Makeup Remover Patents (Class 510/136)
  • Patent number: 7601680
    Abstract: A composition having a first hydrophobic moiety linked to a spacer, which is linked to a second hydrophobic moiety to form a Gemini surfactant is provided. Each hydrophobic moiety of the foregoing composition may include silicon. A method for linking a first hydrophobic moiety to a second hydrophobic moiety using a spacer to form a Gemini surfactant is provided. A pesticide having an active ingredient and a composition having a first hydrophobic moiety linked to a spacer, which is linked to a second hydrophobic moiety to form a Gemini surfactant is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Momentive Performance Materials
    Inventors: Dong Wang, Wenqing Peng
  • Patent number: 7598213
    Abstract: Disclosed are aqueous conditioning shampoo compositions which comprise an anionic detersive surfactant component; from about 0.025% to about 5% by weight of an water soluble or dispersible, cationic, non crosslinked, deposition or conditioning polymer; the conditioning shampoo may additionally comprise dispersed, liquid, droplets of a water insoluble, hair conditioning agent having a volume average particle diameter of from about 5 microns to about 125 microns. A homopolymer has a cationic charge density from about from about 2 meq/gm to about 4 meq/gm or a cationic charge density of from about 5 meq/gm to about 10 meq/gm; or an average molecular weight of at least 500,000. A copolymer is formed from one or more cationic monomer units and one or more nonionic monomer units or monomer units bearing a negative charge wherein the subsequent charge of the copolymer is positive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Nicholas William Geary, Kendrick Jon Hughes, Mark Anthony Brown, Timothy Woodrow Coffindaffer, Afua Asiedua Asante, Robert Lee Wells
  • Publication number: 20090238781
    Abstract: A glycerin-modified silicone represented by the following formula (1): R1aR2bR3cSiO(4-a-b-c)/2 ??(1) wherein R1 is, independently, an unsubstituted or a partially halogen-substituted alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, aminoalkyl, or carboxyalkyl group, of 1 to 30 carbon atoms, R2 is, independently, an organosiloxyalkyl group represented by the following formula (3): wherein R5 is an unsubstituted or a partially halogen-substituted alkyl group of 1 to 30 carbon atoms, g is a number of from 1 to 5, and h is a number of from 1 to 500, R3 is a group represented by the following formula (4): wherein Q is a C2-20 divalent group, r is a number of from 1 to 200, s is a number of from 1 to 200, R6 is a hydrogen atom, a C1-30 alkyl group or an organic group of the formula: —(CO)—R7, wherein R7 is a C1-30 hydrocarbon group, and t is a number of from 1 to 10, a is a number of from 0.5 to 2.5, b is a number of from 0 to 1.5, and c is a number of from 0.001 to 1.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: Koji Sakuta, Emi Akabane
  • Patent number: 7592298
    Abstract: This invention provides an oil-based liquid cleansing preparation that does not sag from the hands during use, can easily be applied to a contemplated site, i.e. has excellent usability, exhibits excellent spreadability during cleansing, gives excellent feeling on use which can realize suitable thickness felling, is usable under an environment where the hands and face are in a wetted state, such as a bathroom and a washstand, has a high level of detergency, and is free from residual oil touch after water washing. This composition comprises an ester of a fatty acid with polyglycerin, glycerin esters of a monocarboxylic acid and a dicarboxylic acid, and a monocarboxylic fatty acid ester which is liquid at 25° C. and has a viscosity of 300 to 3000 mPa·s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Fancl Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Takeuchi, Yoshihisa Abe
  • Patent number: 7582599
    Abstract: An object is to provide a detergent composition which is excellent in conditioning effects, and having sufficient foaming property and having suitable viscosity. It can be accomplished by a detergent composition comprising (A) triethanolamine salt of N-acylsarcosine, (B) triethanolamine polyoxyethylene lauryl ether sulfate, (C) polyoxypropylene fatty acid isopropanolamide, (D) a cationic polymer, (E) a water-soluble inorganic salt and (F) an amphoteric surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Kracie Home Products, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yukako Matsue
  • Patent number: 7557072
    Abstract: Laundry detergent compositions that provide soil release benefits to all fabric comprising an organophosphorus soil release agents and optional non-cotton secondary soil release agents. The present invention further relates to a method for providing soil release benefits to cotton fabric by contacting cotton articles with a water soluble and/or dispersible organophosphorus material. The contacting can be during washing or by pretreating by applying the composition directly to stains or by presoaking the clothing in the composition prior to washing. The present invention further relates to providing soil release benefits to all fabric in the laundry wash load in the presence of a bleaching agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Rhodia Inc.
