Patents by Inventor Thomas G. Polefka

Thomas G. Polefka 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).

  • Anticalculus oral composition
    Patent number: 4808400
    Abstract: An oral composition such as a toothpaste (including gel or cream), mouthwash, lozenge, chewing gum or tooth powder containing a calculus-inhibiting amount of a linear molecularly dehydrated polyphosphate salt and, to inhibit enzymatic hydrolysis of said polyphosphate salt in saliva, a combination of a fluoride ion-providing source and a synthetic linear polymeric polycarboxylate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1989
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Abdul Gaffar, Thomas G. Polefka
  • Anticalculus oral composition
    Patent number: 4808401
    Abstract: An oral composition such as a toothpaste (including gel or cream), mouthwash, lozenge, chewing gum or tooth powder containing a calculus-inhibiting amount of a linear molecularly dehydrated polyphosphate salt and, to inhibit enzymatic hydrolysis of said polyphosphate salt in saliva, a combination of a fluoride ion-providing source and a synthetic linear polymeric polycarboxylate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1989
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Abdul Gaffar, Thomas G. Polefka
  • Anticalculus oral composition
    Patent number: 4806340
    Abstract: An oral dentifrice composition such as a toothpaste, dental gel, toothpowder, dental tablet or lozenge containing as anticalculus agent about 4.3% to about 7% of alkali metal pyrophosphates comprising at least 4.3% of tetrapotassium pyrophosphate alone or admixed with up to 2.7% of tetrasodium pyrophosphate, and as inhibitors against enzymatic hydrolysis of such agent in saliva, a fluoride and preferably up to about 3% of a synthetic anionic polymeric polycarboxylate, and use of such composition in a program of oral hygiene and/or for inhibiting dental calculus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1989
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Abdul Gaffar, Thomas G. Polefka, Robert J. Ferlauto, Jr., Rosemarie M. Crisafulli
  • Anticalculus oral composition
    Patent number: 4806342
    Abstract: An oral composition such as a toothpaste (including gel or cream), mouthwash, lozenge, chewing gum or tooth powder containing a calculus-inhibiting amount of a linear molecularly dehydrated polyphosphate salt and, to inhibit enzymatic hydrolysis of said polyphosphate salt in saliva, a combination of a fluoride ion-providing source and a synthetic linear polymeric polycarboxylate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1989
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Abdul Gaffar, Thomas G. Polefka
  • Anticalculus oral composition
    Patent number: 4627977
    Abstract: An oral composition such as a toothpaste (including gel or cream), mouthwash, lozenge, chewing gum or tooth powder containing a calculus-inhibiting amount of a linear molecularly dehydrated polyphosphate salt and, to inhibit enzymatic hydrolysis of said polyphosphate salt in saliva, a combination of a fluoride ion-providing source and a synthetic linear polymeric polycarboxylate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1986
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Abdul Gaffar, Thomas G. Polefka