ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,498, issued on May 12, was assigned to L'Oreal (Paris).

"Cleansing device having a nebulizer and a suction unit" was invented by Gregoire Charraud (Clichy, France), Dominic Akerele (Clark, N.J.), Nicholas Sinclair (Clark, N.J.) and Matthieu Jacob (Clichy, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for cleansing and applying a composition to the hair, including a body structure having a first, dispensing opening and a second, vacuum opening, a nebulizer with an outlet connected to the first, dispensing opening, a vacuum system with an inlet connected to the second, vacuum opening, and a handle extending the body structure, the body...