| Company | Year | US Patent (P) or Patent Application (PA) | Ingredient on which the patent is based |
| Avon | 2008 |
P 7410658 |
Alisma orientale |
| Beiersdorf | 2006 | PA 20060002885 | Bioquinones and isoflavones |
| Bioderm Research | 2004 | PA 20040185069 | Hydroxycitric acid derivatives |
| Bioderm Research | 2004 | PA 20040146539 | Nutraceutical composition |
| Cognis | 2004 | PA 20040234480 | Oligomeric proanthrocyanidens |
| L'Oreal | 2008 | PA 20080242645 | Xanthine base |
| L'Oreal | 2006 | PA 20060134234 | Xanthine base |
| L'Oreal | 2005 | P 6878367 | Sapogenin and xanthine |
| Lab Expanscience | 2006 | PA 20060122246 | Oxazoline |
| Lipo | 2007 | P 7306809 | Optically activated particles |
| Lipo | 2005 | P 6946147 | Optically activated particles |
| Lipo | 2004 | P 6808722 | Optically activated particles |
| Lipo | 2004 | PA 0052742 | Optically activated particles |
| Lipo | 2003 | P 6613359 | Optically activated particles |
| Lipo | 2003 | P 6586013 | Optically activated particles |
| Lipo | 2003 | PA 20030170189 | Optically activated particles |
| Lipo | 2003 | PA 20030152537 | Optically activated particles |
| Lipo | 2003 | PA 20030147821 | Optically activated particles |
| Lipo | 2003 | PA 20030104022 | Optically activated particles |
| Lipo | 2002 | PA 20020192260 | Optically activated particles |
| Lipo | 2002 | PA 20020192248 | Optically activated particles |
| Parfums Christian Dior | 2002 | P 6447782 | Skeletonema algae |
| Pentapharm | 2005 | P 6953583 | Conjugated linoleic acid |
| Pierre Fabre | 2007 | P 7192613 | Allium sativum bulb absolutes |
| Pierre Fabre | 2005 | P 6852343 | Garlic bulb extracts |
| Pierre Fabre | 2004 | PA 20040258777 | Allium sativum bulb absolutes |
| Sederma | 2007 | PA 20070043109 | Diterpene |
| Seppic | 2008 | PA 20080200534 | Lauryl proline, ester of anhydrohexitol and of aliphatic carboxylic acid |
| Vincience | 2008 | PA 20080227725 | Peptides |
| Vincience | 2006 | PA 20060013794 | Peptides with sequences Arg-Gly-Ser |