ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,773, issued on April 15, was assigned to K&K BIOTECH (Albuquerque, N.M.).
"Cosmetic compositions and methods of use" was invented by Kristina Trujillo (Placitas, N.M.) and Katie Uilk (Albuquerque, N.M.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to substituted stilbenes and dienones which exhibit unexpected dual activity, as inhibitors of NFKappaB and as agonists (activators) of Nrf2. In particular, these compounds show dual activity and it has been discovered that these compounds are particularly useful in the treatment of certain cosmetic applications and in rejuvenating and beautifying skin and other keratinous tis...