Patents by Inventor Joseph Allan DePuydt

Joseph Allan DePuydt 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).

  • RAZOR BLADES AND RAZORS
    Publication number: 20110120973
    Abstract: Razors are described herein. In some instances the razors include a safety razor blade unit comprising a guard, a cap, and at least two blades with parallel sharpened edges located between the guard and cap. A first blade defines a blade edge nearer the guard and a second blade defines a blade edge nearer the cap. The first blade has a cutter force greater than the cutter force of the second blade. In some instances the razors provide a comfortable shave having improved closeness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: Andrew Zhuk, Weili Yu, Hoang Mai Trankiem, Neville Sonnenberg, Kevin Leslie Powell, Yiqian Eric Liu, Robert L. Lescanec, Steve S. Hahn, Joseph Allan DePuydt, Cinzia Simonis de Cloke, Alan Crook
  • Razor blades and razors
    Patent number: 7882640
    Abstract: Razors are described herein. In some instances the razors include a safety razor blade unit comprising a guard, a cap, and at least two blades with parallel sharpened edges located between the guard and cap. A first blade defines a blade edge nearer the guard and a second blade defines a blade edge nearer the cap. The first blade has a cutter force greater than the cutter force of the second blade. In some instances the razors provide a comfortable shave having improved closeness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Andrew Zhuk, Weili Yu, Hoang Mai Trankiem, Neville Sonnenberg, Kevin Leslie Powell, Yiqian Eric Liu, Robert L. Lescanec, Steve S. Hahn, Joseph Allan DePuydt, Cinzia Simonis de Cloke, Alan Crook
  • RAZOR BLADES
    Publication number: 20100011595
    Abstract: A razor blade having a substrate with a cutting edge being defined by a sharpened tip. The substrate has a thickness of between about 1.3 and 1.6 micrometers measured at a distance of four micrometers from the blade tip, a thickness of between about 2.2 and 2.7 micrometers measured at a distance of eight micrometers from the blade tip, a thickness of between about 3.8 and 4.9 micrometers measured at a distance of sixteen micrometers from the blade tip, a ratio of thickness measured at four micrometers from the blade tip to the thickness measured at eight micrometers from the blade tip of at least 0.55 and a ratio of thickness measured at four micrometers from the blade tip to the thickness measured at sixteen micrometers from the blade tip of at least 0.30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Inventors: Oliver H. Claus, Joseph Allan DePuydt, Steve S. Hahn, Yongqing Ju, John Madeira, Krassimir Grigorov Marchev, Kenneth James Skrobis, Neville Sonnenberg, Charles Samuel White
  • RAZORS AND RAZOR CARTRIDGES
    Publication number: 20100011590
    Abstract: Razors cartridges including a guard, a cap, and at least two blades with parallel sharpened edges located between the guard and cap are provided. A first blade defines a blade edge nearest the guard and a second blade defines a blade edge nearest the cap. The first blade has a cutter force less than the cutter force of the second blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Inventors: Joseph Allan DePuydt, Steve S. Hahn, John Madeira, Krassimir Grigorov Marchev, Kenneth James Skrobis, Neville Sonnenberg