ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,585, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to WE-WIN BIO-MEDICAL Co. LTD. (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).

"Antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, ANTI-UVB, anti-allergic, whitening, and anti-wrinkle roselle seed extract" was invented by Hui-Ping Hsieh (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Chen Hsieh (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Fang-Rong Chang (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Chia-Hua Liang (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Yen-Chang Chen (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) and Yi-Hong Tsai (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A use of extracts of roselle seeds for preparing a composition of antioxidant, anti-inflammation, anti-UVB, anti-allergy, whitening, moisturizing, and anti-wrinkle, wherein the extracts o...