Patents Examined by Jean-Michel Campagne
  • Patent number: 6649176
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cosmetic composition containing mineral water and one or more compounds selected from the group of creatine, pyruvic acid, and carnitine, and cosmetically acceptable salt or ester thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Stanley S. Shapiro, Steven A. Shaya, Claudia K. Kaminski
  • Patent number: 6287552
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cosmetic or dermatological compositions capable of being applied to the skin, the keratinous fibers, the nails, the semimucous membranes and/or the mucous membranes, and which includes a dendritic polyester polymer having terminal hydroxyl functional groups or the combination of such a polymer with a film-forming polymer. It also relates to methods of cosmetic or dermatological treatment using these compositions as well as the use of the compositions for the preparation of dermatological or cosmetic compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Florence Tournilhac, Pascal Simon
  • Patent number: 6284233
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an antiwrinkle composition that includes, in a physiologically acceptable medium: a dispersion of a film-forming polymeric system containing at least one polymer capable of forming a film permeable to water vapor, having a Young's modulus ranging from 108 to 1010 N/m2 and producing, after application at a concentration of 7% in water and then drying, a retraction of the isolated stratum corneum greater than 1% at a temperature of 30° C. and a relative humidity of 40%, and a dendritic polyester polymer having terminal hydroxyl functional groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Pascal Simon, Veronique Chevalier