Patents Assigned to Colgate
  • Multilayer films for delivery of flavor
    Patent number: 9161890
    Abstract: An oral care composition having enhanced flavor release comprising an orally acceptable carrier containing a first flavor and a multilayer film for extended or delayed flavor release, the multilayer film including at least a center layer containing a second flavor, the center layer positioned between two outer surface layers, each surface layer including a release modulating agent, the first and second flavor being the same or different. The film is adapted to adhere to an oral cavity surface and the outer surface layers may comprise a mucoadhesive polymer, e.g. carboxy polymethylene, polycarbophil or polyvinyl pyrrolidone, and a film forming polymer, eg. hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose (HPMC). Suitable release modulating agents include HPMC and polyvinyl acetate. The carrier may be a toothpaste or mouthwash.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Thomas Boyd, Ben Gu, Leonora Leigh
  • Mouthwash
    Patent number: 9161892
    Abstract: The invention provides mouthwash formulations having improved taste, coupled with good whitening efficacy, which comprise a whitening agent such as hydrogen peroxide together with a combination of a first acid such as citric acid and a second acid such as phosphoric acid. In further embodiments, the mouthwashes may comprise a sucralose and saccharin combination, an acidic polymer, one or more anticalculus agents, e.g., alkali pyrophosphate salts, copolymers of maleic anhydride and methyl vinyl ether and other ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Eric Simon, Linh Fruge, Karsten Kohrs, Shira Pilch
  • METHOD FOR TESTING ORAL MALODOR
    Publication number: 20150293075
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Zhigang Hao, Deborah A. Peru, Joe Vazquez, Jessica Monk, Harsh M. Trivedi, Paul Joseph Vincenti, Osman Khalid, Ariel Haskel
  • Oral care whitening compositions
    Patent number: 9155688
    Abstract: Described herein are whitening compositions comprising a peroxide source, and an adhesion system comprising a hydrophobic component comprising a silicone adhesive; and a dental surface adhesion enhancing agent, which are physically stable and effectively provide whitening. Methods of making and using these compositions are also described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Thomas Boyd, Dennis Ontumi, Prakasarao Mandadi, Suman Chopra, Jason Nesta, Paloma Pimenta
  • Methods of modulating cell surface receptors to prevent or reduce inflammation
    Patent number: 9157914
    Abstract: The invention includes a method of distinguishing among oral bacteria species to determine whether a species is orally deleterious. Such method includes contacting at least one bacterium or portion of a bacterium of a species of oral bacteria a gingival cell; and detecting the presence of an indicator compound. The substantial absence of an indicator material signifies that the species of bacteria is not a deleterious species. Also included within the scope of the invention are methods for determining the anti-inflammatory effect of an agent. Such methods include contacting the cell with the agent in the presence of a deleterious bacterium or portion of such bacterium and detecting the presence of an indicator compound. The substantial absence of an indicator material signifies that agent is an anti-inflammatory agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Prem Sreenivasan
  • Solubilized magnolol analogs
    Patent number: 9155693
    Abstract: A composition comprising a solubilized magnolol analog comprising at least one magnolol analog chosen from propyl magnolol, isopropyl magnolol, butyl magnolol, and isobutyl magnolol, and PPG-1-PEG-9 lauryl glycol ether. These solubilized analogs are useful in personal care, oral care, and home care compositions to provide anti-bacterial activity and reducing the expression of pro-inflammatory mediators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Regina Hourigan, Jeffrey Mastrull, Jairajh Mattai, James Masters
  • Liquid salt cleaning compositions
    Patent number: 9157051
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Robert D'Ambrogio, Deborah A. Peru, Karen Wisniewski
  • Anti-erosion toothpaste composition
    Patent number: 9149661
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are oral care compositions comprising a fluoride ion source and phosphate salts, and methods of making and using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Shira Pilch, James Masters, Richard Sullivan
  • Process of producing arginine employing ATCC 21831 or ATCC 21493 in an afermantation medium comprising cassava bagasse or jackfruit seed as a carbon source
    Patent number: 9150892
    Abstract: Disclosed are processes for producing Arginine by fermentation in which sugars obtained by enzymatic starch hydrolysis from inexpensive starch containing agro-wastes, such as Cassava bagasse and Jackfruit seed powder, are fermented in the presence of microorganisms to produce a fermentated liquor containing Arginine, and recovering Arginine from the liquor. The process can economically be scaled up for the production of Arginine from unrefined sugar sources as it produced Arginine in higher yields, when compared to more expensive synthetic carbon sources, like dextrose or sucrose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignees: Colgate-Palmolive Company, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
