Patents by Inventor Paul Thomas

Paul Thomas 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).

  • DOORBELL PACKAGE DETECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20230386282
    Abstract: Garage door opening systems can include a parcel identification detection system, a garage door opener, and a first computer system. The parcel identification detection system can be configured to detect a delivery parcel identification code of a delivery parcel. The garage door opener can be configured to open a garage door. The first computer system can be configured to receive the delivery parcel identification code detected by the parcel identification detection system and send a first communication to the garage door opener. The garage door opener can be configured to open the garage door at least partially in response to the first communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Joseph Frank Scalisi, Andrew Paul Thomas, Gregory Saul Harrison
  • Shaped Nonwoven
    Publication number: 20230383448
    Abstract: A through-air thermally bonded nonwoven fabric is provided. The nonwoven fabric can include a first surface and a second surface and a visually discernible pattern of three-dimensional features on one of the first or second surface. Each of the three-dimensional features can define a microzone comprising a first region and a second region. The first and second regions can have a difference in values for an intensive property, wherein at least one of the surfaces has a TS7 value of less than about 15 dB V2 rms, and wherein the first surface has a TS7 value that is higher than the second surface TS7 value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Arman Ashraf, Paul Thomas Weisman, Adrien Grenier, Martin Ian James, Stefano Michele Sinigaglia
  • Package of absorbent articles utilizing a shaped nonwoven
    Patent number: 11826230
    Abstract: A package of personal care articles. Each of the personal care articles has a nonwoven substrate as a component. The nonwoven substrate can have a first surface defining a plane of the first surface and a non-regular pattern of a plurality of three-dimensional features extending outwardly from the plane of the first surface. The non-regular pattern can include a first zone of first three-dimensional features and a second zone of second three-dimensional features, wherein in at least one of the first or second zones of the plurality of three-dimensional features has a first three-dimensional feature having a first intensive property and a second three-dimensional feature having a second, different intensive property. The personal care articles can be compressed in the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Arman Ashraf, Paul Thomas Weisman
  • INSERT FOR AUGMENTED REALITY VIEWING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20230375861
    Abstract: A visual perception device is described. The visual perception device has corrective optics for viewing virtual and real-world content. An insert for the corrective optics is attached using a magnetic set, pins and/or a nose piece. Interchangeable nose pieces allow for height adjustments to accommodate different users. The visual perception device has pliable components to absorb forces exerted on a nose piece and a protective barrier for limiting electric shock or ingress of dirt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Roger DOMINGUEZ, Samantha Jo GAMBLE, Robert Coleman SKELTON, Michael John SLIPY, Paul Thomas FOSTER, Jason Paul HALE
  • Absorbent article with function-formed topsheet, and method for manufacturing
    Patent number: 11819393
    Abstract: An absorbent article is disclosed. The article includes a topsheet formed of a section of formed nonwoven web material having an ordered arrangement of zones, each zone comprising one or more attenuated regions adjacent to one or more built-up regions, wherein the attenuated regions have a first average basis weight and the built-up regions have a second average basis weight, wherein the first average basis weight is less than the second average basis weight, the difference in basis weights corresponding to disposition of the filaments according to the ordered arrangement. The attenuated region(s) may include a plurality of discrete low bulk portions arranged in a pattern disposed along a longitudinal axis of the article, which facilitate z-direction movement of fluid through the topsheet and inhibit spreading of a fluid stain along the topsheet in the x and y directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kelyn Anne Arora, Arman Ashraf, Misael Omar Aviles, Lennie CruzMurphy, Adrien Grenier, John Lee Hammons, Paul Thomas Weisman, Nathan Ray Whitely
