ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,656, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to L'OREAL (Paris).

"Biosurfactant based micellar cleansing composition" was invented by Changlong Chen (Edison, N.J.) and Mariko Hasebe (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A monophasic micellar water cleansing composition includes a combination of surfactants that include at least one biosurfactant and at least one polyglycerol ester surfactant, in particular, one of polyglycerol-3 and polyglycerol-4 ester surfactants, wherein the combination of surfactants provides a water rinsible composition that is visually clear and pleasing on application with high makeup removability. More particula...