ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,260, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to L'OREAL (Paris).

"Extract of bacteria of the genus Sphingomonas" was invented by Karima Labiad-Hadji (Aulnay-sous-Bois, France), Cosima Dufour-Schroif (Aulnay-sous-Bois, France), Gayane Azadiguian (Aulnay-sous-Bois, France) and Sylvie Bun (Aulnay-sous-Bois, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an extract of bacteria of the genus Sphingomonas, and compositions comprising an extract of bacteria of the genus Sphingomonas or at least one bacterium of the genus Sphingomonas for use in the prevention and/or the treatment of cutaneous reactions caused by an allergic...