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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. 05, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Archana K Sah, Quincy, MA (US);
Leonard Van Gorkom, Englewood, NJ (US);
Zhenhe Zhu, late of Peekskill, NY (US);
Thomas Hancewicz, Ringwood, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc., Greenwich, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 ;
Abstract
The invention provides a non-contact process for measuring amount of sebum or oil on skin or other substrate. Process is preferably done in vivo because of ability to measure formation of sebum/oil on skin in real time.