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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. 17, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Quynh Pham, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Yan Zhou, Montville, NJ (US);
Prem Chandar, Closter, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Unilever Home & Personal Care, USA, division of Conopco, Inc., Greenwich, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/107 ; A61K 7/00 ; A61K 7/48 ; A61K 9/14 ; A61K 3/1203 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/107 ; A61K 7/00 ; A61K 7/48 ; A61K 9/14 ; A61K 3/1203 ;
Abstract
A cosmetic composition is provided which includes at least about 2% solid asymmetric particles, a retinoid solubilized in a fluid oil and wherein the fluid oil to solid particles are present in a weight ratio such that the composition exhibits a normal force value of less than −100 milli-Newton containing a retinoid. The composition diminishes the appearance and feel of oily skin and is capable of delivering benefits associated with retinoids.