US Patent Issued to WELEDA on March 31 for "Cosmetic composition containing an extract from opuntia ficus indica" (Swiss, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,066, issued on March 31, was assigned to WELEDA AG (Arlesheim, Switzerland).

"Cosmetic composition containing an extract from opuntia ficus indica" was invented by Alissa Karyne Da Silva (Aesch, Switzerland), Katarzyna Hanni-Ciunel (Magden, Switzerland), Daniel Heizler (Basel, Switzerland), Alicia Idoux (Battwil, Switzerland), Helene Therese Anne Kapfer (Saint Louis, France) and Meike Schmitt (Emmendingen, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a cosmetic composition containing a hydrocolloidal extract of Opuntia ficus indica, wherein mucilages are selectively enriched. Furthermore, the invention relates...