ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,267, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to L'OREAL (Paris).

"Illumination device of at least a strand of keratinic fibers and related process" was invented by Frederic Woodland (Saint Ouen, France), Gabin Vic (Saint Ouen, France) and Fabrice Osolin (Saint Ouen, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This device (110) includes a first branch (14) and a second branch (16). The first branch (14) and the second branch (16) are movable relative to one another between an open position for insertion of a lock (12) and a closed position for illumination of the lock (12) in which they define a cavity (20) for illumination of the lock (12), the cavi...