ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,021, issued on March 17, was assigned to Rohm and Haas Co. (Collegeville, Pa.), Dow Silicones Corp. (Midland, Mich.) and Union Carbide Corp. (Seadrift, Texas).

"Method of making and using a skin moisturizing formulation" was invented by Ying O'Connor (Coatesville, Pa.), Emmett M. Partain III (Bound Brook, N.J.), Lyndsay M. Leal (Spring City, Pa.), Jennifer P. Todd (Willow Grove, Pa.), Sokhomari S. Suon (Ardmore, Pa.) and Anne-Marie Vincent (Seneffe, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for making a skin moisturizing formulation is provided, comprising: providing a dermatologically acceptable vehicle; selecting a skin mois...