ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,323, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to BEAUTY & BUSINESS S.p.A. (Milan).
"Hair protection and restructuring method and the related compositions" was invented by Gianluca Borgnini (Carvico, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The subject of the invention is a hair protection and restructuring method comprising the application, before dyeing/bleaching treatments, of a first composition at pH 7.0-9.5 comprising levulinic acid, and a post-treatment, following dyeing/bleaching, with a composition at pH 3.5-4.5 comprising the zinc salt of pyrrolidone carboxylic acid."
The patent was filed on Oct. 11, 2023, under Application No. 18/484,5...