ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,927, issued on July 1, was assigned to L'Oreal (Paris).

"Conformable point array for discretized cosmetic design application" was invented by David B. Kosecoff (San Francisco) and Franck Giron (Clichy, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems, and methods for applying cosmetic designs to biological subjects are provided. An applicator array device may include a substrate. The applicator array device may also include, a plurality of applicator elements disposed on the substrate, together defining an applicator array. Each applicator element may include an applicator member having a length substantially orthogonal to an ou...