US Patent Issued to L'OREAL on July 1 for "Compositions and methods for treating keratinous substrates" (New Jersey, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,411, issued on July 1, was assigned to L'OREAL (Paris).

"Compositions and methods for treating keratinous substrates" was invented by Dongcui Li (Metuchen, N.J.), Heather Lee (Wayne, N.J.) and Jun Liang (Staten Island, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are semi-solid gel compositions comprising (a) a gelling oil phase comprising: i) at least one oil gelator; ii) at least one fatty alcohol; and iii) at least one fatty compound other than (ii); wherein said gelling oil phase is present in an amount of from at least about 50% by weight, relative to the weight of the total composition; and (b) a lamellar crystalline aqueous ge...