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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 1985
Filed:
Nov. 16, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rodger E Bogardus, Trumbull, CT (US);
Jon D Packer, Stamford, CT (US);
James P SaNogueira, Newtown, CT (US);
Assignee:
Richardson-Vicks Inc., Wilton, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 63 ; 514859 ;
Abstract
A method and composition for treating human skin, having applicabiity to oily skin and acne in order to improve the condition thereof by reducing the spreadability of sebum on the skin surface, the invention involving the application to human skin so characterized of a composition comprising, as an active component to reduce the spreadability of sebum, an effective amount of a straight chain dimethyl silicone polymer having a molecular weight of about 50,000 or more and a viscosity of about 10,000 centistokes or more.