ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,707, issued on July 21, was assigned to L'OREAL (Paris).

"Composition for keratin fibers" was invented by Kazumitsu Kawakami (Kawasaki, Japan) and Akiomi Nakajima (Kawasaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a composition for treating keratin fibers, preferably hair, comprising: (a) at least one silicone oil in an amount of 20% by weight or more relative to the total weight of the composition; (b) water; and (c) at least one polyol in an amount of 10% by weight or more relative to the total weight of the composition, wherein the ratio of the amount of the (b) water/the amount of the (c) polyol is 3...