Patents by Inventor Kiyomi Shimamura

Kiyomi Shimamura 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 forming fastening members
    Patent number: 7371302
    Abstract: A method for forming a plurality of pairs of fastening members is disclosed. Each fastening member extends in a longitudinal dircetion and in a lateral direction and comprises a base panel and a tab extending laterally from the base panel. The tab has first fastening materials laterally spacedly positioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kouichi Miyamoto, Akiko Tsubota, Kiyomi Shimamura
  • Method for forming fastening members
    Publication number: 20040016499
    Abstract: A method for forming a plurality of pairs of fastening members is disclosed. Each fastening member extends in a longitudinal direction and in a lateral direction and comprises a base panel and a tab extending laterally from the base panel. The tab has first fastening materials laterally spacedly positioned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2003
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kouichi Miyamoto, Akiko Tsubota, Kiyomi Shimamura
  • Detergent compositions comprising methyl cellulose ether
    Patent number: 5837666
    Abstract: Detergent compositions comprise from 0.05 to 2 percent by weight of methyl cellulose ether having a solution viscosity measured at a temperature of 20.degree. C. as a 2 wt % aqueous solution of from 80 to 120 centipoise and an average degree of methyl substitution per anhydroglucose of from about 1.6 to about 2.3, from 25 to 65 percent by weight of detergent surfactant, from 0 to 20 percent by weight of bleaching component, and from 30 to 70 percent by weight of builder and alkaline material. The compositions may be used in a method of washing polyester fabric in cold water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Susumu Murata, David Johnathan Kitko, Kiyomi Shimamura, Allen David Clauss