ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,346, issued on May 19, was assigned to Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Patch" was invented by Daisaku Nagaike (Dalton, Ga.) and Tsuyoshi Igaue (Dalton, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patch (10) comprising: a nonwoven fabric (1); and an adhesive layer (2) on the nonwoven fabric (1), wherein the adhesive layer (2) comprises a cool feeling agent, a local anesthetic and/or an anti-inflammatory analgesic, and water, and the adhesive layer (2) has a maximum thickness of 0.50 mm or more."

The patent was filed on Dec. 26, 2019, under Application No. 17/418,415.

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