US Patent Issued to Colgate-Palmolive on April 8 for "Powered oral care implement including a tracking module and tracking module thereof" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,294, issued on April 8, was assigned to Colgate-Palmolive Co. (New York).

"Powered oral care implement including a tracking module and tracking module thereof" was invented by John Gatzemeyer (Hillsborough, N.J.) and Takahide Okai (Highland Park, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oral care system that includes an oral care implement and a tracking attachment. The oral care implement may include a handle and a head. The tracking attachment is detachably coupled to the oral care implement. The tracking attachment may include an outer casing having an outer surface and a connection element that is configured to mate with a connecti...