    Inventors: Tobias Johannes Fütterer, Lawrence Alan Hough, Robert Lee Reierson
  • Patent number: 7550419
    Abstract: This invention relates to a composition useful as an oral care composition comprising an organophosphate material, additional oral care composition ingredients, for example, a surfactant agent, and optionally an abrasive agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Rhodia Inc.
    Inventors: Tobias Johannes Fütterer, Lawrence Alan Hough, Robert Lee Reierson
  • Publication number: 20090123407
    Abstract: A hydrophilized personal care formulation, which can be in the form of a hand or body soap (liquid or bar), lipstick, body wash, makeup remover, skin cleaner, hair conditioner, skin or hair moisturizer. The formulation employs an organophosphorus material or a mixture of an organophosphorus material, for example, mono-, di-, and polyol phosphate esters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2009
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: Rhodia Inc.
    Inventors: Tobias Johannes FUTTERER, Lawrence Alan Hough, Robert Lee Reierson
  • Patent number: 7524800
    Abstract: A hydrophilized personal care formulation, which can be in the form of a hand or body soap (liquid or bar), lipstick, body wash, makeup remover, skin cleaner, hair conditioner, skin or hair moisturizer. The formulation employs an organophosphorus material or a mixture of an organophosphorus material, for example, mono-, di-, and polyol phosphate esters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Rhodia Inc.
    Inventors: Tobias Johannes Fütterer, Lawrence Alan Hough, Robert Lee Reierson
  • Patent number: 7524808
    Abstract: A composition for cleaning or rinsing hard surfaces in an aqueous or aqueous/alcoholic medium including at least one organophosphorus material for contributing to said surfaces antideposition and/or antiadhesion properties with regard to soiling substances capable of being deposited on the surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Rhodia Inc.
    Inventors: Tobias Johannes Fütterer, Lawrence Alan Hough, Robert Lee Reierson
  • Publication number: 20090082460
    Abstract: Copolymers having linked internal polyether blocks and internal polyamide blocks have advantageous physical properties and solvent-gelling abilities. The copolymer may be prepared from a reaction mixture that contains 1,4-cyclohexane dicarboxylic acid (CHDA) and poly(alkyleneoxy)diamine (PAODA). Optionally, the reaction mixture contains no monofunctional compound reactive with either amine or carboxylic acid groups, however some of this monofunctional compound may be present. Dimer diamine and/or dimer acid may be present in the reaction mixture. A copolymer may also be prepared from a reaction mixture containing dimer acid and at least two diamine compound(s) including PAODA and short-chain aliphatic diamine having 2-6 carbons (SDA), wherein: a) the reaction mixture comprises x grams of PAODA and y grams of SDA, and x/(x+y) is 0.8-0.98; b) the reaction mixture weighs z grams, and x/z is at least 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventor: Mark S. Pavlin
  • Publication number: 20090074689
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition comprising, in a physiologically acceptable medium, a volatile silicone fatty phase comprising at least one non-cyclic volatile silicone oil, wherein the volatile silicone fatty phase has an evaporation profile such that the mass of the at least one volatile silicone oil evaporated after 30 minutes is from 2 mg/cm2 to 9 mg/cm2. The invention also relates to making up and caring for human keratin materials using the inventive compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventor: Frederic AUGUSTE
  • Publication number: 20090074690
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to novel cosmetic compositions comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable medium (i) at least one cationic polymer, produced by polymerization of a monomer mixture comprising: a) at least one vinyl monomer substituted with at least one amino group, b) at least one hydrophobic nonionic vinyl monomer, chosen from formulae (I) and (II): CH2?C(X)Z,??(I) CH2?CH—OC(O)R;??(II) wherein: X is chosen from a hydrogen atom and a methyl group; Z is chosen from the groups —C(O)OR1, —C(O)NH2, —C(O)NHR1, —C(O)N(R1)2, —C6H5, —C6H4R1, —C6H4OR1, —C6H4Cl, —CN, —NHC(O)CH3, —NHC(O)H, N-(2-pyrrolidonyl), N-caprolactamyl, —C(O)NHC(CH3)3, —C(O)NHCH2CH2—NH—CH2CH2-urea, —Si(R)3, —C(O)O(CH2)xSi(R)3, —C(O)NH(CH2)xSi(R)3, and —(CH2)xSi(R)3; x is an integer ranging from 1 to 6; each R is independently chosen from aC1-C30 alkyl group; each R1 is independently chosen from aC1-C30 alkyl group, a C2-C30 hydroxyalkyl group, and a C1-C30 haloalkyl group, and c) at least one associative vinyl monome
