ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,220,042, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to CHANEL PARFUMS BEAUTE (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France).

"Cosmetic product applicator including spiralling branches and set including such an applicator" was invented by Paulo Fogueteiro (Neuilly sur Seine, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cosmetic-product applicator including an application endpiece and a gripping element adapted to be grasped by a user, the application endpiece including branches which extend while spiraling around a main axis so that they define a cavity having an axisymmetric general shape around the main axis. The application endpiece is mounted free in rotation about the...