US Patent Issued to Colgate-Palmolive on March 18 for "Oral care device with sacrificial electrode" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,284, issued on March 18, was assigned to Colgate-Palmolive Co. (New York).

"Oral care device with sacrificial electrode" was invented by Patrik Johansson (Hoboken, N.J.) and Gerald Gontarz (Spotswood, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container, a toothbrush, or a device including at least one sacrificial electrode. In one aspect, the container may include a body adapted to contain an oral care solution and a cap selectively removable from the body. The cap may include a cavity configured to contain a fluid, a first electrode comprising a sacrificial metal, a second electrode spaced from the first electrode, and an electrical co...