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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. 20, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kirsti Jutila, Espoo, FI;
Assignee:
Cultor Corporation, Helsinki, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/174 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/174 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to cosmetic preparations, particularly skin care products, shaving preparations, and depilatory preparations, which protect skin from mechanical irritation. The active agent contained in the preparations is trimethylglycine. The invention also relates to the use of trimethylglycine as a skin-protecting agent in different cosmetic preparations, and to a method of protecting skin from mechanical irritation.