US Patent Issued to Colgate-Palmolive on May 12 for "Oral care compositions and methods of use" (Indian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,865, issued on May 12, was assigned to Colgate-Palmolive Co. (New York).

"Oral care compositions and methods of use" was invented by Manas Vyas (Mumbai, India), Sandip Rege (Mumbai, India), Ekta Makwana (Monroe, N.J.), Manish Mandhare (Navi Mumbai, India), Manisha Jha (Mumbai, India), Bernal Stewart (Somerset, N.J.), Payal Arora (Bridgewater, N.J.) and Bhagyashri Chavan (Mumbai, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to oral care compositions comprising herbal extracts including, e.g., Gymnema sylvestre, Emblica officinalis, Eugenia jambolana, Azadirachta indica, and combinations thereof and zinc salts, e.g., zinc...