ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,520,867, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Nicoventures Trading Ltd. (London).
"Buffered oral compositions" was invented by Darrell Eugene Holton Jr. (Clemmons, N.C.), Ronald K. Hutchens (East Bend, N.C.), Christopher Keller (Advance, N.C.), Thomas H. Poole (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Dwayne William Beeson (Kernersville, N.C.) and Frank Kelley St. Charles (Bowling Green, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides oral compositions and products including an active agent, a carrier/filler, and a buffer. Preferably, the composition can be configured such that, when in contact with a user's saliva, the composition is at a pH of a...