ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,323, issued on May 19, was assigned to Oxygen Innovation SRL (Padua, Italy).

"Cosmetic kit and its use as a make-up product" was invented by Riccardo Rossi (Padua, Italy) and Daniela Ricci (Padua, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cosmetic kit includes a skin staining composition of (i) a monovalent salt of alginic acid, a water-soluble colorant, and water and (ii) an activating composition of water and a cosmetically acceptable salt of calcium or magnesium. Also disclosed is a method for cosmetically treating or making up the human skin by using the cosmetic kit useful in making up lips, eyelids and eyebrows."

The patent was fi...