Patents Examined by Thai Vo
  • Patent number: 6383231
    Abstract: The invention relates to a ready-to-use mixture for tinting keratin fibres, especially human keratin fibres such as hair, comprising in a support material suitable for keratin materials: a) at least one laccase-type enzyme; at least one anionic surface-active agent selected from the group made up of the acylisethionates, acyltaurates, sulfosuccinates having a special structure, acylsarcosinates having a special structure, acyl glutamates, polyoxyalkylenated carboxylic acid ethers and their salts, fatty glucamide sulfates, alkyl galactoside uronates, anionic derivatives of alkyl polyglucoside, and mixtures thereof; and (c) at least one oxidation tint. The invention also relates to the hair tinting methods using the above mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: GĂ©rard Lang, Jean Cotteret
  • Patent number: 6372334
    Abstract: A tri-laminate body panel stiffener includes two polymer layers with or without a backing. One of the layers is a compliant foam layer mounted against a substrate while the other layer is a rigid foam layer mounted against the compliant foam layer. In another aspect of the invention the laminate comprises a backing member having an expandable foam mounted thereto with two or more opposing edges of the laminate being of non-straight construction such as being wavy or saw tooth. A pattern of holes may be formed through the foam and backing layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: Henkel Corporation
    Inventor: Joseph S Wycech