    Inventors: Ashok Pandey, K. Madhavan Nampoothiri, Ravi Subramanyam
  • SYSTEM PROVIDING PERHYDROLASE-CATALYZED REACTION
    Publication number: 20150265511
    Abstract: Described herein are packages for storing and dispensing multi-part tooth whitening formulations, comprising a deformable material configured to form two or more sealed chambers, e.g., wherein the first chamber contains a low viscosity liquid solution comprising an enzyme having perhydrolytic activity, and the second chamber contains a peroxide source and a at least one acyl donor substrate. Particular multi-part tooth whitening formulations using this principle and methods of use thereof are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicants: Colgate-Palmolive Company, E.I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Thomas Boyd, Guofeng Xu, Richard Adams, Robert Pierce, Derek Samaroo, David Viscio, Kari A. Fosser, Robert Dicosimo, Hong Wang
  • Diagnostic methods
    Patent number: 9140708
    Abstract: Described herein are methods for identifying a mammal having a heightened susceptibility to enamel erosion, together with kits therefor and uses and methods related thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Lynette Zaidel, Steven Miller, Guy Carpenter, Gordon Proctor, David Bartlett, Rebecca Moazzez
  • Color changing consumer products
    Patent number: 9138384
    Abstract: The invention relates to personal care products containing multilayer films with decorative layers and may impart a noticeable color change. The invention is applicable in products including type toothpaste, soaps, and other products until diluted with water (or saliva).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Thomas Boyd, Guisheng Pan, Harsh M. Trivedi, Wei Wang, Nora Lin
  • Packaging and materials for making same
    Patent number: 9138968
    Abstract: The invention provides a novel flexible, substantially gas impermeable laminate material comprising starch/polymer blends, which can be used to make dispensing tubes, e.g., for toothpaste, which material is light, resilient, and inexpensive, which can be made almost entirely from renewable materials, and which can be recycled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Yu Shi, Todd D. Van Gordon, Jun Wang, Kai Wang
  • Phosphate free oral care compositions based on magnolia antibacterial agent
    Patent number: 9125860
    Abstract: An oral care composition for treating or preventing calculus comprising an anticalculus agent and an antibacterial agent comprising a biphenol compound obtainable from Magnolia officinalis, wherein the composition is free of phosphate-containing anticalculus agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Yelloji-Rao K. Mirajkar, Guofeng Xu, Ying Yang, Thomas Boyd, Michael Prencipe
  • Oral care compositions
    Patent number: 9125826
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions comprising zirconium amino acid complexes suspended in a hydrophobic carrier; and methods of making and using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Venda Porter Maloney, Suman Chopra, Sergio Leite, Long Pan, Rahul Patel
  • Oral care compositions comprising a quinone and a further antimicrobial agent
    Patent number: 9119879
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions comprising a quinone and one or more antibacterial agents, and methods of preparing and using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Laurence Du-Thumm, Lyndsay Schaeffer-Korbylo, David Santos, Stanislav Jaracz
  • High cleaning dentifrice compositions
    Patent number: 9107491
    Abstract: A dentifrice composition containing minor amounts of relatively small particle size high cleaning abrasives, without oral care actives. The dentifrice may be encapsulated and optionally, positioned on the head of a toothbrush. Use of the dentifrice provides a small amount of high cleaning abrasive to the teeth, and has stain removal efficacy. In one aspect, a dentifrice composition comprising an orally acceptable carrier and 1 to 10 wt % abrasive, such that the total amount of abrasive delivered per application is 2 mg to 8 mg, the abrasive having a weight mean particle size in the range of 3 to 7 ?m, with at least 90% of the particles by weight having a size below 16 ?m, and wherein the composition does not contain an oral care active.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: James Brown, Dennis K. Ontumi, Richard Robinson
  • Oral care implement package
    Patent number: D735570
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Robert Moskovich, Wenjin Xi, Yanmei Ji, Jifen Yang, Yuanqiang Fang, David K. Lee
  • Oral care implement package
    Patent number: D736077
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Robert Moskovich, Wenjin Xi, Yanmei Ji, Jifen Yang, Yuanqiang Fang, David K. Lee
  • Oral care implement package
    Patent number: D737675
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Robert Moskovich, Wenjin Xi, Yanmei Ji, Jifen Yang, Yuanqiang Fang, David K. Lee