US 12,337,059 B2
Biobased, biodegradable composite powder for use in cosmetics
Ronald V. Lerum, Leonia, NJ (US); Anna K. Croom, Brooklyn, NY (US); Tania Viana, Ridgewood, NJ (US); and Aga Pawlik, Hasbrouck Heights, NJ (US)
Assigned to GRANT INDUSTRIES, INC., Elmwood Park, NJ (US)
Filed by Grant Industries, Inc., Elmwood Park, NJ (US)
Filed on Sep. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/479,122.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/080,820, filed on Sep. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0087928 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A61K 8/44 (2006.01); A61K 8/02 (2006.01); A61K 8/73 (2006.01); A61K 8/99 (2017.01); A61Q 1/12 (2006.01); A61Q 17/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61K 8/99 (2013.01) [A61K 8/0241 (2013.01); A61K 8/44 (2013.01); A61K 8/732 (2013.01); A61Q 1/12 (2013.01); A61Q 17/04 (2013.01); A61K 2800/412 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A powder composition, comprising a hydrophobic, fused powder composite being a heated, reacted blend of
a. a ferment in an amount from about 70% to about 95% by weight of the composition, wherein the ferment is isolated from yeast origin, and the yeast is Saccharomyces; and
b. an amino acid derivative in an amount from about 5% to about 30% by weight of the composition, wherein the amino acid derivative is a lysine derivative; and
wherein the ferment and the amino acid derivative have been micronized until a temperature of at least 105° C. is reached and the resultant micronized powder is held at that temperature for a time period of at least 15 minutes to provide the powder composition with Coefficient of Friction of from 0.1 to 0.25.