Patents by Inventor Najma Khan
Najma Khan 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: 11930915Abstract: A toothbrush includes a handle, a head at a distal end of the handle comprising a bristle plate, a hole extending through the bristle plate, a plurality of bristles at least partially disposed in the hole and extending from the hole in a direction away from the head, and a reservoir in fluid communication with the hole. Fluid in the reservoir enters the tuft holes and is wicked out of the head of the toothbrushes by capillaries formed between the bristles.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: Gerald Gontarz, Patrik Johansson, John Gatzemeyer, Douglas Hohlbein, Daniel Wainless, Brian Bloch, Najma Khan
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Patent number: 11622924Abstract: Systems and methods for mixing an oral care formulation base with one or more oral care additives in-situ. In one aspect, the invention can be a method of making an oral care formulation for consumer use, the method comprising: a) providing a first dose of an oral care formulation base to an oral cavity of a test subject; b) dispensing one or more oral care additives to the oral cavity in accordance with a first dispensing regimen during the performance of step a), the one or more oral care additives mixing with the first dose of the oral care formulation base in-situ within the oral cavity of the test subject; c) obtaining feedback regarding effects experienced by the test subject during the performance of step b); and d) creating the oral care formulation for consumer use based, at least in part, on the feedback of step c).Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2014Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: Ariel Haskel, Jessica Monk, Najma Khan, Kerstin Burseg, Peter De Kok, Ann Stijnman
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Patent number: 11458075Abstract: Provided is an oral care composition and methods of making and using the same. The composition may include an orally acceptable vehicle, including pectin in an amount of from about 0.1% to about 1% by weight, an anticaries agent; and a moisturizing agent.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2016Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: Stacey Lavender, Najma Khan
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Publication number: 20220233415Abstract: This invention relates to solid oral care compositions, for example a tablet, comprising a binder system. In certain aspects the invention is directed to solid oral care compositions that are tablets that comprise a binder system, wherein the binder system comprises polyvinyl pyrrolidone and hydroxyethyl cellulose, and to methods of using and of making these compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2022Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: Najma KHAN, Jamal BERRY, Shashank Potnis
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Publication number: 20220133027Abstract: A toothbrush includes a handle, a head at a distal end of the handle comprising a bristle plate, a hole extending through the bristle plate, a plurality of bristles at least partially disposed in the hole and extending from the hole in a direction away from the head, and a reservoir in fluid communication with the hole. Fluid in the reservoir enters the tuft holes and is wicked out of the head of the toothbrushes by capillaries formed between the bristles.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2022Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: Gerald GONTARZ, Patrik JOHANSSON, John GATZEMEYER, Douglas HOHLBEIN, Daniel WAINLESS, Brian BLOCH, Najma KHAN
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Patent number: 11229283Abstract: A toothbrush includes a handle, a head at a distal end of the handle comprising a bristle plate, a hole extending through the bristle plate, a plurality of bristles at least partially disposed in the hole and extending from the hole in a direction away from the head, and a reservoir in fluid communication with the hole. Fluid in the reservoir enters the tuft holes and is wicked out of the head of the toothbrushes by capillaries formed between the bristles.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2020Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: Gerald Gontarz, Patrik Johansson, John Gatzemeyer, Douglas Hohlbein, Daniel Wainless, Brian Bloch, Najma Khan
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Publication number: 20200237090Abstract: A toothbrush includes a handle, a head at a distal end of the handle comprising a bristle plate, a hole extending through the bristle plate, a plurality of bristles at least partially disposed in the hole and extending from the hole in a direction away from the head, and a reservoir in fluid communication with the hole. Fluid in the reservoir enters the tuft holes and is wicked out of the head of the toothbrushes by capillaries formed between the bristles.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: Gerald GONTARZ, Patrik JOHANSSON, John GATZEMEYER, Douglas HOHLBEIN, Daniel WAINLESS, Brian BLOCH, Najma KHAN
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Patent number: 10709644Abstract: This invention relates to a dual phase mouthwash comprising a hydrophilic phase, a hydrophobic phase, and a hydrotrope, wherein the hydrophobic phase comprises coconut oil, as well as to methods of using and of making such compositions.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2014Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: Stacey Lavender, Richard Sullivan, Najma Khan
