ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,335, issued on March 25, was assigned to Colgate-Palmolive Co. (New York).

"Personal care compositions" was invented by Aixing Fan (Bridgewater, N.J.), Thomas Boyd (Metuchen, N.J.) and Lan Le (Pennsauken, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are personal care compositions comprising a solid vinylpyrrolidone/vinyl acetate copolymer; a vinylpyrrolidone/vinyl acetate copolymer; and a cosmetically acceptable carrier. Methods of making and using the same are also described."

The patent was filed on Dec. 6, 2018, under Application No. 17/309,540.

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