ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,662, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Head for an oral care implement and oral care implement" was invented by Kerstin Sarina Eben (Mainz, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A head for an oral care implement comprises a number of colored filaments of different types. The filaments extend from a mounting surface of the head and are grouped together to define an initial color pattern. At least two types of filament have staggered time-controlled color changing properties, wherein each of said type of filament changes its color within pre-defined time periods, the pre-defined time periods be...