ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,188, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to L'Oreal (Paris).

"Devices for applying compositions to eyelashes" was invented by Dominic Akerele (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Fred Orsita (Wayne, N.J.) and Maya Kelley (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices for applying compositions, such as curable cosmetic eyelash extension compositions, to eyelashes. A device includes elements for mixing, heating, and extruding the composition from the device, as well as elements for sensing the position of the device and coordinating application of the composition to the eyelashes, during a gesture, based on sensed positions and desired lengths of fila...