Patents

Patent Awarded for Lip Balm with Caffeine Active, Nicotine or Testosterone

US Patent 12,053,535 B1 was awarded to Shear Kershman Laboratories.

Man applying hygienic lipstick on lips to revive chapped lips and avoid dry, closeup

US Patent No. 12,053,535 B1 (Alvin Kershman, Jeff Shear, Doreen Linze); Shear Kershman Laboratories, Inc. has patented a novel lip balm formula. It consists of at least one lipid (hydrogenated palm oil), a surfactant and a caffeine active. The formula may also contain other components, such as nicotine or a testosterone active.

The balm contain approximately 25-60 wt.% of surfactant based on the total weight of the formulation. The surfactant is a mixture of mono- and diglycerides and propylene glycol and it has an HLB of 4. 

The lip balm, when applied to a lip, delivers the active in less than ten minutes, according to the literature.

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