Steroid Or Carbohydrate Gum Component (e.g., Lanolin, Guar Gum, Etc.) Patents (Class 510/121)
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Patent number: 6383994Abstract: Composition for washing keratin materials, comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable medium: i) at least one detergent surfactant; ii)at least one functionalized silicone; and iii) at least one acrylic terpolymer consisting of a monomer (a) chosen from a C1-C6 alkyl acrylate and a C1-C6 alkyl methacrylate; of a monomer (b) chosen from a heterocyclic vinyl compound containing at least one nitrogen or sulphur atom, a (meth)acrylamide, a mono- or di (C1-C4) alkylamino (C1-C4) alkyl (meth) acrylate and a mono- or di (C1-C4) alkylamino (C1-C4) alkyl (meth) acrylamide; of a monomer (c) chosen from a urethane produced by reaction between a monoethylenic unsaturated isocyanate and a nonionic surfactant, a copolymerizable ethylenic surfactant monomer, a surfactant monomer of urea type, an allyl ether containing alkylenoxy groups and a nonionic monomer of urethane type.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2000Date of Patent: May 7, 2002Assignee: L'OrealInventors: VĂ©ronique Maurin, Bernard Beauquey
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Publication number: 20020012643Abstract: A composition for removing make-up from keratinous material comprised of a polysaccharide alkyl ether formed of units containing at least two different saccharide rings, each unit containing at least one hydroxyl group substituted with a saturated hydrocarbon-based alkyl chain combined with a make-up-removing system comprising at least one non-aqueous solvent and/or an oil and/or a surfactant. The polysaccharide alkyl ether preferably has a molecular weight of greater than 200,000 and is in particular a guar gum alkyl ether having a degree of substitution of about 2 to 3, in particular 2.5.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 1998Publication date: January 31, 2002Inventors: ROLAND RAMIN, PASCAL ARNAUD
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Patent number: 6265368Abstract: A thickened, aqueous detergent composition having an aqueous phase containing foaming surfactant, carrageenan and water. Conveniently, the carrageenan is at least half kappa or iota carrageenan, or a mixture of the two.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 1999Date of Patent: July 24, 2001Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Michael Paul Aronson, Charles Rupert Brown, Robert James Chatfield, Edwin Willis
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Patent number: 6255264Abstract: An aqueous liquid cleansing and moisturising composition comprising: a) a surface active agent selected from anionic, nonionic, zwitterionic and cationic surface active agents, soap and mixtures thereof; b) a benefit agent; and c) a cationic polymer characterised in that the cationic polymer is present in the composition at levels of 0.05-3.0% by weight, and that the benefit agent is present in the neat composition as aggregated particles.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 1999Date of Patent: July 3, 2001Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Olivier Fleurot, Robert Stanley Lee
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Patent number: 6218346Abstract: Disclosed are hair care compositions and methods for preparing such compositions which provide the benefits of cleaning, conditioning, curl retention, styling and setting properties simultaneously to hair in the application of a single product. The hair care compositions contain fatty alkyl amine salts, long chain quaternary ammonium salts and mixtures thereof of anionic styling polymers in a non-anionic surfactant system, wherein the surfactant system contains nonionic surfactants, semi-polar nonionic surfactants, amphoteric surfactants and mixtures thereof. The styling, setting and conditioning agents are present in the form of fatty alkyl amine salts or fatty quaternary ammonium salts which form anionic styling polymer particulate networks upon dilution in water. These networks are dispersed in the aqueous non-anionic surfactant system and are stabilized and thickened by optional swellable polymer thickening agents.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 1997Date of Patent: April 17, 2001Assignee: Stepan CompanyInventors: Branko Sajic, Y. Kameshwer Rao
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Patent number: 6200937Abstract: Detergent compositions, including, but not limited to, anti-residue shampoos, are provided which include one or more anionic surfactants, an anionic polymer, a mono cationic conditioning agent, and a cationic polymer. These shampoos are preferably clear. Additionally, there is provided a recirculatory batch processor which includes a disperser and at least one pump selected from a supply pump and a return pump. The pump is in communication with the disperser. Furthermore, a recirculatory batch process is provided which includes the steps of delivering, at a first rate, a liquid from a tank to a recirculatory batch processor as described above; during the delivery, dispersing solids into the liquid to produce a liquid containing dispersed solids; and during the delivery, returning, at a second rate, the liquid containing dispersed solids to the tank; wherein the second rate is greater than the first rate.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 1998Date of Patent: March 13, 2001Assignee: Neutrogena CorporationInventors: Robert Brennan, Abizer Gaslightwala, Nelson L. Perassinoto, Rafael Delgado, Arthur Pellegrino, Steve Aridgides, Charles L. Adams, Carol J. Collins
