ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,079, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Alastin Skincare Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Compositions and methods relating to pigmentation" was invented by Alan David Widgerow (Carlsbad, Calif.) and John A. Garruto (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for improving pigmentation. Compositions as described herein comprise one or more peptides."

The patent was filed on Sept. 27, 2022, under Application No. 17/954,214.

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