Patents by Inventor Kofi A. Bissah

Kofi A. Bissah 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).

  • Publication number: 20220323633
    Abstract: Elastic polymer compositions that provide stretch recovery to absorbent fabrics and products produced from these absorbent fabrics and methods for their production are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Kofi BISSAH, Michael D. GILBERT
  • Patent number: 11312808
    Abstract: Aqueous polyurethane dispersions, prepolymers for formation of these dispersions, methods for their use in shaping articles, as well as shaping articles produced thereby are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: THE LYCRA COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Douglas K Farmer, Carmen A Covelli, Hong Liu, Laura E Lange, Tianyi Liao, Kofi Bissah
  • Publication number: 20210282983
    Abstract: A garment for preventing bodily fluid leakage and sagging of an absorbent pad includes an undergarment and a sling placed adjacent to a crotch portion of the undergarment, the sling designed and configured to provide a longitudinal stretch to move with a body of a wearer and to exert a garment force against the absorbent pad and the body. In an alternate embodiment, a garment for preventing bodily fluid leakage and sagging of an absorbent pad includes undergarment and a sling placed adjacent to a crotch portion of the undergarment, the sling having a shape of an hourglass or a trapezoid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: A&AT LLC
    Inventor: Kofi BISSAH
  • Publication number: 20210283299
    Abstract: Elastic polymer compositions that provide stretch recovery to absorbent fabrics and products produced from these absorbent fabrics and methods for their production are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: A&AT LLC
    Inventors: Kofi BISSAH, Michael D. GILBERT
  • Publication number: 20210086473
    Abstract: Disposable or reusable elasticized or stretchable nonwoven or fabric composites with multiple ends arranged in close spacing as well as methods for their production are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: The LYCRA Company LLC
    Inventor: Kofi BISSAH
  • Publication number: 20190284325
    Abstract: Aqueous polyurethane dispersions, prepolymers for formation of these dispersions, methods for their use in shaping articles, as well as shaping articles produced thereby are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: A&AT LLC
    Inventors: Douglas K FARMER, Carmen A COVELLI, Hong LIU, Laura E LANGE, Tianyi LIAO, Kofi BISSAH
  • Publication number: 20170136715
    Abstract: An article comprising a polyurethane composition and an array of fibers wherein said array of fibers are embedded in said polyurethane composition such that a portion of said fibers extends beyond an internal surface of said molded article and an external surface of said molded article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: INVISTA NORTH AMERICA S.A R.L.
    Inventors: Kenneth Edward MARTIN, Hong LIU, Kofi BISSAH
  • Patent number: 8952212
    Abstract: An absorbent article including a liquid permeable cover layer, a liquid impermeable barrier layer, an absorbent core arranged adjacent to the cover layer, the absorbent core including a material-free zone extending, a transfer layer arranged between the core and the barrier layer, the transfer layer including a planar portion having an upper surface and a lower surface and a protrusion extending upwardly from the upper surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Kofi Bissah, John Poccia, Fernanda Wiermann Paques, Francisco J. V. Hernandez
  • Patent number: 8859841
    Abstract: An absorbent article including a liquid permeable cover layer, a liquid impermeable barrier layer, an absorbent core arranged adjacent to the cover layer, the absorbent core including a material-free zone extending, a transfer layer arranged between the core and the barrier layer, the transfer layer including a planar portion having an upper surface and a lower surface and a protrusion extending upwardly from the upper surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Kofi Bissah, John Poccia, Fernanda Wiermann Paques, Francisco J. V. Hernandez
  • Patent number: 8858522
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to absorbent articles and in particular to an absorbent article including a liquid permeable cover layer, a liquid impermeable barrier layer, an absorbent core arranged adjacent to the cover layer, a transfer layer arranged between the core and the barrier layer, the absorbent core including an upper surface and a lower surface and a material-free zone extending from the upper surface to the lower surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Kofi Bissah, Paul Davies, Francisco J. V. Hernandez, Fernanda Wiermann Paques
  • Publication number: 20140249497
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to absorbent articles and in particular to an absorbent article including a liquid permeable cover layer, a liquid impermeable barrier layer, an absorbent core arranged adjacent to the cover layer, a transfer layer arranged between the core and the barrier layer, the absorbent core including an upper surface and a lower surface and a material-free zone extending from the upper surface to the lower surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Inventors: Kofi Bissah, Paul Davies, Francisco J.V. Hernandez, Fernanda Wiermann Paques
  • Patent number: 8764719
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to absorbent articles and in particular to an absorbent article including a liquid permeable cover layer, a liquid impermeable barrier layer, an absorbent core arranged adjacent to the cover layer, a transfer layer arranged between the core and the barrier layer, the absorbent core including an upper surface and a lower surface and a material-free zone extending from the upper surface to the lower surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Ind. E Com. Ltda
    Inventors: Kofi Bissah, Paul Davies, Francisco J. V. Hernandez, Fernanda Wiermann Paques
  • Publication number: 20120323202
    Abstract: An absorbent article including a liquid permeable cover layer, a liquid impermeable barrier layer, an absorbent core arranged adjacent to the cover layer, the absorbent core including a material-free zone extending, a transfer layer arranged between the core and the barrier layer, the transfer layer including a planar portion having an upper surface and a lower surface and a protrusion extending upwardly from the upper surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventors: Kofi Bissah, John Poccia, Fernanda Wiermann Paques, Francisco J.V. Hernandez