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Patent number: 6184190Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing an aqueous solution of a C14-C16 alpha olefin sulfonate, wherein the aqueous solution has a Klett color of less than 12, when diluted with water to a 5% solution.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2000Date of Patent: February 6, 2001Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Co.Inventors: Robert D'Ambrogio, Kurt Sackariasen, Robert Heffner
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Patent number: 6180576Abstract: A hair conditioning shampoo composition is disclosed that contains (a) a surfactant component that can contain anionic surfactants and/or amphoteric surfactants (optionally including zwitterionic and nonionic surfactants), (b) a dispersed, insoluble, nonionic silicone hair conditioning agent, (c) a water soluble, organic, ampholytic polymer hair conditioning agent; and (d) an aqueous carrier. The conditioning shampoo composition optionally contains an organic, water insoluble, liquid.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 1998Date of Patent: January 30, 2001Inventors: Allan L. Melby, Gary F. Matz
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Patent number: 6177390Abstract: Disclosed are hair styling shampoo compositions which comprise from about 5% to about 50% by weight of a surfactant selected from the group consisting of anionic surfactants, zwitterionic or amphoteric surfactants, and combinations thereof; from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of an organic or silicone-grafted hair styling polymer; and from about 40% to about 94.9% by weight of water; wherein the Hair Feel Index (HFI) is at least about 0.65 and the Curl Retention Value (CRV) is at least about 70. The composition provides improved styling performance and improved hair feel from a shampoo composition.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 1999Date of Patent: January 23, 2001Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Susan Marie Guskey, Everett Junior Inman, Teresa Ann Desch, Lynne Anne Fritschi, Stephanie Lynn Killion
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Patent number: 6159914Abstract: Novel detergent compositions comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable medium, (A) a washing base comprising at least one ether sulphate anionic surfactant and at least one surfactant of alkylbetaine type, and (B) a conditioning system comprising at least one cationic polymer, preferably dimethyldiallylammonium, and at least one aminosilicone, and uses thereof.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 1998Date of Patent: December 12, 2000Assignee: L'OrealInventors: Sandrine DeCoster, Bernard Beauquey
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Patent number: 6153569Abstract: This invention relates to the use of aminofunctional silicone microemulsions to make optically clear compositions. More particularly this invention is directed to optically clear shampoo compositions comprising (A) an aminofunctional silicone microemulsion having an average particle size of less than 0.06 microns, (B) at least one anionic detersive surfactant, (C) at least one foam boosting agent, (D) at least one pH adjusting agent, (E) at least one thickening agent, and (F) water. The optically clear silicone compositions of this invention are useful in the hair care industry, especially as shampoos.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 1998Date of Patent: November 28, 2000Assignee: Dow Corning CorporationInventor: Daniel Joseph Halloran
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Patent number: 6153570Abstract: The invention discloses novel conditioning and detergent compositions comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable medium, (A) a washing base and (B) a conditioning system comprising at least one cationic polymer and an amine silicone of formula (I), in which: R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4, identical or different, represent a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl radical or a phenyl grouping: R.sub.5 represents a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl radical or a hydroxyl grouping: n is an integer from 1 to 5: m is an integer from 1 to 5: x is chosen such that the amine index is in a range between 0.01 and 1 meq/g. This invention is useful for hair washing and care.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 1999Date of Patent: November 28, 2000Assignee: L'Oreal S.A.Inventor: Sandrine Decoster
