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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:
Jul. 06, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Amy C. Zimmerman, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Ruth Elaine Harris, Belmont, MI (US);
Assignee:
Access Business Group International LLC, Ada, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 7/00 ; A61K 7/06 ; A61K 7/035 ; A61K 7/135 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 7/00 ; A61K 7/06 ; A61K 7/035 ; A61K 7/135 ;
Abstract
A cosmetic composition includes a carrier, a skin-whitening agent, and sodium magnesium silicate. The sodium magnesium silicate is present in an amount effective to slow decomposition of the composition. A method of slowing the decomposition of a cosmetic composition containing a skin-whitening agent includes adding an effective amount of a sodium magnesium silicate to the composition.