US Patent Issued to Colgate-Palmolive on Dec. 30 for "Method to incorporate oleanolic acid into oral care compositions and oral care compositions based thereof" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,215, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Colgate-Palmolive Co. (New York).

"Method to incorporate oleanolic acid into oral care compositions and oral care compositions based thereof" was invented by Shao Peng Xu (Guangzhou, China), Yuan Hui Xie (Guangzhou, China) and Dahlia Chen (Guangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aqueous oleanolic acid solution, including from about 0.10 to 2.5 weight % oleanolic acid, from about 60 to 90 weight % solvent, and from about 20 to 40 weight % solubility agent, wherein the solvent includes water, the solubility agent includes sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS), and the aqueous oleanolic acid solu...