ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,855, issued on May 12, was assigned to Procell Therapies LLC (Austin, Texas).

"Hyperpigmentation treatment cream and serum" was invented by Mitchell Schwartz (Clearwater Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions for skin creams and serums are provided for treating skin hyperpigmentation, the compositions including cysteamine, tranexamic acid, niacinamide, tetrapeptide 30, DNA repair enzymes, and human growth factors. A formulation for the skin cream or serum includes 5% cysteamine by weight, 5% tranexamic acid by weight, 4% niacinamide by weight, 1% tetrapeptide 30 by weight, in which the tetrapeptide 30 includes the fol...