US Patent Issued to Shiseido on Sept. 23 for "Compositions and methods for application over skin" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,906, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Shiseido Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Compositions and methods for application over skin" was invented by Ariya Akthakul (Boston), Nithin Ramadurai (Wakefield, Mass.), Amir Nashat (Boston), Daniela Beccati (Watertown, Mass.) and Melaney Bouthillette (Newton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are compositions that can form a covering, layer, film, device, and/or prosthetic skin that can be comfortably worn to provide skin barrier function, skin hydration and therapeutic and aesthetic benefits. The present invention provides novel compositions that have low tackiness and form quickly,...