Patents by Inventor Paul Thomas Weisman

Paul Thomas Weisman 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).

  • Tissue paper
    Patent number: 6180216
    Abstract: A wiping implement suitable for use as a bath tissue can be formed into sheets, each sheet comprising at least one ply of a paper web having a basis weight of at least about 25 lb/3000 square feet. The sheet can have a width of at least about 4.5 inches and temporary wet tensile properties. The sheet of the present invention can have an area of at least about 30 square inches. In a multiple ply embodiment, the sheet can have an optimized basis weight of at least about 42 lb/3000 square feet while maintaining nearly the same amount of actual total fiber usage per cleaning task as current premium bath tissues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark John Steinhardt, Michael William Tafuri, Jr., Paul Thomas Weisman, Thomas Hoerner, Bernhard Maier, Paul Dennis Trokhan, Kenneth Douglas Vinson
  • High density tissue and process of making
    Patent number: 6106670
    Abstract: A smooth, high density tissue. The tissue has a relatively low caliper, yet maintains visually discernible machine direction micropeaks at a suitable micropeak frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Paul Thomas Weisman, Scott Thomas Loughran
  • Smooth through air dried tissue and process of making
    Patent number: 5980691
    Abstract: A smooth, high density tissue. The tissue has a relatively low caliper, as well as high smoothness and high density. The tissue is calendered from a multidensity, through air dried web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Paul Thomas Weisman, Scott Thomas Loughran, Dean Van Phan, Paul Dennis Trokhan, Robert Stanley Ampulski
  • Soft filled tissue paper with biased surface properties
    Patent number: 5958185
    Abstract: Soft, strong, and low dusting tissue paper webs useful in the manufacture of soft, absorbent sanitary products such as bath tissue, facial tissue, and absorbent towels are disclosed. The tissue papers comprise fibers such as wood pulp and a non-cellulosic, water insoluble particulate filler such as kaolin clay and possess biased surface properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Inventors: Kenneth Douglas Vinson, Robert Michael Bourbon, Howard Thomas Deason, David Jochen Lorenz, Charles William Neal, Paul Thomas Weisman
  • Process for creping tissue paper
    Patent number: 5865950
    Abstract: A process for dry creping tissue paper comprising the application of creping adhesives in at least two steps. The adhesive applied in at least one of the steps is a polyvinyl alcohol while the adhesive applied in at least one other step comprises a water-soluble, thermosetting, cationic polyamide resin. The process provides high adhesion and doctorability for dry creping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kenneth Douglas Vinson, Khosrow Parviz Mohammadi, Paul Thomas Weisman
  • High density tissue and process of making
    Patent number: 5855738
    Abstract: A smooth, high density tissue. The tissue has a relatively low caliper, yet maintains visually discernible machine direction micropeaks at a suitable micropeak frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Paul Thomas Weisman, Scott Thomas Loughran
  • Soft tissue paper having a surface deposited substantive softening agent
    Patent number: 5814188
    Abstract: Strong, soft, and low dusting tissue paper webs useful in the manufacture of soft, absorbent sanitary products such as bath tissue, facial tissue, and absorbent towels are disclosed. At least one surface of the tissue papers has uniform discrete surface deposits of a substantively affixed chemical softening agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kenneth Douglas Vinson, Paul Thomas Weisman, Jonathan Andrew Ficke, Thomas James Klofta
  • High density tissue and process of making
    Patent number: 5728268
    Abstract: A smooth, high density tissue. The tissue has a relatively low caliper, yet maintains visually discernible machine direction micropeaks at a suitable micropeak frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Paul Thomas Weisman, Scott Thomas Loughran