ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,088, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Skin care emulsion composition with clean polymers and emulsifiers" was invented by Shawn David McConaughy (Cincinnati), Andrew Michael Hodowanec (Cincinnati), Tricia Jean Rist (Mason, Ohio) and Thomas Arthur Sturgis (Mason, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A skin care composition in the form of an emulsion with a continuous phase that includes a polymer and water and a dispersed phase that includes two or more emollients and an emulsifier. The polymer is an acrylate/taurate copolymer that can be compatible with polyglyceryl-3 cetearyl ether olivate, s...