ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,548, issued on July 15, was assigned to BOTANECO INC. (Calgary, Canada).
"Sunscreen formulations comprising an oleosome suspension and an acidic buffering system" was invented by Soo In Yang (Calgary, Canada), Shuanghui Liu (Calgary, Canada), Geoffrey Brooks (Reno, Nev.) and Yves Lanctot (Deux-Montagnes, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for making an oleosome-based sunscreen formulation are provided. The methods involve preparing an oleosome suspension buffered at a pH in a range from about pH 3 to about pH 6, and contacting the oleosome formulation with a sunscreen active agent to prepare a sunscreen formulation. The su...