ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,311, issued on June 23, was assigned to L'OREAL (Paris).

"Cleansing composition comprising hydroxypropyl guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride" was invented by Kazumitsu Kawakami (Westfield, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The instant disclosure is drawn to cleansing composition comprising: (a) a plurality of anionic surfactants, for example, a combination of one or more acyl isethionates and one or more acyl amino acids; (b) one or more amphoteric surfactants (c) one or more nonionic surfactants; (d) hydroxypropyl guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride; (e) one or more cationic polymers other than a cationic guar; and (f) water, wh...