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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 28, 2008
Applicants:

Benjamin L. Miller, Penfield, NY (US);

Brian R. Mcnaughton, Rochester, NY (US);

Peter Gareiss, Rochester, NY (US);

Glynis Scott, Rochester, NY (US);

Inventors:

Benjamin L. Miller, Penfield, NY (US);

Brian R. McNaughton, Rochester, NY (US);

Peter Gareiss, Rochester, NY (US);

Glynis Scott, Rochester, NY (US);

Assignee:

University of Rochester, Rochester, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 8/49 (2006.01); C07D 215/54 (2006.01); A61K 31/47 (2006.01); C07D 211/14 (2006.01); C07D 261/18 (2006.01); C07D 307/68 (2006.01); C07D 405/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D 215/54 (2013.01); C07D 211/14 (2013.01); C07D 261/18 (2013.01); C07D 307/68 (2013.01); C07D 405/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention relates to small molecule modulators of melanin expression and methods of making the small molecules. Also disclosed are methods of increasing pigmentation in a cell which involve providing compounds of the present invention and contacting a cell with the compounds under conditions effective to induce melanin expression in the cell, thereby increasing pigmentation. The present invention also relates to compositions containing compounds of the present invention and a carrier.


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