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventors: Olga BIGANSKA, Pascale Lazzeri-Vigouroux
  • Patent number: 7482314
    Abstract: A microdermabrasion composition is provided. The composition preferably has 2-60 weight percent surfactant, 5-60 weight percent volatile silicone oil, 8-50 weight percent anhydrous solvent, and 1-25 weight percent water soluble salt. The water soluble salt is most preferably sodium chloride. The composition is effective and safe for in-home microdermabrasion. A kit including such a microdermabrasion composition and an applicator sponge, and a method of microdermabrasion are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Orchid Scientific, Inc.
    Inventors: Pearl E. Grimes, Irwin Palefsky, Ken Klein, Ni'kita Wilson
  • Publication number: 20090022680
    Abstract: A composition for topical application, in the form of an oil-in-water emulsion, containing at least one nonionic emulsifier with a melting point of less than 45°C. and at least one 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid polymer. The composition shows very good stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Florence L'ALLORET, Lydie Bressy
  • Publication number: 20080312341
    Abstract: A hydrophilized personal care formulation, which can be in the form of a hand or body soap (liquid or bar), lipstick, body wash, makeup remover, skin cleaner, hair conditioner, skin or hair moisturizer. The formulation employs an organophosphorus material or a mixture of an organophosphorus material, for example, mono-, di-, and polyol phosphate esters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: Rhodia Inc.
    Inventors: Tobias Johannes FUTTERER, Lawrence Alan HOUGH, Robert Lee REIERSON
  • Publication number: 20080293603
    Abstract: The objective of this invention is to provide an oil-based cleansing composition which retains high performance capability for cleansing, is free from the occurrence of cloudiness in the appearance and does not cause the reduction of the performance capability for massaging, even when water is interfused therein, and further is reduced in the irritation to an eye and is of good safety. An oil-based cleansing composition of this invention is characterized in that comprising (A) a nonionic surfactant having a HLB of 6 to 14, and (B) an oil component, and said oil-based cleansing composition satisfies the following conditions (1) and (2): (1) the amount of water in the composition is less than 5% by mass, and (2) a micellar aqueous solution phase or a bicontinuous microemulsion phase is formed when said oil-based cleansing composition and water are mixed in the ratio of 4:6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2005
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: Shiseido Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kei Watanabe, Akira Matsuo, Hiroki Inoue
  • Publication number: 20080280797
    Abstract: A cosmetic product for cleansing and/or removing makeup from keratinous substance(s) includes, separately from one another, at least a first and a second cosmetic composition. The first composition is in the form of an oil-in-water emulsion obtained according to the phase inversion temperature process according to PIT technology and includes, in a physiologically acceptable medium, at least 50% by weight of at least one oil or oily phase, relative to the total weight of the first composition. The second composition is in the form of an aqueous gel and includes, in a physiologically acceptable medium, at least one foaming surfactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventor: Delphine Compain
  • Publication number: 20080269095
    Abstract: An article, preferably a patch, containing: a support in the form of at least one sheet containing fibres that are water-soluble at a temperature of 0-30° C., and a composition carried by the support, containing at least one water-soluble gelling agent which swells in less than 30 seconds in water at a temperature of 20° C. to 30° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventor: Odile AUBRUN-SONNEVILLE
  • Publication number: 20080255015
    Abstract: The invention relates to compositions which comprise one or more glycerol ethers together with one or more diol/diols and/or polyol/polyols. As a result, as well as good microbicidal effectiveness, whitening is reduced or avoided, drying-out of the skin is prevented, the moisture content is regulated and the skin is regressed to an adequate extent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: AIR LIQUIDE SANTE (INTERNATIONAL)
