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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:
Aug. 17, 1999
Filed:
May. 14, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Karen DePierro, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Susan Greenfeder, Metuchen, NJ (US);
Lisa Christina-Beck, Burlington, NJ (US);
John Curtis, Bloomsbury, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Colgate-Palmolive Company, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ; A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606161 ;
Abstract
A tongue cleaner or scraper, of an absorbent, flexible, loop pile which conforms to the surface of the tongue and which improves cleaning effectiveness, while providing a soft, consumer acceptable tongue feel.