10.03.16
US Patent No. 9,403,041 B2; Cupron Inc., Richmond, VA, has patented a cosmetic method for reducing wrinkles, fine lines, and/or crow’s feet on the face or neck in which a polymeric material is applied daily to the face and/or neck. The polymeric material has water-insoluble copper oxide particles embedded therein. A portion of the water-insoluble copper oxide particles are exposed and protruding from surfaces of the polymeric material. The water-insoluble copper oxide particles release Cu+ ions and Cu++ ions upon contact with a fluid.