ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,045, issued on June 24, was assigned to L V M H Recherche (Saint Jean de Braye, France).
"Liquid cosmetic" was invented by Masahiro Kikuchi (Tokyo), Mai Ozawa (Tokyo) and Takayoshi Sakoda (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a liquid cosmetic that contains at least a capsule in an aqueous phase, wherein the capsule comprises agar shell encapsulating an oil component, and the aqueous phase comprises one thickener selected from the group consisting of a (meth)acrylic polymer and a polysaccharide, and an amphiphilic substance having an HLB value of no greater than 13."
The patent was filed on Dec. 19, 2018, unde...