Basf Corporation

Apdn (b.v.i.) Inc.

Basf Beauty Care Solutions France S.a.s.

Nicole Jeannine Richter

Michael E Hogan

Maciej Bernard Szczepanik

Lawrence Jung

Christopher M Judd

Yuhua Sun

Laurent Bailly

Clifford A Milow

The present disclosure relates to methods for extraction of biomass. Biomass of most interest is that which contains biologically active, extracts suitable for the skin care market. The biomass of interest includes botanicals (plant extracts and bioferments thereof), algae (red, brown, green and red, including bioferments thereof), fungi and even animal extracts (insect, crustacean) origin. Further the use of said extracts in cosmetic preparations prepared by the disclosed method is envisioned.

Methods for botanical and/or algae extraction

A composition comprising submicron particles covered by a monolayer of nucleic acid wherein the nucleic acid may be recovered from the submicron particles is claimed. Methods of attaching a nucleic acid to an object for authentication and methods of authenticating an object are also claimed.

Nucleic acid coated submicron particles for authentication

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Port Jefferson, NY, United States of America

Nicole Jeannine Richter