ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,981, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Texen (Brion, France).

"Dropper dispenser" was invented by Denis Paccaud (Lyons, France), Romain Miller (Sallanches, France), Frederic Strubi (Lyons, France) and Philippe Lantenois (Oullins, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cosmetic product applicator dispenser, including: a bottle with a longitudinal axis, forming a reservoir of product to be dispensed, a base serving as a support for the bottle, a locking system to lock the bottle on the base, the bottle, when locked on the base, axially movable between an upper and lower end position, a product dispensing area configured to allow the fo...