ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,416, issued on July 1, was assigned to BIC-VIOLEX S.A. (Anixi, Greece).

"Skin engaging member for razor cartridge comprising skin active ingredient" was invented by Athanasia Panou (Agiou Athanasiou, Greece).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A skin engaging member is attached to a razor cartridge. The skin engaging member includes a water-insoluble material and a water-soluble material. The skin engaging member also includes a thermally tolerant skin active ingredient capable of treating and/or preventing skin redness or skin irritation. The skin active ingredient can be at least one terpenic acid derivative or its salts, strombine or a s...