ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,149, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to LG HOUSEHOLD & HEALTH CARE LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Cosmetic composition for lips with improved glossiness and degree of color smudging" was invented by Yoonha Cho (Seoul, South Korea), Nam-Seo Son (Seoul, South Korea) and Seona Jeong (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a cosmetic composition for lips with improved glossiness and an improved degree of color smudging. More specifically, the present invention relates to a cosmetic composition for lips which contains a hydrogenated styrene/isoprene copolymer, a VP/hexadecene copolymer, and a silsesq...