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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. 28, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Brian Bartolone, Edgewater, NJ (US);
Govindarajan Raman, Bangalore, IN;
Pushker Sona, Mumbai, IN;
Ramesh Surianarayanan, Mumbai, IN;
Sushama Shripad Wagh, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
Chesebrough-Ponds's USA, Co., division of Conopco, Inc., Greenwich, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 62 ; 424401 ;
Abstract
A cosmetic skin lightening composition for topical application to human skin comprising (A) 5-25% by weight fatty acids, (B) 0.1-10% by weight fatty acid soap and (C) 0.05-10% by weight alkali or alkaline earth metal salt of .alpha.-hydroxy carboxylic acid and/or .alpha.-acyloxy carboxylic acid.