ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,293, issued on June 16, was assigned to ELC MANAGEMENT LLC (Melville, N.Y.).
"Cosmetic product sampling system" was invented by Lemis Tarajano Noya (Miami), Robyn Lynne Adams (Long Island City, N.Y.), Gianluca Mattaroccia (Sunnyside, N.Y.), Timothy Hugh Calvert (Brentwood, Tenn.), Douglas John Melenkevitz (Boonton, N.J.), Matthew J. Hong (Dix Hills, N.Y.) and David Edward Wilson (Plainview, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for sample, trial, and/or full-sized products includes a container defining at least one cavity, a product disk, a cosmetic product, an applicator, and an applicator engaging mechanism operably coupled ...