ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,520, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Melanogenesis detection method using FAM86A" was invented by Jae Youl Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yo Han Hong (Goyang-si, South Korea) and Sang Hee Park (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a melanogenesis detection method using FAM86A, and the like. The level of FAM86A of the present invention decreases according to an increase in the amount of melanin secretion or formation, and thus the present invention can whiten the skin by using protein FAM86A or an agonist ...