ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,262, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).
"Jammed emulsion toothpaste compositions" was invented by Jayanth Rajaiah (Loveland, Ohio), Paul Albert Sagel (Maineville, Ohio), Michael David Curtis (Mason, Ohio), Franco Silva Mederios (Loveland, Ohio) and James Albert Berta (West Chester, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Jammed oil-in-water emulsion toothpaste compositions. Jammed oil-in-water emulsion toothpaste compositions with unexpectedly high yield stress values and/or high opacity without the use of a solid opacifier. Jammed oil-in-water emulsion toothpaste compositions with a hydrophobic pha...