Patents Assigned to Colgate
  • Electric Toothbrush with Rigidly Connected Grip Portion and Brush Portion
    Publication number: 20190069978
    Abstract: An electric toothbrush includes a grip portion, a brush portion, and a joint arrangement for connecting the two portions. The joint arrangement has an upper cylinder portion and a lower cylinder portion, with an axis of the upper cylinder portion being inclined a predetermined angle with respect to an axis of the lower cylinder portion. The grip portion is connected to the lower cylinder portion and the brush portion is connected to the upper cylinder portion, so that the grip portion and the brush portion are inclined by the predetermined angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicants: Colgate-Palmolive Company, Omron Healthcare Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mamoru KATANO, Hiroshi NAKAMORI
  • Oral Care Compositions and Uses Thereof
    Publication number: 20190060210
    Abstract: Described herein are oral care compositions comprising amphiphilic macromolecules, along with methods of making and using same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicants: Colgate-Palmolive Company, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
    Inventors: Carl MYERS, Guillaume PICQUET, Kathryn E. UHRICH, Jennifer CHAN WOO, Jeannette Elizabeth MARINE
  • Oral care compositions and methods of use
    Patent number: 10213374
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are oral care compositions comprising naringin:Zinc complexes having a 2:1 naringin to zinc molar ratio. Methods of making and using the compositions are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Jane Ong, James Masters, Tatiana Brinzari, Chi-Yuan Cheng, Donghui Wu, Long Pan
  • Oral compositions containing metal ions
    Patent number: 10213369
    Abstract: An oral care composition containing a stannous ion source, a zinc ion source, a polyphosphate, and a thickening agent. The thickening agent contains polyvinylpyrrolidone, a polysaccharide gum and carboxymethyl cellulose. The compositions have excellent rheology properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Kavita Vemishetti, Linh Fruge, Michael Prencipe
  • Oral compositions and uses therof
    Patent number: 10213627
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to oral compositions comprising an orally-acceptable carrier and a silica abrasive comprising a precipitated amorphous silica compound having an average particle size of from 5 ?m to 20 ?m, oil absorption of from 60 cc/100 g to 120 cc/100 g, and an Einlehner hardness of from 4 to 11, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Andrew Nowak, James Masters, Shira Pilch
  • Oral care implement
    Patent number: 10213013
    Abstract: Disclosed is a toothbrush comprising an optical machine-readable representation of data, such as a barcode. Also disclosed is an oral care implement comprising a surface and a plurality of protrusions extending at least 1 millimeter from the surface, the protrusions at least partially defining an optical machine-readable representation of data, such as a barcode. Also disclosed is a system, comprising: an oral care implement comprising an optical machine-readable representation of data, such as a barcode; and a device comprising a processor and memory storing computer readable instructions for causing the processor to process an image of the optical machine-readable representation of data to extract the data from the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Derek M. Samaroo
  • Pet food compositions including probiotics and methods of manufacture and use thereof
    Patent number: 10212954
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses pet food compositions that include one or more probiotic microorganisms, which are useful to improve the health of companion animals. For example, the invention encompasses pet food compositions including a probiotic, for example, Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium and Streptococcus (Enterococcus). The present invention also encompasses the preparation of pet food compositions including one or more probiotic microorganisms intended for methods of maintaining or improving pet health through feeding a pet a pet food composition including the probiotic microorganism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Pavinee Chinachoti, Luis J. Montelongo, Christina Khoo, Kathy Lynn Gross
  • Oral care dispenser and oral care system implementing the same
    Patent number: 10213012
    Abstract: An oral care system comprising a toothbrush and a dispenser is disclosed. In one embodiment, the dispenser comprises a housing having a longitudinal axis and an internal reservoir containing an oral care material; a drive component rotatably disposed within the housing and comprising a drive screw, the drive component being axially retained relative to the housing through mechanical interference; and an elevator coupled to the drive screw so that rotation of the drive component in a first rotational direction causes the elevator to axially advance along the drive screw in a first axial direction to dispense the oral care material from a dispensing orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Eduardo J. Jimenez, Sharon Kennedy, Alan Sorrentino, John J. Gatzemeyer, Michael Rooney, Joseph E. Fattori
  • Oral care implement
