US Patent Issued to Sol-Gel Technologies on March 25 for "Stabilized microcapsules, method of their preparation and uses thereof" (Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,348, issued on March 25, was assigned to Sol-Gel Technologies Ltd. (Ness Ziona, Israel).

"Stabilized microcapsules, method of their preparation and uses thereof" was invented by Ofer Toledano (Kfar Saba, Israel), Karine Neimann (Ness Ziona, Israel), Danil Finkel-Moiseev (Rehovot, Israel), Maya Erlich (Ness Ziona, Israel) and Dorit Marco (Rehovot, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application is directed to stabilized core-shell microcapsules comprising a core of benzoyl peroxide (BPO) or all trans retinoic acid (ATRA) and a metal-oxide shell; and to pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use thereof."

The patent...