ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,245,679, issued on March 11, was assigned to CHROMAVIS S.p.A. (Offanengo, Italy).
"Make-up product" was invented by Giorgio Guizzetti (Vimercate, Italy), Mauro Gaboardi (Pizzighettone, Italy), Sergio Valvassori (Ripalta Cremasca, Italy) and Thibaut Fraisse (Offanengo, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A make-up product (1) comprising a transfer or writing surface (2), at least one part (3) of said transfer surface (2) having a surface finish featuring parallel grooves (S), so as to determine a plurality of relief elements (P), each with at least a first face (A) and a second face (B) facing the exposed surface of the said part (3) of...