US Patent Issued to The Trustees of Princeton University, The University of Utah on Sept. 8 for "Sunscreens derived from kynurenines and other UV-absorbing oxidized amino acids bound to peptides or polymers" (Colorado, New Jersey, Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,086, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, N.J.) and The University of Utah (Salt Lake City).

"Sunscreens derived from kynurenines and other UV-absorbing oxidized amino acids bound to peptides or polymers" was invented by Micah T. Nelp (Montrose, Colo.), Anthony P. Young (Salt Lake City) and John T. Groves (Princeton, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides compositions of matter comprising a polymer or peptide bound to an oxidized amino acid or an analog thereof. The present disclosure also provides packaging materials, consumer products, and cosmetic products...