Patents by Inventor Remo VILLIGER

Remo VILLIGER 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).

  • Method of forming an oral care implement
    Patent number: 11963607
    Abstract: An oral care implement having a handle, and a head having a main body that is coupled to the handle. The head may include a release component coupled to the main body. The release component may include a water-dissolvable matrix comprising a first polymer having a processing temperature greater than or equal to 150° C. The oral care implement may include a plurality of tooth cleaning elements. A method of forming an oral care implement which includes injection molding a composition comprising a graft polymer onto a head of an oral care implement at a temperature equal to or greater than 130° C. to form a water-dissolvable polymer matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Shyamala Pillai, Remo Villiger, Marco Bohner, Peter Zurfluh
  • METHOD OF FORMING AN ORAL CARE IMPLEMENT
    Publication number: 20210353044
    Abstract: An oral care implement having a handle, and a head having a main body that is coupled to the handle. The head may include a release component coupled to the main body. The release component may include a water-dissolvable matrix comprising a first polymer having a processing temperature greater than or equal to 150° C. The oral care implement may include a plurality of tooth cleaning elements. A method of forming an oral care implement which includes injection molding a composition comprising a graft polymer onto a head of an oral care implement at a temperature equal to or greater than 130° C. to form a water-dissolvable polymer matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Shyamala Pillai, Remo Villiger, Marco Bohner, Peter Zurfluh
  • Oral care implement
    Patent number: 11103057
    Abstract: Described herein is an oral care implement comprising a handle, and a head having a main body that is coupled to the handle, the head comprising a release component coupled to the main body, the release component comprising a water-dissolvable matrix comprising a first polymer having a processing temperature greater than or equal to 150° C., and a plurality of tooth cleaning elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Shyamala Pillai, Remo Villiger, Marco Bohner, Peter Zurfluh
  • Oral Care Implement
    Publication number: 20190159582
    Abstract: Described herein is an oral care implement comprising a handle, and a head having a main body that is coupled to the handle, the head comprising a release component coupled to the main body, the release component comprising a water-dissolvable matrix comprising a first polymer having a processing temperature greater than or equal to 150° C., and a plurality of tooth cleaning elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Shyamala PILLAI, Remo VILLIGER, Marco BOHNER, Peter ZURFLUH