ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,017, issued on May 20, was assigned to Colgate-Palmolive Co. (New York).
"Oral care implement" was invented by Eduardo Jimenez (Manalapan, N.J.), Douglas Hohlbein (Hopewell, N.J.) and Patrik Johansson (Hoboken, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oral care implement sanitization system that includes an oral care implement and a case for storing the oral care implement and activating a sanitization or sterilization procedure. The oral care implement may include tooth cleaning elements, a light source, and a first electrical coupling element operably coupled to the light source. The case may include a housing having a cavity for hol...