ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,359, issued on May 13, was assigned to DSM IP ASSETS B.V. (Heerlen, Netherlands).

"Computer-based method for determining a sunscreen composition comprising a plurality of UV filter substances" was invented by Alexander Schlifke (Kaiseraugst, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-based method for determining a sunscreen composition comprising a plurality of UV filter substances, comprises the steps of selecting at least one constraint for at least one characteristic of the composition to be determined (step 30), the at least one constraint comprising a sunscreen performance target; selecting an optimization objective f...