ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,978, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Anisa International Inc. (Atlanta).

"Cosmetics brush holder" was invented by Anisa Telwar Kaicker (Atlanta) and Shuai Chen (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cosmetics brush holder includes a holder base defined at a lower end of the cosmetics brush holder, the holder base defining an inner base surface and an outer base surface opposite the inner base surface; and a holder sidewall defining an undulating pattern about a circumference of the holder sidewall, the holder sidewall defining an inner sidewall surface and an outer sidewall surface opposite the inner sidewall surface, the inner s...