Patents by Inventor William D. Platt
William D. Platt 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).
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Patent number: 11850301Abstract: The present invention provides an oral care composition which includes one or more nonpolar structuring agents, one or more emulsifiers, one or more mucoadhesive polymers, and one or more active ingredients effective for providing oral pain relief. The oral care composition can be a solid or semi-solid composition up to a temperature of at least 40° C. Methods of providing such an oral care composition are also provided herein.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2018Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.Inventors: Jennifer Benson, Elena Petrovicova, William D. Platt
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Patent number: 11673733Abstract: The present disclosure provides packages that are configured for containing a prophylactic device and a quantity of lubricant material. The package can include a first portion defining a first chamber containing a prophylactic device; and a second portion defining a second chamber containing a quantity of lubricant composition; wherein the first chamber of the first portion and the second chamber of the second portion are arranged to separably engage one another about external surfaces of the first portion and the second portion so as to form a unitary package. The present disclosure further provides methods for providing a lubricated prophylactic device.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.Inventors: William D. Platt, Caryn Culleton Oryniak, Richard James Elliott Gilbert, Jonathan Andrew Wharton, Gerhart P. Huy, Michael T. Pinchiaroli, Rajesh Ranjan, Velissa Van Scoyoc, David Schweitzer, Jacob Daniel Taylor
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Patent number: 11472620Abstract: The present disclosure provides packages that are configured for containing a prophylactic device and a plurality of lubricant compositions. The package can include a primary storage compartment in which the prophylactic device can be contained and a plurality of secondary storage compartments arranged relative to the primary storage compartment, the plurality of secondary storage compartments containing lubricant composition(s). The present disclosure further provides methods for providing a lubricated prophylactic device.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.Inventors: William D. Platt, Caryn Culleton Oryniak, Richard James Elliott Gilbert, Jonathan Andrew Wharton, Gerhart P. Huy, Michael T. Pinchiaroli, Rajesh Ranjan, Velissa Van Scoyoc, Luis C. Muniz, David Schweitzer, Jacob Daniel Taylor
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Publication number: 20210284416Abstract: The present disclosure provides packaged articles that can provide improved ease of access to the articles. More particularly, such packaged articles can comprise a plurality of multilayer films with a product contained therebetween. The multilayer films can be sealingly engaged one to another substantially only at a perimeter band that defines a closed, interior compartment in which the product is contained and which defines a tab section that is exterior to the perimeter band. At least a section of the perimeter band proximate to the tab section can be configured as a peel-apart seal such that the interior compartment containing the product is accessible by at least partially peeling apart the multilayer films. The disclosure further provides methods of packaging a product, such as a condom, and methods for improving ease of access to a packaged article, such as a condom.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2021Publication date: September 16, 2021Applicant: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.Inventors: Michael T. Pinchiaroli, Richard James Elliott Gilbert, Jonathan Andrew Wharton, James Bernard Oldham, William D. Platt, Caryn Culleton Oryniak, Gerhart P. Huy, Rajesh Ranjan, Velissa Van Scoyoc, David Schweitzer, Jacob Daniel Taylor
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Publication number: 20210009331Abstract: The present disclosure provides packages that are configured for containing a prophylactic device and a plurality of lubricant compositions. The package can include a primary storage compartment in which the prophylactic device can be contained and a plurality of secondary storage compartments arranged relative to the primary storage compartment, the plurality of secondary storage compartments containing lubricant composition(s). The present disclosure further provides methods for providing a lubricated prophylactic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Applicant: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.Inventors: William D. Platt, Caryn Culleton Oryniak, Richard James Elliott Gilbert, Jonathan Andrew Wharton, Gerhart P. Huy, Michael T. Pinchiaroli, Rajesh Ranjan, Velissa Van Scoyoc, Luis C. Muniz, David Schweitzer, Jacob Daniel Taylor
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Publication number: 20210009334Abstract: The present disclosure provides packages that are configured for containing a prophylactic device and a quantity of lubricant material. The package can include a first portion defining a first chamber containing a prophylactic device; and a second portion defining a second chamber containing a quantity of lubricant composition; wherein the first chamber of the first portion and the second chamber of the second portion are arranged to separably engage one another about external surfaces of the first portion and the second portion so as to form a unitary package. The present disclosure further provides methods for providing a lubricated prophylactic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Applicant: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.Inventors: William D. Platt, Caryn Culleton Oryniak, Richard James Elliott Gilbert, Jonathan Andrew Wharton, Gerhart P. Huy, Michael T. Pinchiaroli, Rajesh Ranjan, Velissa Van Scoyoc, David Schweitzer, Jacob Daniel Taylor
