US Patent Issued to Colgate-Palmolive on June 16 for "Oral care implement" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,301, issued on June 16, was assigned to Colgate-Palmolive Co. (New York).

"Oral care implement" was invented by Daniel Wainless (New Brunswick, N.J.), Patrik Johansson (Hoboken, N.J.) and Soniya Khan (Sayreville, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oral care implement having electrodes thereon. In one aspect, the oral care implement may include a handle and a head, the head having a front surface and an opposite rear surface. A plurality of tooth cleaning elements may extend from the front surface of the head. A soft tissue cleaner may be located on the rear surface of the head, the soft tissue cleaner including a protuberance fie...