ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,204, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to L'OREAL (Paris).

"Feedback and calibration system for cosmetic applicator configured for users with limited mobility" was invented by Casey Barbarino (San Anselmo, Calif.), Shivya Bansal (Somerset, N.J.) and Gregoire Charraud (Jersey City, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system is provided that stabilizes an applicator in response to the motion caused by a user. A motion stabilizer includes a receiver configured to be coupled with the adapter; at least one sensor configured to detect a movement caused by a user; circuitry configured to determine a compensation movement to offset the detec...