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(11) EP 1 474 170 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
10.11.2004 Bulletin 2004/46

(21) Application number: 02794147.5

(22) Date of filing: 04.12.2002
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7A61K 45/00
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2002/038747
(87) International publication number:
WO 2003/049769 (19.06.2003 Gazette 2003/25)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO

(30) Priority: 07.12.2001 US 17180
07.12.2001 US 12627

(71) Applicant: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc.
Skillman,New Jersey 08558 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • WIEGAND, Benjamin
    Newtown, PA 18940 (US)
  • MCCULLOCH, Laura
    Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927 (US)
  • GROSSMAN, Rachel
    Princeton, NJ 08540 (US)
  • HALAS, Lynn
    Ewing, NJ 08638 (US)

(74) Representative: Mercer, Christopher Paul et al
Carpmaels & Ransford,43-45 Bloomsbury Square
London WC1A 2RA
London WC1A 2RA (GB)

   


(54) METHOD FOR REDUCING ACNE OR IMPROVING SKIN TONE