ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,147, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Conopco Inc. (Englewood Cliff, N.J.).

"Personal care compositions comprising a metal piroctone complex" was invented by Stephen Golding (Northwich, Great Britain), James Merrington (Wirral, Great Britain), Ian Geoffrey Wood (Chester, Great Britain) and Wei Zhao (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A personal care composition comprising a surfactant-insoluble piroctone complex and a surfactant."

The patent was filed on April 29, 2021, under Application No. 17/923,733.

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