ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,399, issued on Oct. 28.
"Handheld hair-styling tool for hair styling and management" was invented by Janice Williams (San Jose, Calif.), Kevin Rowett (San Jose, Calif.), Newton Paskin (San Jose, Calif.) and Shmuel Silverman (Novato, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hair-styling tool may include one or more pods that store liquid. For example, the hair-styling tool may include a removable, reusable water pod and/or a removable oil-formulation pod, which may correspond to a hair type of an individual. Moreover, during operation, the hair-styling tool may output or provide one or more discharges, such as: a steam discharge, an oi...