ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,845, issued on June 17, was assigned to Colgate-Palmolive Co. (New York).

"Emulsion-based personal care compositions and methods for the same" was invented by Nadine Dewdney (Union, N.J.), Mavis Dennis (Sayreville, N.J.) and Jodie Parker (Parsippany, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Emulsion-based personal care compositions and methods for preparing the same are provided. The personal care compositions may include an emulsion of a hydrophobic phase and a hydrophilic phase. The hydrophobic phase may include an emulsifying system including a first nonionic surfactant and a second nonionic surfactant, where a weight ratio of the firs...