ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,969, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to L'OREAL (Paris).
"Method for manufacturing an injection-molded article, in particular a bottle preform" was invented by Jean-Marie Hervet (Clichy, France), Judith Veniez (Aulnay sous Bois, France), Aurelien Petit (Aulnay sous Bois, France) and Olivier Farnault (Aulnay sous Bois, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing an injection-molded article, preferably a preform (11) of a bottle (1), in particular an aerosol bottle, made of a crystallizable polymer material, this article having at least one crystallized part (3), in particular a neck, and preferably a tubular body ...