US Patent Issued to L'OREAL on March 17 for "Antimicrobial mixture containing 4-(3-ethoxy-4-hydroxyphenyl)butan-2-one and an alcohol compound, and cosmetic composition containing same" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,015, issued on March 17, was assigned to L'OREAL (Paris).

"Antimicrobial mixture containing 4-(3-ethoxy-4-hydroxyphenyl)butan-2-one and an alcohol compound, and cosmetic composition containing same" was invented by Sonia Eyraud (Chevilly Larue, France), Isabelle Bossant (Chevilly Larue, France) and Julien Galvan (Chevilly Larue, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention concerns an antimicrobial mixture of i) 4-(3-ethoxy-4-hydroxyphenyl) butan-2-one and ii) 4-hydroxyacetophenone and their base salts, their solvates such as hydrates, and a cosmetic, pharmaceutical or food composition containing i) and ii). It is app...