Appeal No. 95-1274
Application No. 07/914,150
and claim 8 added. The examiner indicated allowability of claim
8 in the advisory action (mailed March 25, 1994, paper no. 13).
The invention relates to a cosmetic or dermatological
composition having depigmenting activity and for topical
application to the skin. The composition comprises, in a
cosmetically or dermatologically acceptable vehicle, an effective
amount of the depigmenting substance consisting essentially of a
benzofuran derivative.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention and reads
as follows:
1. A depigmenting cosmetic or dermatological composition for
topical application to skin comprising in a cosmetically or
dermatologically acceptable vehicle an effective amount of a
depigmenting substance consisting essentially of a benzofuran
derivative having the formula:
wherein
the OH function is in the 5 or 6 position,
R and R , each independently, represent hydrogen or alkyl1 2
having 1-4 carbon atoms,
n is 0 or 1,
when n is 0, the C -C bond is a double bond, and
2 3
2
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