ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,866, issued on May 12, was assigned to MARY KAY INC. (Addison, Texas).
"Topical compositions and methods" was invented by Greg Norman (Addison, Texas), David Gan (Southlake, Texas), Michelle Hines (Hickory Creek, Texas), Lisha Vanpelt (Addison, Texas), Wanli Zhao (Addison, Texas), Barbara Durkee (Addison, Texas), Lee Vickers (Addison, Texas) and Patricia Jacoby (Addison, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates generally to methods of use and compositions useful for moisturizing skin and/or lightening or whitening skin. The composition includes a combination of Angelica acutiloba root extract and a Salicornia...