US Patent Issued to Tata Consultancy Services on July 21 for "Sunscreen composition containing biodegradable antimicrobial polymer nanoparticles as ultraviolet filter" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,702, issued on July 21, was assigned to Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Mumbai, India).

"Sunscreen composition containing biodegradable antimicrobial polymer nanoparticles as ultraviolet filter" was invented by Auhin Kumar Maparu (Pune, India), Ashish Masarkar (Pune, India) and Beena Rai (Pune, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Nanomaterials are an important class of materials for sunscreens. Conventional metal oxide nanoparticles are toxic in nature and leave white patches on skin after application. This disclosure provides a sunscreen composition containing biodegradable antimicrobial polymer nanoparticles as UV filter. The suns...