    Inventors: Wolfgang BEILFUSS, Sabine Wutsch, Klaus Weber, Ralf Gradtke
  • Publication number: 20080241204
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wetting solution for manufacturing wet wipes or other wet flexible materials, and to such wet wipes for cosmetic, body care, dermatological and/or cleaning purposes, such as cleaning wipes, facial cleaning wipes, make-up remover wipes, refreshment wipes, baby wipes, wet toilet paper or eyeglass cleaning wipes, wherein the preferably aqueous wetting solution contains at least one amino acid ester, preferably from the group of pyrrolidone carboxylic acid esters, as an emulsifier. The invention further relates to the use of such amino acid esters as emulsifiers in wetting solutions for manufacturing said wet tissues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: ZSCHIMMER & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Ulrich Leikauf
  • Publication number: 20080234159
    Abstract: The present invention provides acylalkylisethionate esters useful in consumer products. The acylalkylisethionate esters are produced by reacting one or more carboxylic acids with one or more alkyl-substituted hydroxyalkyl sulfonates under esterification reaction conditions. The alkyl-substituted hydroxyalkyl sulfonates used as a raw material in producing the esters are prepared by reacting bisulfite with one or more alkylene oxides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2004
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: Huntsman Petrochemical Corporation
    Inventors: Prakasa R. Anantaneni, John Gray, Marty J. Renner, George A. Smith, David C. Lewis, Donald H. Champion, Christopher J. Whewell
  • Publication number: 20080213194
    Abstract: The present invention relates to rhamnolipid-based formulations to clean, disinfect, deodorize, and act as an antimicrobial and antifungal agent for living and working environments. In addition, the present invention relates to the use of rhamnolipids to create a bio-film when applied to a surface, which prevents the growth of bacteria and fungus. This technique is especially useful to create clean surface areas for medical procedures, chemical testing, during food preparation, as well as for daycare centers and hospitals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventor: Keith DeSanto
  • Publication number: 20080182771
    Abstract: A transparent liquid cleansing composition containing the following components (A), (B), (C) and (D): (A) 10 to 35% by weight of a nonionic surfactant having an HLB value of 8 or more, (B) 10 to 40% by weight of oil having a viscosity of 15 mPa·s or less at 30° C., (C) 20 to 60% by weight of a water-soluble solvent, and (D) 5 to 50% by weight of water, wherein a total content of the components (C) and (D) is 40 to 70% by weight. The transparent liquid cleansing composition is provided, which gives substantially no oily feeling during use, can raise waterproof mascara rapidly, and is washed off without an oily feeling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2008
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuyuki MURASE, Hiroko TSUDA
  • Publication number: 20080138302
    Abstract: The present application relates to a cosmetic composition comprising at least one ester corresponding to formula (I) below: R1COOR2 ??(I) in which R1 represents H or a linear or branched hydrocarbon-based radical, and R2 represents a linear or branched hydrocarbon-based radical, with the proviso that: when R2 is a linear hydrocarbon-based radical and R1 is H or a linear hydrocarbon-based radical, then 7?R1+R2?8; and when at least one of R1 and R2 is a branched hydrocarbon-based radical, then 8?R1+R2?10, with the proviso that, when R1 is tert-butyl, then R2 is not isohexyl. This composition can be used as a product for caring for and/or making up keratin materials, in particular the skin, the lips and/or the integuments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: Frederic Auguste, Jean-Yves Fouron
  • Patent number: 7384898
    Abstract: An aqueous composition comprising solution of a betaine of the following general Formula I is disclosed Formula I in which R is an alkyl group of coconut fatty acids, preferably hydrogenated coconut fatty acids, or a fatty acid mixture which, on the average, corresponds to coconut fatty acids, wherein the solution has a solids content of at least 45% by weight, a pH of 4.5 to 8, an amidoamine content of not more than 1% by weight, and a free fatty acid content less than 1% by weight, an N-acyl ?-aminoacids content between 0.5 to 3% by weight and 0 to 4% by weight of glycerin, based on the solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Galaxy Surfactants Limited
