ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,596, issued on March 24, was assigned to KAO Corp. (Tokyo).

"Solid composition for keratin fibers" was invented by Petra Lobmueller (Darmstadt, Germany), Andreas Picker (Darmstadt, Germany) and Anja Aechtner (Darmstadt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to a solid cosmetic composition for keratin fibers, preferably human keratin fibers, more preferably human hair, comprising: one or more non-silicone lipophilic compound(s) having a melting point above 25deg C. under atmospheric pressure, one or more pulverulent excipient(s), one or more cationic and/or cationizable compound(s), wherein the conc...