Patents by Inventor Yana Milligan Nicks

Yana Milligan Nicks 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 for laundering delicate garments in a washing machine comprising a woven acrylic coated polyester garment container
    Patent number: 7185380
    Abstract: A product and process for laundering delicate or dry-clean only garments in a washing machine, such as a conventional home washing machine. The process may utilize a garment container, such as a flexible wrap to protect the garments. The process also includes at least one cleaning composition specially formulated for delicate garments. The cleaning composition(s) can be in a number of suitable forms, and can be introduced into the process in a number of different manners. The products used in the process may be provided in the form of a kit. The kit may also include a pretreatment applicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Freddy Arthur Barnabas, Michael Timothy Creedon, John Downing Curry, Jack Austin Doty, Thomas Charles Hortel, Ingrid Rose-Marie Maerten, Natsuko Nishio, Yana Milligan Nicks, Mitsuyo Okamoto, Nabil Yaqub Sakkab, John G. Schroeder, Michael Peter Siklosi, Fernado Ray Tolléns, Errol Hoffman Wahl, Todd Michael Wernicke
  • Shoe bags for use in laundering process
    Patent number: 6726362
    Abstract: The present invention relates to shoe bags useful in laundering processes, especially for laundering of shoes, particularly leather-containing shoes, such as athletic shoes. The shoe bags of the present invention are preferably used in combination with compositions for treating one or more shoes in need of treatment, and methods and articles of manufacture employing same to treat the shoes prior to and/or during and/or after washing the shoes for imparting a desired benefit to the shoes such as cleaning and/or conditioning and/or disinfecting and/or deodorizing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jerome Edward Frisch, Thomas Charles Hortel, Yana Milligan Nicks
  • Methods for laundering delicate garments in a washing machine
    Publication number: 20030008799
    Abstract: A product and process for laundering delicate or dry-clean only garments in a washing machine, such as a conventional home washing machine. The process may utilize a garment container, such as a flexible wrap to protect the garments. The process also includes at least one cleaning composition specially formulated for delicate garments. The cleaning composition(s) can be in a number of suitable forms, and can be introduced into the process in a number of different manners. The products used in the process may be provided in the form of a kit. The kit may also include a pretreatment applicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Freddy Arthur Barnabas, Michael Timothy Creedon, John Downing Curry, Jack Austin Doty, Thomas Charles Hortel, Ingrid Rose-Marie Maerten, Natsuko Nishio, Yana Milligan Nicks, Mitsuyo Okamoto, Nabil Yaqub Sakkab, John G. Schroeder, Michael Peter Siklosi, Fernado Ray Tollens, Errol Hoffman Wahl, Todd Michael Wernicke