Patents by Inventor Bernie L. Blackwell

Bernie L. Blackwell has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • DENTIFRICE COMPOSITION CONTAINING SILICONE OIL BEADS
    Publication number: 20090053267
    Abstract: Dentifrice composition and method of using such dentifrice composition to ameliorate dry mouth, where the dentifrice composition includes an orally acceptable vehicle having distributed therein silicone oil beads, and wherein the dentifrice composition has a viscosity of at least about 20,000 centipoise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: Karen DePierro, Ralph Peter Santarpia, III, John Pierre Curtis, Hollandra Niles, Joann Darcy-Siegel, Bernie L. Blackwell
  • Breath freshening film
    Patent number: 6419903
    Abstract: A rapidly dissolvable orally consumable film composition for delivering breath freshening agents to the oral cavity wherein the composition is formed from a homogeneous mixture of a water soluble, low viscosity hydroxyalkylmethyl cellulose and a water dispersible starch and a flavoring agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Colgate Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Goufeng Xu, Mel Reci, Bernie L. Blackwell, Richard S. Robinson, David B. Viscio, John P. Curtis
  • Tooth whitening chewing gum
    Patent number: 6416744
    Abstract: A tooth whitening chewing gum composition effective to remove stains from teeth is prepared from a mixture of a chewing gum base, plasticizing, sweetening, flavoring agents, and about 0.5 to about 5.0% by weight of a silica particles, the particles containing about 5 to about 35% by weight water and having a mean particle size from 5 to 12 microns; an Einlehner hardness of from 1 to 20; an oil absorption value of from 40 to less than 100 cc/i 00g; and, a BET surface area from 100 to 700 m2/g of silica.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: Colgate Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Richard S. Robinson, John P. Curtis, Donna M. Vroom, Bernie L. Blackwell, Rolando M. Catiis
  • Polytetrafluoroethylene therapeutic articles
    Patent number: 5503842
    Abstract: Polytetrafluoroethylene surfaced articles can be coated with various adjuvants such as medicants and flavorants. The coated articles can be dental flosses, toothpicks, and tongue depressors. The dental flosses can be of a monofilament or a multi-filament type. Further, they can be a filament of polytetrafluoroethylene or have a coating of polytetrafluoroethylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1996
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Stephen A. Fazan, Bernie L. Blackwell, John P. Curtis, James H. Kemp