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Comparatively Speaking: Patent vs. Trade Secret

In this "Comparatively Speaking," Tony O'Lenick explains the difference between patents and trade secrets, both of which cosmetic chemists will encounter during their careers. This information will assist in determining whether a technology should be patented or maintained as a trade secret.

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Patent Pick: How Low Can pH Go?

The best solution for formulating isn't always best for the skin; take low pH, for example. However, if P&G inventors are right, low pH and skin benefits may be compatible after all—and formulators may no longer be in limbo.

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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: Bacteria vs. Bacteria Clash Over Acne

In the acne battle, science has gotten smarter. It has gathered new intelligence on the enemy, and is directing covert operations to neutralize the source. In fact, this patent application arms rebel bacteria to do the "dirty work," on-site.

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Patent Pick: Lessons in Layers for Skin Benefits

It's December now, and half the world is about to enter the winter season. The experts teach us it's best to dress in layers—not unlike a new patent application from P&G, which describes layering ingredients for skin benefits.

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Comparatively Speaking: Patents, Exclusive Right and Public Development

There are now more than 10 million patents issued in the United States, and they are a crucial part of how we develop cosmetic and personal care products.

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Patent Pick: Microorganisms to Modulate Skin pH

Ammonia oxidizing microorganisms are the subject of a novel patent application from AOBiome, described herein to impart skin benefits by controlling pH.

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Patent Pick: Putting a 'Hex' on UVA and Heat

Sunscreen developers walk a fine line between protection and transparency, mainly due to the laws of physics. The inventors on this patent defy these laws with a transparent, effective and heat-releasing form of hexagonal prism-shaped ZnO particles.

Patent Picks—Wearable, Digitized Skin Care and UV Protection

Patent Picks are compiled by the editors from publicly available sources. This edition features inventions related to digitized skin care.

Patent Picks—Suprametallogels, Detecting Analytes, Vibroturbilization and Other R&D Processes

Patent Picks are compiled by the editors from publicly available sources. This edition features inventions related to processes and methods of forming suprametallogels, synthesizing stable resveratrol, detecting target analytes, surface-treating calcium carbonate, processing dispersed systems, enhancing dermal penetration, temporarily dyeing hair and more.

Patent Pick: Approach to Screen Actives on ECM In situ

Patent Picks are chosen by the editors from publicly available sources. Today's feature describes an immunological technique to screen for the effects of new cosmetic or pharma actives on ECM molecules in situ.

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Patent Pick: Green Tea Stem Cells Steeped in Skin Benefits

Timing is everything, which has proven to be the case in a new patent application from Unilever. Here, inventors have found that dedifferentiated stem cells from green tea provide unique skin protective benefits.

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Applied DNA Sciences Files COVID-19 Assay Patent Application

Applied DNA Sciences, Inc., known to personal care for its PCR-based authentication and traceability of cosmetic, biotherapeutic and botanical materials, has filed a provisional patent for a COVID-19 diagnostic assay.

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Patent Pick: Thermal Anti-aging Takes the Heat Off of Skin

Chanel inventors aim to take the heat off of skin in a new patent application for a cosmetic powder that exhibits low thermal conductivity to protect skin against thermally induced aging—whether too hot or too cold.

Patent Picks—Diffusion Profiling, Optical Tweezer, Fluorescent Microbe Detection and More

Patent Picks are taken from publicly available sources and cover recent patents issued, or applied for, in the cosmetic and personal care industries and relevant peripheral markets. This edition features methods and processes for analyzing and producing cosmetic products and materials.

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Patent Pick: Data Now Drives Yin/Yang Skin Balancing Act

Ancient Chinese fortune tellers may never have guessed the secrets of balancing the skin could be driven by modern statistical models. Read more from this Estée Lauder patent to become "enlightened."

Patent Picks—Quantifying Hair/Eyelashes, Reinforcing Barrier, Silicone Nail Films and More

Patent Picks are compiled by the editors from publicly available sources and cover recent patents issued, or applied for, in the cosmetic and personal care industries and relevant peripheral markets. This edition features the latest inventions related to an array of topics; ranging from soft hold in hair and barrier function in skin, to methods for quantifying hairs and improving nail polish films.

Patent Picks—PUFA Production, Biodegradable Elastomers, Xanthohumol-Enriched Hop Extract and More

Chosen biweekly for their relevance to personal care, Patent Picks are taken from publicly available sources. This edition features eco-friendly and sustainable processes as well as nature-derived ingredients for personal care applications.

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