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US Patent 7186404 Photostable sunscreen compositions and methods of stabilizing

Patent 7186404 was granted and assigned to Avon (company) on March, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Avon

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7186404

Date of Patent

March 6, 2007

Patent Application Number

11093217

Date Filed

March 29, 2005

Patent Primary Examiner

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Shelley A. Dodson

Patent abstract

There is provided a photostable and synergistically enhanced topical sunscreen composition. There is further provided a method of enhancing the photostability of a sunscreen active in a topical sunscreen composition. There is further still provided a method of synergistically enhancing the UV absorbance of a sunscreen active in a topical sunscreen composition. The preferred compositions and methods of the present invention use a dibenzoylmethane sunscreen active, a Kaempferia galanga extract, and a cosmetically acceptable vehicle.