ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,499, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to MC2 Therapeutics Ltd. (Guildford, Great Britain).

"Topical composition" was invented by Nigel Crutchley (Guildford, Great Britain), Michelle Georgiou (Guildford, Great Britain), Stephen Lenon (Guildford, Great Britain) and Morten Praestegaard (Guildford, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a composition for topical application comprising a polyaphron dispersion, the polyaphron dispersion comprising a continuous aqueous phase and at least one discontinuous oil phase, wherein the polyaphron dispersion comprises calcipotriol, betamethasone dipropionate, al...