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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:
Jun. 30, 1992
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
John M Pawelek, Hamden, CT (US);
Assignee:
Yale University, New Haven, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ; C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 62 ; 424163 ; 424401 ; 514844 ; 514880 ; 514415 ; 548441 ;
Abstract
A method of decreasing the melanin content in mammalian skin and hair by administering to a mammal a composition comprising an effective amount of one or more derivatives of 5,6-dihydroxyindole, the derivatives having one or more substituents which are capable of being removed enzymatically, in admixture with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, the amount being 0.5% to 20% wt/wt based on the composition.