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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:
Jan. 10, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2005
Applicants:
Matthew C. Trom, Woodbury, MN (US);
Joel D. Oxman, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Matthew C. Trom, Woodbury, MN (US);
Joel D. Oxman, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 8/00 (2005.12); A61K 8/18 (2005.12); A61K 6/00 (2005.12); A61Q 11/00 (2005.12); A61C 5/00 (2005.12); C09K 13/06 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Dental compositions containing adjuvants are provided that have the capability of undergoing an increase in viscosity in response to an increase in temperature. In a preferred embodiment, the compositions also have the ability to reverse their viscosity in response to a decrease in temperature.