The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Nov. 18, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 22, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward Galley, Nottingham, GB;
Michael David Cooper, Nottingham, GB;
Assignee:
The Boots Company PLC,, Notts, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 49 ; 424 48 ; 424 52 ; 424 53 ; 424 54 ; 424440 ; 424421 ; 424464 ; 424468 ; 424489 ; 424600 ; 424604 ; 424606 ; 424617 ; 424618 ; 424630 ; 424635 ; 424641 ; 424642 ; 424643 ; 424649 ; 424650 ; 424688 ; 424691 ;
Abstract
An oral hygiene composition comprises an effective amount of an antimicrobial agent in the form of a particulate non-ion-exchanging support material combined with a metal source providing antimicrobial metal ions in use. Preferably the antimicrobial agent is particulate titanium dioxide coated with silver chloride.