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Patent number: 6150313Abstract: An aqueous composition comprisinga. a skin cleansing effective amount of a surfactant or mixture thereof;b. a silicone in quantities of from about 0.1 to about 8 wt. % of the composition;c. a hydrocarbonaceous material in quantities of from about 0.1 to about 8 wt. % of the composition;d. a cationic polymer in quantities of from about 0.02 to about 1 wt. % of the composition;e. a combination of a polyacrylate thickening polymer and an acrylate methacrylate copolymer wherein the ester group of the methacrylate is alkyl of about 12 to about 20 carbon atoms, said alkyl having about fourteen to about twenty six ethoxy groups and the acrylate is one or more monomers of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid or one of their simple esters in quantities sufficient to provide both viscosity and visual phase stabilization; andf. the balance water.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 1999Date of Patent: November 21, 2000Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: Subhash Harmalker, Gail Klewsaat, Tracey Aldrich
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Patent number: 6147038Abstract: This invention relates to the use of aminofunctional silicone microemulsions to make optically clear hair conditioning compositions. More particularly this invention is directed to optically clear hair conditioning compositions comprising an aminofunctional microemulsion, at least one long-chain quaternary amine salt, and water. The optically clear silicone compositions of this invention are useful in the hair care industry, especially as hair conditioners.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 1998Date of Patent: November 14, 2000Assignee: Dow Corning CorporationInventor: Daniel Joseph Halloran
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Patent number: 6126954Abstract: A stable aqueous liquid comprising surfactant, dispersed cationic polymer particle and small particle benefit agent. The dispersed polymer interacts with the benefit agent, without need of additional structurant to stabilize particles in solution. Further, upon dilution, enhanced cationic deposition is achieved.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 1999Date of Patent: October 3, 2000Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of ConopcoInventor: Liang Sheng Tsaur
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Patent number: 6046145Abstract: Cleansing surfactant compositions are provided which cleanse, condition and moisturize the skin and hair and which exhibit a low degree of irritation to the eyes. These cleansing compositions preferably contain the following components:a. a surfactant portion containing:1. a nonionic surfactant;2. an amphoteric surfactant; and3. an anionic surfactant;the total concentration of said nonionic, amphoteric and anionic surfactants being present in the composition in an amount from about 5 to about 20 percent by weight of said cleansing composition; andb. a substantive humectant present in the composition in an amount from about 0.01 to about 3 percent by weight of said cleansing composition.The substantive humectants used in the present invention are preferably cationically charged polyols derived from sugars or sugar derivatives and they further comprise a long chain alkyl or alkenyl group having from about 6 to about 22 carbon atoms.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 1999Date of Patent: April 4, 2000Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc.Inventors: Delores M. Santora, Diana L. Friscia
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Patent number: 6040282Abstract: Disclosed are hair styling shampoo compositions which comprise from about 5% to about 50% by weight of a surfactant selected from the group consisting of anionic surfactants, zwitterionic or amphoteric surfactants, and combinations thereof; from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of an organic or silicone-grafted hair styling polymer; and from about 40% to about 94.9% by weight of water; wherein the Hair Feel Index (HFI) is at least about 0.65 and the Curl Retention Value (CRV) is at least about 70. The composition provides improved styling performance and improved hair feel from a shampoo composition.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 1999Date of Patent: March 21, 2000Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Susan Marie Guskey, Everett Junior Inman, Teresa Ann Desch, Lynne Anne Fritschi, Stephanie Lynn Killion
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Patent number: 6028041Abstract: Detergent and conditioning hair-care compositions comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable medium, (A) a washing base and (B) a conditioning system comprising at least one cationic polymer and a mixture of at least one aminated silicone and at least one insoluble silicone of viscosity less than or equal to 100 Pa.s (100,000 cSt).Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 1997Date of Patent: February 22, 2000Assignee: L'OrealInventors: Sandrine Decoster, Bernard Beauquey
