US Patent Issued to KAO on July 28 for "Method for preparing RNA derived from skin surface lipids" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,490, issued on July 28, was assigned to KAO Corp. (Tokyo).

"Method for preparing RNA derived from skin surface lipids" was invented by Tetsuya Kuwano (Kawasaki, Japan) and Takayoshi Inoue (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a method for collecting RNA contained in skin surface lipids (SSL). A method for preparing SSL-derived RNA. In this method, an aqueous solution containing RNA prepared from SSL of a subject is mixed with a water-soluble organic solvent, and the resulting mixture is allowed to contact with a solid phase material to separate RNA. By adjusting the concentration of the water-soluble organic solvent in th...