ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,779, issued on April 15, was assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING Ltd. (London).
"Effervescent oral composition" was invented by Anthony Richard Gerardi (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Ross Jay Oden (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Matthew Evan Lampe (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Kristen Ann Spielbauer (Kernersville, N.C.), Nicolas von Cosmos (Moravian Falls, N.C.) and Michael Andrew Zawadzki (Durham, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides an effervescent composition adapted for oral use, the composition including an effervescent material; one or more fillers in a total amount of at least about 30% by weight, the one or more fillers including ...