ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,698, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Drexel University (Philadelphia).

"Compositions and methods for treating or preventing dermal disorders" was invented by Christian Sell (Conshohocken, Pa.), Timothy Nacarelli (Norristown, Pa.) and Ashley Azar (North Wales, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention includes compositions and methods for treating or preventing certain dermal disorders including dermal atrophy, pseudoscars, actinic keratosis, seborrheic or actinic keratoses, lentigines, focal areas of dermal thickening, and coarse wrinkles. In certain embodiments, the compositions useful within the invention comprise...