Patents by Inventor Karl Edward Thuemmler

Karl Edward Thuemmler 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).

  • LIQUID DELIVERY POUCH AND ARTICLE COMPRISING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20080317389
    Abstract: A liquid delivery pouch comprises an outer liquid-impermeable wall and a liquid contained therein. The liquid-impermeable wall comprises at least one aperture having a diameter of from 200 ?m to 500 ?m. The at least one aperture is sealed by a sealing means to prevent the liquid to be released from said pouch prior to use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: David John Pung, Kim Morey Mortland, Karl Edward Thuemmler
  • Method of hydrophilizing materials
    Patent number: 6863933
    Abstract: Coating compositions, methods and articles of manufacture comprising a nanoparticle system employing same to impart surface modifying benefits for all types of soft surfaces, and in some cases, hard surfaces, are disclosed. In some embodiments, dispersement of nanoparticles in a suitable carrier medium allows for the creation of coating compositions, methods and articles of manufacture that create multi-use benefits to the modified surfaces. These surface modifications can produce long lasting or semi-permanent multi-use benefits that, in some embodiments, may include at least one of the following improved surface properties: cleaning, wettability, liquid strike-through, comfort, stain resistance, soil removal, malodor control, modification of surface friction, reduced damage to abrasion and color enhancement, relative to the surfaces unmodified with such nanoparticle systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ronald Dean Cramer, Robert Henry Rohrbaugh, John David Carter, Karl Edward Thuemmler, Ekaterina Anatolyevna Ponomarenko, Mattias Schmidt
  • Method for hydrophilizing materials using charged particles
    Publication number: 20030148684
    Abstract: A method of rendering materials having hard and soft surfaces hydrophilic or more hydrophilic is disclosed. The method involves hydrophilizing such materials by applying a high energy treatment and charged particles and/or one or more hydrophilic polymeric materials with discrete charges to such materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2003
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ronald Dean Cramer, Robert Henry Rohrbaugh, John David Carter, Karl Edward Thuemmler
  • Method of hydrophilizing materials
    Publication number: 20020192366
    Abstract: Coating compositions, methods and articles of manufacture comprising a nanoparticle system employing same to impart surface modifying benefits for all types of soft surfaces, and in some cases, hard surfaces, are disclosed. In some embodiments, dispersement of nanoparticles in a suitable carrier medium allows for the creation of coating compositions, methods and articles of manufacture that create multi-use benefits to the modified surfaces. These surface modifications can produce long lasting or semi-permanent multi-use benefits that, in some embodiments, may include at least one of the following improved surface properties: cleaning, wettability, liquid strike-through, comfort, stain resistance, soil removal, malodor control, modification of surface friction, reduced damage to abrasion and color enhancement, relative to the surfaces unmodified with such nanoparticle systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2002
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventors: Ronald Dean Cramer, Robert Henry Rohrbaugh, John David Carter, Karl Edward Thuemmler, Ekaterina Anatolyevna Ponomarenko, Mattias Schmidt
  • Cleaning implement
    Patent number: D564164
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Richard Michael Harper, Leah Mallory Wood, James Edward Poland, Douglas Michael McGahan, Karl Edward Thuemmler, John Philip Stoddard, Caroline Marie Flagiello, Margrethe Elizabeth Koshland, Anthony Piazza, Pontus Kaj Björn Wahlgren, Gregory Clegg Spooner
  • Handle for a cleaning article
    Patent number: D579615
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gregory Churchill Ames, Brian David Andres, Raymond Charles Bell, Ralf Groene, Shannon Nichole Powers, Jason Patrick Shaw, John Philip Stoddard, Karl Edward Thuemmler