ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,130, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Colgate-Palmolive Co. (New York).
"Oral care compositions and methods" was invented by Shaoyi Zhang (South Bound Brook, N.J.), Saide Tang (Princeton, N.J.), Carl Myers (Wayne, N.J.) and Guofeng Xu (Plainsboro, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This application relates to novel aqueous oral care compositions useful for combining and delivering incompatible stannous fluoride or stannous chloride and potassium salts in a high-water composition, for example, to provide effective caries prevention, protection against dental erosion, and relief from dental hypersensitivity. The compositions compris...