ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,091, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to LABORATOIRES M&L (Manosque, France).

"Cosmetic use of an oily extract from distillation residue of immortelle as a skin brightening agent" was invented by Cedric Khan (Pierrevert, France), Valerie Cenizo (Meyrargues, France) and Virginie Rouquet (Manosque, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to the cosmetic use of an oily extract from solid residue of immortelle as a brightening agent for the complexion. The invention also relates to a cosmetic composition comprising, in a physiologically acceptable medium, an oily extract of immortelle draff and hexylresorcinol,...