US Patent Issued to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, COLGATE-PALMOLIVE on Feb. 25 for "Oral care compositions comprising star-shaped polymers" (New Jersey, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,233,150, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY (Piscataway, N.J.).

"Oral care compositions comprising star-shaped polymers" was invented by Kenichi Kuroda (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Carl P. Myers (Piscataway, N.J.), Guillaume A. Picquet (Piscataway, N.J.) and Lynette A. Zaidel (Piscataway, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are star-shaped polymers and methods of use thereof. Also provided are oral compositions comprising a star-shaped polymer and an orally acceptable carrier and methods of using same. The star-shaped polymers, as provided herei...