ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,756, issued on July 21, was assigned to SOCIETE D'EXPLOITATION DE PRODUITS POUR LES INDUSTRIES CHIMIQUES SEPPIC (Paris).
"Inverse latex for a cosmetic composition comprising a specific sequestering agent and a polyelectrolyte combining a strong acid function and a weak acid function" was invented by Miruna Bodoc (Castres, France) and Aurelie Colas (La Garenne Colombes, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a self-invertible inverse latex comprising an aqueous phase containing: a) a crosslinked anionic polyelectrolyte (P) including:-at least one first monomer unit derived from 2-methyl-2-[(1-oxo-2-propenyl) amino] 1-propa...