ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,928, issued on July 14, was assigned to HUMANOID LABS INC (Los Angeles).

"Makeup recommendation system for a smart cosmetic device system" was invented by Sandra Soskic (Los Angeles), Pia Hunter (San Francisco), Kristina Brown (Los Angeles), Priyanka Kanse (Los Angeles), Brett Wedewer (Los Angeles), Kendra Iverson (Los Angeles) and Christine Van Rossum (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of streamlined selection and application of a makeup look involving personalized makeup look recommendations with respective step-by-step makeup routine instructions for executing a selected makeup look. A predictive model identifies...