Patents by Inventor Nicola John Policicchio

Nicola John Policicchio 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).

  • CLEANING ARTICLE WITH IRREGULARLY SPACED TOW TUFTS
    Publication number: 20190298141
    Abstract: A cleaning article defining an XY plane and a Z direction perpendicular to the plane. The cleaning article has discrete tufts of tow fibers disposed on a carrier sheet. The discrete tufts have bond lines external to the tufts. The bond lines interrupt the Z-direction thickness of the tufts, to provide channels for improved collection and retention of debris from a target surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventor: Nicola John POLICICCHIO
  • CLEANING ARTICLE WITH DOUBLE BONDED TOW TUFTS
    Publication number: 20190298140
    Abstract: A cleaning article defining an XY plane and a Z direction perpendicular to the plane. The cleaning article has discrete tufts of tow fibers disposed on a carrier sheet. The discrete tufts have bond lines external to the tufts. The bond lines interrupt the Z-direction thickness of the tufts, to provide channels for improved collection and retention of debris from a target surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventor: Nicola John POLICICCHIO
  • Hard surface cleaners
    Patent number: 10364406
    Abstract: Liquid hard surface cleaning composition comprising: a hydrophobically modified cationic polymer, in combination with a detersive surfactant, solvent, or mixtures thereof, provide less residues on the surface, less spotting of the surface after treatment, and improved maintenance of surface shine such that less cleaning frequency is needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Yonas Gizaw, Roy Jerome Harrington, Peter Herbert Koenig, Nicola John Policicchio, Stefano Scialla, Steven Daryl Smith, Matthew Scott Wagner
  • CLEANING ARTICLE WITH PREFERENTIALLY COATED TOW FIBERS
    Publication number: 20190104909
    Abstract: A cleaning article for cleaning a target surface. The cleaning article has tow fibers attached to a carrier sheet. The tow fibers are advantageously provided with an exterior coating. The coating is applied in an amount sufficient to be efficacious, but not wasteful or which leaves residue. The amount of coating is correlated with the amount of moisture in the tow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventor: Nicola John POLICICCHIO
  • METHOD OF MAKING A TUFTED LAMINATED CLEANING ARTICLE
    Publication number: 20190075995
    Abstract: A method of making a cleaning article. The cleaning article has discrete tufts of tow fibers. The discrete tufts are unequally spaced from adjacent tufts, to provide improved collection and retention of debris from a target surface. The cleaning article may be made by cutting a precursor sheet having tufts into discrete portions. The discrete portions are then bonded to a carrier sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventor: Nicola John POLICICCHIO
  • CLEANING ARTICLE WITH DIFFERENTIAL PITCH TOW TUFTS
    Publication number: 20190075993
    Abstract: A cleaning article. The cleaning article has discrete tufts of tow fibers. The discrete tufts are unequally spaced from adjacent tufts, to provide improved collection and retention of debris from a target surface. The tufts may have a pitch, the pitch decreasing as the longitudinal axis of the cleaning article is approached. The cleaning article may be made by cutting out spaces between tufts from a precursor sheet and attaching the precursor sheet to a carrier sheet. Or the cleaning article may be made by cutting a precursor sheet having tufts into discrete portions. These discrete portions are bonded to a carrier sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Nicola John POLICICCHIO, Larry L. Huston
  • METHOD OF MAKING A CLEANING ARTICLE HAVING CUTOUTS
    Publication number: 20190076886
    Abstract: A method of making a cleaning article. The cleaning article has discrete tufts of tow fibers. The discrete tufts are unequally spaced from adjacent tufts, to provide improved collection and retention of debris from a target surface. The cleaning article may be made by cutting out spaces between tufts from a precursor sheet. Optionally the precursor sheet may be attached to a carrier sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventor: Nicola John POLICICCHIO
  • CLEANING ARTICLE WITH IRREGULARLY SPACED TOW TUFTS
    Publication number: 20190075994
