Patents by Inventor Melinda B. Gustafson

Melinda B. Gustafson 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: 11337902
    Abstract: An aqueous oral care fluoride treatment composition, a method of providing fluoride to a patient's tooth surface, and a method of reducing the incidence of dental caries, wherein the composition includes: 0.1 wt-% to 3.0 wt-% of a crosslinked poly acid having carboxylic acid side groups; a pharmaceutically acceptable buffer; 1.0 wt-% to 2.5 wt-% of sodium fluoride; 0.025 wt-% to 1.75 wt-% of a multivalent cation salt; and at least 60 wt-% water; wherein the weight percentages are based on the total weight of the aqueous composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Yizhong Wang, Tiffany T. Ton, Melinda B. Gustafson, Jennifer Post, Paul R. Klaiber, Carola A. Carrera Vidal, Joel D. Oxman
  • Patent number: 11318005
    Abstract: An aqueous oral care solution, a kit that includes such solution, a method of making such solution, a method of using such solution (e.g., a method of providing fluoride to a patient's tooth surface), and a tooth surface having a coating derived from the aqueous oral care solution, wherein the oral care solution includes: silver cations; thiocyanatc anions provided by a thiocyanatc source comprising Ca(SCN)2; fluoride anions; and water; wherein the molar ratio of silver to thiocyanatc ions is up to 0.40:1, and water is up to 57 wt-%, based on the total weight of the solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Yizhong Wang, Jie J. Liu, Richard P. Rusin, Melinda B. Gustafson, Ingo Haeberlein, Carola A. Carrera Vidal
  • Publication number: 20210177563
    Abstract: An aqueous oral care solution, a kit that includes such solution, a method of making such solution, a method of using such solution (e.g., a method of providing fluoride to a patient's tooth surface), and a tooth surface having a coating derived from the aqueous oral care solution, wherein the oral care solution includes: silver cations; thiocyanatc anions provided by a thiocyanatc source comprising Ca(SCN)2; fluoride anions; and water; wherein the molar ratio of silver to thiocyanatc ions is up to 0.40:1, and water is up to 57 wt-%, based on the total weight of the solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Yizhong Wang, Jie J. Liu, Richard P. Rusin, Melinda B. Gustafson, Ingo Haeberlein, Carola A. Carrera Vidal
  • Publication number: 20200368128
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are cleaning compositions effective for cleaning an oral appliance or device. The cleaning composition can include: (i) a compound of Formula (I): wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, R2 is C(O)R3, R3 is a C7-C9 alkyl group, and n is an integer from 2 to 5; and (ii) a second component selected from the group consisting of persulfate (e.g., peroxymonosulfate and peroxydisulfate) salts, percarbonate salts, perborate salts, hypochlorite salts, dichloroisocyanurate salts, trichloroisocyanurate salts, tetraacetylethylenediamine, perphosphate salts, and combinations thereof. Optionally, the cleaning composition can further include water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Richard P. Rusin, Jie Yang, Joel D. Oxman, Melinda B. Gustafson
  • Publication number: 20200268625
    Abstract: An aqueous oral care fluoride treatment composition, a method of providing fluoride to a patient's tooth surface, and a method of reducing the incidence of dental caries, wherein the composition includes: 0.1 wt-% to 3.0 wt-% of a crosslinked poly acid having carboxylic acid side groups; a pharmaceutically acceptable buffer; 1.0 wt-% to 2.5 wt-% of sodium fluoride; 0.025 wt-% to 1.75 wt-% of a multivalent cation salt; and at least 60 wt-% water; wherein the weight percentages are based on the total weight of the aqueous composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Yizhong Wang, Tiffany T. Ton, Melinda B. Gustafson, Jennifer Post, Paul R. Klaiber, Carola A. Carrera Vidal, Joel D. Oxman
  • Patent number: 10682300
    Abstract: An aqueous oral care fluoride treatment composition, a method of providing fluoride to a patient's tooth surface, and a method of reducing the incidence of dental caries, wherein the composition includes: 0.1 wt-% to 3.0 wt-% of a crosslinked poly acid having carboxylic acid side groups; a pharmaceutically acceptable buffer; 1.0 wt-% to 2.5 wt-% of sodium fluoride; 0.025 wt-% to 1.75 wt-% of a multivalent cation salt; and at least 60 wt-% water; wherein the weight percentages are based on the total weight of the aqueous composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Yizhong Wang, Tiffany T. Ton, Melinda B. Gustafson, Jennifer Post, Paul R. Klaiber, Carola A. Carrera Vidal, Joel D. Oxman
  • Publication number: 20190099338
    Abstract: An aqueous oral care fluoride treatment composition, a method of providing fluoride to a patient's tooth surface, and a method of reducing the incidence of dental caries, wherein the composition includes: 0.1 wt-% to 3.0 wt-% of a crosslinked poly acid having carboxylic acid side groups; a pharmaceutically acceptable buffer; 1.0 wt-% to 2.5 wt-% of sodium fluoride; 0.025 wt-% to 1.75 wt-% of a multivalent cation salt; and at least 60 wt-% water; wherein the weight percentages are based on the total weight of the aqueous composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Yizhong Wang, Tiffany T. Ton, Melinda B. Gustafson, Jennifer Post, Paul R. Klaiber, Carola A. Carrera Vidal, Joel D. Oxman
  • Patent number: 10219880
    Abstract: Disclosed herein a dental mill blank and a method of forming the dental mill blank. The dental mill blank includes a first layer of a first hard restorative material having a first translucency and a first shade, a second layer of a second hard restorative material having a second translucency and a second shade, where at least one of the following is true (1) the first translucency is different from the second translucency, (2) the first shade is different from the second shade. The first layer and the second layer form a first interface having a first curve across a first plane of symmetry of the dental mill blank, where the first curve has a different from zero curvature; and a first straight line along the entire length of a second plane of the dental mill blank, the second plane being orthogonal to the first plane of symmetry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Jacqueline C. Rolf, Richard P. Rusin, Colin F. Norman, Melinda B. Gustafson, James D. Hamer, Charles G. Carter, Roxanne A. Boehmer, Brian N. Holmes, Tara Waldrop, Brady P. Haislet
  • Publication number: 20160228222
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a dental mill blank and a method of forming the dental mill blank. The dental mill blank includes a first layer (102) of a first hard restorative material having a first translucency and a first shade, a second layer (104) of a second hard restorative material having a second translucency and a second shade, where at least one of the following is true: the first translucency is different from the second translucency, the first shade is different from the second shade. The first layer (102) and the second layer (104) form a first interface having a first curve (112) across a first plane of symmetry (114) of the dental mill blank, where the first curve (112) has a different from zero curvature; and a first straight line (122) along the entire length of a second plane (118) of the dental mill blank, the second plane (118) being orthogonal to the first plane of symmetry (114).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Jacqueline C. Rolf, Richard P. Rusin, Colin F. Norman, Melinda B. Gustafson, James D. Hamer, Charles G. Carter, Roxanne A. Boehmer, Brian N. Holmes, Tara Waldrop, Brady P. Haislet