ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,413, issued on July 1, was assigned to L'OREAL (Paris).

"Vegan semi-solid cosmetic composition" was invented by Monika Lushka (Towaco, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vegan anhydrous semi-solid composition may be provided, that includes at least 30% by weight of an organic solvent, a rheology modifier system, 5-15% by weight of waxes, and a particulate. The rheology modify system includes disteardimonium hectorite and silica silylate, where there is a ratio R1 of a percent by weight of disteardimonium hectorite to silica silylate that is 2.1less than equal toR1less than equal to6. The waxes include a hard wax and a soft wax. The...