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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2014
Applicant:
Colgate-palmolive Company, New York, NY (US);
Inventors:
Lyndsay Schaeffer-Korbylo, Flemington, NJ (US);
Gregory Szewczyk, Flemington, NJ (US);
Laurence Du-Thumm, Princeton, NJ (US);
Assignee:
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 8/35 (2006.01); A61Q 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 8/35 (2013.01); A61Q 11/00 (2013.01); A61K 2800/45 (2013.01);
Abstract
Oral care compositions and methods are described in which the composition includes a chalcone color change component, which may be phenyl-3-methoxy-4-hydroxystyryl ketone. The color change component is induced to change colors by addition of saliva and/or by a change in pH of the composition. The composition and methods provide benefits including providing visual cues to the user.