Patents by Inventor Robert Rene Van Pappelendam

Robert Rene Van Pappelendam 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).

  • Patent number: 8632514
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an absorbent article comprising a liquid impervious backsheet formed from a laminate. The liquid impervious backsheet may include at least three layers, a first layer forming the wearer facing side of the backsheet, a second layer forming the garment facing side of the backsheet, and a third layer partially but not fully covering the garment facing surface of the second layer. The first layer may include at least one first indicium on a garment-facing surface thereof and only present on a front half of the backsheet, the at least one first indicium being visible through said second and third layers when looking at the absorbent article from the garment facing side of backsheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sofie Gilberte Snauwaert, Robert René Van Pappelendam, Markus Hermann Borbach
  • Patent number: 7982090
    Abstract: The invention relates to laminates, absorbent articles and production methods thereof. An absorbent article includes a liquid impervious backsheet having a first layer forming the wearer facing side of the backsheet, a second layer forming the garment facing side of the backsheet. The first layer has a wearer-facing surface and a garment facing surface and the garment facing surface includes at least first indicia present in the front half but not in the rear half of the backsheet backsheet. The backsheet includes a third layer on the front half of the backsheet and that covers partially but not fully the garment facing surface of the second layer and the first indicia. The second and the third layers are translucent in order for the first indicia to be visible through the second and third layers when looking at the absorbent article from the garment facing side of the backsheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sofie Gilberte Snauwaert, Robert Rene Van Pappelendam, Markus Hermann Borbach