ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,267, issued on June 17, was assigned to L'OREAL (Paris).

"Packaging device for a cosmetic product" was invented by Stephane Leroux (Clichy, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a packaging device (10) for a cosmetic product comprising: a cosmetic product reservoir (12); a seal (14) mounted fixed on an edge of a reservoir opening (22); and a cover (16) that can be removably assembled to the reservoir in a closed position; said cover comprising a closing element (62) capable of cooperating with the seal to close and seal the opening in the closed position. The seal comprises a tubular skirt (30) for receiving ...