ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,182, issued on June 30, was assigned to SKINSHIP INC. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Skin whitening mask, skin whitening device, and skin whitening method using same" was invented by Boncheol Goo (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a skin whitening mask and device, and a skin whitening method using the same. The mask includes a contact layer having a lower portion in contact with a face surface of a user and provided as a flexible material and at least one thermoelectric module applying cold to a user's face. A heat dissipation layer above the thermoelectric module contacts the second main surface of the thermoele...