US 11,865,202 B2
Combination of plant extracts to improve skin tone
Tiffany Florence, Dallas, TX (US); David Gan, Southlake, TX (US); and Michelle Hines, Hickory Creek, TX (US)
Assigned to MARY KAY INC., Addison, TX (US)
Filed by Mary Kay Inc., Addison, TX (US)
Filed on Aug. 20, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/998,820.
Application 14/827,835 is a division of application No. 13/720,557, filed on Dec. 19, 2012, granted, now 9,138,401, issued on Sep. 22, 2015.
Application 16/998,820 is a continuation of application No. 15/828,694, filed on Dec. 1, 2017, granted, now 10,780,041.
Application 15/828,694 is a continuation of application No. 14/827,835, filed on Aug. 17, 2015, granted, now 9,861,573, issued on Jan. 9, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/577,462, filed on Dec. 19, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2021/0038497 A1, Feb. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. A61K 36/00 (2006.01); A61K 8/97 (2017.01); A61Q 19/02 (2006.01); A61K 36/48 (2006.01); A61K 8/49 (2006.01); A61K 8/9789 (2017.01); A61P 17/00 (2006.01); A61Q 19/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61K 8/97 (2013.01) [A61K 8/4926 (2013.01); A61K 8/9789 (2017.08); A61K 36/48 (2013.01); A61P 17/00 (2018.01); A61Q 19/00 (2013.01); A61Q 19/02 (2013.01); A61K 2800/30 (2013.01); A61K 2800/5922 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
 
1. A method of whitening skin or evening out skin tone, the method comprising topically applying to skin in need of treatment a composition comprising an effective amount of an aqueous extract of adzuki bean that is not an extract of germinated adzuki bean and is not an extract of fermented adzuki bean, the effective amount being an effective amount to reduce melanogenesis activity in the skin, wherein topical application of the composition to the skin whitens the skin or evens out the skin tone by reducing melanogenesis activity in the skin.