ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,769, issued on April 15, was assigned to THE BOOTS COMPANY PLC (Nottingham, Great Britain).

"Skincare compositions" was invented by Matthew Kelly (Ockbrook, Great Britain), Julian Cocking (Nottingham, Great Britain) and Helen Sisson (Nottingham, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to the present invention there is provided a multi-phase, fluid skincare composition comprising (a) at least one cream phase; and (b) at least one gel phase; wherein the cream phase and the gel phase are visually distinct phases that are packaged in physical contact; wherein the viscosity ratio of the cream phase to the gel phase is 1.25 o...