    Inventors: Nirmal Madhukar Koshti, Bharat Bhikaji Parab, Subhash Shivling Nashte
  • Publication number: 20080131469
    Abstract: The invention provides an aqueous composition that can alleviate at least one of the problems that conventional aqueous compositions for cosmetics have (e.g., insufficient temporal stability, insufficient viscosity increase, being incapable of being used in a variety of pH ranges and being incapable of providing sufficient thixotropy). The aqueous composition for cosmetics includes: (A) at least one selected from the group consisting of a cross-linked product of a hydroxyalkyl modified starch with a carbon number of 2 to 5, a cross-linked product of a hydroxyalkyl modified starch with a carbon number of 2 to 5 and an acyl modified starch with a carbon number of 2 to 18 and a cross-linked product of an acyl modified starch with a carbon number of 2 to 18; and (B) a water-soluble polymer material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2008
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: National Starch and Chemical Inverstment Holding Corporation
    Inventor: Tomohiro Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20070270321
    Abstract: An antimicrobial hand wash comprises an active ingredient and an amphoteric surfactant that is a derivative compound of a fatty amine with a nitrogen atom bound to at least one, but not greater than two, propionic acids. These specific amphoteric surfactants have unexpectedly been found to be compatible with active ingredients such that the antimicrobial efficacy is maintained, while foam quality is improved when the hand wash is dispensed as foam. Other antimicrobial hand washes include polyethylene glycol or polypropylene glycol derivatives that dissolve at least a portion of the active ingredient, thus reducing the amount of solids in the formulation, and making a cold manufacturing process possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Inventors: Ronald A. Barnhart, David P. Lerner
  • Patent number: 7268106
    Abstract: Provided is an aqueous liquid detergent composition containing a long-chain fatty acid glycol ester represented by the following formula (1): R1COO(CH2CH2O)mA ??(1) wherein, A is H or COR2, R1 and R2 represents a C11-21 alkyl or alkenyl group, and m stands for a number of from 1 to 3, and a surfactant, wherein the fatty acid constituent of the long-chain fatty acid glycol ester contains 60 wt. % or greater of fatty acids having 18 or more carbon atoms, 40 wt. % or less of a fatty acid having 16 carbon atoms, and 5 wt. % or less of fatty acids having less than 16 carbon atoms; and the composition has a pH of from 1 to 5 at 25° C. when diluted to 20 times the weight with water. The detergent composition has benefits such as an elegant and expensive-looking pearl luster, is excellent in stability of a pearling agent, particularly long storage stability at high temperatures, and has good detergency and foaming property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji Arai
  • Publication number: 20070207937
    Abstract: Gelled composition containing at least 40% by weight of one or more oils, relative to the total weight of the composition, at least one ethoxylated glucose fatty acid ester, at least one ethoxylated polyol fatty acid ester, at least one polyol, and water, the amount of water being less than or equal to 15% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition, and the amount of water and the amount of polyol each being greater than or equal to the amount of ethoxylated glucose fatty acid ester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Angeles Fonolla Moreno, Pascale Jaeger-Paindestre
  • Patent number: 7255870
    Abstract: A composition containing an aqueous phase dispersed in an oily phase, at least one emulsifier with an HLB value ranging from 1 to 8, at least one organic powder, and, in the oily phase at least one semicrystalline polymer with organic structure that is solid at room temperature and that has a melting point of less than 70° C., the said polymer comprising a) a polymer skeleton and b) at least one crystallizable organic side chain and/or at least one crystallizable organic sequence forming part of the said polymer skeleton, the polymer having a number-average molecular weight of greater than 2,000. This composition can especially constitute a cosmetic cream, having a very pleasant texture when applied to the skin, or a stick, especially a makeup-removing stick.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Paula Lennon, Raluca Lorant
  • Patent number: 7078026