  • Publication number: 20120323201
    Abstract: An absorbent article including a liquid permeable cover layer, a liquid impermeable barrier layer, an absorbent core arranged adjacent to the cover layer, the absorbent core including a material-free zone extending, a transfer layer arranged between the core and the barrier layer, the transfer layer including a planar portion having an upper surface and a lower surface and a protrusion extending upwardly from the upper surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventors: Kofi Bissah, John Poccia, Fernanda Wiermann Paques, Francisco J.V. Hernandez
  • Patent number: 8263678
    Abstract: Provided are compositions for repelling fluids comprising a volatile liquid carrier, a powder-feel agent and less than 5 weight % of an ester selected from the group consisting of formula I, formula II, formula III, and combinations of two or more thereof: wherein R1, R2, R3, R5, R6, R8 and R9 are independently linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted, saturated or unsaturated, C3-C22 alkyl or alkenyl groups, R4 is a linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted, saturated or unsaturated, C3-C22 alkylene or alkenylene moiety, and R7 is a linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted, saturated or unsaturated C3-C22 moiety, the composition being substantially anhydrous. Also provided are methods of improving dryness and/or comfort associated with the intimate area, as well as, kits comprising the composition and an absorbent article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Kofi A. Bissah, Ricardo De Oliveira, Saurabh Desai, Joseph J. LiBrizzi, Saroja Narasimhan, Thong Nguyen, Shoba Pillai
  • Patent number: 8079992
    Abstract: A multi-layer absorbent article including a first layer and a second layer, the article being constructed such that it is elastic in a longitudinal direction of the article so that a loading force of 400 g extends a sample of the article taken along the longitudinal centerline of the article between about 5% and 20% of the sample's original length, and the recovery of the sample after the loading force is removed at least 90%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Kofi A. Bissah, Tarun K. Arora
  • Publication number: 20110150557
    Abstract: A product dispenser assembly for dispensing a liquid or gel composition, the assembly including a container housing having a head portion and an internal chamber for holding a composition, the head portion including a plurality of apertures, a moveable member structured to enable a user to selectively deploy the composition from within the internal chamber through the plurality of apertures, a cap assembly, a first absorbent pad arranged on top of the head portion for receiving the composition as it is deployed from the container, a plurality of absorbent pads arranged in a stacked configuration within cap assembly, each of the plurality of pads being adapted to be sequentially arranged on top of the head portion after the first removable pad has used to apply the composition and then removed by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Kofi A. Bissah, Ricardo De Oliveira, Saurabh Desai, Paul Y. Fung, Joseph J. LiBrizzi, Thong Nguyen, Shoba Pillai
  • Publication number: 20110152364
    Abstract: Provided are compositions for repelling fluids comprising a volatile liquid carrier, a powder-feel agent and less than 5 weight % of an ester selected from the group consisting of formula I, formula II, formula III, and combinations of two or more thereof: wherein R1, R2, R3, R5, R6, R8 and R9 are independently linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted, saturated or unsaturated, C3-C22 alkyl or alkenyl groups, R4 is a linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted, saturated or unsaturated, C3-C22 alkylene or alkenylene moiety, and R7 is a linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted, saturated or unsaturated C3-22 moiety, the composition being substantially anhydrous. Also provided are methods of improving dryness and/or comfort associated with the intimate area, as well as, kits comprising the composition and an absorbent article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Kofi A. Bissah, Ricardo De Oliveira, Saurabh Desai, Joseph J. LiBrizzi, Thong Ngyuen, Shoba Pillai
  • Publication number: 20110152803
    Abstract: Provided are compositions for repelling fluids comprising a volatile liquid carrier, a powder-feel agent and less than 5 weight % of an ester selected from the group consisting of formula I, formula II, formula III, and combinations of two or more thereof: wherein R1, R2, R3, R5, R6, R8 and R9 are independently linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted, saturated or unsaturated, C3-C22 alkyl or alkenyl groups, R4 is a linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted, saturated or unsaturated, C3-C22 alkylene or alkenylene moiety, and R7 is a linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted, saturated or unsaturated C3-C22 moiety, the composition being substantially anhydrous. Also provided are methods of improving dryness and/or comfort associated with the intimate area, as well as, kits comprising the composition and an absorbent article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Kofi A. Bissah, Ricardo De Oliveira, Saurabh Desai, Joseph J. LiBrizzi, Thong Ngyuen, Shoba Pillai
  • Publication number: 20110152398
    Abstract: Provided are compositions for repelling fluids comprising a volatile liquid carrier, a powder-feel agent and less than 5 weight % of an ester selected from the group consisting of formula I, formula II, formula III, and combinations of two or more thereof: wherein R1, R2, R3, R5, R6, R8 and R9 are independently linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted, saturated or unsaturated, C3-C22 alkyl or alkenyl groups, R4 is a linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted, saturated or unsaturated, C3-C22 alkylene or alkenylene moiety, and R7 is a linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted, saturated or unsaturated C3-C22 moiety, the composition being substantially anhydrous. Also provided are methods of improving dryness and/or comfort associated with the intimate area, as well as, kits comprising the composition and an absorbent article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Kofi A. Bissah, Ricardo De Oliveira, Saurabh Desai, Joseph J. LiBrizzi, Saroja Narasimhan, Thong Nguyen, Shoba Pillai