Patents by Inventor Vance Bergeron

Vance Bergeron 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 composition exhibiting enhanced antiplaque efficacy
    Patent number: 5968480
    Abstract: A composition and method for the treatment and prevention of plaque accumulation on teeth wherein there is administered to the oral cavity an oral composition comprising an orally acceptable aqueous vehicle containing an effective therapeutic amount of a noncationic antibacterial agent and an acrylic polymer/polyoxyalkylene copolymer formed from about 80 to about 90% by weight of the acrylic polymer and about 5 to about 20% by weight of the polyoxyalkylene having a molecular weight greater than 4,000 and less than 20,000 the antibacterial compound exhibiting increased antiplaque activity on dental tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Colgate Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Vance Bergeron, Jean-Pierre Marchand, Harold Schoonbrood, Yelloji Rao K. Mirajkar