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Patent number: 6025311Abstract: A stable fluid polymer suspension is composed of at least one water soluble polysaccharide polymer in an aqueous carrier fluid in which the polysaccharide polymer does not significantly swell or dissolve where the polysaccharide polymer in the aqueous carrier fluid has the measured properties of:i) rendering the polymer(s) insoluble, resulting in a cloudy dispersion,ii) limiting the swelling of insolubilized polymer(s), leading to a polymer sediment volume of a 1 weight percent polymer dispersion to less than 1%, andiii) preventing phase separation for at least one week.This invention also Includes a method of preparing the stable fluid polymer suspension having the above mentioned measured properties. The stable aqueous fluid suspension of this invention is a clear, odorless, and stable formulation and is used in cosmetics, personal care, and household products.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 1993Date of Patent: February 15, 2000Assignee: Aqualon CompanyInventors: Mary Theresa Clarke, Teng-Shau Young
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Patent number: 6017860Abstract: Disclosed are hair care compositions and methods for preparing such compositions which provide the benefits of cleaning, conditioning, curl retention, styling and setting properties simultaneously to hair in the application of a single product. The hair care compositions contain fatty alkyl amine salts, long chain quaternary ammonium salts and mixtures thereof of anionic styling polymers in a non-anionic surfactant system, wherein the surfactant system contains nonionic surfactants, semi-polar nonionic surfactants, amphoteric surfactants and mixtures thereof. The styling, setting and conditioning agents are present in the form of fatty alkyl amine salts or fatty quaternary ammonium salts which form anionic styling polymer particulate networks upon dilution in water. These networks are dispersed in the aqueous non-anionic surfactant system and are stabilized and thickened by optional swellable polymer thickening agents.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 1996Date of Patent: January 25, 2000Assignee: Stepan CompanyInventors: Branko Sajic, Y. Kameshwer Rao
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Patent number: 5994280Abstract: Cleansing and moisturizing personal cleansing compositions which contain from about 5% to about 50% of a surfactant; from about 3% to about 40% of an insoluble, nonionic oil or wax or mixture thereof; from about 0.1% to about 8% by weight of a fatty acid having an average chain length of from about 10 to about 18 carbon atoms; from about 1.5% to about 10% by weight of citric acid or water soluble citrate salt or mixture thereof; and water are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 1998Date of Patent: November 30, 1999Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Michel Joseph Giret, Christopher David Leahy
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Patent number: 5990059Abstract: A conditioning shampoo composition for hair and/or skin comprises a stable microemulsion of a high viscosity, slightly cross-linked silicone with a particle size of <0.15 microns, in combination with a deposition polymer and a surfactant.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 1997Date of Patent: November 23, 1999Assignee: Helene Curtis, Inc.Inventors: Christophe Michel Finel, Walter Thomas Gibson, Jonathan David Hague
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Patent number: 5985809Abstract: A personal cleansing composition comprising: (a) from about 1% to about 30% by weight of a dispersed oil phase comprising at least one nonocclusive liquid polyol fatty acid polyester containing at least four fatty acid ester groups wherein the polyol moiety is selected from sugars and sugar alcohols containing from about 4 to about 8 hydroxyl groups, and wherein each carboxylic acid moiety has from about 8 to about 22 carbon atoms and wherein the liquid polyol fatty acid polyester has a complete melting point of less than about 30.degree. C.; and (b) from about 5% to about 30% by weight of water-soluble surfactant selected from anionic, nonionic, zwitterionic and amphoteric surfactants and mixtures thereof. The products provide excellent in-use and efficacy benefits including excellent skin feel during and after use, good lather volume and stability characteristics, skin conditioning, mildness, stability, cleansing, good water-feel and appearance.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 1997Date of Patent: November 16, 1999Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Gayle Marie Frankenbach, Nicola Jacqueline Phipps, Wendy Victoria J. Richardson
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Patent number: 5977036Abstract: Disclosed are hair styling shampoo compositions which comprise from about 5% to about 50% by weight of a surfactant selected from the group consisting of anionic surfactants, zwitterionic or amphoteric surfactants having an attached group that is anionic at the pH of the composition, and combinations thereof; from about 0.025% to about 3% by weight of an organic cationic polymer having a cationic charge density of from about 0.2 meq/gm to about 7 meq/gm and a molecular weight of from about 5,000 to about 10 million; from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of a water-insoluble hair styling polymer; from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of a water-insoluble volatile solvent; and from about 0.005% to about 2.0% by weight a crystalline hydroxyl-containing stabilizing agent; and from about 26.5% to about 94.9% by weight water. The composition provides improved spreading efficiency of the styling polymer onto hair, thus providing improved styling performance from the shampoo composition.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 1998Date of Patent: November 2, 1999Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventor: Susan Marie Guskey
