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Patent Pick: Aluminum-free Antiperspirant

Following our industry's history, if it isn't already, "aluminum-free" will be the next hot marketing claim for antiperspirants--and this patent application from Henkel might just lead the way, with a natural alternative to aluminum salts.

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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: Just-gelling Antiperspirant

Gel-gel? Is there an echo in here? Perhaps, and this patent application for a gel-based antiperspirant composition from L'Oréal is certainly "phased" by it.

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Patent Pick: Silencing Sweat

Don't sweat the small stuff, they say. But what if the small stuff is causing big problems? Take hyperhydrosis, for example, which involves certain proteins. Thankfully, Unilever has identified them and, as a new patent application describes, is interfering with their genetic messaging to manage this condition.

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Patent Pick: Maackia amurensis Skin Whitening

Patent Picks are chosen by the editors from publicly available sources. Today's invention, from Kolmar Korea, relates to an isoflavonostilbene from Maackia amurensis for melanin inhibition.

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Patent Pick: Benzyl Benzoate Deodorant

Patent Picks are chosen by the editors from publicly available sources. Today's patent, from Robertet S.A., is a benzyl benzoate derivative for deodorant compositions.

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Patent Pick: Fragrance Duration—A 'Pressing' Issue

The pressure is always on for perfumers to develop means to extend fragrance duration from perfumes as well as personal care products. In this patent application, Unilever inventors take that pressure in a new direction: vapor pressure.

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Patent Pick: Microbes to Inhibit Foot Odor

Patent Picks are chosen by the editors from publicly available sources. Today's pick relates to microorganisms that prevent the formation of foot odor caused by other microorganisms.

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Patent Pick: Elbowing Out the Microbial Competition

As anyone who's a sibling or has kids knows: there's competition for real estate in the back seat of a car. And it's fierce; pushing, elbowing and crossing imaginary boundaries. Inventors from The State University of New York have applied this struggle to a topical that uses good microbes to drive out unwanted ones from the skin.

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Patent Pick: Osteopontin to Inhibit Hair Growth

Patent Picks are chosen by the editors from publicly available sources. Today's highlight discloses osteopontin derivatives to inhibit hair growth.

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Patent Pick: Complexing to Simplify the Antiperspirant Equation

Colgate-Palmolive inventors aren't sweating the small stuff. In a new patent application, they propose a stannous fluoride-based composition for antiperspirants with sweat control.

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Patent Pick: Fresh as a Winter Savory Armpit?

It may not sound fresh, but according to L'Oréal inventors, Satureja montana, aka "winter savory," is rich in geraniol and demonstrates efficacy against odor-causing bacteria in deodorant applications. A new patent explains.

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Patent Pick: Nature-inspired Deodorant Active Scent-sation

Smell that? We don't. That unscented sensation is L'Oréal's latest patent for a deodorant active based on spiculisporic acid, which is naturally present in the the marine mold species Aspergillus.

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Patent Pick: Witch (Hazel)-enhanced, Zinc-based Antiperspirant

In the spirit of Halloween, this Patent Pick features a Colgate-Palmolive invention for an aluminum-free, zinc-based antiperspirant or deodorant including optional soothing ingredients—such as witch (hazel) water.

Patent Picks—Antimicrobials, Cleansers, Fragrance/Malodor and Delivery

This edition of "Patent Picks" features recently issued patents relevant to cosmetic product development, from antimicrobial compositions and ceramide emulsions, to foaming alcohol, fragrances and cysteine to counteract malodor, among others.

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Patent Pick: A New Delivery Trick Up the Sleeve

Henkel inventors have a new trick up their sleeves, as this new patent for controlling the stability and release of deodorant actives explains.

Patent Picks—Microencapsulation, Maillard Reaction and Ether Guanidines for Antiperspirants

Chosen biweekly for their relevance to personal care, "Patent Picks" are taken from publicly available sources. This edition features technologies related to antimicrobial, antiperspirant and deodorant applications.

Patent Pick: L'Oréal Sticks it to Odor with Magnesium-based Deodorant Solid

L'Oréal has applied for a patent on a stable sensorial deodorant emulsion stick comprising a magnesium salt as an alternative to undesirable aluminum salts.

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