  • ACTIVE AGENT-CONTAINING ARTICLES AND PRODUCT-SHIPPING ASSEMBLIES FOR CONTAINING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20230357984
    Abstract: Active agent-containing articles, for example fibrous structures, that exhibit consumer acceptable article in-use properties, such as flexibility, article dimensions, and/or dissolvability, and product-shipping assemblies for containing the same are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Paul Thomas WEISMAN, Frank William DENOME, Stephen Robert GLASSMEYER, Michael Sean PRATT, Gregory Charles GORDON, Mark Robert SIVIK
  • Sanitary Tissue Product Rolls
    Publication number: 20230346173
    Abstract: Sanitary tissue product rolls that exhibit novel combinations of physical properties, such as Moment of Inertia, Roll Density, and Roll Diameter, such that the sanitary tissue product rolls meet consumers’ needs, and method for making such novel sanitary tissue product rolls and marketing such novel sanitary tissue product rolls are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Kevin Mitchell, Robert Edward Reinerman, Douglas Jay Barkey, Mark Alan Green, Paul Dennis Trokhan, J. Michael Bills, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, Paul Thomas Weisman
  • Method for Making a Shaped Nonwoven
    Publication number: 20230349074
    Abstract: A nonwoven fabric comprises a first surface, a second surface, and a visually discernible pattern on at least one of the first and second surfaces. The visually discernible pattern has a regular, repeating pattern of three-dimensional features. Each of the three-dimensional features define a microzone comprising a first region and a second region. The first and second regions having a difference in values for an intensive property. The first surface has a TS7 value in the range of about 1 dB V2 rms to about 15 dB V2 rms. The second surface has a TS7 value in the range of about 1 dB V2 rms to about 15 dB V2 rms. A ratio of the TS7 value of the first surface to the TS7 value of the second surface is in the range of about 1 to about 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Arman Ashraf, Kelyn Anne Arora, Paul Thomas Weisman, Nathan Ray Whitely
  • METHODS FOR TREATING OR REDUCING THE SEVERITY OF A VIRAL INFECTION
    Publication number: 20230348585
    Abstract: Methods for treating or reducing the severity of a viral infection such as SARS-CoV-2 are provided, which include the administration of a cortisol antagonist preferably in combination with an IL-6 antagonist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Paul THOMAS, Jeremy Chase CRAWFORD, Emma Kaitlynn SLIGER, Aisha SOUQUETTE, Ali ELLEBEDY, Philip MUDD
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A RECOMMENDATION
    Publication number: 20230342401
    Abstract: A method of generating recommendations for a collective profile, the collective profile being linked to a first profile and a second profile. The method may include authenticating a login request from an end user device in association with the collective profile based on credentials associated with the first profile, identifying a query from among a plurality of queries and transmit the query to the end user device, receiving a response to the query, determining that the response is not inconsistent with one or more earlier responses received in association with the second profile and, in response, refining at least one attribute or goal in the collective profile based on the response to generate and store a refined collective profile, and determining whether the refined collective profile results in a new recommendation and, if so, outputting the new recommendation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: The Toronto-Dominion Bank
    Inventors: Mansi RASTOGI, Jane HOLTSLANDER, Michael DOYLE, Kristopher Okera GIBBS, Tonja Selena LAUNEN, Alla CHICHKINA, Ellen Rebecca HEISE, Anna Anatolievna SAKOUN, Seonaid Marlaine EGGETT, Paul Thomas MCGHEE, Chantale OLIVEIRA, Mary Ann DUARTE
  • Vehicle lighting apparatus with chip scale package
    Patent number: 11796136
    Abstract: A replacement lighting apparatus for automobiles is slim and includes an industry-leading footprint to fit into modern headlamps' minimal housing space. The lighting apparatus employs chip scale package light emitting diodes (CSP LEDs), flexible metal heat sinks, an improved collar having a watertight seal formed with an elastomeric gasket and the use of at least one, if not multiple, set screws, a wire harness with a nylon braided sleeve, and a solid-state design for maximum performance, long life, and superior scientifically proven heat mitigation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Putco, Inc.
