Patents by Inventor Tadashi Numata

Tadashi Numata has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Hair treatment compositions
    Patent number: 6432420
    Abstract: The invention provides a hair treatment composition such as a shampoo or conditioner suitable for topical application to hair for the repair and prevention of damage, comprising (i) cholesterol, and (ii) a hair benefit agent which is a mixture of a basic amino acid and a fatty acid. Preferably the cholesterol and hair benefit agent are compounded into a dispersion of multilamellar vesicles, stabilised with nonionic surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Frances Ellis, Takahiro Hiraishi, Tadashi Numata, Matthew Pearce
  • Hair treatment compositions
    Publication number: 20020034490
    Abstract: A hair treatment composition, such as a shampoo or conditioner, which comprises a silicone component which comprises a silicone gum with a viscosity greater than 1 Mcs, a silicone fluid with a viscosity of less than 100kcs, and an amino functionalised silicone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2000
    Publication date: March 21, 2002
    Inventors: Takahiro Hiraishi, Kyoko Matsumoto, Andrew Malcolm Murray, Tadashi Numata
  • HAIR TREATMENT COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20010008631
    Abstract: The invention provides a hair treatment composition such as a shampoo or conditioner suitable for topical application to hair for the repair and prevention of damage, comprising (i) cholesterol, and (ii) a hair benefit agent which is a mixture of a basic amino acid and a fatty acid. Preferably the cholesterol and hair benefit agent are compounded into a dispersion of multilamellar vesicles, stabilized with nonionic surfactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 1999
    Publication date: July 19, 2001
    Inventors: FRANCES ELLIS, TAKAHIRO HIRAISHI, TADASHI NUMATA, MATTHEW PEARCE
  • Hair treatment compositions
    Patent number: 6048519
    Abstract: A hair treatment composition, such as a shampoo or conditioner, which comprises a silicone component which comprises a silicone gum with a viscosity greater than 1 Mcs, a silicone fluid with a viscosity of less than 100 kcs, and an amino functionalised silicone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Helene Curtis, Inc.
    Inventors: Takahiro Hiraishi, Kyoko Matsumoto, Andrew Malcolm Murray, Tadashi Numata
  • Hair treatment compositions containing amidopolyether functional silicone
    Patent number: 6010689
    Abstract: A hair treatment composition for topical application comprising a hair treatment agent, and an amidopolyether functional silicone of general formula (I); ##STR1## wherein R1=(CH.sub.2).sub.3 --(NH--(CH.sub.2).sub.2).sub.z --NH.sub.2, and R2=(CH.sub.2).sub.3 --(NH--(CH.sub.2).sub.2).sub.z --NH--CO--CH.sub.2 --O--EO.sub.x --(CH.sub.2).sub.y --CH.sub.3wherein 1 is in the region 100-1500, m is in the region 0-10, n is in the region 2-50, x is in the region 1-40, y is in the region 0-21, and z is in the region 0-1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: Helene Curtis, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyoko Matsumoto, Tadashi Numata
  • Method for producing miso
    Patent number: 4999203
    Abstract: A method of producing miso according to this invention comprises the steps of preparing a raw solution as a flavor raw material of the miso, converting the raw solution into a flavor solution by means of a predetermined fermentation treatment, preparing a digested material as a major raw material of the miso, and mixing the flavor solution with the digested material, to thereby produce the miso.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1991
    Assignees: Ichibiki Co., Ltd., Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Shibaura Engineering Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeki Fukuyasu, Makoto Nakamura, Kyozo Kawachi, Seiji Yamaguchi, Sakan Kinoshita, Tadashi Numata
  • Apparatus and method for producing miso
    Patent number: 4870022
    Abstract: A method of producing miso according to this invention comprises the steps of preparing a raw solution as a flavor raw material of the miso, converting the raw solution into a flavor solution by means of a predetermined fermentation treatment, preparing a digested material as a major raw material of the miso, and mixing the flavor solution with the digested material, to thereby produce the miso.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1989
    Assignees: Ichibiki Co., Ltd., Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Shibaura Engineering Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeki Fukuyasu, Makoto Nakamura, Kyozo Kawachi, Seiji Yamaguchi, Sakan Kinoshita, Tadashi Numata