ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,623, issued on April 14, was assigned to Shiseido Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Skin compositions and methods of use thereof" was invented by Betty Yu (Cambridge, Mass.), Joseph Lomakin (Cambridge, Mass.), Soo-Young Kang (Newton, Mass.) and Benjamin W. Adams (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are body corrective cosmetic formulations and methods of use thereof."

The patent was filed on June 29, 2017, under Application No. 15/638,059.

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