ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,496, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Selecting color values for augmented reality-based makeup" was invented by Riccardo Boscolo (Culver City, Calif.), Jean Luo (Seattle), Vincent Sung (Los Angeles) and Ibram Uppal (Woodland Hills, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for providing make-up based augmented reality content. The program and method provide for receiving a request to present augmented reality content in association with a captured image depicting a face of the...