ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,328, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to ISP INVESTMENTS LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Hair styling compositions comprising polygalactomanans, and method for using the same" was invented by David C. Streuli (Wayne, N.J.), Gijsbert Kroon (Giessenburg, Netherlands) and Cristina Rae Ventura (Westfield, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hair styling composition comprising at least one cationically modified polygalactomannan having a molecular weight in a range of from about 40 to about 1100 KDa and at least one cosmetic ingredient is disclosed. Also disclosed is a method of use thereof and a process for preparing the same."

The patent was...