Topical application of travoprost for combating hair loss

US8980948B2 · US · B2

Patent metadata
FieldValue
Publication numberUS-8980948-B2
Application numberUS-201213543289-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJul 6, 2012
Priority dateAug 28, 2007
Publication dateMar 17, 2015
Grant dateMar 17, 2015

How to read this patent

A practical reading order for non-experts. Skip the full description unless you need deep technical detail.

  1. Title

    What the patent document calls the invention.

  2. Abstract

    A short plain-language summary of the technical disclosure.

  3. Assignees and inventors

    Who owns or filed the patent and who is credited as inventor.

  4. Key dates

    Filing, priority, publication, and grant dates set the timeline.

  5. First independent claim

    The legal scope of protection — read this for what is actually claimed.

  6. CPC / IPC classifications

    Technology tags used to group this patent with similar filings.

  7. Citations and related patents

    Prior art links and similar publications in this corpus.

Abstract

Official abstract text for this publication.

Travoprost medicament compositions for non-daily topical application are useful for simulating or inducing the growth and/or decreasing the loss and/or increasing the density and/or reducing the heterogeneity in the diameter of human hair shafts/follicles, e.g., for the treatment of androgenic alopecia, such medicament compositions being at least twice applied over a time interval of greater than 24 hours.

First claim

Opening claim text (preview).

What is claimed is: 1. A non-daily method for stimulating or inducing the growth and/or decreasing the loss and/or increasing the density and/or reducing the heterogeneity in the diameter of hair follicles in a human subject, comprising topically applying a thus effective amount of a medicament composition which comprises from 0.005 to 0.1% travoprost onto such hair follicles, for such non-daily period of time as required to elicit the desired effect, wherein at least two non-daily…

Assignees

Inventors

Classifications

Patent family

Related publications grouped by family.

External sources

Next steps

Free tools are coming soon. Tell us what you want to track and we'll notify you.

Frequently asked questions

Answers are generated from the same data shown on this page.

What does patent US8980948B2 cover?
Travoprost medicament compositions for non-daily topical application are useful for simulating or inducing the growth and/or decreasing the loss and/or increasing the density and/or reducing the heterogeneity in the diameter of human hair shafts/follicles, e.g., for the treatment of androgenic alopecia, such medicament compositions being at least twice applied over a time interval of greater th…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Rethore Sandrine, Rosignoli Carine, JOMARD ANDRé, and 2 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification A61K8/69. Mapped technology areas include Human Necessities.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 17 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).