    Abstract: A cleaning article. The cleaning article has tufts of tow fibers. At least some of the tufts are unequally spaced from adjacent tufts, to provide improved collection and retention of debris from a target surface. The tufts may be disposed in rows, which are unequally spaced from adjacent rows. The cleaning article may be made by cutting out spaces between tufts from a precursor sheet and attaching the precursor sheet to a carrier sheet. The cleaning article may be made by cutting a precursor sheet having tufts into discrete portions. The discrete portions are bonded to a carrier sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventor: Nicola John POLICICCHIO
  • POLYMER CONTAINING ANTIMICROBIAL HARD SURFACE CLEANING COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20180371377
    Abstract: The need for a fast acting and broad spectrum antimicrobial composition which does not reduce surface shine and does not leave visible residues on the surface, while also providing greater residuality of the actives can be met by formulating antimicrobial compositions as described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Alan Edward SHERRY, Molly Pelon BOHLEN, Samuel Kimani NJOROGE, LaShanda Marie GLENN, Janice Lynn DHONAU, Christopher Todd MORRISSEY, Jamesina Anne FITZGERALD, Phillip Kyle VINSON, Melinda Phyllis STEFFEY, Rafael ORTIZ, Benjamin Patrick HALE, Yonas GIZAW, Roy Jerome HARRINGTON, Peter Herbert KOENIG, Nicola John POLICICCHIO, Stefano SCIALLA, Steven Daryl SMITH, Matthew Scott WAGNER
  • SHEET WITH TOW FIBERS AND MOVABLE STRIPS
    Publication number: 20180289234
    Abstract: A cleaning article for cleaning a target surface. The cleaning article has strips which present a dynamically changing surface area to the target surface during use. The surface area has also has a bundle of tow fibers which may be oriented transverse to the strips. The tow fibers may extend outwardly from the plane of the strips, allowing particles to migrate towards and be retained near the center of the cleaning article, without interfering with the strips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Nicola John POLICICCHIO, Larry L. Huston
  • Cleaning pad having preferred construction
    Patent number: 10064534
    Abstract: A cleaning pad for absorbing liquids from a hard, target surface. The cleaning pad has a hydrophobic floor sheet, and a core joined to the floor sheet. The core has absorbent gelling material therein with a gradient distribution, so that the pad has a particular minimum absorbency as used with water or with common amine oxide cleaning solution. A hydrophilic smoothing strip is joined to the outwardly facing surface of said floor sheet. The cleaning pad provides both good absorbency and a coefficient of friction falling within a specified range judged advantageous for cleaning. The absorbency and coefficient of friction work well with both water and an amine oxide cleaning solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: David John Hoying, Fernando Ray Tollens, Brian Lee Keith, Nicola John Policicchio
  • AERIAL DRONE AIR TREATING DEVICE AND METHOD OF TREATING AIR THEREWITH
    Publication number: 20180155026
    Abstract: A drone which can be piloted autonomously or by a user. The drone has an air treatment dispenser for spraying, or otherwise treating, a target area with one or more desired air treatments. The drone may operate as deemed desirable by a user, upon a predetermined schedule or in response to a demand signal from one or more target areas. By delivering the air treatments from an elevated position, the target area can be more uniformly and efficiently treated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Nicola John POLICICCHIO, Dana Paul GRUENBACHER, Todd Michael WERNICKE, Glenn Allen BRADBURY
  • Floor cleaning device having a sole plate to removably receive a cleaning sheet thereon
    Patent number: 9974423
    Abstract: An implement for a cleaning system. The system has a floor cleaning device, which can accept a cleaning sheet removably attachable to the device. The device has a foot which comprises a housing and a panel movable in relationship to each other. The sheet is removably attachable to the panel, without requiring attachment to the housing. This arrangement provides ergonomic benefit and ease of sheet replacement. The cleaning system may be used to clean hard surfaces, such as a floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: The Prcoter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Nicola John Policicchio, Glenn Allen Bradbury
  • HARD SURFACE CLEANERS
    Publication number: 20180100125
