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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2001

Filed:

Jan. 12, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:

Jonathan James Witt, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Rohan Lalith Wimalasena, Liberty Township, OH (US);

Andrew Lee Wong, West Chester, OH (US);

Eric Altman Goulbourne, Jr., West Chester, OH (US);

Assignee:

The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 7/16 ; A61K 7/20 ; A61K 3/320 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 7/16 ; A61K 7/20 ; A61K 3/320 ;
Abstract

The present invention relates to oral care chewing gum composition comprising at least a minimally effective amount of chlorite ion, wherein preferably the pH of the final composition in use is greater than 7 and level of chlorine dioxide or chlorous acid is less than about 50 ppm, preferably is essentially free of chlorine dioxide or chlorous acid. This invention further relates to a method for treating breath malodor in humans or other animals, by applying a safe and effective amount of the chlorite ion composition to the oral cavity.


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