ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,115, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to DOC MARTIN'S OF MAUI (Kihei, Hawaii).

"Sunscreen composition comprising visible light protecting agents and methods of use" was invented by Christopher Ryan Stahl (Pioneertown, Calif.), Curtis Allan Cole (New Holland, Pa.) and George Michael Martin (Kula, Hawaii).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein is a method of reducing or preventing sunburn caused from visible and ultraviolet radiation in a subject, the method comprising topically applying to the subject a sunscreen composition comprising at least one inorganic UV filtering agent selected from zinc oxide or titanium dioxide; at le...