ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,117, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to AMOREPACIFIC Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Composition and method of enhancing skin barrier using the same" was invented by Eun Jeong Choi (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hyoung June Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Tae Ryong Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Hyunjung Choi (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a composition including a compound of the following chemical formula as an active ingredient, and a method of enhancing a skin barrier by applying it to the skin:"

The patent was filed on Oct. 23, 2019, under Application No. 17/288,109.

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