Patents by Inventor Tom Edward Dufresne

Tom Edward Dufresne 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).

  • METHODS OF REDUCING BIOFILM AND/OR PLANKTONIC CONTAMINATION
    Publication number: 20210053093
    Abstract: A method of reducing biofilm and/or planktonic contamination from a surface using a fibrous structure, the method comprising the steps of: i) applying water to the surface or to the fibrous structure; and ii) wiping the surface with the fibrous structure; and wherein the fibrous structure is: a) a two-dimensional fibrous structure comprising a core and a scrim wherein the core is more hydrophilic than the scrim; or b) a three-dimensional fibrous structure comprising a sheet and a gather strip element joined to the sheet, the gather strip element comprising plural superimposed layers folded upon one another, a plurality of said layers having strips extending outwardly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Jamesina Anne FITZGERALD, Alan Edward SHERRY, Julie Marie PORTER, Nicola John POLICICCHIO, Vighter IBERI, Paolo Efrain PALACIO MANCHENO, Tom Edward DUFRESNE, Hailing BAO, Antonius Lambertus DE BEER
  • Apertured fibrous structures and methods for making same
    Patent number: 10792229
    Abstract: Apertured fibrous structures and more particularly apertured fibrous structures containing one or more fibrous elements, for example filaments, containing one or more fibrous element-forming materials and one or more active agents that are releasable from the fibrous element when exposed to conditions of intended use, and methods for making same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael Sean Pratt, Min Mao, David Charles Oertel, Janine Anne Flood, Tom Edward Dufresne, Paula A. Chmielewski, Andreas Josef Dreher, Alyssandrea Hope Hamad-Ebrahimpour
  • Apertured Fibrous Structures and Methods for Making Same
    Publication number: 20160101026
    Abstract: Apertured fibrous structures and more particularly apertured fibrous structures containing one or more fibrous elements, for example filaments, containing one or more fibrous element-forming materials and one or more active agents that are releasable from the fibrous element when exposed to conditions of intended use, and methods for making same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Sean Pratt, Min Mao, David Charles Oertel, Janine Anne Flood, Tom Edward Dufresne, Paula A. Chmielewski, Andreas Josef Dreher, Alyssandrea Hope Hamad-Ebrahimpour