US Patent Issued to KAO on Oct. 27 for "Water-in-oil emulsified sunscreen cosmetic" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,377, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to KAO Corp. (Tokyo).

"Water-in-oil emulsified sunscreen cosmetic" was invented by Jun Kurihara (Sumida-ku, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a water-in-oil emulsified sunscreen cosmetic having easiness to spread while applying and is unlikely to decrease SPF value when the applied site is wet with water while containing a high content of the hydrophobized ultraviolet scattering agent.A water-in-oil emulsified sunscreen cosmetic containing the following components (A), (B), (C), and (D): (A) 10 mass % or more and 50 mass % or less of a hydrophobized ultraviolet scattering agent, (B)...