ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,757, issued on June 2, was assigned to ACADERMA ASIA Ltd. (Hong Kong).
"Use of combretum micranthum extract in cosmetics" was invented by Shuting Hu (Hong Kong), James E. Simon (Hong Kong), Yizhen Wu (Hong Kong), Mingfu Wang (Hong Kong) and Qingli Wu (Hong Kong).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A use of Combretum micranthum extract in cosmetics. Processes such as a solvent extraction method and a chromatographic method are specifically used, it is found that a Combretum micranthum plant or its extract has the effects of moisturizing, anti-inflammatory, post-sun repair, repair of skin barrier, repair of UV-induced DNA damage, skin-lighten...