ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,710, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Edgewell Personal Care Brands LLC (Chesterfield, Mo.).

"Detection of a personal care composition based on infrared radiation" was invented by Edgar Rodriguez (Potomac, Md.) and Michael Russell (Madison, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments relate to a system, a computing device, a computer readable storage medium, and a method to detect a personal care composition. In embodiments, an image capture device may capture values for infrared (IR) radiation from an interaction between light and an ingredient of the personal care composition. In embodiments, a processor may detect the presen...