US Patent Issued to L'Oreal on May 12 for "Compositions and methods for styling hair" (New Jersey, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,852, issued on May 12, was assigned to L'Oreal (Paris).

"Compositions and methods for styling hair" was invented by Vibha K. Shah (Branchburg, N.J.), Allison Perner (Metuchen, N.J.), Minli Shi (Jersey City, N.J.), Lisa Ye-Tse (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Lynne Mccullough (Brooklyn, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to hair styling compositions comprising (a) at least one polyphenol; (b) at least one polysaccharide gum; (c) at least one polymeric emulsifier; (d) glyceryl polyacrylate; and (e) water. The disclosure also relates to methods of using the compositions, for example to straighten hair."

The patent was filed ...