Patents by Inventor Paul Albert Sagel

Paul Albert Sagel 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).

  • ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION AND DELIVERY CARRIER FOR ORAL CARE
    Publication number: 20180133128
    Abstract: Delivery carriers having multi-phase oral compositions used with an electromagnetic radiation source for whitening teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Jayanth RAJAIAH, Paul Albert SAGEL
  • ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION SOURCE AND MULTI-PHASE ORAL COMPOSITION FOR ORAL CARE USE
    Publication number: 20180133120
    Abstract: An multi-phase oral composition and electromagnetic radiation source for whitening teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Jayanth RAJAIAH, Paul Albert SAGEL
  • MULTI-PHASE ORAL COMPOSITION FOR DELIVERING ORAL CARE ACTIVE AGENTS
    Publication number: 20180133122
    Abstract: A multi-phase oral composition for delivering active agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Jayanth (NMN) RAJAIAH, Paul Albert SAGEL
  • KIT FOR TOOTH WHITENING
    Publication number: 20180133502
    Abstract: A multi-phase oral composition and electromagnetic radiation source for whitening teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Jayanth RAJAIAH, Paul Albert SAGEL
  • TOOTH DESENSITIZING ORAL CARE COMPOSITIONS, DEVICES, AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20170290753
    Abstract: Desensitizing oral care composition useful for treating dentinal hypersensitivity, comprising potassium oxalate and methods of use thereof. Delivery systems including a strip of material and such oral care compositions for the treatment of dentinal hypersensitivity and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Paul Albert Sagel, Lan Ngoc Nguyen, Adam Michael Tunis
  • METHODS FOR WHITENING TEETH
    Publication number: 20170239029
    Abstract: In a tooth whitening method, a whitening composition is applied to at least one tooth. The whitening composition is maintained on the at least one tooth for a first time period. After the first time period, a light radiation is directed toward the at least one tooth for a second time period. The first time period has a duration greater than 50% of a total duration of the first and second time periods. The whitening composition is removed from the at least one tooth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventor: Paul Albert Sagel
  • Tooth desensitizing oral care compositions, devices, and methods
    Patent number: 9717665
    Abstract: Desensitizing oral care composition useful for treating dentinal hypersensitivity, comprising potassium oxalate and methods of use thereof. Delivery systems including a strip of material and such oral care compositions for the treatment of dentinal hypersensitivity and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Paul Albert Sagel, Lan Ngoc Nguyen, Adam Michael Tunis
  • TOOTH-WHITENING PROCESS
    Publication number: 20170197090
    Abstract: A tooth-whitening process includes providing an array of LEDs disposed in a first plane and forming an inner arc having an inner focal point and an outer arc having an outer focal different from the inner focal point; applying a whitening composition to at least the anterior surfaces of at least six mandibular or maxillary anterior teeth and maintaining the whitening composition on the at least six teeth for a first time period; after the first time period, directing a light radiation comprising blue visible light or near-visible UV light of at least a threshold intensity from the least a first array of LEDs for a second time period to the anterior surfaces of the at least six teeth, the first time period having a duration greater than 50% of a total duration of the first time period and the second time period; and removing the whitening composition from the at least six teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Matthew Lloyd Newman, Jayanth Rajaiah, Paul Albert Sagel, Elizabeth Lauren Keith
  • TOOTH-WHITENING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170197089
    Abstract: A portable self-contained tooth-whitening device includes a compact housing structured and configured to be held in a fixed position adjacent to a human jaw during use; at least a first array of LEDs disposed in a first plane at a front side of the housing and arranged to deliver blue visible light or near-visible UV light of at least a threshold intensity to substantially all anterior surfaces of anterior maxillary teeth or anterior mandibular teeth of the human jaw, wherein the first array of LEDs forms at least two intersecting arcs, each of which is disposed in the first plane and has its own focal point located outside the device; and at least one battery cell powering the array of LEDs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Matthew Lloyd NEWMAN, Jayanth RAJAIAH, Paul Albert SAGEL, Elizabeth Lauren KEITH
  • Methods for whitening teeth
    Patent number: 9642687
    Abstract: In a tooth whitening method, a whitening composition is applied to at least one tooth. The whitening composition is maintained on the at least one tooth for a first time period. After the first time period, a light radiation is directed toward the at least one tooth for a second time period. The first time period has a duration greater than 50% of a total duration of the first and second time periods. The whitening composition is removed from the at least one tooth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
    Inventor: Paul Albert Sagel
  • Methods for whitening teeth
    Patent number: 9622840
