ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,434, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to L'OREAL (Paris).
"Cosmetic composition providing unique sensations" was invented by Jonathan James Faig (Sayreville, N.J.), David Chan (Edison, N.J.), Hy Si Bui (Piscataway, N.J.) and Susan Halpern Chirch (Basking Ridge, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cosmetic composition providing a unique tactile sensation comprising about 0.1 to about 10 wt. % of a nonionic emulsifier; about 0.1 to about 10 wt. % of sodium polyacrylate; about 0.5 to about 15 wt. % of aluminum starch octenylsuccinate; about 0.1 to about 20 wt. % of a fatty phase that is a liquid at a temperature of 25deg C. or more, th...