ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,289, issued on July 21, was assigned to UPL CORPORATION LIMITED (Port Louis, Mauritius) and UPL EUROPE LTD. (Cheshire, Great Britain).

"Concentrated algal extract" was invented by Aude Bernardon Mery (Port Louis, Mauritius), Arnaud LaBarre (Warrington, Great Britain), Elisabeth Douce (Warrington, Great Britain), Gregory LeCollinet (Warrington, Great Britain), Sheldon Park (Warrington, Great Britain), Celine Conan (Warrington, Great Britain), Anne Guiboileau (Warrington, Great Britain), Paul Yohan (Warrington, Great Britain) and Samantha Besse (Warrington, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a...