    Abstract: A physiologically acceptable composition, especially a cosmetic composition, comprising a liquid fatty phase comprising at least one silicone oil, structured with at least one polymer chosen from homopolymers and copolymers with a weight-average molecular mass ranging from 500 to 500 000, comprising at least one moiety comprising: at least one polyorganosiloxane group comprising from 1 to 1 000 organosiloxane units in the chain of the moiety of in the form of a graft, and at least two groups capable of establishing hydrogen interactions, the polymer being solid at room temperature and soluble in the liquid fatty phase at a temperature of from 25 to 250° C., and solid particles having a hydrophobic surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: L'Oreal S.A.
    Inventors: Véronique Ferrari, Jean Mondet
  • Patent number: 7033614
    Abstract: A rinse-off composition comprising in percent by weight 0.10–10.00 of a dispersion of bismuth oxychloride 3.50–90.00 of a surfactant, 0.001–0.050 of a dye, 3.00–15.00 of an emollient and 10.00–80.00 of water; said dispersion of bismuth oxychloride containing bismuth oxychloride platelet particles having a lateral width of 5–25 microns and a thickness of 20–200 nm, said platelet particles being substantially covered a liquid vehicle and said liquid vehicle being present in an amount sufficient to maintain a stable dispersion and to provide for facile resuspension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: EMD Chemicals, Inc. (Previously EM Industries)
    Inventors: Phil Linz, Rantan K. Chaudhuri
  • Patent number: 6943138
    Abstract: To provide an oil clearing sheet for makeup, which is superior in capacity to absorb oil and can confirm the wiping state of sebum easily and clearly, and which can afford sufficient wiping feeling and satisfactory feeling to users. An oil clearing sheet for makeup, comprising a porous stretched film of a plastic material, characterized in that the porous stretched film comprises at least two porous stretched films, which are the same or different, and adjacent films differ in brightness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kono, Kazunori Kondoh
  • Patent number: 6914038
    Abstract: A hair cleansing composition comprises the following ingredients (A) to (D): (A) an anionic surfactant having a sulfate group, (B) a cationic guar gum, (C) an organic acid selected from a hydroxycarboxylic acid, a dicarboxylic acid or an aromatic carboxylic acid, and (D) a salt; and has a pH of from 1 to 4 when diluted 20-fold by weight with water. The hair cleansing composition has good foamability and high-lubricity foam quality upon washing and smooth touch upon rinsing, and is excellent in the luster and softness of hair after drying and also superb in stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Terazaki, Fumiko Kasuga, Osamu Hirota
  • Patent number: 6900168
    Abstract: A composition and method to allow quick and thorough cleaning of acrylic based artificial and sculpted nail applicators. A volatile solvent is mixed with a non-volatile solvent and may be combined with an antiseptic. When combined, the composition may be used to clean and condition a previously used nail polish brush and to provide a pleasant smelling antiseptic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: OPI Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Harold Bryson
  • Patent number: 6894012
    Abstract: The present application relates to a cleansing composition comprising, in a physiologically acceptable aqueous medium, (1) at least one foaming surfactant, (2) at least 1% by weight of at least one silica with respect to the total weight of the composition, (3) at least one oxyalkylated compound and (4) at least one polymer chosen from cationic polymers and amphoteric polymers. The composition obtained has the consistency of a gel and gives a lather of very good quality. It can be used in particular in the cosmetic or dermatological field, as products for cleansing or removing make-up from the skin, eyes, scalp and/or hair, and/or to disinfect the skin and/or the scalp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Laurence Sebillotte-Arnaud, Dominique Bordeaux
  • Patent number: 6884763
    Abstract: A waterless hand cleaner formulation includes an organic solvent, a quantity of water and a surfactant present to form a gelatinous emulsion. The gelatinous emulsion is loaded with 0.1 to 25 total weight percent of a natural essential oil having topical antimicrobial activity. Oil of oregano is particularly well suited for this application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Permatex, Inc.
