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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:
Sep. 25, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 23, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenneth Jones, Broomfield, CO (US);
Abeysinghe Padmapriya, Boulder, CO (US);
Ernst E Teichmuller, Schluchtern, DE;
Gabriele Blume, Strasse, DE;
Assignee:
Univera Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Broomfield, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424450 ; 424 62 ;
Abstract
The present invention discloses aqueous compositions comprising liposomes of phospholipids, and at least one competitive inhibitor of an enzyme for the synthesis of melanin, in combination with at least one non-competitive inhibitor of an enzyme for the synthesis of melanin. The invention also includes the use of the compositions of this invention for the de-pigmentation of skin.