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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 1992
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alexander M Schobel, Whitehouse Station, NJ (US);
Lori D Kumar, Princeton, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Warner-Lambert Company, Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; C08L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
523120 ; 524 45 ; 524 55 ; 524492 ; 424 49 ;
Abstract
A denture adhesive base composition comprises a substantially anhydrous mixture of a cationic derivatives of guar gum, a mixed Na/Ca salt of methyl vinyl ether-maleic anhydride and sodium carboxymethylcellulose. A denture adhesive composition including this base composition is provided, as well as a method for formulating the novel adhesives of the invention. Upon hydration, the denture adhesives of the invention form denture adhesive compositions exhibiting improved denture holding and adhesive duration properties.