Patents by Inventor Kristin Marie Finley

Kristin Marie Finley 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: 20120175016
    Abstract: A package for a particulate laundry scent additive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Inventors: Natalie Vitalia Lopez, Adrian Keith McKinney, Richard Lawrence Horstman, Kristin Marie Finley, Karen Hussong Strader
  • Publication number: 20120021959
    Abstract: Multiple use fabric conditioning composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: George Kavin Morgan, III, Thomas Jackson Kirk, Toan Trinh, Zaiyou Liu, Kristin Marie Finley, John William Smith
  • Patent number: 8058224
    Abstract: Multiple use fabric conditioning compositions comprising blooming perfume are useful for conditioning fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: George Kavin Morgan, III, Thomas Jackson Kirk, Toan Trinh, Zaiyou Liu, Kristin Marie Finley, John William Smith
  • Publication number: 20090233836
    Abstract: A fabric enhancer product comprising (a) a package comprising (1) a container; and (2) a closure; (b) a fabric enhancer comprising a material copourable from the package with the fabric enhancer, wherein the material is selected from: (1) a fabric enhancer-copourable perfume composition; (2) a fabric care additive; and (3) any combination thereof; (c) a headspace; and (d) a fabric enhancer-non-copourable perfume composition; wherein the pH of the fabric enhancer is less than 7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2008
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Bodet, Giovanni Carrara, Alex Haejoon Chung, Daniel Dale Ditullio, JR., Robert Richard Dykstra, Kristin Marie Finley, Renae Dianna Fossum, Marcia Mary Ketcha, Zaiyou Liu, George Kavin Morgan, III, Philip Kyle Vinson
  • Patent number: 7071157
    Abstract: A fabric conditioning article for use in a clothes dryer. The fabric conditioning article having a flexible sheet and a fabric conditioning composition deposited on the sheet. The fabric conditioning composition includes a fabric conditioning agent, perfumed particles and minor components. The perfume particles are a perfume composition incorporated into a porous mineral carrier such as clay and/or zeolite. Optionally, the perfume composition comprises low levels of unstable perfume components. Alternatively, the perfumed particles have a coating material encapsulating at least a portion of the particles. Optionally, the articles are packaged in a container having a moisture barrier to prevent premature release of the perfume therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bienvenido Alvarez Santos, Rhonda Jean Jackson, George Kavin Morgan, III, Gregory Charles Maier, David James Dahlinger, Ronald Edward Pegoli, Jiten Odhavji Dihora, Zaiyou Liu, Kristin Marie Finley, Toan Trinh, Errol Hoffman Wahl, Stanley James Welling, Barbara Kay Williams
  • Patent number: 6787510
    Abstract: A fabric conditioning article for use in a clothes dryer. The fabric conditioning article having a flexible sheet and a fabric conditioning composition deposited on the sheet. The fabric conditioning composition includes a fabric conditioning agent, perfumed particles and minor components. The perfume particles are a perfume composition incorporated into a porous mineral carrier such as clay and/or zeolite. Optionally, the perfume composition comprises low levels of unstable perfume components. Alternatively, the perfumed particles have a coating material encapsulating at least a portion of the particles. Optionally, the articles are packaged in a container having a moisture barrier to prevent premature release of the perfume therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bienvenido Alvarez Santos, Rhonda Jean Jackson, George Kavin Morgan, III., Gregory Charles Maier, David James Dahlinger, Ronald Edward Pegoli, Jiten Odhavji Dihora, Zaiyou Liu, Kristin Marie Finley, Toan Trinh, Errol Hoffman Wahl, Stanley James Welling, Barbara Kay Williams
  • Publication number: 20030036489
    Abstract: Perfume delivery compositions and/or consumable compositions that include perfumed particles made of a porous inorganic mineral carrier and a perfume composition absorbed and/or adsorbed thereon. The perfume composition having low levels of certain classes of perfume ingredients that tend to be unstable when incorporated onto or into a porous mineral carrier. Articles of manufacture include the perfume delivery or consumable compositions, and a moisture impermeable container. Optionally, the moisture impermeable container is designed for single use or unit dosing of the compositions. Optionally, the moisture impermeable container is designed for bulk compositions and optionally includes a reclosable or resealable closure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2002
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Zaiyou Liu, Toan Trinh, Kristin Marie Finley
  • Publication number: 20030024997
    Abstract: An air freshening composition including porous carrier particles having a perfume composition entrapped therein, and a second component selected from an inert filer, hygroscopic agent, binder, coating material, moisture providing agent, and mixtures thereof. The composition may further comprise various optional components such as free perfumes, colorants, disintegrants, water swelling agents, porosity modifiers and mixtures thereof. A method for processing the compositions into a solid article includes the steps of entrapping a perfume in the porous carrier particles, heating and incorporating a carrier or binder material. The compositions may be further processed by optionally incorporating a powder inert filler and forming articles from the mixture. The articles may be formed from the compositions through prilling, extrusion, or compaction amongst other techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2002
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Gary Welch, Jiten Odhavji Dihora, Errol Hoffman Wahl, Lynn Ellen Downey, Steven Matthew Gabriel, Brent Michael Heist, Toan Trinh, Zaiyou Liu, Kristin Marie Finley
  • Publication number: 20030013632
    Abstract: A fabric conditioning article for use in a clothes dryer. The fabric conditioning article having a flexible sheet and a fabric conditioning composition deposited on the sheet. The fabric conditioning composition includes a fabric conditioning agent, perfumed particles and minor components. The perfume particles are a perfume composition incorporated into a porous mineral carrier such as clay and/or zeolite. Optionally, the perfume composition comprises low levels of unstable perfume components. Alternatively, the perfumed particles have a coating material encapsulating at least a portion of the particles. Optionally, the articles are packaged in a container having a moisture barrier to prevent premature release of the perfume therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2002
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bienvenido Alvarez Santos, Rhonda Jean Jackson, George Kavin Morgan, Gregory Charles Maier, David James Dahlinger, Ronald Edward Pegoli, Jiten Odhavji Dihora, Zaiyou Liu, Kristin Marie Finley, Toan Trinh, Errol Hoffman Wahl, Stanley James Welling, Barbara Kay Williams