US Patent Issued to SURFACTGREEN on April 21 for "Photoprotective composition comprising a glycine betaine derivative" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,320, issued on April 21, was assigned to SURFACTGREEN (Compiegne, France).

"Photoprotective composition comprising a glycine betaine derivative" was invented by Francis Galle (Rennes, France), Freddy Pessel (Rennes, France) and Xavier Roussel (Le Mans, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a photoprotective composition comprising, in a physiologically acceptable medium, at least one photoprotective compound and a surfactant comprising at least one ester derivative or amide derivative of glycine betaine. It also relates to the cosmetic use of this photoprotective composition for protecting the skin ag...