US Patent Issued to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS on Nov. 3 for "Oral care system with sanitization function" (Dutch, Belgian, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,277, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Oral care system with sanitization function" was invented by Lutz Christian Gerhardt (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Priscilla Brandao Silva (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Nicolaas Petrus Willard (Valkenswaard, Netherlands), Mark Thomas Johnson (Arendonk, Belgium), Lucas Petrus Henricus Scheffers (Utrecht, Netherlands), Joyce Van Zanten (Waalre, Netherlands) and Cornelis Reinder Ronda (Aachen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oral care system (10) comprises an oral care device (12). The oral care device is designed to either comprise or attach to ...