US Patent Issued to The Procter & Gamble on Jan. 20 for "Skin care compositions and methods of using the same" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,730, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Skin care compositions and methods of using the same" was invented by Tomohiro Hakozaki (Cincinnati), Leo Timothy Laughlin II (Mason, Ohio) and Jiazhen Wang (Dayton, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A skin care composition that contains a combination of a vitamin B3 compound, nicotinoyl tetrapeptide-30 (N-PKEK) [SEQ ID NO: 1], and a dermatologically acceptable carrier is described. The combination of N-PKEK [SEQ ID NO: 1] and vitamin B3 compound synergistically exhibits a dendricity reduction and exhibits a synergy factor greater than 1."

The patent w...