ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,736, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to L'OREAL (Paris).
"Punica granatum extract and its cosmetic uses" was invented by Steve Pannakal (Bengaluru, India) and Arun Duraisamy (Bengaluru, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are an extract of Punica granatum comprising at least 10% by weight of the total weight of the dry extract, of punicalagins, and at least 10% by weight of the total weight of the dry extract of ellagic acid; wherein the weight ratio of the ellagic acid to the punicalagins ranges from 0.5 to 2; and a method of preparation of the extract. Also, provided is a preparation comprising the extract and at least on...