ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,228, issued on April 7, was assigned to Amorepacific Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Composition for hair protection or hair strengthening" was invented by Chan Su Rha (Yongin-si, South Korea), Byeonggyu In (Yongin-si, South Korea), Soo Jin Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Chang Jo Jung (Yongin-si, South Korea), Byoung Young Woo (Yongin-si, South Korea), Kilsun Myoung (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Eunsil Han (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition for hair protection or hair strengthening is disclosed. The composition may include i) a peptide including one or more sequence units of Xaa-Yaa-Zaa (wherein the Xaa, ...