US Patent Issued to LG HOUSEHOLD & HEALTH CARE, TAI GUK PHARM. IND. on Oct. 14 for "Brightening cosmetic composition comprising sodium pyruvate as active ingredient" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,433, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to LG HOUSEHOLD & HEALTH CARE LTD. (Seoul, South Korea) and TAI GUK PHARM. IND. Co. LTD. (Chungcheongnam-go, South Korea).

"Brightening cosmetic composition comprising sodium pyruvate as active ingredient" was invented by Seon Guk Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Oun Young Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Jin Hyun Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Jun Mun Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Nae Gyu Kang (Seoul, South Korea), Seong Heon Hong (Seoul, South Korea) and Seo Hun Roh (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a brightening use of a composition including sodium pyruvate and one or more s...