ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,018, issued on March 17, was assigned to SYMRISE AG (Holzminden, Germany).

"Active agents for skin and hair care with sensory modifying properties" was invented by Manuel Pesaro (Vernier, Switzerland), Sabine Lange (Holzminden, Germany), Ricarda Kraling (Holzminden, Germany) and Christin Koch (Detmold, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention primarily relates to the use of a fatty acid ester or of a mixture of two or more fatty acid esters or of a mixture comprising one or more fatty acid esters, wherein the fatty acid ester or one, two, three or more, preferably all, of the fatty acid ester(s) is/are selected f...