ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,307, issued on July 8, was assigned to RENOVION INC. (Chapel Hill, N.C.).

"Stable ascorbic acid compositions and methods of using same" was invented by Dan Copeland (Chapel Hill, N.C.) and Carolyn Durham (Chapel Hill, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The application is directed a composition comprising organic acid (e.g., ascorbic acid), glutathione, a glutathione derivative, a glutathione conjugate, a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof, or any combination thereof, and methods of using the same. In certain aspects the application is directed to glutathione, a glutathione derivative, a glutathione conjugate, a pharmaceutically...