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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2014
Applicant:
Avon Products, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Inventors:
Hong Hu, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Sunghan Yim, Lincoln Park, NJ (US);
Uma Santhanam, Tenafly, NJ (US);
John W. Lyga, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Avon Products, Inc., Rye, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 8/49 (2006.01); A61Q 19/02 (2006.01); A61K 8/46 (2006.01); A61K 8/36 (2006.01); A61K 8/06 (2006.01); A61K 8/34 (2006.01); A61K 8/67 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 8/4926 (2013.01); A61K 8/06 (2013.01); A61K 8/062 (2013.01); A61K 8/064 (2013.01); A61K 8/342 (2013.01); A61K 8/347 (2013.01); A61K 8/36 (2013.01); A61K 8/46 (2013.01); A61K 8/675 (2013.01); A61Q 19/02 (2013.01); A61K 2800/42 (2013.01); A61K 2800/48 (2013.01); A61K 2800/522 (2013.01); A61K 2800/524 (2013.01); A61K 2800/54 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to compositions useful for reducing pigmentation in the skin. The composition may further include other depigmenting agents such as nicotinamide and its melanasome transfer-inhibiting derivatives, 3,3'-thiodipropanoic acid and its tyrosinase-inhibiting derivatives, or resorcinol and its tyrosinase-inhibiting derivatives, in a topically acceptable vehicle.