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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:
Apr. 27, 1993
Filed:
Dec. 19, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kao Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 49 ; 424489 ;
Abstract
A composition for use in the oral cavity comprising granules composed of a water-insoluble powders and a water-insoluble organic binder; and which granules have an apparent density of from 0.1 to 1.5 and collapse at a deformation rate of from 0.1 to 20% at a load of from 0.1 to 50 g per granule. The granules of the composition have a proper hardness so that the presence of the granules can be felt when used in the oral cavity. The composition makes users feel the cleaning effect of the composition by the tactual sense, while giving a pleasant feeling to users. The composition is particularly suitable as a dentifrice.