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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:
Jun. 18, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 25, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Miri Seiberg, Princeton, NJ (US);
Stanley S. Shapiro, Livingston, NJ (US);
Gerard F. M. J. Cauwenbergh, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Stephen J. Wisniewski, Doylestown, PA (US);
Assignee:
Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc., Skillman, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/800 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/800 ;
Abstract
The present invention utilizes serine proteases and their ability to induce programmed cell death and apoptosis in the follicular papillae to affect changes in mammalian hair growth and hair pigmentation. Also described are compositions which have an agent with a portion of similar structure to a portion of the trypsin molecule, allowing said agent to induce programmed cell death and apoptosis in the same manner as trypsin.