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Oral care composition

US9889077B2 · kind B2 · utility

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4References

22Claims

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Assignee

Colgate-Palmolive Company · US

Inventors

Lyndsay Schaeffer-Korbylo · Flemington, US
Andre Morgan · Lawrence, US
Davide Miksa · Doylestown, US
Laurence Du-Thumm · Princeton, US
Michael Prencipe · Plainsboro, US
Evangelia Arvanitidou · Princeton, US
Gregory Szewczyk · Flemington, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 30, 2014
Grant date	Feb 13, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 30, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61K2800/92
WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Disclosed are oral care compositions and the use of such oral care compositions for treating conditions caused by biofilm formation. Also disclosed are methods for inhibiting biofilm formation and/or degrading biofilm. The oral care composition includes a sesquiterpenoid and an antimicrobial agent, in which the sesquiterpenoid and the antimicrobial agent are present in an amount effective to inhibit and/or degrade a biofilm in the oral cavity.

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