ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,491, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to L'Oreal (Paris).

"Systems, device, and methods for curly hair assessment and personalization" was invented by Michelle Salese (South Plainfield, N.J.) and Ronak Rughani (Edison, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system is provided that includes at least one server device; and a mobile user device that includes processing circuitry configured to execute an application that receives an input of user information regarding a plurality of characteristics of at least the hair of a user including at least a curl pattern of the user; and receives an input of a desired result of treatment of the hair ...