    Abstract: Liquid hard surface cleaning composition comprising: a hydrophobically modified cationic polymer, in combination with a detersive surfactant, solvent, or mixtures thereof, provide less residues on the surface, less spotting of the surface after treatment, and improved maintenance of surface shine such that less cleaning frequency is needed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Yonas GIZAW, Roy Jerome HARRINGTON, Peter Herbert KOENIG, Nicola John POLICICCHIO, Stefano SCIALLA, Steven Daryl SMITH, Matthew Scott WAGNER
  • CLEANING SHEETS HAVING COATING THEREON
    Publication number: 20180042439
    Abstract: A nonwoven sheet, having a first outwardly facing surface and a second outwardly facing surface. Wax is disposed in a wax pattern on the first surface; and oil is disposed in an oil pattern on the second surface. The oil pattern is not coincident the wax pattern so that wax blocks the oil from permeating through to the first surface. The first surface may be textured with peaks and valleys, having wax disposed on the peaks. This arrangement keeps the oil from contacting the target surface and leaving residue, while allowing the oil to collect and retain debris. The sheet may be executed as a dry sheet for cleaning surfaces such as floors or as a duster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Nicola John POLICICCHIO, Brian Lee KEITH
  • FLOOR CLEANING ARTICLE HAVING STRIPS WITH DIFFERENTIAL BOND PATTERN
    Publication number: 20170360271
    Abstract: A cleaning article. The cleaning article has a laminate construction. The cleaning article comprises a sheet and a hydrophilic gather strip element joined together at plural bonds. The gather strip element has plural layers superimposed upon one another, providing strips extending outwardly from the bonds. Different layers are differentially bonded, to provide a construction which allows the strips to advantageously present a dynamically changing area to the target surface during cleaning, under normal usage conditions. By changing the surface area, more liquids, and associated debris, can be cleaned from the target surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventor: Nicola John POLICICCHIO
  • Floor cleaning article having strips with differential bond pattern
    Patent number: 9833118
    Abstract: A cleaning article. The cleaning article has a laminate construction. The cleaning article comprises a sheet and a hydrophilic gather strip element joined together at plural bonds. The gather strip element has plural layers superimposed upon one another, providing strips extending outwardly from the bonds. Different layers are differentially bonded, to provide a construction which allows the strips to advantageously present a dynamically changing area to the target surface during cleaning, under normal usage conditions. By changing the surface area, more liquids, and associated debris, can be cleaned from the target surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Nicola John Policicchio
  • Cleaning Pad Having Preferred Performance With Scrubbing Strip
    Publication number: 20170181595
    Abstract: A cleaning pad for absorbing liquids from a hard, target surface. In one embodiment the cleaning pad comprises a pad having a floor sheet, and a core joined to the floor sheet. The floor sheet has a combination of polymeric synthetic fibers and natural cellulose fibers. A cleaning strip is joined to the outwardly facing surface of the floor sheet. The cleaning pad provides both good absorbency and a coefficient of friction falling within a specified range judged advantageous for cleaning. The absorbency and coefficient of friction work well with an amine oxide cleaning solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: David John HOYING, Nicola John POLICICCHIO
  • Cleaning Pad Having Preferred Construction
    Publication number: 20170095135
    Abstract: A cleaning pad for absorbing liquids from a hard, target surface. The cleaning pad has a hydrophobic floor sheet, and a core joined to the floor sheet. The core has absorbent gelling material therein with a gradient distribution, so that the pad has a particular minimum absorbency as used with water or with common amine oxide cleaning solution. A hydrophilic smoothing strip is joined to the outwardly facing surface of said floor sheet. The cleaning pad provides both good absorbency and a coefficient of friction falling within a specified range judged advantageous for cleaning. The absorbency and coefficient of friction work well with both water and an amine oxide cleaning solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: David John HOYING, Fernando Ray TOLLENS, Brian Lee KEITH, Nicola John POLICICCHIO
  • Cleaning pad
    Patent number: D846213
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Brian Lee Keith, Nicola John Policicchio