ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,071, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Conopco Inc. (Hoboken, N.J.).

"Personal care composition with visually distinct aqueous and oil phase" was invented by Lanhua Liu (Shanghai), Chandersekar Loganathan (Shanghai), Qiang Qiu (Easton, Conn.) and Yang Zhang (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a multi-phase personal care composition comprising an aqueous phase, and an oil phase comprising volatile silicone, fatty acid amide and retinoid, wherein the aqueous phase is visually distinct from and in physical contact with the oil phase."

The patent was filed on April 21, 2021, under Application No. 17/918,353.

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