US Patent Issued to The Procter & Gamble on March 24 for "Oral care compositions for gum health" (Singaporean, American, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,593, issued on March 24, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Oral care compositions for gum health" was invented by Aaron Reed Biesbrock (Maineville, Ohio), Yunming Shi (Beijing) and Ross Strand (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oral care composition with retinoid compound, amino acid, and/or olive oil. An oral care composition with retinoid compound, a pentapeptide, such as palmitoyl KTTKS [SEQ ID NO. 2], and/or an olive oil. Methods of preventing gingival recession, stopping gingival recession, reversing gingival recession, decrease gum recession, increase gingival barrier protection, promoting colla...