ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,239, issued on May 26, was assigned to LG HOUSEHOLD & HEALTH CARE LTD. (Seoul, South Korea) and TAI GUK PHARM. IND. Co. LTD. (Buyeo-gun, South Korea).

"Hydroquinone stabilizing composition" was invented by Mi-Na Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Seung-Hyun Jun (Seoul, South Korea), Hyun-Min Hwang (Seoul, South Korea), Na-Eun Yook (Seoul, South Korea), Mun-Ju Shin (Seoul, South Korea) and Seo-Hun Roh (Buyeo-gun, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided in the present disclosure is a composition comprising hydroquinone or a derivative thereof as an active ingredient, and characterized in that the hydroquinone or the derivative thereo...