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Patent number: 5968491Abstract: The present invention relates to personal cleansing compositions comprising: (a) from about 1.5% to about 10% by weight of an oil dispersing nonionic surfactant; (b) from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of auxiliary surfactant selected from other nonionic, anionic, zwitterionic and/or amphoteric surfactants and mixtures thereof, (c) from about 3% to about 30% by weight of a perfume or cosmetic oil; (d) from about 0.01% to about 15% by weight of a stabilizing agent; and (e) water, wherein the ratio of primary to secondary stabilizing agent is in the range of from about 32:1 to about 1:1. The cleansing products demonstrate excellent in-use efficacy benefits including excellent lather volume, stability and appearance characteristics, good skin feel during and after use, skin conditioning, mildness, stability, cleansing, good water feel and appearance and rinsibility.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 1997Date of Patent: October 19, 1999Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventor: Wendy Victoria Jane Richardson
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Patent number: 5958392Abstract: The invention relates to a composition used for the treatment of keratin substances which contains at least one amphoteric polymer containing units A and B randomly distributed in the polymer chain, where A denotes a unit derived from a monomer containing at least one basic nitrogen atom and B denotes a unit derived from an acid monomer containing one or more carboxyl or sulphonyl groups, or alternatively A and B can denote groups derived from zwitterionic carboxybetaine monomer, A and B can also denote a cationic polymer chain containing secondary or tertiary amine groups or quaternary ammonium groups, in which chain at least one of the amine groups carries a carboxyl or sulphonyl group joined via a hydrocarbon radical, or alternatively A and B form part of a chain of a polymer with alpha, beta-dicarboxyethylene units, in which one of the carboxyl groups has been reacted with a polyamine containing one or more primary or secondary amine groups, and at least one cationic polymer of the polyamine or poly-(quatType: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: September 28, 1999Assignee: L'OrealInventors: Jean Francois Grollier, Claire Fiquet, Chantal Fourcadier, Claude Dubief, Daniele Cauwet
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Patent number: 5948739Abstract: Disclosed are hair conditioning shampoo compositions, containing a detersive surfactant component, a silicone hair conditioning agent, and water and preferably comprising a suspending agent for the silicone conditioning agent. The detersive surfactant component comprises, at least in part, polyethylene glycol glyceryl fatty ester nonionic surfactant. The compositions hereof provide improved silicone deposition.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 1996Date of Patent: September 7, 1999Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventor: Everett Junior Inman
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Patent number: 5942479Abstract: A personal cleansing composition comprising: (a) from about 1% to about 30% by weight of a dispersed oil phase comprising a first oil component having an oil/surfactant solution interfacial tension (IFT) of greater than about 1.0 dynes/cm and a second oil component having an oil/surfactant solution interfacial tension (IFT) in the range of from about 0.1 to about 1.0 dynes/cm; and (b) from about 5% to about 30% by weight of water-soluble surfactant selected from anionic, nonionic, zwitterionic and amphoteric surfactants and mixtures thereof; and (c) water; and wherein the ratio of first to second dispersed oil component is in the range from about 20:1 to about 1:20. The cleansing products demonstrate excellent in-use efficacy benefits including excellent skin feel during and after use, good lather volume, stability and appearance characteristics, good skin conditioning, mildness, stability, cleansing, good water feel and appearance.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 1997Date of Patent: August 24, 1999Assignee: The Proctor & Gamble CompanyInventors: Gayle Marie Frankenbach, Nicola Jacqueline Phipps, Wendy Victoria J. Richardson
