Patents Represented by Attorney Howard C. Lee
  • Patent number: 8337818
    Abstract: A post foaming oral care mousse is provided by the invention. The mousse includes at least a dentifrice composition and a compressed liquid propellant having a boiling point less than ?10° C. The liquid propellant is blended into the mousse as an emulsion, and the emulsion is adapted to be dispensed from a container as a gel that foams after a time delay. The mousse has a viscosity of less than 30,000 centipoise when measured prior to the addition of the propellant. Preferably, the mousse expands at least 100 vol % in less than 5 seconds upon exposure to atmospheric pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Nora Lin, John Curtis, James Brown
  • Patent number: 8313733
    Abstract: The invention provides an antiplaque oral composition that includes an orally acceptable carrier; and an antibacterially effective amount of a compound of structure (I) In the structure, R1 and R2 are independently selected from a lower C1-4 alkyl group and R3 and R4 are independently an alkenyl or alkyl group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms. Also included in the invention are toothpastes or tooth gels that include at least one humectant: at least one abrasive compound; and an antibacterially effective amount of the compound represented by the structure of formula (I). Also provided are methods of inhibiting bacterial growth in the oral cavity of an animal by application of the compound of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Ravi Subramanyam
  • Patent number: 8287843
    Abstract: The invention provides oral compositions including a safe and effective amount of a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein R1 and R2 are independently selected from a hydrogen atom and an alkyl group and X? is an anion, and n is an integer of 1 to 25; and (b) a surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Thomas J. Boyd, Guofeng Xu, Abdul Gaffar, David B. Viscio