ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,509, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to L'OREAL (Paris).

"Cosmetic composition comprising a pasty fatty substance and a non-ionic derivative of hydrophobic-modified cellulose" was invented by Raluca Lorant (Thiais, France), Mathieu Chabrillangeas (Paris), Nathalie Boileau-Lete (Bondoufle, France) and Sonia Eyraud (Maison-Alfort, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a composition, in the form of an emulsion comprising a polyester from the esterification, with a polycarboxylic acid, of an aliphatic hydroxycarboxylic acid ester comprising at least two hydroxyl groups and at least one nonionic cellulose derivative comprising...