ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,890, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SUNSTAR INC. (Osaka, Japan).

"Molded article for oral care product and oral care product" was invented by Ikumi Kojima (Osaka, Japan) and Yukinori Wada (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A molded article (20) for an oral care product includes a primary molded part (P) that includes a covering target part (PC), a secondary molded part (Q) that includes a covering part (Q40) covering the covering target part (PC), and an exposed structure (500) that includes one or a plurality of penetration parts (P100) penetrating the covering part (Q40). The penetration part (P100) includes an expose...