    Inventors: Dean M Willard, George Barraza, Jonathan D. Zook
  • Patent number: 6861397
    Abstract: Topically active compositions having enhanced effectiveness are disclosed. The compositions contain a topically active compound, an anionic surfactant, a hydric solvent, a hydrotrope, an optional cosurfactant, and water, wherein a percent saturation of the topical active compound of the composition is at least 25%. The compositions exhibit a rapid and effective topical effect, and effectively deposit the topically active compound for an effective residual effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: The Dial Corporation
    Inventors: Earl P. Seitz, Jr., Andrea Lynn Waggoner, Priscilla S. Fox, Timothy J. Taylor
  • Patent number: 6855677
    Abstract: Detergent compositions each of which comprises (A) at least one phosphate ester or a salt thereof represented by the following formula (1): wherein R1 represents a C8-C18 hydrocarbon group, m stands for a number of from 0 to 10 on weight average, X represents H, an alkali metal atom, ammonium, a basic amino acid residual group, or an alkanolamino group having a hydroxy(C2-C3 alkyl) group, and R2 represents —(CH2CH2O)m—R1 or X, or a mixture thereof, and (B) at least one glyceryl ether having a C4-C12 alkyl or alkenyl group. These detergent compositions are low in skin irritation and are good in foaming performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Chikako Matsumoto, Nobuaki Tatsuta, Morinobu Fukuda, Tetsuya Miyajima, Kennichi Kasuga
  • Patent number: 6821942
    Abstract: A cleansing composition, comprising (1) at least one foaming surfactant, (2) at least one hydrophobic silica and (3) at least one oxyalkylenated compound in a physiologically acceptable aqueous medium comprising at least 35% by weight of water relative to the total weight of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Laurence Sebillotte-Arnaud, Veronique Guillou
  • Patent number: 6821934
    Abstract: Water-in-oil emulsions (a) with a viscosity of at most 5000 mPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Beiersdorf AG
    Inventors: Andreas Bleckmann, Rainer Kröpke, Günther Schneider
  • Patent number: 6812192
    Abstract: A foaming composition for topical application, comprising at least one surfactant system comprising at least one fatty acid chosen from partially and completely neutralized fatty acids, at least one non-betaine amphoteric co-surfactant and at least one anionic co-surfactant of the sulphosuccinate type and its use in the cosmetic or dermatological fields, for example, as cleansing and/or make-up-removing products for a human keratinous material, for example, the skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: L'Oreal S.A.
