ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,138, issued on April 22, was assigned to CHLITINA INTELLIGENCE Ltd. (Tortola, British Virgin Islands).

"Dedifferentiated cell extract of Bletilla and method for whitening, anti-oxidation and anti-wrinkling applying the same, and cosmetic comprising the same" was invented by Ruei-Ting Wang (Taipei, Taiwan), Yi-Cian Lai (Taipei, Taiwan) and Wei-Ping Wang (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a Bletilla dedifferentiated cell extract by carbon dioxide supercritical extraction, which has triple cosmetic efficacies of whitening, anti-oxidation and anti-wrinkling, and the advantages of low skin irritat...