    Abstract: In a tooth whitening method, a whitening composition is applied to at least one tooth. The whitening composition is maintained on the at least one tooth for a first time period. After the first time period, a light radiation is directed toward the at least one tooth for a second time period. The first time period has a duration greater than 50% of a total duration of the first and second time periods. The whitening composition is removed from the at least one tooth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
    Inventor: Paul Albert Sagel
  • TOOTH WHITENING PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20170087079
    Abstract: A tooth whitening product is provided. The tooth whitening product has a backing layer and a tooth whitening composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Paul Albert Sagel, Lan Ngoc Nguyen, Randy Purnell Washington
  • Personal Care Products And Methods
    Publication number: 20170065386
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an oral-care system is provided. The oral-care system includes an electric toothbrush having a motor, a power source in electrical communication with the motor, and a bristle holder operatively connected to the motor. A display is in data communication with the electric toothbrush.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Mark Edward Farrell, Alexander Timothy Chenvainu, Marc Philip Ortins, Vadim Denishenko, Jose Tadeo Vergara De Castro, Peter Hans Rolf Trawinski, Alexander Hilscher, Bert Schrempel, Martin Stratmann, Paul Albert Sagel, Phillip Maurice Braun
  • Products and methods for disclosing conditions in the oral cavity
    Patent number: 9566225
    Abstract: An oral composition capable of identifying a condition within the oral cavity by causing a visual contrast between the condition and the hard and soft tissues of the oral cavity has at least one disclosing agent. The disclosing agent can fluoresce in order to highlight conditions within the oral cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Paul Albert Sagel, Cloyd Dixon, Jr., Ivo Kunath, Martin Haas, Jens Uwe Stoerkel, Armin Andreas Tschol, Lucy Abigail Zimmermann, Steffi Raehse
  • Tooth whitening product
    Patent number: 9554976
    Abstract: A tooth whitening product is provided. The tooth whitening product has a backing layer and a tooth whitening composition. The tooth whitening composition includes first and second water soluble polymers, water, and a tooth whitening agent, wherein the first water soluble polymer is polyethelene oxide and the second water soluble polymer is polyvinyl alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Paul Albert Sagel, Lan Ngoc Nguyen, Randy Purnell Washington
  • PERSONAL ORAL-CARE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160331487
    Abstract: A personal oral-care device includes a functional element and a battery supplying energy thereto to cause the functional element to perform at least one oral-care function. The device comprises a body containing the battery; first and second manual switches disposed on the body at a distance from one another, which distance, in combination with a shape of the body, is sufficient to prevent simultaneous activation of the first and second manual switches with a single finger or thumb of a consumer or a single substantially planar surface. The device further includes an electrical circuit structured to activate the functional element only after both the first and second manual switches have been turned on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Matthew Lloyd NEWMAN, Kimberly Horn Ellingson, Jayanth RAJAIAH, Paul Albert SAGEL, Franziska SCHMID
  • Personal care products and methods
    Patent number: 9427078
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an oral-care system is provided. The oral-care system includes an electric toothbrush having a motor, a power source in electrical communication with the motor, and a bristle holder operatively connected to the motor. A display is in data communication with the electric toothbrush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Mark Edward Farrell, Alexander Timothy Chenvainu, Marc Philip Ortins, Vadim Denishenko, Jose Tadeo Vergara de Castro, Hans Rolf Trawinski, Alexander Hilscher, Bert Schrempel, Martin Stratmann, Paul Albert Sagel, Phillip Maurice Braun
  • Strip for the Delivery of an Oral Care Active and Methods for Applying Oral Care Actives
    Publication number: 20160074290
    Abstract: A strip of material for the delivery of an oral care active is disclosed. The strip of material includes a structural elastic-like film backing layer including a strainable network having a first region and a second region formed of substantially the same material composition, the first region providing a first, elastic-like resistive force to an applied axial elongation, and the second region providing a second distinctive resistive force to further applied axial elongation, thereby providing at least two stages of resistive forces in use; and an oral care composition disposed on the film, the oral care composition including an oral care active.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Paul Albert Sagel, Jean Jianqun Zhao, Lan Ngoc Nguyen
  • Oral Care Compositions And Regimens
    Publication number: 20160045293
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for improving compliance with a two-part oral care regimen may include the use of a first composition with mildly unpleasant organoleptic properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventor: Paul Albert Sagel
  • DENTRIFICE WITH INCREMENTAL CHEMISTRIES
    Publication number: 20160045407
    Abstract: A dentifrice composition is provided. The dentifrice composition can include a multi-stage composition adapted to provide incremental chemistries during use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventor: Paul Albert Sagel