    Inventors: Delphine Ribery, Laure Bissey-Beugras
  • Patent number: 6784145
    Abstract: The invention relates to an article containing (A) a water-insoluble substrate and (B) containing an aqueous phase and N-(3-chloroallyl)hexaminium chloride. According to one preferred embodiment of the invention, the composition also contains at least one C1-C4 alkyl para hydroxybenzoate and/or at least one ethylenediamine-tetraacetic acid salt. The article may especially constitute a wipe for cleansing and/or removing makeup from the facial and/or body skin, and also for removing makeup from the eyes. The wipe may be in the form of a moist or dry wipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Patricia Delambre, Philippe Touzan, Pascal Simon
  • Patent number: 6774095
    Abstract: Disclosed is a detergent composition characterized by low skin irritation, good foamability, easy handling at the time of manufacture, and excellent stability when stored as a product. The detergent composition is a composition which contains a specific amount of (A) a specific amide alcohol and (B) at least one surfactant selected from an anionic surfactant, a nonionic surfactant, and an amphoteric surfactant, wherein the pH (25° C.) of the 20-fold diluted aqueous solution of the composition is 4.5 to 6.8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Chikako Matsumoto, Keiko Hasebe, Takaya Sakai, Makoto Kubo
  • Patent number: 6762158
    Abstract: Personal care compositions suitable for use in skin care applications, which effectively deliver and/or deposit various benefit agents into and onto the skin and which are relatively non-irritating and thus suitable for use by people having sensitive skin and eyes comprising at least one ester and a water dispersible component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Elvin R. Lukenbach, Claudia Kaminski, Sandrine Pascal-Suisse, Maurice Tahar, Monica Ruggiero
  • Patent number: 6752998
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides an exothermic composition, which includes at least one zeolite; at least one surfactant; at least one magnesium or calcium halide; and a physiologically acceptable anhydrous medium. Another embodiment of the present invention provides a composition, which includes a means for making the composition exothermic; at least one surfactant; at least one magnesium or calcium halide; and a physiologically acceptable anhydrous medium. Other embodiments of the present invention provide processes for removing make-up from or cleansing the skin or mucous membrane, and articles which include the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Delphine Verdrel-Lahaxe, Lien Bui-Bertrand
  • Publication number: 20040063594
    Abstract: A process for making a chemical composition includes the steps of mixing 200-800 parts by volume of petroleum solvent with 10-500 parts by volume of normal paraffin or isoparaffin at room temperature to form a solvent paraffin mixture. A microcrystalline wax is heated to between 180-200 degrees Fahrenheit until melted and 90-700 parts by volume of melted microcrystalline wax is vigorously mixed with the normal paraffin or isoparaffin mixture to form a creamy liquid useful as a hand cleaner and paint remover as well as a fire starter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventor: Donald L. McCammon
  • Patent number: 6699824
    Abstract: A rinse-off liquid personal cleansing composition comprising: (a) water; (b) from about 1% to about 60% by weight of a water soluble surfactant; (c) a water-insoluble oil selected from highly branched polyalphaolefins having formula (A) wherein R1 is H or C1-C20 alkyl, R4 is C1-C20 alkyl, R2 is H or C1-C20, and R3 is C3-C20 preferably from C5-C20, n is an integer from 0 to 3 and m is an interger of from 1 to 1000 and having a number average molecular weight of from about 1000 to about 25,000; and (d) a hydrophobic skin active component selected from antimicrobial agents, sunscreens, vitamins, perfume oils, insect repellents, anti fungal agents, and mixtures thereof, wherein the hydrophobic skin active component has a ClogP value of greater than 3. The personal cleansing compositions of the invention provide improved deposition of hydrophobic skin actives, excellent rinse feel and skin mildness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: George Geoffrey Dawson, Kristina Vanoosthuyze
  • Patent number: 6649577
    Abstract: Water-in-oil emulsions (a) with a viscosity of at most 5000 mPa·s (b) with a content of water and water-soluble substances totalling at least 75% by weight, and with a content of lipids, emulsifiers and lipophilic constituents totalling at most 15%, based in each case on the total weight of the preparations, (c) the oil phase of which comprises at least 75% of one or more substances chosen from the group of nonpolar lipids which are liquid at room temperature and have a polarity of greater than 30 mN/m, and/or silicones of any polarity this weight proportion being based on the total weight of the oil phase, (d) comprising at least one interface-active substance chosen from the group of substances of the general formula (I)
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Beiersdorf AG
    Inventors: Andreas Bleckmann, Rainer Kröpke, Günther Schneider