US Patent Issued to L'Oreal on Jan. 27 for "Applicator for applying a haircare product, and associated application method" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,951, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to L'Oreal (Paris).

"Applicator for applying a haircare product, and associated application method" was invented by Henri Samain (Chevilly-Larue, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The applicator for applying a haircare product comprises a base 12 and spikes 14 protruding with respect to the base. At least a plurality of spikes 14 each have a cross section of elongate shape in at least one direction of extension. At least some of the spikes of said plurality of spikes are made at least partially of porous material that is able to absorb said haircare product."

The patent was filed on May 22, 2...