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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:
Nov. 26, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 08, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho, Kobe, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 62 ; 424D / ; 514783 ; 514844 ; 435911 ; 8101 ;
Abstract
Melanin is decomposed and decolored, by using a species of Basidiomycetes having melanin decomposing potency, which can be applied to whitening cosmetics for treating chloasma and freckle, and additionally, to the decoloring of melanin containing (foodstuff) industrial products.