ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,275, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION (Seoul, South Korea).

"Cosmetic composition containing graphene quantum dots as active ingredient" was invented by Su Gyeong Jeong (Seoul, South Korea), Byung Hee Hong (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seo Yeon Kyung (Seoul, South Korea), Yong Seok Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Ju Hee Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Seok Kyun Yoon (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Hyeon Ju Yeo (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Seung Hyun Kang (Seoul, South Korea) and Myeong Sam Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention pertains to a cosmetic composition, quasi-drug ...