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To: rli123 who wrote (3570)	12/26/2000 5:20:44 PM
From: Bo Didley	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5582

Microdent - read about it here maxpages.com Exclusive liscense to GUMM. bo

To: rli123 who wrote (3570)	12/26/2000 5:26:47 PM
From: DanZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5582

rli, No offense taken. I don't even have a strong opinion about whether Gum Tech is working with P&G on mouthwash. On the surface, it might seem like mouthwash is outside Gum Tech's core competency; however, the company has previously worked with liquids and might make sense to develop a mouthwash containing Microdent if it is clinically proven to reduce plaque by 35%. Microdent is owned by Whitehill Labortories, and all of Gum Tech's dental gums that use it are clinically proven to reduce plaque by 35%. I believe that it forms a barrier on the surface of the teeth so as to retard the formation of plaque. This is what Gum Tech's 1999 10-K says about Microdent. We own a perpetual non-exclusive license to use Microdent, a plaque-reducing agent, in our coated chewing gum products. Microdent is the critical ingredient in the chewing gums that we manufacture and package for Breath Asure and Ranir/DCP. This is what Gum Tech's 1998 10-K says about Microdent. Gum Tech owns a perpetual, exclusive U.S. license (and a non-exclusive license abroad) to use Microdent(TM), a plaque-reducing agent, in its coated chewing gum products. Microdent is the critical ingredient in the chewing gums manufactured and packaged by Gum Tech for Breath Asure and Ranir/DCP. It is interesting to note the change. I hadn't noticed before now that the license changed from exclusive to non-exclusive. At any rate, if you interpret the language literally, the license is only for chewing gum products. Still, they could have negotiated a license to use Microdent in mouthwash. I agree that the odds are low that Gum Tech is working on mouthwash, but it is curious that P&G's trademark application for Crest Mouthwash was made on the same day as Crest Gum, and the two patents are numbered consecutively. The odds are low, but not zero. Also, the press release said oral care products. Maybe I'm reading too much into the plural, but lawyers are usually careful about sending the wrong message in a press release or SEC filing.