area where the cuffs contact the wearer's skin, resulting in less skin irritation; to improve BM clean up on the skin, or to improve the barrier properties of the cuffs.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 1997Date of Patent: September 19, 2000Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Laura Graves Spalding VanRijswijck, Gretchen Louise Elder, Donald Carroll Roe
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Patent number: 6107537Abstract: The present invention relates to absorbent articles which provide improved protection against skin overhydration. A particularly preferred embodiment of an absorbent article of the present invention comprises a body contacting surface having a skin care composition thereon that, when at least a portion of the composition is transferred to a wearer's skin by normal body motion or body heat, the material is effective in providing a skin condition benefit and a liquid impermeable, breathable backsheet having a mass vapor transmission rate value (MVTR) of at least about 1300 g/m.sup.2 /24 hr and an absorbent core having a post acquisition collagen rewet method value (PACORM) with a PACORM:MVTR ratio is less than 0.05 mg/(g/m.sup.2 /24 hr).Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 1997Date of Patent: August 22, 2000Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Gretchen Louise Elder, Donald Carroll Roe, Laura Graves Van Rijswijck, Mathias Kurt Herrlein, Manfred Plischke, Julie Charlene Rule, George Christopher Dobrin, Edward John Milbrada