ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,527, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to L'OREAL (Paris).

"Device for storing and dispensing at least two cosmetic products and related method" was invented by JinSeok Kim (Shanghai), Venkatesh Sheregar (Shanghai), Christophe Faucheur (Clichy, France), Hui Zhang (Shanghai) and Nicolas Albisetti (Clichy, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for packaging and dispensing a cosmetic product prepared by mixing a first and a second bulk comprises: a bottle defining a bottle reservoir containing the first bulk; a cartridge defining a cartridge reservoir containing the second bulk and comprising a seal, the cartridge being arranged be...