ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,196, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to MITSUBISHI PENCIL COMPANY Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Cosmetic applicator" was invented by Kota Fujimoto (Fujioka, Japan) and Hayato Ohta (Fujioka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cosmetic applicator may be capable of stably applying an application liquid without clogging the application member composed of a brush tip with particles contained in the application liquid. The front barrel may be made of a transparent material and the tip of the brush tip may be arranged to protrude from the front barrel through the front end opening of the front barrel while the brush tip is mounted inside the front bar...