ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,130, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to L'Oreal (Paris).
"Applicator for cosmetic formulation" was invented by Kyoo Jin Park (Leonia, N.J.), Zachary John Mahoney (Freehold, N.J.), Erika Menoni (Hazlet, N.J.), Caroline Guetta-Ohayon (Englewood, N.J.), Laura Martone (Wall, N.J.) and Eric de Bardonneche (Montaren-et-Saint-Mediers, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cosmetic kit includes a composition that includes a wax emulsion and a polymer. The kit further includes an applicator with a plurality of bristles. At least one of the bristles is made of a thermoplastic elastomer having a hardness in a range of 32 shore D to 38 shore D. ...