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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2001
Filed:
May. 12, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael Wong, North Brunswick, NJ (US);
Michael Prencipe, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Jeffrey M. Miller, Sayreville, NJ (US);
Claude L. Benz, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Colgate-Palmolive Company, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 7/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 7/16 ;
Abstract
A striped dentifrice stable to color bleeding, wherein at least one dentifrice component contains a colorant entrained in a matrix of synthetic wax particles having a melting point range as measured by DSC is between about 40° C. and about 135° C. and the peak endotherm temperature is at least about 65° C., whereby on storage no off-taste is detected in the dentifrice nor is there any observable colorant bleeding into any other dentifrice component.