ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,834, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to LUMETIQUE INC. (Irvine, Calif.).
"Makeup brush" was invented by Andrea Gunness (Gallatin, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method for manufacturing a makeup brush includes: molding a ferrule and welding bristles to the ferrule. The ferrule includes a ferrule inner end; a ferrule outer end; a ferrule body; an interior, and a well. The well has a well base parallel to the ferrule outer end. The well base has an inner side and an outer side. The step of welding the bristles includes the steps of disposing the bristles in contact with the outer side of the well base and exposing the inner...