ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,980, issued on June 9, was assigned to COSMAX INC. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Composition for preventing or ameliorating bromhidrosis comprising seed fermentation product of plant belonging to the genus Lotus" was invented by Jae Ho Shin (Daegu, South Korea), Min Ji Kim (Daegu, South Korea), Min Chul Kim (Daegu, South Korea), Jai Hyun So (Daegu, South Korea), Hyung Woo Jo (Seongnam, South Korea), Kyu Young Shim (Seoul, South Korea), Dong Geol Lee (Hwaseong, South Korea) and Seung Hyun Kang (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a composition for preventing or ameliorating bromhidrosis, including a seed fermen...