Patents by Inventor Marina LEFORT

Marina LEFORT has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20210161783
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of specific benzylidenemalonates, in particular in a cosmetic preparation, for protecting the skin against chemically induced stress, in particular against chemically induced stress caused by heavy metals and/or particulate matter, or for the prevention and/or prophylaxis of epidermal morphological change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Marina LEFORT, Lilia HEIDER, Valerie BICARD BENHAMOU, Silke HORNUNG
  • Publication number: 20210077370
    Abstract: The non-therapeutical, cosmetic use of dihydroxyacetone in a cosmetic composition to be applied on skin, scalp, or hair for the protection of skin, scalp, or hair against infrared irradiation as well as the use of a cosmetic composition containing dihydroxyacetone as an agent for controlling tropoelastin expression in living cells of the epidermis and papillary dermis or as an agent for controlling the degradation of extracellular matrix components in living cells of the epidermis and papillary dermis, and dihydroxyacetone as an active ingredient to protect skin, scalp, or hair against damages after infrared irradiation by reacting with the skin, scalp, or hair or by penetrating the skin, scalp, or hair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Valerie BICARD-BENHAMOU, Lilia HEIDER, Marina LEFORT, Jutta ZUR LAGE
  • Publication number: 20200237685
    Abstract: The present invention relates to specific ?-hydroxyketones of the formula (I) for use in the prevention and/or treatment of photodermatoses and to the use of specific ?-hydroxyketones of the formula (I) as active ingredient in typical compositions for the prevention and/or non-therapeutic treatment of photodermatoses, in particular of polymorphic light eruption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Christophe CAROLA, Lilia HEIDER, Marina LEFORT, Hansjuergen DRILLER
  • Patent number: 10660867
    Abstract: The present invention relates to specific ?-hydroxyketones of the formula (I) for use in the prevention and/or treatment of photodermatoses and to the use of specific ?-hydroxyketones of the formula (I) as active ingredient in typical compositions for the prevention and/or non-therapeutic treatment of photodermatoses, in particular of polymorphic light eruption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Christophe Carola, Lilia Heider, Marina Lefort, Hansjuergen Driller
  • Publication number: 20180353442
    Abstract: The present invention relates to specific ?-hydroxyketones of the formula (I) for use in the prevention and/or treatment of photodermatoses and to the use of specific ?-hydroxyketones of the formula (I) as active ingredient in typical compositions for the prevention and/or non-therapeutic treatment of photodermatoses, in particular of polymorphic light eruption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Christophe CAROLA, Lilia HEIDER, Marina LEFORT, Hansjuergen DRILLER