ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,217, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to L'OREAL (Paris).

"Cosmetic compositions comprising high amounts of hydroxypropyl tetrahydropyrantriol" was invented by Angelike Galdi (Westfiled, N.J.) and Yon Jae Yoon (Roselle, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to stable cosmetic compositions containing high amounts of hydroxypropyl tetrahydropyrantriol. The cosmetic compositions further include water, silicone oils, and crosslinked emulsifying silicone elastomers, and co-emulsifier silicones chosen from dimethicone copolyols. Methods for stabilizing the cosmetic compositions containing high amounts of hydroxy...