US Patent Issued to Kenvue Brands LLC/Inria (Institut national de recherche en informatique et en automatique) on May 20 for "Analysis and characterization of epithelial tissue structure" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,120, issued on May 20, was assigned to Kenvue Brands LLC/Inria (Institut national de recherche en informatique et en automatique) (Summit, N.J.).

"Analysis and characterization of epithelial tissue structure" was invented by Xavier Descombes (Sophia Antipolis, France), Imane Lboukili (Val de Reuil, France), Thierry Oddos (Clamart, France) and Georgios N. Stamatas (Val de Reuil, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for non-invasive or minimally invasive assessment of epithelial tissue structure are disclosed. Digital imaging and processing are used to identify cell locations. More specifically, an automated algorithm that may...