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Patent number: 5929019Abstract: An aqueous liquid cleansing and moisturizing composition comprising a base formulation and an additive formulation in which the base formulation and additive formulation are separate but combinedly dispensable from a single packaging means in a predetermined ratio as discrete domains. By adding some surfactant to additive formulation stripe, enhanced lather is obtained. Further, some surfactant is assured, even if there is uneven pumping. Finally, greater consumer control of surfactant of moisturizer levels is afforded.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 1997Date of Patent: July 27, 1999Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Sudhakar Puvvada, May Shana'a
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Patent number: 5891833Abstract: A process for preparing liquid personal cleansing compositions which provides enhanced perfume deposition on the skin and which provides increased on-skin fragrance longevity. The liquid personal cleansing compositions contain from about 0.01% to about 5% of a cationic polymer; from about 1% to about 80% of an anionic surfactant; from about 0.01% to about 5% of a volatile perfume; and water. The ratio of the cationic polymer to the anionic surfactant ranges from about 1:100 to about 1:2. The process involves first forming a premix comprising the cationic polymer, the volatile perfume and water, and then adding the premix to a personal cleansing base composition which comprises anionic surfactant and water.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 1996Date of Patent: April 6, 1999Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Karl Shiqing Wei, Louis Fay Wong, Mark Richard Sine, Timothy Woodrow Coffindaffer, Toan Trinh
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Patent number: 5886035Abstract: A fluorine-containing prostaglandin derivative of the formula (1) (or a salt thereof) and a medicine containing it, particularly, a preventive or therapeutic medicine for an eye disease: ##STR1## wherein A is a vinylene group or the like, R.sup.1 is an aryloxyalkyl group or the like, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are hydrogen atoms or the like, and Z is OR.sup.4 (wherein OR.sup.4 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group) or the like.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 1997Date of Patent: March 23, 1999Assignees: Asahi Glass Company Ltd., Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eiichi Shirasawa, Masaaki Kageyama, Tadashi Nakajima, Takashi Nakano, Nobuaki Mori, Hideshi Sasakura, Yasushi Matsumura, Yoshitomi Morizawa
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Patent number: 5851978Abstract: An aqueous cleansing and moisturising composition comprising 5-35 wt. % C.sub.8 to C.sub.22 fatty acid; up to 10 wt. % of a surface active agent, a benefit agent having a weight average particle size in the range 15 to 500 microns and structurant. The structurant is a material which causes the composition to adopt the lamellar phase or a material which structures the continuous liquid phase or a mixture thereof. The composition is substantially free of insoluble solid fatty acid or fatty acid soap.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 1996Date of Patent: December 22, 1998Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventor: May Shana'a
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Patent number: 5843875Abstract: Disclosed are liquid personal cleansing compositions comprising a specific surfactant component comprising an ethoxylated alkyl sulfate surfactant having from about 1 to about 8 moles of ethoxylation and an amphoteric surfactant, a select soluble cellulosic cationic organic polymer, and a volatile perfume.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 1996Date of Patent: December 1, 1998Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Karl Shiqing Wei, Louis Fay Wong, Mark Richard Sine, Timothy Woodrow Coffindaffer, Toan Trinh
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Patent number: 5817608Abstract: A personal cleansing composition, suitable for use as a soap or a shampoo, contains at least one conditioning agent, such as silicone. The composition also contains a refined agricultural grain, such as oats, that has been at least partially defatted and that has at least some of its bran removed. The conditioning agent is carried by the grain, and is substantially insoluble in the wetted composition.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 1996Date of Patent: October 6, 1998Assignee: Brimms Inc.Inventor: Stephen R. Bell
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Patent number: 5804538Abstract: Liquid personal cleansing compositions which provide enhanced perfume deposition on the skin and which provide increased on-skin fragrance longevity. The liquid personal cleansing compositions contain from about 0.5% to about 5% of a cationic material, from about 1% to about 80% of an anionic surfactant, from about 0.01 to about 5% of a volatile perfume, and water. The ratio of cationic polymer to the anionic surfactant ranges from about 1:15 to about 1:5.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 1996Date of Patent: September 8, 1998Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Karl Shiqing Wei, Louis Fay Wong, Mark Richard Sine, Timothy Woodrow Coffindaffer, Toan Trinh
