ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,594, issued on April 15, was assigned to L'Oreal (Paris).

"Formulation delivery systems, devices, and methods" was invented by Ji Lee (New York), Carolina Canamaque (Madrid) and Joseph Grez (North Bend, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Formulation delivery systems, formulation delivery devices, and formulation cartridges for the same are provided. Formulation delivery systems include a reusable handle, a formulation dispensing assembly, and a controller. The formulation dispensing assembly includes a reciprocating nozzle assembly and a pump. The reciprocating nozzle assembly is fluidically coupleable to the formulation cartridge o...