ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,426, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to HENKEL AG & Co. KGAA (Duesseldorf, Germany).

"Method for treating hair, comprising the application of a first agent (a) having a silane and a chromophoric compound, and a second agent (b) having a film-forming polymer" was invented by Gabriele Weser (Neuss, Germany), Claudia Kolonko (Remscheid, Germany), Ulrike Schumacher (Duesseldorf, Germany), Caroline Kriener (Duesseldorf, Germany), Juergen Schoepgens (Schwalmtal, Germany), Torsten Lechner (Langenfeld, Germany), Marc Nowottny (Moenchengladbach, Germany) and Carsten Mathiaszyk (Essen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The subject of the ...