US Patent Issued to L'Oreal on Oct. 27 for "Cosmetic composition comprising thiopyridinone compounds, reducing agent and arginine" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,381, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to L'Oreal (Paris).

"Cosmetic composition comprising thiopyridinone compounds, reducing agent and arginine" was invented by Nicholas David Stebbins (Clark, N.J.) and Rebecca Chen (Princeton, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a composition, preferably a cosmetic composition comprising at least one thiopyridinone compound of formula (I) or formula (I'), with at least one reducing agent of formula (II) and arginine. The composition of the present invention brightens or depigments a keratin material, preferably skin. The present invention provides a composition inclu...