ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,057, issued on March 31, was assigned to BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany).

"Cosmetic composition of liquid crystal lipid particles for personal care applications" was invented by Zhao Ting Liu (Shanghai), Yang Zhang (Shanghai), Dong Ryeol Lee (Shanghai), Zhi Rao (Shanghai) and Na Zhao (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The presently claimed invention relates to liquid crystal lipid particles. The presently claimed invention relates to liquid crystal lipid particles which are used in topical composition which has high moisturization efficacy, excellent skin feel, skin softness, and skin smoothness benefits."

The patent was file...