ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,834, issued on June 2, was assigned to M and J Properties Joint Venture (Dallas).

"Topical skin care compositions" was invented by Matthew Schirle (Mansfield, Texas) and David William Provance (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are compositions and their use for the treatment of human skin, particularly facial skin, to alleviate the symptoms of cosmetic or dermatologic skin conditions. The compositions include black willow bark extract, cats claw extract, and dragon's blood extract. The compositions ameliorate skin conditions including acne, rosacea, blemish, dermatitis, eczema, or the like."

The patent ...