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Patent number: 5776443Abstract: A method and a hair care composition with stylability are provided for improving conditioning and stylability. The composition combines phytantriol and a silicone compound.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 1996Date of Patent: July 7, 1998Assignee: Chesebrough-Pond's USA Co., Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Paul Vinski, Paul Edward Miner
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Patent number: 5733854Abstract: A detergent composition useful for cleaning and/or conditioning human hair or skin or cleaning dishes or clothing which contains NaCl or NH.sub.4 Cl and further contains a nonionically and cationically derivatized polygalactomannan, the molecular substitution of the nonionic substituent being between about 0.4 and about 1.2 and the degree of substitution of the cationic substituent being between about 0.20 to about 1.0, said detergent composition having a viscosity of greater than about 500 centipoises and said composition having greater than 75% light transmission at a wavelength of from about 500-600 nanometers is provided. Also disclosed is the use of an amphoteric and nonionic substituted derivatized polygalactomannan for such uses.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 1996Date of Patent: March 31, 1998Assignee: Rhone-Poulenc Inc.Inventors: Manjit Singh Chowdhary, Fred Robinson
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Patent number: 5723112Abstract: The invention provides an antimicrobial hair treatment composition for topical application to human hair in the treatment of, for example, dandruff, including:(a) at least one surfactant;(b) fine particles of an insoluble particulate metal pyrithione, in which at least about 90% by weight of the particles have a size of 5 microns or less; and(c) a polymeric, water-soluble cationic deposition aid for the fine particles.The compositions have good mechanical stability, optical properties and anti-dandruff ability.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 1996Date of Patent: March 3, 1998Assignee: Chesebrough-Pond's USA Co., Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Paul Anthony Bowser, Jonathan David Hague, Andrew Malcolm Murray, Ruby Loo Bik Tan-Walker
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Patent number: 5681801Abstract: A combination cleansing, conditioning composition comprising a stable, clear, aqueous cleansing phase having stably dispersed and suspended therein particles bearing the conditioning agent, the aqueous cleansing phase comprising:a. a high foaming anionic surfactant,b. an amphoteric surfactant in quantities of at least 0.2 wt. % of the composition wherein clarity of the aqueous phase is maintained,c. an effective amount of a viscoelasticity enhancing suspending material comprised of a xantham gum having an initial transmittance in a 1 wt. % distilled water solution of at least 85% as measured by a UV spectrophotometer at 600 nm, andd.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 1996Date of Patent: October 28, 1997Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventor: Germaine Zocchi
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Patent number: 5612307Abstract: An aqueous liquid cleansing and moisturising composition comprising a surface active agent and a benefit agent in which the surface active agent and benefit agent are separate but combinedly dispensable from a single packaging means in a predetermined ratio as discrete domains. Separating the benefit agent from the surface active agent results in improved deposition of the benefit agent.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: March 18, 1997Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: John G. Chambers, Ailsa P. H. Grieveson, Margaret Jobling
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Patent number: 5554313Abstract: The present invention relates to shampoo compositions and more particularly shampoo compositions containing non-volatile silicone materials and methods of making the same. Specifically, this invention is directed to aqueous shampoo compositions comprising sorbitan stearate, sorbitan distearate or mixtures thereof; stearyl alcohol ethoxylates, insoluble non-volatile silicone, and combinations of surfactants selected from anionic, nonionic and amphoteric surfactants. This invention also relates to a method of forming a aqueous shampoo composition comprising insoluble, non-volatile silicone by the method of forming a preformed aqueous silicone emulsion and combining with a combination of surfactants.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 1994Date of Patent: September 10, 1996Assignee: ICI Americas Inc.Inventor: John M. Chandler
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Patent number: 4281153Abstract: This disclosure describes novel 15-deoxy-16-hydroxy-16-substituted prostanoic acids and congeners thereof having utility as bronchodilators as hypotensive agents, and as agents for the control of excessive gastric secretion.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 1980Date of Patent: July 28, 1981Assignee: American CyanamidInventors: Middleton B. Floyd, Jr., Martin J. Weiss, Charles V. Grudzinskas, Sow-Mei Lai Chen