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Cosmetic composition

CA 2016351 C · Owner: Unilever Plc · Inventors: Scott, Ian Richard; Gibson, Walter Thomas

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Abstract From the Canadian patent

A preserved composition suitable for topical application to mammalian skin or hair for inducing maintaining or increasing hair growth comprises : (i) a special ester of pyroglutamic acid; and (ii) a cosmetically acceptable vehicle for the ester.

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  • Filed May 9, 1990 and granted September 3, 1996. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 9, 2010.
  • A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by May 9, 2012.
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FiledMay 9, 1990
GrantedSeptember 3, 1996
Term endedMay 9, 2010
Patent numberCA 2016351 C
Classification (IPC)A61K8/49 +1 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedMay 9, 1990Patent grantedSep 3, 1996Term endedMay 9, 2010

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