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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:
Apr. 22, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard Potter, Seeley Lake, MT (US);
Peter T Pugliese, Bernville, PA (US);
Assignee:
Nurture, Inc., Missoula, MT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 59 ; 424401 ;
Abstract
A composition comprising a seed-derived proteinaceous particulate material for reducing the formation of sunburn cells in skin exposed to ultraviolet irradiation and method of using same, where the seed-derived material has a protein content of between about 1% and 50% and an average particle size of between about 1.0 .mu.m and about 600 .mu.m. Seed-derived proteinaceous particulate material is applied to skin in a topically acceptable carrier and reduces the formation of sunburn cells upon exposure of the skin to ultraviolet irradiation.