ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,851, issued on May 12, was assigned to L'OREAL (Paris).

"Hair treatment composition" was invented by Kazumitsu Kawakami (Westfield, N.J.) and Liliana Xavier (Elizabeth, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Hair treatment compositions and methods for using them are described. The hair treatment compositions include: (a) one or more fatty alcohols; (b) one or more liquid alkane oils; (c) a combination of cationic surfactants comprising one or more mono-alkyl cationic surfactants and one or more di-alkyl cationic surfactants; (d) a combination of silicone oils comprising one or more non-volatile dimethicone oils and one or more non-piperi...