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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Clive Roderick Harding, Rushden, GB;
Caroline Marian Lee, Ampthill, GB;
Ian Richard Scott, Allendale, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Unilever Patent Holdings B.V., Vlaardingen, NL;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 59 ; 514557 ; 514560 ; 514574 ; 514725 ; 514887 ;
Abstract
A composition for topical application to human skin in order to promote the repair of photo-damaged skin and/or to reduce or prevent the damaging effects of ultra-violet light on skin and/or to lighten the skin comprising retinol or a derivative thereof and a dioic acid.