    Inventors: Conner Schramm, Parker Freeman, Seth Hoogendoorn, Nicholas Niemeyer, Paul Thomas Adair, James P. Elwell
  • Polyolefin films containing recycled polyolefin material
    Patent number: 11795284
    Abstract: A polyolefin film having between about 10% and about 95%, by weight of the polyolefin film, of recycled polyolefin is described. The polyolefin film has an Average Hole Count between about 0.0 and about 10.0, according to the Gel Count Test Method. The polyolefin film has an Average Gel Count between about 0.0 and about 100.0, according to the Gel Count Test Method. The polyolefin film has an Average Relative Gel Height between about 0.0% and about 150.0%. The polyolefin film has a Total Spot Count between about 0.0 and about 100.0, according to the Gel Count Test Method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christian Kohlweyer, Paul Thomas Weisman, Michael Remus, Peter Kramkowski
  • Fibrous structures including an active agent and having a graphic printed thereon
    Patent number: 11795622
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to fibrous structures including active agents and having a graphic printed thereon. In some embodiments, a nonwoven web may include a fibrous structure comprising filaments. In turn, the filaments may include filament forming material, and an active agent releasable from the filaments when exposed to conditions of intended use. In addition, a graphic may be printed directly onto the fibrous structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Paul Thomas Weisman, Hui Yang, Alrick Vincent Warner, Andreas Josef Dreher, Mark Robert Sivik
  • ABSORBENT PRODUCTS HAVING IMPROVED PACKAGING EFFICIENCY
    Publication number: 20230329926
    Abstract: A package comprising an interior space and an exterior surface may have a plurality of disposable absorbent articles disposed within the interior space of the package. Each of the disposable absorbent articles may have a topsheet; a backsheet; an absorbent core located between the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent products may exhibit an In-Bag Stack Height of less about 80 mm as measured according to an In-Bag Stack Height Test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Paul Thomas WEISMAN, Dean Larry DuVAL, Holger BERUDA, Peter DZIEZOK, Axel KRAUSE, Mattias SCHMIDT, Lutz STELZIG
  • Fibrous structures comprising regions having different solid additive levels
    Patent number: 11786940
    Abstract: Fibrous structures containing solid additives, and more particularly, fibrous structures containing two or more regions that comprise different average weight % levels of solid additives and methods for making same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Fei Wang, Michael Donald Suer, John Daniel Algers, Cunming Song, Hailing Bao, Antonius Lambertus DeBeer, David John Pung, Steven Lee Barnholtz, Paul Thomas Weisman
  • Sanitary Tissue Products Comprising Non-wood Fibers and Having Improved Formation
    Publication number: 20230323598
    Abstract: Sanitary tissue products of the present disclosure may comprises non-wood fibers and may have a formation index of less than about 65. Further, sanitary tissue products of the present disclosure may be in the form of a paper towel and may have a tensile ratio less than about 1.7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher Michael YOUNG, Jeffrey Glen SHEEHAN, Kathryn Christian KIEN, Ward William OSTENDORF, Paul Thomas WEISMAN
  • Shaped Nonwoven
    Publication number: 20230320910
    Abstract: A nonwoven fabric. The nonwoven fabric can include a first surface and a second surface and a visually discernible pattern of three-dimensional features on one of the first or second surface. Each of the three-dimensional features can define a microzone comprising a first region and a second region. The first and second regions can have a difference in values for an intensive property, wherein the intensive property is one or more of thickness, basis weight, or volumetric density, and wherein the first surface has a TS7 value different than a TS7 value of the second surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Arman Ashraf, Paul Thomas Weisman
  • Active agent-containing articles
    Patent number: 11781095
    Abstract: Active agent-containing articles, for example dryer-added articles and/or washing machine-added articles and/or hair care articles, and more particularly to consumable, single use, water-insoluble articles containing one or more active agents and optionally, one or more auxiliary ingredients, methods for making same, and methods for using same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark William Hamersky, Mark Robert Sivik, Alessandro Corona, Travis Kyle Hodgdon, Gregory Charles Gordon, Paul Thomas Weisman
  • DENTAL MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20230310279
    Abstract: A dental filling material or precursor thereof for use in therapy, which material comprises lithium and is capable of releasing lithium under physiological conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Paul Thomas Sharpe, Eileen Deirdre Gentleman, Delia Silke Brauer
  • ACTIVE AGENT-CONTAINING ARTICLES THAT EXHIBIT CONSUMER ACCEPTABLE ARTICLE IN-USE PROPERTIES
    Publication number: 20230313445
    Abstract: Active agent-containing articles, for example fibrous structures, that exhibit consumer acceptable article in-use properties, such as article peel strength, flexibility, article dimensions, and/or dissolvability, and methods for making same are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Stephen Robert GLASSMEYER, Michael Sean PRATT, Gregory Charles GORDON, Mark Robert SIVIK, Paul Thomas WEISMAN