ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,835, issued on June 17, was assigned to Colgate-Palmolive Co. (New York).

"Oral care compositions and methods of use" was invented by Michael Prencipe (West Windsor, N.J.), Amy Russo (Belle Mead, N.J.), Hansruedi Stettler (Basel, Switzerland), Betty Won (Princeton Junction, N.J.), Lisa Marie Manus (Lawrenceville, N.J.), Michael Stranick (Bridgewater, N.J.), Peng Yan (Guangzhou, China), Chengkang Tan (Guangzhou, China), Vyoma Patel (Hillsborough, N.J.), Andre Morgan (Robbinsville, N.J.), Andrei Potanin (Hillsborough, N.J.) and Xiao Yi Huang (Guangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to oral care compositio...