US Patent Issued to L'OREAL on May 6 for "Cosmetic and personal care compositions containing cationic surfactants and anionic compounds" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,589, issued on May 6, was assigned to L'OREAL (Paris).

"Cosmetic and personal care compositions containing cationic surfactants and anionic compounds" was invented by XianZhi Zhou (Millburn, N.J.) and Siliu Tan (Westfield, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The instant disclosure relates to cosmetic compositions that include a non-hydrophobically modified anionic polymer; a cationic surfactant, including a cationizable surfactant; a fatty alcohol; and a cosmetically acceptable solvent; wherein the pH of the composition is below 5. Methods for using such cosmetic compositions are also provided."

The patent was filed on Dec. 29, 2020...