ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,381, issued on July 21, was assigned to ALBEA SERVICES (Gennevilliers, France).

"Refillable cup for a pot for dispensing a cosmetic product" was invented by Ines Coeur (Gennevilliers, France) and Franck Seguin (Gennevilliers, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cup for a pot for dispensing a cosmetic product, which is able to contain the cosmetic product and has a central axis X is described. The cup can include a peripheral wall surmounted by a flat upper rim from which there extends an annular collar oriented parallel to the peripheral wall and at a distance from the peripheral wall so as to define therebetween a gap for receiv...