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Patent No.:

US 12491146 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025

Filed:

Feb. 04, 2025

Skin brightening compositions with thiopyridinone compound

Applicant:

L'oreal, Paris, FR;

Inventors:

Catherine Chiou, Saddle Brook, NJ (US);

Hungta Lin, Teaneck, NJ (US);

Mariko Hasebe, New York, NY (US);

Nicholas David Stebbins, Clark, NJ (US);

Ritesh Kumar Sinha, Linden, NJ (US);

Assignee:

L'OREAL, Paris, FR;

Attorney:

POLSINELLI PC

Primary Examiner:

Marianne C Seidel

Assistant Examiner:

Amanda Michelle Petritsch

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 8/49 (2006.01); A61K 8/34 (2006.01); A61K 8/46 (2006.01); A61Q 19/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 8/4933 (2013.01); A61K 8/345 (2013.01); A61K 8/463 (2013.01); A61Q 19/02 (2013.01); A61K 2800/28 (2013.01); A61K 2800/5424 (2013.01);
Abstract

A cosmetic composition comprising: (a) 2-mercaptonicotinoyl glycine; (b) acyl glycinate surfactant; (c) a salt providing divalent cations having a charge density of about 40 to about 200 C/mmand a water solubility of at least 400 g/L; (d) anionic polymer; (e) glycerin; (f) water; and (g) reducing agent. The cosmetic composition is particularly useful in a method for brightening skin, depigmenting skin, treating hyperpigmentation of skin, treating melasmic skin, or evening skin tone.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Chiou, Catherine. (2025). Skin brightening compositions with thiopyridinone compound (U.S. Patent No. 12491146). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12491146

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