ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,937, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to OCuSOFT Inc. (Rosenberg, Texas).

"Ointments for treating dry skin" was invented by Nat Adkins (Rosenberg, Texas), Troy Smith (Rosenberg, Texas), Paramita Sarkar (Rosenberg, Texas) and Brandon Sands (Rosenberg, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition for treating dry skin includes therapeutically active concentrations of one or more skin protecting lipids in an oleaginous base. The skin protecting lipids can include a sphingolipid and at least one oil. The composition is intended for application on the skin surrounding the eyes. The composition is configured to form a protective, occl...