US Patent Issued to MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS JAPAN on March 31 for "Method for producing silica particles and their use in cosmetic compositions" (Japanese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,061, issued on March 31, was assigned to MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS JAPAN LLC (Tokyo).

"Method for producing silica particles and their use in cosmetic compositions" was invented by Horie Yutaka (Kanagawa, Japan), Benjamin Falk (Tarrytown, N.Y.), Qinghua Li (Kanagawa, Japan), Amar Pawar (Tarrytown, N.Y.) and Koji Suenaga (Gunma, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to silica particles comprising repeating units of (SiO4/2) that are spherical in shape, which has the benefit of compatibility with personal care components and the resulting personal care applications. The present disclosure also relat...