Patent 7846969 was granted and assigned to Kao Corporation on December, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A process for the production of a stabilized ceramide emulsion by adding one or more ceramides of Formula (2) to one or more sphingosines of Formula (1), and then adding an acidic compound and water to form one or more sphingosine salts, wherein the sphingosine salts emulsify the ceramides to form the emulsion.