ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,474, issued on June 3.
"Cosmetic composition comprising dead lactic acid bacteria lactobacillus plantarum mass or culture of lactic acid bacteria for preventing or alleviating skin aging" was invented by Hyojung Kim (Incheon, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a cosmetic composition for preventing or improving aging that comprises a culture of one or more lactic acid bacteria selected from a group consisting of Lactobacillus plantarum Wikim 125 (Accession No. KCCM13498P) isolated from Kimchi and Lactobacillus plantarum Wikim 126 (Accession No. KCCM13499P) and the Lactobacillus plantarum Wikim 1...