ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,509, issued on April 29, was assigned to MARY KAY INC. (Addison, Texas).
"Glyceryl and glycol acid compounds" was invented by Anton A. Mentlik (Dallas) and James Swanzy (Arlington, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a composition comprising a glycol di-salicylate or a glycol di-benzoate compound having the following structure:where R is OH or H, n is 1 or 2, and where the composition further includes a glycol mono-salicylate compound or a glycol mono-benzoate compound."
The patent was filed on Sept. 13, 2023, under Application No. 18/367,713.
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