Patents by Inventor Deborah Peru
Deborah Peru 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).
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Patent number: 10052045Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for testing oral malodor, in particular oral malodor from onion and garlic. Described herein are methods for testing the efficacy of an oral care composition to reduce oral malodor, the method comprising the steps of: a) cleaning at least a part of the oral cavity with an oral care composition; b) testing a first sample of exhaled breath from the cleaned oral cavity to provide a first test result representing a first amount of at least one oral malodor component detected in the exhaled breath; c) exposing the oral cavity to an oral malodor material including or capable of forming the at least one oral malodor component; and d) testing a second sample of exhaled breath from the oral cavity to provide a second test result representing a second amount of the at least one oral malodor component detected in the exhaled breath.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2012Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: Zhigang Hao, Deborah A. Peru, Joe Vazquez, Jessica Monk, Harsh M. Trivedi, Paul Joseph Vincenti, Osman Khalid
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Patent number: 9823236Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for testing oral malodor, in particular oral malodor from coffee. Described herein are methods for testing the efficacy of an oral care composition to reduce oral malodor, the method comprising the steps of: a) cleaning at least a part of the oral cavity with an oral care composition; b) testing a sample of exhaled breath from the cleaned oral cavity to provide a test result representing a amount of at least one oral malodor component detected in the exhaled breath; c) exposing the oral cavity to an oral malodor material including or capable of forming the at least one oral malodor component; and d) testing a sample of exhaled breath from the oral cavity to provide a test result representing an amount of the at least one oral malodor component detected in the exhaled breath.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2012Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: Zhigang Hao, Deborah A. Peru, Joe Vazquez, Jessica Monk, Harsh M. Trivedi, Paul Joseph Vincenti, Osman Khalid, Ariel Haskel
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Patent number: 9700395Abstract: The present invention relates to devices and systems for detecting the existence of oral conditions. In one aspect, the invention is a device including a detector capable of detecting a marker of an oral condition; a self-contained indicator that is actuated by a signal from the detector, wherein the indicator is one of a structural indicator adapted to undergo a physical change that is haptically perceptible, a dye adapted to be released into a user's mouth, and a flavor adapted to be released into a user's mouth; and wherein said device is detachably securable to an oral care implement.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2014Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANYInventors: Douglas Hohlbein, Elizabeth Gittins, Harsh M. Trivedi, Sharon Kennedy, Madhusudan Patel, Deborah Peru
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Publication number: 20150293075Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for testing oral malodor, in particular oral malodor from coffee. Described herein are methods for testing the efficacy of an oral care composition to reduce oral malodor, the method comprising the steps of: a) cleaning at least a part of the oral cavity with an oral care composition; b) testing a sample of exhaled breath from the cleaned oral cavity to provide a test result representing a amount of at least one oral malodor component detected in the exhaled breath; c) exposing the oral cavity to an oral malodor material including or capable of forming the at least one oral malodor component; and d) testing a sample of exhaled breath from the oral cavity to provide a test result representing an amount of the at least one oral malodor component detected in the exhaled breath.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2012Publication date: October 15, 2015Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: Zhigang Hao, Deborah A. Peru, Joe Vazquez, Jessica Monk, Harsh M. Trivedi, Paul Joseph Vincenti, Osman Khalid, Ariel Haskel
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Patent number: 9157051Abstract: A cleaning composition comprising a liquid salt, and a hydrogen bond donor for the liquid salt, and a surfactant. Also a method of cleaning using the cleaning composition.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2011Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: Robert D'Ambrogio, Deborah A. Peru, Karen Wisniewski
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Publication number: 20150265183Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for testing oral malodor, in particular oral malodor from onion and garlic. Described herein are methods for testing the efficacy of an oral care composition to reduce oral malodor, the method comprising the steps of: a) cleaning at least a part of the oral cavity with an oral care composition; b) testing a first sample of exhaled breath from the cleaned oral cavity to provide a first test result representing a first amount of at least one oral malodor component detected in the exhaled breath; c) exposing the oral cavity to an oral malodor material including or capable of forming the at least one oral malodor component; and d) testing a second sample of exhaled breath from the oral cavity to provide a second test result representing a second amount of the at least one oral malodor component detected in the exhaled breath.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2012Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventors: Zhigang Hao, Deborah A. Peru, Joe Vazquez, Jessica Monk, Harsh M. Trivedi, Paul Joseph Vincenti, Osman Khalid
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Publication number: 20150072301Abstract: The present invention relates to devices and systems for detecting the existence of oral conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: DOUGLAS HOHLBEIN, ELIZABETH GITTENS, HARSH M. TRIVEDI, SHARON KENNEDY, MADHUSUDAN PATEL, DEBORAH PERU
