US Patent Issued to CrossChem on Feb. 17 for "Compounds for use in keratin treatment" (Tennessee, California, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,423, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to CrossChem Ltd. (Brentwood, Tenn.).

"Compounds for use in keratin treatment" was invented by Jeffrey Dwight Weeks (Franklin, Tenn.), Song Lin (Ithaca, N.Y.), James Murray Perry IV (Anitoch, Tenn.), Christian William Allan (Encinitas, Calif.) and Blake Leeam Weeks (Franklin, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are compounds and formulations useful in treating keratin in hair and/or skin. In certain embodiments, the compounds and formulations provided herein can be used to strengthen hair, e.g., by improving the tensile strength of hair and/or improving hair elongation percentage....