ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,991, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Dyson Technology Ltd. (Wiltshire, Great Britain).
"Hairstyling device" was invented by Elizabeth Chania Hickey (Bristol, Great Britain) and Andrew Collingwood Watson (Gloucester, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cordless hairstyling device, a method of operating the hairstyling device, and a computer program comprising a set of instructions, which, when executed causes a computerized device to perform the method is provided. The device includes a heatable hair contact member having a hair contact-able surface, the hair contact member being operable to apply heat to a tress of hair...