ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,561, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to ELC Management LLC (Melville, N.Y.).
"Self-tanning compositions" was invented by Wilson A. Lee (Hauppauge, N.Y.) and Jacklyn Dowling (Farmingville, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a cosmetic composition comprising DHA in combination with defined amounts of acrylates/VA copolymer and acrylates copolymer in a cosmetically acceptable base or delivery vehicle. When applied topically, these compositions have much less malodor that known DHA-containing products while providing a tan with even coloration that is more natural looking than many DHA-induced self-tans....