Patents by Inventor James Merle Heinrich

James Merle Heinrich 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: 8765170
    Abstract: Personal care compositions, especially those personal care compositions in the form of an article that is a porous, dissolvable solid structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr., Christopher Todd Morrissey, Lee Arnold Schechtman, Renee Danielle Bolden, Kathleen Mary Kaufman, Lisa Jo Bartz, Thomas Edward Dufresne, Darren Paul Trokhan, James Merle Heinrich
  • Patent number: 8628706
    Abstract: A non-lathering personal care article in the form of a porous dissolvable solid structure, comprising: from about 0% to about 10% ionic surfactant; from about 1% to about 60% of a non-surfactant cosmetic active; from about 15% to about 70% polymeric structurant, wherein the polymeric structurant has a weighted average molecular weight of from about 40,000 to about 500,000; and from about 1% to about 30% plasticizer. The article has a density of from about 0.03 g/cm3 to about 0.15 g/cm3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr., James Merle Heinrich, Kathleen Mary Kaufman, Joanne Roberta Willman
  • Publication number: 20130303419
    Abstract: A process that results in a flexible dissolvable porous solid article that can be used as a personal care composition or a fabric care composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Glenn, JR., Jason Donald McCarty, Raul Victorino Nunes, Mark William Hamersky, Elizabeth Anne Wilder, James Merle Heinrich, Darren Paul Trokhan, Thomas Edward Dufresne, Julie Masters Lubbers, Renee Danielle Bolden, Lee Arnold Schechtman
  • Patent number: 8466099
    Abstract: A process that results in a flexible dissolvable porous solid article that can be used as a personal care composition or a fabric care composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr., John Philip Hecht, Jason Donald McCarty, Raul Victorino Nunes, Mark William Hamersky, Elizabeth Anne Wilder, James Merle Heinrich, Darren Paul Trokhan, Thomas Edward Dufresne, Julie Masters Lubbers, Renee Danielle Bolden, Lee Arnold Schechtman
  • Patent number: 8461090
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dissolvable article in the form of a porous dissolvable solid structure, comprising from about 23% to about 75% surfactant; wherein the surfactant has an average ethoxylate/alkyl ratio of from about 0.001 to about 0.45; from about 10% to about 50% water soluble polymer; and from about 1% to about 15% plasticizer; and wherein the article has a density of from about 0.05 g/cm3 to about 0.25 g/cm3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr., James Merle Heinrich, Kathleen Mary Kaufman, John Robert Rusche, David Johnathan Kitko
  • Patent number: 8461091
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dissolvable article in the form of a porous dissolvable solid structure, comprising from about 10% to about 50% water soluble polymer; from about 1% to about 25% plasticizer; from about 23% to about 75% surfactant; wherein the surfactants comprise one or more surfactants from Group I, wherein Group I includes anionic surfactants, and one or more surfactants from Group II, wherein Group II includes a surfactant selected from the group consisting of amphoteric, zwitterionic and combinations thereof; wherein the ratio of Group I to Group II surfactants is from about 5:95 to about 30:70; and wherein the dissolvable article has a density of from about 0.05 g/cm3 to about 0.40 g/cm3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr., James Merle Heinrich, Kathleen Mary Kaufman, Darren Paul Trokhan, Thomas Edward Dufresne, Julie Masters Lubbers, Renee Danielle Bolden, Lee Arnold Schechtman
  • Patent number: 8349786
    Abstract: The present invention relates to personal care compositions, especially those personal care compositions in the form of a personal care article that is a porous dissolvable solid substrate. The porous dissolvable solid substrate has a surface resident coating comprising a cyclodextrin perfume complex that can provide a consumer benefit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr., James Merle Heinrich, Kathleen Mary Kaufman, Virginia Tzung-Hwei Hutchins, Zerlina Guzdar Dubois, Jianjun Justin Li, Kevin M. Labitzke
  • Publication number: 20120321580
    Abstract: A non-lathering personal care article in the form of a porous dissolvable solid structure, comprising: from about 0% to about 10% ionic surfactant; from about 1% to about 60% of a non-surfactant cosmetic active; from about 15% to about 70% polymeric structurant, wherein the polymeric structurant has a weighted average molecular weight of from about 40,000 to about 500,000; and from about 1% to about 30% plasticizer. The article has a density of from about 0.03 g/cm3 to about 0.15 g/cm3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Glenn, JR., James Merle Heinrich, Kathleen Mary Kaufman, Joanne Roberta Willman
  • Patent number: 8273333
    Abstract: A non-lathering personal care article in the form of a porous dissolvable solid structure, comprising: from about 0% to about 10% ionic surfactant; from about 1% to about 60% of a non-surfactant cosmetic active; from about 15% to about 70% polymeric structurant, wherein the polymeric structurant has a weighted average molecular weight of from about 40,000 to about 500,000; and from about 1% to about 30% plasticizer. The article has a density of from about 0.03 g/cm3 to about 0.15 g/cm3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr., James Merle Heinrich, Kathleen Mary Kaufman, Joanne Roberta Willman
  • Publication number: 20100298188
    Abstract: A process that results in a flexible dissolvable porous solid article that can be used as a personal care composition or a fabric care composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Glenn, JR., John Philip Hecht, Jason Donald McCarty, Raul Victorino Nunes, Mark William Hamersky, Elizabeth Anne Wilder, James Merle Heinrich, Darren Paul Trokhan, Thomas Edward Dufresne, Julie Masters Lubbers, Renee Danielle Bolden, Lee Arnold Schechtman
  • Publication number: 20100291165
    Abstract: The present invention relates to personal care compositions, especially those personal care compositions in the form of an article that is a porous, dissolvable solid structure. The article has a hydrophobic surface-resident coating that can provide enhanced deposition efficiency of hydrophobic actives contained therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Glenn, JR., James Merle Heinrich, Kathleen Mary Kaufman, Virginia Tzung-Hwei Hutchins, Zerlina Guzdar Dubois, Jianjun Justin Li, Kevin M.` Labitzke, Darren Paul Trokhan, Thomas Edward Dufresne, Lee Arnold Schechtman
