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Patent Picks—Natural Cationic Emulsifiers, Repeat Sequence Proteins, Amides for Color Uniformity and More

Chosen biweekly for their relevance to personal care, Patent Picks are taken from publicly available sources. This edition features patents related to hair care, including cleansing, conditioning and color protection.

Patent Picks—Green Patents, from Natural and Bio-empowering to Eco-friendly

Patent Picks are taken from publicly available sources, and cover recently issued patents or patent applications in the cosmetic, personal care and peripheral markets. This edition features "green" technologies, ranging from natural solutions and bio-empowering actives, to eco-friendly materials and processes.

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Patent Pick: Growth Factor Peptide

Patent Picks are chosen by the editors from publicly available sources. Today's invention is a peptide that exhibits growth factor activity in skin.

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Patent Pick: Calming Antitranspirant Deodorant

Patent Picks are chosen by the editors from publicly available sources. Today's highlight, from Natura, is an antitranspirant deodorant having dermo-calming effects.

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Patent Pick: Placating Intolerant Skin

Sensitive skin is irritating to the wearer, and in some cases the formulator, but Beiersdorf inventors have discovered an ingredient that placates irritated skin: alkylamidothiazoles.

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Patent Pick: Phase-shifting Formulas

Patent Picks are chosen by the editors from publicly available sources. Today's invention relates to phase-shifting formulas for various medical and cosmetic applications.

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Patent Pick: Formulating 'Heavy'? Lighten Up.

Greasy, heavy formulations "dragging" down your product development? This patent application relates to a gel-type composition that provides a light, refreshing feel upon application in skin and lip care.

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Patent Pick: Got Melanin? Get Masterwort.

Skullcap for skin whitening? That was last week's news. AmorePacific is at it again, this time with a masterwort extract to decrease melanin. Read more about this umbel's skin-whitening effects in today's Patent Pick.

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Patent Pick: Skullcap Skin Whitening

Alpine skullcap has potential to be the latest and greatest ingredient for skin whitening. Learn more about the related patent application, from AmorePacific Corp., in today's Patent Pick.

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Patent Pick: Polyglycerol Sun Protection

Patent Picks are chosen by the editors from publicly available sources. Today's feature, from Johnson & Johnson, relates to sunscreen compositions containing polyglycerol.

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Patent Pick: Evergreen Anti-aging

Patent picks are chosen by the editors from publicly available sources. Today's highlight, from the Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, describes an anti-aging composition from Anemarrhena asphodeloides Bunge.

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Patent Pick: Honey MMP Inhibitor

Patent Picks are chosen by the editors from publicly available sources. Today's pick is a makuna honey extract for effects such as MMP inhibition in the skin.

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Patent Pick: Whiten Skin with Orange Oil

Patent Picks are chosen by the editors from publicly available sources. Today's choice, from L'Oréal, describes orange essential oil to treat skin pigmentation.

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Patent Pick: Stable Polysilicone to Heal Wounds

Actives to heal wounds, protect skin and diminish scars can be incorporated into polysilicone bases for topical delivery to skin. However, according to this patent, such bases tend to separate; correcting this instability was therefore the focus of this invention.

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Patent Pick: Microbes to Inhibit Pathogen Adhesion

Patent Picks are chosen by the editors from publicly available sources. Today's feature, from Nestec, relates to a Lactobacillus johnsonii bacteria strain that inhibits capability of pathogenic flora to adhere to skin.

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Patent Pick: Non-aqueous, Eco-friendly Antimicrobial

Patent Picks are chosen by the editors from publicly available sources. Today's patent, from ISP, relates to a non-aqueous, eco-friendly antimicrobial composition.

Ethylhexylglycerin: Highly Pure Quality by Patented Stabilization

Ethylhexylglycerin is a frequently used multifunctional additive. Besides its deodorant efficacy, it is an excellent booster of many traditional preservatives and other antimicrobial substances. It was introduced to the personal care market by schülke as sensiva® SC 50; a product with outstanding quality and comprehensive safety data.

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Patent Pick: Control Emulsion Interfaces Thermally

Take a peek at the future of product development with this hand-selected Patent Pick, chosen by the editors from publicly available sources. Today's highlight relates to nanoparticles with unique, thermally controlled interfacial properties.

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