ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,679, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to L'OREAL (Paris).

"Method for determining parameters specific to the custom-made coloring of the hairs of a given individual" was invented by Benjamin Askenazi (Saint Ouen, France), Johan Aubert (Clichy, France), Jean-Dominique Bazin De Bezons (Saint Ouen, France), Olivier Leseur (Clichy, France) and Romain Roncin (Clichy, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for determining a parameter specific to the custom-made coloring of hairs of a given individual, the method including the following steps: receiving magnitudes representative of a first target colo...