ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,618, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to APTAR FRANCE SAS (Le Neubourg, France).
"Lipstick refill" was invented by Sebastien Bilquez (Marcilly sur Eure, France) and Alex Milian (Les Baux de Breteuil, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Lipstick refill having a cup, a stick of lipstick received in the cup so as to jointly form a refill entity, and a case in which the refill entity is fixedly and removably received, the case forming a longitudinal indentation. The cup is provided with a push-button radially projecting on the outside of the case and passing through said longitudinal indentation."
The patent was filed on Nov. 15, 202...