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Patent 2279019 Summary

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(12) Patent Application: (11) CA 2279019
(54) English Title: IMPROVED DENTAL FLOSS, TAPE
(54) French Title: SOIE OU RUBAN DENTAIRE AMELIORES
Status: Deemed Abandoned and Beyond the Period of Reinstatement - Pending Response to Notice of Disregarded Communication
Bibliographic Data
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):
  • A61C 15/04 (2006.01)
(72) Inventors :
  • PROULX, GENEVIEVE CHRISTIANNE (Canada)
(73) Owners :
  • GENEVIEVE CHRISTIANNE PROULX
(71) Applicants :
  • GENEVIEVE CHRISTIANNE PROULX (Canada)
(74) Agent:
(74) Associate agent:
(45) Issued:
(22) Filed Date: 1999-08-02
(41) Open to Public Inspection: 2001-02-02
Availability of licence: N/A
Dedicated to the Public: N/A
(25) Language of filing: English

Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT): No

(30) Application Priority Data: None

Abstracts

English Abstract


Any type of material for flossing the teeth with indicators to guide the user
in the placement of
their fingers on the floss, tape or any type of related material while
flossing.


Claims

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CLAIM
IMPROVED DENTAL FLOSS, TAPE to be the dental floss, tape or any other related
material to
floss your teeth that has indicators about three quarters of an inch spaced
approximately one and
three quarters of an inch or any measurements thereof. These indicators are
there to guide the
user to have a reasonable space between their fingers while flossing their
teeth. The children's
version will have a space proportional to their dental physiology.
The floss will automatically tear at a
length of 14-18 inches

Description

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CA 02279019 1999-08-02
Title
IMPROVED DENTAL FLOSS, TAPE
Field of Invention
This invention relates generally to Dental Hygiene and more particularly to
dental floss, tape
and any other type of material related to flossing with indicators to guide
the user and facilitate
the placement of their fingers on the floss, tape or any other type of related
material while
flossing.
Background of information
We all know that old saying "floss only the teeth you want to keep" that is
how important flossing
is. But if the floss or tape or any other type of related material are not
used properly, you are not
helping your hygiene but rather doing more harm.
"Using too long a piece of floss between the fingers when held for insertion
could cause cuts or
clefts primarily on facial or lingual surfaces directly beside or in the
middle of the interdental
papilla. They appear as straight line cuts from the gingival margin towards
the microgingival
junction".
- snapping the floss through the contact
- not curving the floss enough
- floss held straight across the papilla
- using too much pressure

CA 02279019 1999-08-02
SUMMARY OF INVENTION
The principle object of the present invention is to put some indicators on or
in the dental floss,
tape or any other related material which would show visually or physically
friendly to the user a
reasonable space in between the fingers for a better control while flossing.
Any colored non-toxic dye may be used to identify these areas. In regarcl to
physically friendly
the dental floss, tape or any other related material will feature some
localized areas to be
rougher or thicker surfaces and will help the visually impaired.
One inch and three quarters would be a reasonable amount of floss to roll the
used floss on the
fingers and another indicator on the floss would be used again to go in
between the teeth. The
indicators are about three quarters of an inch.

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Event History

Description Date
Application Not Reinstated by Deadline 2002-07-17
Inactive: Dead - Application incomplete 2002-07-17
Deemed Abandoned - Failure to Respond to Notice Requiring a Translation 2001-07-17
Inactive: Incomplete 2001-04-17
Inactive: Cover page published 2001-02-02
Application Published (Open to Public Inspection) 2001-02-02
Inactive: First IPC assigned 1999-09-16
Application Received - Regular National 1999-09-01
Filing Requirements Determined Compliant 1999-09-01
Inactive: Filing certificate - No RFE (English) 1999-09-01

Abandonment History

Abandonment Date Reason Reinstatement Date
2001-07-17

Maintenance Fee

The last payment was received on 2001-07-25

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Fee History

Fee Type Anniversary Year Due Date Paid Date
Application fee - small 1999-08-02
MF (application, 2nd anniv.) - small 02 2001-08-02 2001-07-25
Owners on Record

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Current Owners on Record
GENEVIEVE CHRISTIANNE PROULX
Past Owners on Record
None
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Description 		 Date
(yyyy-mm-dd) 		 Number of pages   Size of Image (KB) 
Drawings 1999-08-02 2 466
Description 1999-08-02 2 41
Abstract 1999-08-02 1 7
Claims 1999-08-02 1 14
Cover Page 2001-02-02 1 16
Filing Certificate (English) 1999-09-01 1 174
Notice: Maintenance Fee Reminder 2001-05-03 1 119
Courtesy - Abandonment Letter (incomplete) 2001-08-07 1 171
Notice: Maintenance Fee Reminder 2002-05-06 1 120
Fees 2001-07-25 1 58
Correspondence 1999-09-01 1 15