ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,594, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Institut Gustave Roussy (Villejuif, France), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (Paris) and Universite Paris-Saclay (Saint-Aubin, France).

"Injectable water-in-oil emulsions and uses thereof" was invented by Frederic Deschamps (Paris), Thierry De Baere (Chevilly Larue, France), Lambros Tselikas (Charenton Le Pont, France), Thomas Isoardo (Bourg-La-Reine, France), Nicolas Huang (Paris), Laurence Moine (Saint Cloud, France), Nicolas Tsapis (Paris) and Elias Fattal (Paris).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a water-in-oil emulsion comprising a continuous oil pha...