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Patent number: 8920746Abstract: The present invention relates to devices and systems for detecting the existence of oral conditions.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2010Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: Douglas Hohlbein, Elizabeth Gittens, Harsh M. Trivedi, Sharon Kennedy, Madhusudan Patel, Deborah Peru
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Patent number: 8901061Abstract: A cleaning composition comprising a choline salt and a surfactant or solvent. Also, a method of cleaning using the cleaning composition.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2011Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: Robert D'Ambrogio, Deborah A. Peru, Karen Wisniewski
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Patent number: 8895929Abstract: Improved analytical, diagnostic, monitoring, and other methods (and their associated devices) for evaluating the extent of deposition of an agent onto a substrate are described. Exemplary methods may be used in the in the monitoring of the dental health of patients or in the fast, efficient screening and/or characterization of formulations in terms of their use for depositing oral actives onto tooth surfaces. The methods involve the direct or in situ analysis of substrates, onto which agents are deposited, using Near-IR spectroscopy and/or UV spectroscopy.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2014Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: Jennifer Gronlund, Guofeng Xu, Deborah A. Peru, Ravi Subramanyam
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Publication number: 20140312232Abstract: Improved analytical, diagnostic, monitoring, and other methods (and their associated devices) for evaluating the extent of deposition of an agent onto a substrate are described. Exemplary methods may be used in the in the monitoring of the dental health of patients or in the fast, efficient screening and/or characterization of formulations in terms of their use for depositing oral actives onto tooth surfaces. The methods involve the direct or in situ analysis of substrates, onto which agents are deposited, using Near-IR spectroscopy and/or UV spectroscopy.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2014Publication date: October 23, 2014Inventors: Jennifer Gronlund, Guofeng Xu, Deborah A. Peru, Ravi Subramanyam
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Patent number: 8803095Abstract: Improved analytical, diagnostic, monitoring, and other methods (and their associated devices) for evaluating the extent of deposition of an agent onto a substrate are described. Exemplary methods may be used in the in the monitoring of the dental health of patients or in the fast, efficient screening and/or characterization of formulations in terms of their use for depositing oral actives onto tooth surfaces. The methods involve the direct or in situ analysis of substrates, onto which agents are deposited, using Near-IR spectroscopy and/or UV spectroscopy.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2009Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: Jennifer Gronlund, Guofeng Xu, Deborah A. Peru, Ravi Subramanyam
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Publication number: 20140090671Abstract: A cleaning composition comprising a choline salt and a surfactant or solvent. Also, a method of cleaning using the cleaning composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2011Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicant: COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANYInventors: Robert D'Ambrogio, Deborah A. Peru, Karen Wísníewski
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Publication number: 20140083465Abstract: A cleaning composition comprising a liquid salt, and a hydrogen bond donor for the liquid salt, and a surfactant. Also a method of cleaning using the cleaning composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2011Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANYInventors: Robert D'Ambrogio, Deborah A. Peru, Karen Wisniewaki
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Publication number: 20120322023Abstract: The present invention relates to devices and systems for detecting the existence of oral conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2010Publication date: December 20, 2012Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: Douglas Hohlbein, Elizabeth Gittens, Harsh M. Trivedi, Sharon Kennedy, Madhusudan Patel, Deborah Peru
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Publication number: 20110024629Abstract: Improved analytical, diagnostic, monitoring, and other methods (and their associated devices) for evaluating the extent of deposition of an agent onto a substrate are described. Exemplary methods may be used in the in the monitoring of the dental health of patients or in the fast, efficient screening and/or characterization of formulations in terms of their use for depositing oral actives onto tooth surfaces. The methods involve the direct or in situ analysis of substrates, onto which agents are deposited, using Near-IR spectroscopy and/or UV spectroscopy.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2009Publication date: February 3, 2011Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: Jennifer Gronlund, Guofeng Xu, Deborah A. Peru, Ravi Subramanyam
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Patent number: 4817715Abstract: A method of aqueous flooding of subterranean oil bearing formation for tertiary oil recovery involves injecting through a well into the formation a low alkaline pH aqueous sodium bicarbonate flooding solution. The flooding solution's pH ranges from about 8.25 to 9.25 and comprises from 0.25 to 5 weight percent and preferably about 0.75 to 3.0 weight percent of sodium bicarbonate and includes a petroleum recovery surfactant of 0.05 to 1.0 weight percent and between 1 and 20 weight percent of sodium chloride. After flooding, an oil and water mixture is withdrawn from the well and the oil is separated from the oil and water mixture.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 1987Date of Patent: April 4, 1989Assignee: IIT Research InstituteInventor: Deborah A. Peru