ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,512, issued on April 29, was assigned to CJ CHEILJEDANG Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Composition comprising allulose as active ingredient for skin whitening" was invented by Joo Hee Lim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Ji Eun Park (Seoul, South Korea), Su Jeong Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Youn Kyung Park (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Sung Bae Byun (Sejong, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a cosmetic composition for skin whitening."

The patent was filed on Dec. 13, 2019, under Application No. 17/312,213.

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