ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,560, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Muhlbauer Technology GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).

"Calcium coacervates for remineralization and for demineralization inhibition" was invented by Sebastian Paris (Neuruppin, Germany), Dominik Gruber (Constance, Germany), Helmut Colfen (Constance, Germany), Neziha Bulgun (Berlin) and Elisabeth Prause (Berlin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to calcium coacervate for use in a method for caries prevention and/or caries treatment, comprising a step during which dental enamel is infiltrated with calcium coacervate; and to kits that comprise: a) a phosphate ion-containing solution; and...