Patents by Inventor Martine Maingault

Martine Maingault 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).

  • Utilization of sophorolipids as therapeutically active substances or cosmetic products, in particular for the treatment of the skin
    Patent number: 5981497
    Abstract: This invention relates to a new use of a sophorolipidic compound, of pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the acidic form of the sophorolipid, and of the ester of the deacetylated sophorolipidic acid form as therapeutically active substances in a method for therapeutic treatment of the human or animal body, and more particularly as an activator of macrophages, as a fibrinolytic agent, as a healing agent, as a desquamating agent, and as a depigmenting agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Institut Francais du Petrole
    Inventor: Martine Maingault