  • Publication number: 20100286011
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dissolvable article in the form of a porous dissolvable solid structure, comprising from about 10% to about 50% water soluble polymer; from about 1% to about 25% plasticizer; from about 23% to about 75% surfactant; wherein said surfactants comprise one or more surfactants from Group I, wherein Group I includes anionic surfactants, and one or more surfactants from Group II, wherein Group II includes a surfactant selected from the group consisting of amphoteric, zwitterionic and combinations thereof; wherein the ratio of Group I to Group II surfactants is from about 5:95 to about 30:70; and wherein said dissolvable article has a density of from about 0.05 g/cm3 to about 0.40 g/cm3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Glenn, JR., James Merle Heinrich, Kathleen Mary Kaufman, Darren Paul Trokhan, Thomas Edward Dufresne, Julie Masters Lubbers, Renee Danielle Bolden, Lee Arnold Schechtman
  • Publication number: 20100279905
    Abstract: The present invention relates to personal care compositions, especially those personal care compositions in the form of a personal care article that is a porous dissolvable solid substrate. The porous dissolvable solid substrate has a surface resident coating comprising a cyclodextrin perfume complex that can provide a consumer benefit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Glenn, JR., James Merle Heinrich, Kathleen Mary Kaufman, Virginia Tzung-Hwei Hutchins, Zerlina Guzdar Dubois, Jianjun Justin Li, Kevin M. Labitzke
  • Publication number: 20100179083
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dissolvable article in the form of a porous dissolvable solid structure, comprising from about 23% to about 75% surfactant; wherein the surfactant has an average ethoxylate/alkyl ratio of from about 0.001 to about 0.45; from about 10% to about 50% water soluble polymer; and from about 1% to about 15% plasticizer; and wherein the article has a density of from about 0.05 g/cm3 to about 0.25 g/cm3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Glenn, JR., James Merle Heinrich, Kathleen Mary Kaufman, John Robert Rusche, David Johnathan Kitko
  • Patent number: 7666825
    Abstract: A multi-phase personal care composition is described that comprises a first visually distinct structured phase and a second visually distinct structured phase. The first visually distinct structured phase comprises a cleansing phase that includes about 2% to about 23.5%, by weight of the cleansing phase, of surfactant component. Preferably, the surfactant component comprises at least one branched anionic surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Julie Ann Wagner, Karl Shiqing Wei, Edward Dewey Smith, III, Sanjeev Midha, James Merle Heinrich, Scott William Syfert, Robert John Strife
  • Publication number: 20090263342
    Abstract: A non-lathering personal care article in the form of a porous dissolvable solid structure, comprising: from about 0% to about 10% ionic surfactant; from about 1% to about 60% of a non-surfactant cosmetic active; from about 15% to about 70% polymeric structurant, wherein the polymeric structurant has a weighted average molecular weight of from about 40,000 to about 500,000; and from about 1% to about 30% plasticizer. The article has a density of from about 0.03 g/cm3 to about 0.15 g/cm3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Glenn, JR., James Merle Heinrich, Kathleen Mary Kaufman, Joanne Roberta Willman
  • Publication number: 20090232873
    Abstract: Personal care compositions, especially those personal care compositions in the form of an article that is a porous, dissolvable solid structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Glenn, JR., Christopher Todd Morrissey, Lee Arnold Schechtman, Renee Danielle Bolden, Kathleen Mary Kaufman, Lisa Jo Bartz, Thomas Edward Dufresne, Darren Paul Trokhan, James Merle Heinrich
  • Patent number: 7531497
    Abstract: Personal care compositions comprising a cleansing phase and a benefit phase. These products are intended to provide a multi-phase personal care composition that is packaged in physical contact while remaining stable and providing improved in-use and after-use hair and skin benefits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sanjeev Midha, Robert Lee Wells, Bryan Gabriel Comstock, James Merle Heinrich, Michael Frederick Niebauer
  • Publication number: 20060079419
    Abstract: A stable, rinsable multi-phase personal care composition is described comprising at least two visually distinct phases. At least one visually distinct phase comprises from about 1% to about 99% of a depositable solid by weight of the composition; and wherein said stable multi-phase personal care composition provides at least about 0.2% Depositable Solids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2005
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Inventors: Julie Ann Wagner, Karl Shiqing Wei, Edward Dewey Smith, Sanjeev Midha, James Merle Heinrich
  • Patent number: 5840288
    Abstract: Disclosed are anhydrous antiperspirant gel-solid sticks which comprise particulate antiperspirant active; a solid non-polymeric gellant that is substantially free of dibenzylidene alditol, inorganic thickening agents, organic polymeric gellants, n-acyl amino acid derivatives, or combinations thereof; an anhydrous liquid carrier containing polyalkylsiloxanes, polyalkyarylsiloxanes, polyestersiloxanes, polyethersiloxane copolymers, polyfluorosiloxanes, polyaminosiloxanes, or combinations thereof. The composition has a visible residue index of from about 11 to about 30 L-value, a product hardness of from about 500 to about 5,000 gram.multidot.force, a rheology profile defined by a ratio of an elastic modulus (G') to a viscous modulus (G") of from about 0.1 to about 100. The refractive indices of the particulate antiperspirant active, the solid non-polymeric gellant, and the anhydrous liquid carrier are not matched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gerald John Guskey, Thomas Vincent Orr, James Robert Schwartz, James Merle Heinrich