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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:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2002
Applicants:
Diana Sheila Cox, Bedford, GB;
Alexander Gordon James, Bedford, GB;
David Taylor, Wirral, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 8/00 (2006.01); A61K 8/02 (2006.01); A61K 31/075 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention concerns cosmetic compositions and methods involving 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzyl alcohol as an active ingredient. This material is shown to be an extremely effective sub-lethal inhibitor of the metabolism of selected corynebacteria and to give significant deodorancy benefits.