ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,978, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"External-use composition" was invented by Masahiko Komorisono (Ibaraki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition for external use comprising (A) an ascorbic acid compound, derivatives and salts thereof; (B) an edetic acid salt; (C) a glycyrrhizic acid salt; (D) a heparinoid; and (E) water and an ascorbic acid compound-containing composition for external use in which precipitation under low-temperature storage conditions is suppressed."

The patent was filed on June 19, 2019, under Application No. 17/255,007.

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