ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,046, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Power toothbrush control" was invented by Jose Martin Villar Duran (Lake Forest Park, Wash.), Chelsea Pereira (Bothell, Wash.), Gul Dikmen (Bothell, Wash.), Ivonne Labadie Lezama (Bothell, Wash.), Elizabeth Michelle Starke (Seattle), Robert Joseph Leigh Phibbs (Seattle) and Brian Esley Tidball (Bothell, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power toothbrush (10) is disclosed comprising a motor (12) for driving a brush head (15) of the power toothbrush and a controller (20) responsive to an operating mode selection signal and arranged to contr...