ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,154, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to L'OREAL (Paris).

"Fatty-oil-free, low-friction cleanser with high-foaming properties" was invented by Nicholas David Stebbins (Clark, N.J.), Susan Halpern Chirch (Basking Ridge, N.J.), Ryuji Hara (Westfield, N.J.) and Paul Pierre Bonvallet (Westfield, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inventive cleansing composition includes at least one polysaccharide derivative selected from holosides and a non-sulfated glycosaminoglycan, the at least one polysaccharide derivative, and a blend of two or more surfactants, the blend of two or more surfactants, selected from anionic surfactants, amphoteric/...