US 11,806,418 B2
Oral care compositions
Aarti Rege, East Windsor, NJ (US); Michael Prencipe, West Windsor, NJ (US); and Marc Estriplet, Scotch Plains, NJ (US)
Assigned to Colgate-Palmolive Company, New York, NY (US)
Filed by Colgate-Palmolive Company, New York, NY (US)
Filed on Oct. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/505,193.
Application 17/505,193 is a continuation of application No. 16/840,750, filed on Apr. 6, 2020, granted, now 11,179,308.
Application 16/840,750 is a continuation of application No. 16/538,869, filed on Aug. 13, 2019, granted, now 10,646,426, issued on May 12, 2020.
Application 16/538,869 is a continuation of application No. 16/212,129, filed on Dec. 6, 2018, granted, now 10,406,087, issued on Sep. 10, 2019.
Application 16/212,129 is a continuation of application No. 15/674,034, filed on Aug. 10, 2017, granted, now 10,179,098, issued on Jan. 15, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/437,085, filed on Dec. 21, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0031593 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61K 8/44 (2006.01); A61K 8/21 (2006.01); A61K 8/27 (2006.01); A61K 8/365 (2006.01); A61K 8/24 (2006.01); A61Q 11/00 (2006.01); A61K 8/362 (2006.01)
CPC A61K 8/44 (2013.01) [A61K 8/21 (2013.01); A61K 8/24 (2013.01); A61K 8/27 (2013.01); A61K 8/362 (2013.01); A61K 8/365 (2013.01); A61Q 11/00 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
 
1. An oral care composition comprising:
an orally acceptable carrier comprising about 10% or more, by weight, of water;
from about 0.05 to about 10%, by weight, of a zinc source selected from zinc phosphate, zinc citrate, zinc oxide, zinc lactate, zinc pyrophosphate, zinc sulfate, zinc chloride, and a combination of two or more thereof;
from about 0.01 to about 5%, by weight, of stannous fluoride;
from about 0.1 to about 6%, by weight, of at least one of arginine or lysine; and
an organic acid buffer system comprising citric acid and a conjugate base salt, the conjugate base salt comprising disodium citrate salt, trisodium citrate salt, or a combination thereof,
wherein all weight percentages are based on the total weight of the oral care composition.