Nanotechnology and Patents for Personal Care Products
Are you preserving a wrinkle-free face with nanotechnology?
You may be, without even knowing it. Nanotechnology, the use of microscopic devices, materials or compounds that are 100 nanometers or smaller, isn’t just for your favorite electronic gadget anymore.
A new report, “Can Nanotech Unlock the Fountain of Youth?” from Thomson Reuters IP Solutions, finds that the beauty industry has started taking an aggressive approach to using nanotechnology to improve the performance of creams, sunscreens, shampoos and other personal-care products.
And surprises abound: while L’Oreal and Amorepacific are, as expected, early innovators in the development of nanotech-based beauty products, a great deal of new innovation in the field comes from companies that one would not traditionally associate with the cosmetics industry, including Fujifilm and BASF.
Of 367 unique inventions filed in 2009, 10 were by Fujifilm; nine were by BASF and seven were by Amorepacific.
To hear more about innovation in the nanotechnology arena for personal care items, listen to Michael Thompson from IP Solutions in this podcast.
Data for the report is compiled from the Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index® database, for patent research, and SERION®, for trademarks, to identify global innovation and brand activity in nanotechnology for personal care products.