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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:
Feb. 22, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 08, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mingchih M Tseng, Hingham, MA (US);
Thomas Craig Masterman, Boston, MA (US);
Edward Hosung Park, Sharon, MA (US);
Michael F Roberts, Quincy, MA (US);
Jean L Spencer, Boston, MA (US);
Assignee:
Gillette Canada Inc., Kirkland, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156167 ; 156180 ; 156229 ; 15624411 ; 132321 ; 26417211 ;
Abstract
Improved dental flosses are provided, including multicomponent coextruded filaments and/or filaments having a multilobal cross-section. Some preferred flosses of the invention are capable of bulking.