ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,292, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Dusseldorf, Germany).

"Method for treating human hair with agents containing mixtures of organic C 1 -C 6 alkoxy siloxanes" was invented by Phillip Jaiser (Langenfeld, Germany), Torsten Lechner (Langenfeld, Germany), Marc Nowottny (Moenchengladbach, Germany), Carsten Mathiaszyk (Essen, Germany), Juergen Schoepgens (Schwalmtal, Germany), Andreas Walter (Ratingen, Germany), Carolin Kruppa (Hilden, Germany) and Avni Tairi (Duisburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method may be used for treating keratin material, such as human hair, where a cosmetic agent is applied to...