ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,034, issued on May 13, was assigned to KAO GERMANY GMBH (Darmstadt, Germany).
"Reshaping composition for keratin fibers" was invented by Steven Breakspear (Darmstadt, Germany), Niu Jian (Darmstadt, Germany) and Bernd Nocker (Darmstadt, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Reshaping compositions, methods or processes, and kits-of-part reshape keratin fibers. The reshaping composition is a non-reducing, non-oxidizing composition for keratin fibers having a pH in the range of 7 to 12, and comprising a) one or more organic alkalizing agents having a pKa of less than 9.0, b) one or more lipophilic compounds being liquid at 25deg C. and ...