    Patent number: 10213011
    Abstract: An oral care implement that includes a handle and a head. The head may include a support structure and a monolithic cleaning unit coupled thereto. The monolithic cleaning unit may include a base portion coupled to the support structure and a plurality of bristles extending therefrom. At least one, or each, of the plurality of bristles may comprise a body having an outer surface and a rib extending from the outer surface. The rib may be longitudinally elongated in some embodiments and it may be helical in other embodiments. Furthermore, there may be more than one rib extending from the outer surface of the body. The monolithic cleaning unit may be formed of an elastomeric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Robert Moskovich
  • Core Shell Silica and Methods for the Same
    Publication number: 20190053992
    Abstract: Methods for preparing high loading core shell silica (CSS) particles, or CSS particles having a relatively greater amount of surface active silicate groups than CSS particles prepared according to conventional methods is provided. The method may include contacting silica particles with a base having a first metal ion to produce core shell silica particles. Each of the core shell silica particles may include a silica core and a silicate of the first metal ion etched on a surface of the silica core. The method may also include contacting each of the core shell silica particles having the silicate of the first metal ion with an acidic aqueous solution including a metal salt having a second metal ion to produce core shell silica particles including the silica core and a silicate of the second metal ion on the surface of the silica core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Saide TANG, Lin FEI, Suman CHOPRA
  • Oral Care Whitening Compositions
    Publication number: 20190054003
    Abstract: Described herein are whitening compositions comprising a substantially anhydrous or non-aqueous oral care composition comprising: a peroxide source comprising hydrogen peroxide bound to cross-linked polyvinylpyrrolidone (cPVP) in the amount effective to provide from 0.01% to 5.5% of hydrogen peroxide, by weight of the composition; a hydrophobic component comprising a silicone polymer; sodium tripolyphosphate; and optionally a dental surface adhesion enhancing agent. Methods of making and using these compositions are also described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Lauren EVANS, Suman CHOPRA, Tanaz GALIYARA
  • Aluminum chlorohydrate salts exhibiting high SEC peak 1
    Patent number: 10206858
    Abstract: Aluminum chlorohydrate salts having an amount of Peak 1 material relative based on a total of Peaks 3, 4, and 5 of at least 20% as measured by size exclusion chromatography, together with water treatment compositions, antiperspirant compositions, and oral care compositions, comprising the same, and methods for making and using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Viktor Dubovoy, Long Pan
  • Oral care implement
    Patent number: 10206493
    Abstract: An oral care implement having a body having a handle, a head at an end of the handle, and at least one fluid outlet, the head having at least one oral care element extending therefrom; a reservoir in the body and for storing an oral care fluid; and a supply mechanism connected to the body, the supply mechanism having a user-operable selector comprising a cam, and an actuator comprising a follower in contact with the same, the actuator operable to cause the oral care fluid to flow from the reservoir towards the fluid outlet, and wherein the cam is movable relative to the body to cause movement of the follower relative to the body and thereby operate the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Donghui Wu, Matthew Lee Kolb, Paul Donald Carse
  • Biguanide preservation of precipitated calcium carbonate
    Patent number: 10206860
    Abstract: Biguanide-preserved precipitated calcium carbonate oral care compositions and methods of manufacture thereof are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Nilza Shimohirao, Odete Tieko Yamane, Joao Abel Correia, Katrin Costa, Enzo Utima, Andre S. David
  • Oral care implement
    Patent number: D840691
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Wen Jin Xi, Robert Moskovich, Guang Sheng Guo, Stephen Nelson, Joachim Storz, Felix Mueller
  • Oral care implement
    Patent number: D840692
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Wen Jin Xi, Bo Zhang, Yanmei Ji, Xiangji Ding, Jianrong Zhou
  • Oral care implement
    Patent number: D840827
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Scott Demarest, Michael Terranova, Patricia Leunis, Renee Marie Riethmiller
  • Oral care implement
    Patent number: D840828
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Scott Demarest, Michael Terranova, Patricia Leunis, Renee Marie Riethmiller
  • Refill head for an oral care implement
    Patent number: D841333
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Colgate Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Daniel Wainless, Douglas Hohlbein, Douglas Henderson, Thuanchong Tan, Pengyang Fu
  • Toothbrush
    Patent number: D841335
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Eduardo Jimenez, Robert Moskovich, Michael Rooney, Joachim Storz, Raimund Klausegger, Andreas Wechsler