Patents by Inventor Mathias Kurt Herrlein

Mathias Kurt Herrlein 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).

  • Disposable absorbent articles providing a skin condition benefit
    Patent number: 6107537
    Abstract: The present invention relates to absorbent articles which provide improved protection against skin overhydration. A particularly preferred embodiment of an absorbent article of the present invention comprises a body contacting surface having a skin care composition thereon that, when at least a portion of the composition is transferred to a wearer's skin by normal body motion or body heat, the material is effective in providing a skin condition benefit and a liquid impermeable, breathable backsheet having a mass vapor transmission rate value (MVTR) of at least about 1300 g/m.sup.2 /24 hr and an absorbent core having a post acquisition collagen rewet method value (PACORM) with a PACORM:MVTR ratio is less than 0.05 mg/(g/m.sup.2 /24 hr).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gretchen Louise Elder, Donald Carroll Roe, Laura Graves Van Rijswijck, Mathias Kurt Herrlein, Manfred Plischke, Julie Charlene Rule, George Christopher Dobrin, Edward John Milbrada