Patents by Inventor Frederick A. Curro

Frederick A. Curro 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).

  • Patent number: 8475847
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dental, particularly a remineralizing composition, effective for pain sensitive teeth, such as toothpaste, tooth powder, mouth wash, chewing gum, dental formulations or the like, comprising spherical dental particles having a particle size between 0.1 and 2 ?m made of silica gel in an one-part combination, comprising at least one combination agent selected from at least a phosphate, a oxide, a further oxygen-containing compound, a hydroxide, hydrogen carbonate or carbonate of the metals of groups II and III of the periodic system, as well as zinc or tin, wherein the dental particles are present in an amount such that the SiO2 amount resulting from the silica gel is less than 1 wt. %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Inventors: Fritz Ley, Frederick Curro, Heidi Albert
  • Publication number: 20100203092
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dental, particularly a remineralizing composition, effective for pain sensitive teeth, such as toothpaste, tooth powder, mouth wash, chewing gum, dental formulations or the like, comprising spherical dental particles having a particle size between 0.1 and 2 ?m made of silica gel in an one-part combination, comprising at least one combination agent selected from at least a phosphate, a oxide, a further oxygen-containing compound, a hydroxide, hydrogen carbonate or carbonate of the metals of groups II and III of the periodic system, as well as zinc or tin, wherein the dental particles are present in an amount such that the SiO2 amount resulting from the silica gel is less than 1 wt. %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: Fritz Ley, Frederick Curro, Heidi Albert
  • Publication number: 20040086467
    Abstract: A composition for the treatment of sensitive teeth comprising a desensitizing amount of: a substrate treated with a desensitizing agent, wherein substrate acts as a delivery vehicle of therapeutic agents for the treatment of hypersensitive teeth and said desensitizing agent is coated or adsorbed on the surface or attached to the surface of the substrate by chemical, electrostatic or ionic bonds; and/or b) encapsulated or impregnated within the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2003
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventor: Frederick Curro
  • Patent number: 5498425
    Abstract: A laxative composition in powder or tablet form, having a pleasant odor and taste. The composition comprises sodium bicarbonate, monobasic sodium phosphate in stoichiometric excess, and a pineapple flavoring composition containing also Magnasweet 185 and sodium saccharin. A minor amount of citric or malic acid may be present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1996
    Assignee: Block Drug Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas G. Wood, Frederick A. Curro, Demetra E. Parashos