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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:
Aug. 21, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 24, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Govind J. Kapadia, Potomac, MD (US);
Harukuni Tokuda, Kyoto 602, JP;
Takao Konoshima, Kyoto 607, JP;
Midori Takasaki, Kyoto 602, JP;
Hoyoku Nishino, Kyoto 602, JP;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/578 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/578 ;
Abstract
A method of preventing inflammation of epidermal tissue resulting from exposure to a chemical by topically applying an acetone solution containing a natural colorant to the exposed tissue. The natural colorant is preferably a paprika extract containing a mixture of capsanthin, capsorubin, and their acyl esters, or an annatto seed extract containing a mixture of cis-bixin, trans-bixin, and cis-norbixin.