Patents by Inventor Sofie VAN ASSCHE

Sofie VAN ASSCHE 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).

  • Ergonomic squeezable pulp bottle
    Patent number: 12729053
    Abstract: A squeezable fiber-based bottle for storing and dispensing a viscous liquid. The bottle comprises a molded base including a liquid containing surface having an aperture for dispensing viscous liquid. The molded base includes a base perimeter having a perimeter surface with an upper edge and a lower edge. The squeezable fiber-based bottle comprises a fiber-based side wall having an upper edge, a lower edge, an inner surface, and an outer surface. The side wall includes a front, a back and two opposing side panels. At least one of the opposing side panels includes crease lines forming a flat portion. The fiber-based side wall is attached to the molded base forming an impermeable seal such that the lower edge of fiber-based side wall is disposed near the perimeter surface upper edge but not the perimeter surface lower edge. The impermeable seal is formed about the entire perimeter surface of the molded base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2026
    Assignee: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
    Inventors: Stefano Bartolucci, Dennis James Minton, Susanne Will, Kenneth Shun Qiang Ang, Sofie Van Assche, Kelechukwu Nnabuike Onwukamike, Michael Vincent Schlasinger, Geoffrey Allen King, Pedro Vincent Vandecappelle
  • ERGONOMIC SQUEEZABLE PULP BOTTLE
    Publication number: 20250122001
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a squeezable fiber-based bottle for storing and dispensing a viscous liquid. The bottle comprises a molded base including a liquid containing surface having an aperture for dispensing viscous liquid. The molded base includes a base perimeter having a perimeter surface with an upper edge and a lower edge. The squeezable fiber-based bottle comprises a fiber-based side wall having an upper edge, a lower edge, an inner surface, and an outer surface. The side wall includes a front, a back and two opposing side panels. At least one of the opposing side panels includes crease lines forming a flat portion. The fiber-based side wall is attached to the molded base forming an impermeable seal such that the lower edge of fiber-based side wall is disposed near the perimeter surface upper edge but not the perimeter surface lower edge. The impermeable seal is formed about the entire perimeter surface of the molded base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Stefano BARTOLUCCI, Dennis James MINTON, Susanne WILL, Kenneth Shun Qiang ANG, Sofie VAN ASSCHE, Kelechukwu Nnabuike ONWUKAMIKE, Michael Vincent SCHLASINGER, Geoffrey Allen KING, Pedro Vincent VANDECAPPELLE
  • Container system with improved messaging structure
    Patent number: 11053047
    Abstract: Container systems having improved messaging structures. Container systems that include a tab that partially occludes a mouth or passageway to an interior volume. Methods of making and using container systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Nikola Curcic, Eric Douglas Banks, Ashley Chonta Robinson, Mary Ellen Finnegan, Sofie Van Assche
  • CONTAINER SYSTEM WITH IMPROVED MESSAGING STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20190291917
    Abstract: Container systems having improved messaging structures. Container systems that include a tab that partially occludes a mouth or passageway to an interior volume. Methods of making and using container systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Nikola CURCIC, Eric Douglas BANKS, Ashley Chonta ROBINSON, Mary Ellen FINNEGAN, Sofie VAN ASSCHE