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Publication number: 20200170942Abstract: The present invention provides an oral care composition which includes one or more nonpolar structuring agents, one or more emulsifiers, one or more mucoadhesive polymers, and one or more active ingredients effective for providing oral pain relief. The oral care composition can be a solid or semi-solid composition up to a temperature of at least 40° C. Methods of providing such an oral care composition are also provided herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2018Publication date: June 4, 2020Applicant: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.Inventors: Jennifer Benson, Elena Petrovicova, William D. Platt
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Patent number: 9592661Abstract: A system for depositing an imprint onto a substrate includes a deposition surface having at least one outlet disposed therein, a substrate holder for holding the substrate against the deposition surface, means operatively associated with the deposition surface for supplying a material through said at least outlet to deposit said material onto the substrate, and a spacer member disposed in contact between the deposition surface and the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2014Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.Inventors: Michael J. Harrison, Andrew Y. Oleson, William D. Platt, Richard Grotyohann, Richard Wilheim Janse van Rensburg
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Publication number: 20160040033Abstract: A composition for depositing an imprint onto an elastomeric substrate, includes an aqueous film-forming polymeric emulsion suspended in an aqueous medium. The present invention is further directed to methods of depositing the same as an imprint onto the elastomeric substrate, and articles formed therefrom.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2014Publication date: February 11, 2016Inventors: Michael J. Harrison, Benny S. Yam, Andrew Y. Oleson, William D. Platt, Richard Grotyohann, Richard Wilhelm Janse van Rensburg, Luis Muniz
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Publication number: 20160032132Abstract: A composition for depositing textured imprints onto an elastomeric substrate includes an aqueous film-forming polymeric emulsion suspended in an aqueous medium. In particular, the composition is formulated for deposition onto a substrate to impart visual or tactile texture to the substrate upon deposition. The present invention is further directed to methods for depositing the same as textured imprints onto the elastomeric substrate, and articles formed therefrom.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2014Publication date: February 4, 2016Inventors: Michael J. Harrison, Jason R. Kieke, Benny S. Yam, Andrew Y. Oleson, William D. Platt, Richard Grotyohann, Richard Wilhelm Janse van Rensburg, Luis Muniz
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Publication number: 20160031205Abstract: A system for depositing an imprint onto a substrate includes a deposition surface having at least one outlet disposed therein, a substrate holder for holding the substrate against the deposition surface, means operatively associated with the deposition surface for supplying a material through said at least outlet to deposit said material onto the substrate, and a spacer member disposed in contact between the deposition surface and the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2014Publication date: February 4, 2016Inventors: Michael J. Harrison, Andrew Y. Oleson, William D. Platt, Richard Grotyohann, Richard Wilheim Janse van Rensburg
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Patent number: 8431055Abstract: A method of manufacturing a condom having an open end and a closed end, wherein the method is comprised of the steps of coating a bare mandrel with a pattern of coating material to form visual stimulation means, and subsequently uniformly applying additional material over these patterns to complete the formation of the condom, and thereby create projections between the ends of the condom for stimulation.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2011Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.Inventors: William D. Platt, R. Christian Millar, Richard Grotyohann
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Publication number: 20120181726Abstract: A method of manufacturing a condom having an open end and a closed end, wherein the method is comprised of the steps of coating a bare mandrel with a pattern of coating material to form visual stimulation means, and subsequently uniformly applying additional material over these patterns to complete the formation of the condom, and thereby create projections between the ends of the condom for stimulation.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2011Publication date: July 19, 2012Inventors: William D. Platt, R. Christian Millar, Richard Grotyohann
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Patent number: 6044693Abstract: A plurality of rolled-up prophylactic devices are passed through a plurality of pairs of unroller tubes with a randomizer vessel being coupled between each pair of unroller tubes, the randomizer vessels functioning to randomly reorient a portion of rolled-up ones of the prophylactic devices passing therethrough to move a rolled-up portion of each of the latter to the outside of the associated prophylactic device to facilitate unrolling of the same as it passes from the randomizer vessel into another one of the unroller tubes. A separator tank has an inlet port coupled to an output end of the last occurring unroller tube, for collecting the processed prophylactic devices, and for applying a vacuum to the system for sucking the prophylactic devices through the unroller tubes and randomizer vessels.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 1998Date of Patent: April 4, 2000Assignee: Carter-Wallace, Inc.Inventors: Frederick P. Sisbarro, William D. Platt, Glenn W. Thomsen
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Patent number: D941161Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.Inventors: William D. Platt, Caryn Culleton Oryniak, Richard James Elliott Gilbert, Jonathan Andrew Wharton, Gerhart P. Huy, Michael T. Pinchiaroli, Rajesh Ranjan, Velissa Van Scoyoc, Luis C. Muniz, David Schweitzer, Jacob Daniel Taylor
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Patent number: D949708Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.Inventors: William D. Platt, Caryn Culleton Oryniak, Richard James Elliott Gilbert, Jonathan Andrew Wharton, Gerhart P. Huy, Michael T. Pinchiaroli, Rajesh Ranjan, Velissa Van Scoyoc, David Schweitzer, Jacob Daniel Taylor