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Patent number: 10681976Abstract: A toothbrush includes a handle, a head at a distal end of the handle comprising a bristle plate, a hole extending through the bristle plate, a plurality of bristles at least partially disposed in the hole and extending from the hole in a direction away from the head, and a reservoir in fluid communication with the hole. Fluid in the reservoir enters the tuft holes and is wicked out of the head of the toothbrushes by capillaries formed between the bristles.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2015Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: Gerald Gontarz, Patrik Johansson, John Gatzemeyer, Douglas Hohlbein, Daniel Wainless, Brian Bloch, Najma Khan
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Patent number: 10667995Abstract: Described herein are oral care compositions comprising a surfactant system; a structuring agent, and a lipophilic agent; and methods of making and using the same.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2011Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: Robert Vogt, Karsten Kohrs, Shira Pilch, Najma Khan, Paloma Pimenta, Richard Joseph Sullivan
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Publication number: 20190254935Abstract: Provided is an oral care composition and methods of making and using the same. The composition may include an orally acceptable vehicle, including pectin in an amount of from about 0.1% to about 1% by weight, an anticaries agent; and a moisturizing agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2016Publication date: August 22, 2019Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: Stacey LAVENDER, Najma KHAN
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Publication number: 20190008271Abstract: A toothbrush includes a handle, a head at a distal end of the handle comprising a bristle plate, a hole extending through the bristle plate, a plurality of bristles at least partially disposed in the hole and extending from the hole in a direction away from the head, and a reservoir in fluid communication with the hole. Fluid in the reservoir enters the tuft holes and is wicked out of the head of the toothbrushes by capillaries formed between the bristles.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2015Publication date: January 10, 2019Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: Gerald Gontarz, Patrick JOHANSSON, John GATZEMEYER, Douglas HOHLBEIN, Daniel WAINLESS, Brian BLOCH, Najma KHAN
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Publication number: 20170354577Abstract: This invention relates to a dual phase mouthwash comprising a hydrophilic phase, a hydrophobic phase, and a hydrotrope, wherein the hydrophobic phase comprises coconut oil, as well as to methods of using and of making such compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2014Publication date: December 14, 2017Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: Stacey LAVENDER, Richard SULLIVAN, Najma KHAN
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Publication number: 20160151252Abstract: Systems and methods for mixing an oral care formulation base with one or more oral care additives in-situ. In one aspect, the invention can be a method of making an oral care formulation for consumer use, the method comprising: a) providing a first dose of an oral care formulation base to an oral cavity of a test subject; b) dispensing one or more oral care additives to the oral cavity in accordance with a first dispensing regimen during the performance of step a), the one or more oral care additives mixing with the first dose of the oral care formulation base in-situ within the oral cavity of the test subject; c) obtaining feedback regarding effects experienced by the test subject during the performance of step b); and d) creating the oral care formulation for consumer use based, at least in part, on the feedback of step c).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2014Publication date: June 2, 2016Inventors: Ariel HASKEL, Jessica MONK, Najma KHAN, Kerstin BURSEG, Peter DE KOK, Ann STIJNMAN
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Publication number: 20140322410Abstract: To make espresso, a plunger forces heated liquid from a plunger cylinder to a coffee container. The resulting brewed liquid is allowed to pass through an expansion pressure relief valve. The expansion pressure relief value maintains a pressure sufficient for brewing espresso as force on the plunger forces the liquid to flow through the coffee container and through the expansion pressure relief valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2013Publication date: October 30, 2014Inventors: Najma Khan, Michael Anthony Ronzoni, Chia-Hsin Sung, Richard W. Benner
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Publication number: 20130315845Abstract: Described herein are oral care compositions comprising a surfactant system; a structuring agent, and a lipophilic agent; and methods of making and using the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2011Publication date: November 28, 2013Applicant: COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANYInventors: Robert Vogt, Karsten Kohrs, Shira Pilch, Najma Khan, Paloma Pimenta, Richard Joseph Sullivan