ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,191, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to L'OREAL (Paris).

"Stabilization of thiopyridinone compound and yellowing reduction of composition comprising same" was invented by Romain Tachon (Kawasaki, Japan), Amelie Prevot-Gueguiniat (Aulnay-Sous-Bois, France) and Makoto Saito (Kawasaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a composition comprising: (a) at least one thiopyridinone compound; and (b) at least one fatty acid comprising 18 or more carbon atoms, wherein the amount of the (b) fatty acid(s) comprising 18 or more carbon atoms in the composition is 10% by weight or more, preferably 12% by weight ...