Patents by Inventor Gary Durga

Gary Durga 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).

  • Oral care formulation
    Publication number: 20070110683
    Abstract: An oral care formulation comprises disclosed ranges of proportions of Pycnogenol, Uncaria Tomentosa Extract, CoQ10, Stabilized Vitamin C, Green Tea Extract, flavorant, sweetener and water. The inventive formulation is applied within the oral cavity using any suitable applicator. The formulation is operative to reduce bad breath, gingivitis, gingival bleeding, plaque build-up and inflammation of soft and hard tissues of the oral cavity. Other constituent ingredients, as disclosed, may also be included in the inventive formulation for the described purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Inventors: Jonathan Levine, Gary Durga
  • Dental abrasive
    Patent number: 5939051
    Abstract: Oral compositions, such as oral gels and toothpastes, containing a novel high cleaning, low abrasion silica hydrogel abrasive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: John Santalucia, Peter Ren, Nagaraj Dixit, Gary Durga, Michael Prencipe, Mahmoud Hassan, Marcus Bentley, Barry Self
  • Color stable anticalculus compostion
    Patent number: 5866101
    Abstract: A storage stable oral composition having a pH of 8 or more which is effective against calculus, the composition containing an orally acceptable vehicle prepared using a sorbitol humectant containing less than about 0.10% by weight of a reducing sugar there being incorporated in the vehicle an effective anticalculus amount a water soluble alkali metal polyphosphate anticalculus salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Assignee: Colgate Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Mahmoud Hassan, Kyle N. Brogden, Gary Durga, Nagaraj S. Dixit, Robert L. Mitchell
  • Process for hydrolyzing maleic anhydride copolymers
    Patent number: 5792818
    Abstract: A catalytic process for the hydrolysis of alkyl vinyl ether/maleic anhydride copolymers, involving a base catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Mahmoud Hassan, Robert Mitchell, Nagaraj Dixit, Gary Durga, Marcus Bentley
  • Method of forming stable aqueous solutions of stannous compounds
    Patent number: 5487906
    Abstract: A method for the preparation of an aqueous stable premix containing a stannous ion releasing compound useful in the manufacture of an aqueous oral care composition containing a stable stannous ion releasing compound which comprises first dissolving the stannous compound in an aqueous solution of critic acid or its alkali metal salt to prepare the aqueous premix to the vehicle of the oral care composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1996
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Nagaraj Dixit, Gary Durga, Michael R. Burke, Michael Prencipe, Suryakant Patel