US Patent Issued to ESPIKEM, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE on Sept. 30 for "Bioactive peptides and compositions comprising them" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,444, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to ESPIKEM S.R.L. (Prato, Italy) and UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE (Florence, Italy).

"Bioactive peptides and compositions comprising them" was invented by Fosca Errante (Prato, Italy), Lisa Giovannelli (Fiesole, Italy), Anna Maria Papini (Florence, Italy) and Paolo Rovero (Florence, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to bioactive peptides and to the cosmeceutical compositions containing them, useful for the prevention and treatment of the signs of skin aging, such as wrinkles, fine lines and loss of firmness and elasticity of the skin, thanks to their efficac...