ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,069, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to L'Oreal (Paris).
"Applicator with indexed ball rotation configured to dispenses a skin formula" was invented by Gregoire Charraud (Jersey City, N.J.), Casey Barbarino (San Anselmo, Calif.) and Rafael Feliciano (New Providence, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for applying a formula, the system including an applicator including a reservoir configured to hold a formula, a roller ball configured to apply the formula, and an accelerometer configured to map a surface as the roller ball rolls and applies the formula, an attachment configured to couple the applicator to a dispensing device a...