ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,274, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Societe Industrielle Matieres Plastiques (ZAC du Plessis-Saucourt, France).

"Device for application of a fluid product" was invented by Eric De Bardonneche (Montaren-et-Saint-Mediers, France) and Hugues Chabrerie (Corbeil-Essonnes, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An applicator device for applying a fluid or paste product to keratin fibers or to the skin (epidermis) includes an elongate core which extends along a longitudinal axis X and has a longitudinal cylindrical shape and a plurality of projections distributed across the core. Each projection extends from an anchoring end, in the core, ...