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Shiseido Patent Details Use of UV-Activated Ingredients to Enhance Skin Care Benefits

Harnessing UV light in a topical product.

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By: Christine Esposito

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Shiseido Company, Ltd., Tokyo, has been awarded two patents from the US Patent and Trademark Office that detail inventions that can harness UV light in a way that can benefit the skin. The first patent details a cosmetic designed to convert ultraviolet light into visible light while simultaneously boosting the activity of certain skin care ingredients. Another recently awarded patent describes an O-I-W composition that converts UV light Into skin-activating visible light. US Patent 12,551...

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