ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,499, issued on June 10.

"Hand-held cosmetic dispenser" was invented by Richard Masud (Pasadena, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hand-held cosmetic dispenser having a housing with a first end and a second end, the housing having a nozzle coupled to a first end of the housing, a power source disposed within the housing, a spray button coupled to the housing, a cosmetic fluid compartment disposed within the housing and configured to receive and retain a fluid cosmetic, a gas compartment configured to receive and retain a gas cannister, and a gas controlling system disposed within the housing. The gas controlling system having a ...