ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,327, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to BEIERSDORF AG (Hamburg, Germany).

"Body milk" was invented by Andreas Bleckmann (Ahrensburg, Germany), Sabine Sellckau (Hamburg, Germany) and Svea Wischhoefer (Hamburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A body milk for improved skin moisturization comprises hyaluronic acid and/or salts thereof, diisostearoyl polyglyceryl-3 dimer dilinoleate, polyglyceryl-4 diisostearate/polyhydroxystearate/sebacate, tocopherol, and one or more lipids selected from isopropyl palmitate, isododecane, almond oil (Prunus amygdalus dulcis oil), sunflower oil (Helianthus annuus seed oil), coco-caprylate/caprate, ...