ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,111, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to LEADING EDGE INNOVATIONS LLC (Branchburg, N.J.).

"System, method, and composition for skin improvement and transient flora reduction" was invented by James Michael Wilmott (Bangor, Pa.) and Michael Alan Ross (Nazareth, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition for reducing transient flora on skin and improving the condition of the skin includes Ethanol or Isopropanol in an amount that is in a range from at least 60% to about 95% v/v of the composition and a hydrophobe-in-water dispersion. The composition can be prepared by homogenizing and high-pressure high-shearing a mixture of water,...