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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2024

Filed:

Jul. 29, 2021
Applicant:

Colgate-palmolive Company, New York, NY (US);

Inventors:

Shyamala Pillai, Hillsborough, NJ (US);

Remo Villiger, Sempach, CH;

Marco Bohner, Sempach, CH;

Peter Zurfluh, Alpnach-Dorf, CH;

Assignee:

Colgate-Palmolive Company, New York, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A46B 11/00 (2006.01); A45D 40/00 (2006.01); A46B 9/02 (2006.01); A46B 9/04 (2006.01); A46B 15/00 (2006.01); A61K 8/19 (2006.01); A61K 8/27 (2006.01); A61K 8/44 (2006.01); A61K 8/81 (2006.01); A61K 8/88 (2006.01); A61Q 11/00 (2006.01); B29C 45/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A46B 11/0068 (2013.01); A45D 40/00 (2013.01); A46B 9/025 (2013.01); A46B 9/04 (2013.01); A46B 11/001 (2013.01); A46B 11/0072 (2013.01); A46B 15/0085 (2013.01); A61K 8/19 (2013.01); A61K 8/27 (2013.01); A61K 8/44 (2013.01); A61K 8/8176 (2013.01); A61K 8/88 (2013.01); A61Q 11/00 (2013.01); A46B 2200/1066 (2013.01); B29C 45/0001 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0062 (2013.01);
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.


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