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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. 29, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 21, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Belinda Tsao, Los Altos, CA (US);
Edward Hosung Park, Sharon, MA (US);
Paul Zwick, Stow, OH (US);
Pranav Desai, Anaheim Hills, CA (US);
Mingchih Michael Tseng, Hingham, MA (US);
Casper W Chiang, Danville, CA (US);
Assignee:
Gillette Canada Inc., Kirkland, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
132321 ; 156180 ; 26417211 ;
Abstract
Monofilament gel dental flosses and methods for their fabrication are provided. The gel flosses comprise a core material in combination with a gel material, where both the core and gel materials comprise thermoplastic elastomeric polymers and are sufficiently adherent to one another so as not to separate under conditions of hygienic use.