Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Julie Blackburn
  • Patent number: 6241411
    Abstract: A brush for the application of mascara to the eyelashes comprised of a central core of twisted metal wire, having gripped therebetween split fibers which extend radially from the core, wherein the fibers are split at least a portion of the distance from the fiber tip to the central core; and method for making the brush; and a mascara component containing the brush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: Revlon Consumer Products Corporation
    Inventors: Hernando Brieva, Debra Marsha DiGirolamo, Erlinda Dugaduga Leone, Tian Xiang Wang
  • Patent number: 6238653
    Abstract: An aqueous peroxide composition for coloring or lightening hair comprising (a) 1-99% of an aqueous phase containing (ii) 1-55% by weight of the total composition of water, (ii) 1-45% hydrogen peroxide, and (iii) a water soluble cosolvent; and (b) 0.1-60% of an oil phase; and (c) 1-65% of an organic, amphiphilic, surface active ingredient capable of interacting with the water phase and the oil phase to form lyotropic liquid crystals containing said water phase ingredients; a method for coloring or lightening hair using the peroxide composition, and a method for reducing the amount of time necessary to permanently color hair using the peroxide composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: Revlon Consumer Products Corporation
    Inventors: Saroja Narasimhan, Alexander C. Chan, Dalal Ibrahim Duffer, Geoffrey Robert Hawkins
  • Patent number: 6235297
    Abstract: A method for improving and/or treating one or more conditions of the skin selected from the group consisting of texture, luminosity, radiance, fine lines, wrinkles, skin pigmentation irregularities, sallowness, and photodamage comprising applying to the skin a cosmetic composition comprising 0.01-30% by weight of the total composition of 3-hydroxybenzoic acid and the compositions used therefor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: Revlon Consumer Products Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Nicholas Antonelli, George Harvey Armstrong, Reilly Canay Dulog, James Joseph Ferone, Alexander Lukacs, III, Frank Charles Pagano, David Allen Porter, Gale McElroy Reinhart, Beverly Ann Reisinger
  • Patent number: 6214329
    Abstract: A pigmented emulsion composition for application to eyelashes or eyebrows comprising an aqueous phase and a non-aqueous phase, wherein the non-aqueous phase comprises at least one organic, solid, non-polymeric gelling agent, which is capable of gelling the pigmented emulsion composition to a viscosity of 4,000 to 2,000,000 centipoise at 25° C., and a method for lengthening, coloring, and curling eyelashes using said composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: Revlon Consumer Products Corporation
    Inventors: Hernando Brieva, Kristine Patel, Julio Gans Russ, Ida Marie Sandewicz, Tian Xiang Wang
  • Patent number: 6197319
    Abstract: In an emulsion cosmetic composition for application to skin containing water and at least one surfactant, the improvement wherein the composition also contains a water soluble, protein polysaccharide complex (“PPC”) having a net positive or negative charge, which is the reaction product of at least one protein and at least one anionic polysaccharide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Revlon Consumer Products Corporation
    Inventors: Tian Xiang Wang, Debra Marsha Verdon DiGirolamo, Julio Gans Russ
  • Patent number: 6174099
    Abstract: A device for storing and applying cosmetic product comprising a container having a neck, and a cap for the container having a top end and a bottom end, the cap having affixed thereto a rod and applicator, wherein the rod is a hollow stem having a proximal and distal end, wherein the proximal end is attached to the cap inner surface and the distal end has an applicator affixed thereto; wherein the top end and bottom end of the cap have inner and outer surfaces, wherein the bottom end inner surface of the cap is designed to mate with the outer surface of the container neck when the container is in the closed position, causing the applicator to be immersed in the cosmetic liquid, and the top end inner surface of the cap is designed to mate with the container neck to form a unitary application device when the applicator is being used to apply cosmetic to a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: Revlon Consumer Products Corporation
    Inventors: Manhar Kantibhai Patel, Leo Clifford Pires, Barbara Bone Poder, Albert Joseph Stiso
  • Patent number: 6171581
    Abstract: A water and oil emulsion solid antiperspirant or deodorant composition comprising, by weight of the total composition: 0.1-30% of a silicone elastomer, 0.05-30% of a gellant, 1-25% of an antiperspirant or deodorant active, 1-90% water, and 1-75% oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Revlon Consumer Products Corporation
    Inventors: Vijay Kumar Joshi, Charles George Shalotsky, Tian Xiang Wang
  • Patent number: 6168024
    Abstract: A cosmetic pencil case for housing a cosmetic pencil having a cap thereon, comprising an elongated hollow body having a bottom end and an open top end, the bottom end having an outer surface which forms the external, bottom surface of the elongated hollow body, and an inner surface, a removable stopper affixed to the top end of said hollow body forming a cover, said stopper having an outer surface which forms the external top surface of the elongated hollow body, and an inner surface containing a recessed cavity of a size and shape to accommodate the cap of the cosmetic pencil in a friction fit; as well as the cosmetic pencil in combination with the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignee: Revlon Consumer Products Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Jefferson Coates, Robert Nathan Brown
  • Patent number: 6162421
    Abstract: A pigmented water-in-oil emulsion cosmetic stick composition comprising, by weight of the total composition, 0.5-50% water, 0.5-70% of a volatile solvent having a viscosity of 0.2 to 20 centipoise at 25.degree. C., 0.5-40% of a hydrocarbon wax, and 0.5-40% of a fluorinated oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: Revlon Consumer Products Corporation
    Inventors: Renee Joan Ordino, Natividad Jose, Robert Walter Sandewicz, Ann Marshall Ureneck
  • Patent number: 6153206
    Abstract: A cosmetic composition comprising an oil component and a particulate matter component, the improvement wherein the composition additionally contains an uncrosslinked synthetic polymer comprising a first repeat unit selected from the group consisting of methacrylate ester monomers which, if polymerized, would yield a polymer having a glass transition temperature of -10 to 75.degree. C.; and a second repeat unit selected from the group consisting of methacrylate ester monomers which, if polymerized, would yield a polymer having a glass transition temperature in the range of about 76 to 120.degree. C., the synthetic polymer having a glass transition temperature ranging from about 20 to 105.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: Revlon Consumer Products Corporation
    Inventors: Waifong Liew Anton, Milan Bohuslay Bednarek, Joseph Frank Calello, Natividad Jose, Anjali Abhimanyu Patil, Julio Gans Russ, Robert Walter Sandewicz, Ann Marshall Ureneck
  • Patent number: 6143283
    Abstract: A cosmetic composition having improved transfer resistance comprising:a) from about 0.1-60% of a copolymer which is an adhesive at room temperature,b) from about 0.1-60% by weight of a volatile solvent having a viscosity of 0.5 to 20 centipoise at 25.degree. C.,c) 0.1-60% by weight of a nonvolatile oil.d) 0.1-80% dry particulate matter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignee: Revlon Consumer Products Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Frank Calello, Anjali Abhimanyu Patil, Salvatore Joseph Barone, Ann Marshall Krog
  • Patent number: 6143286
    Abstract: Hair conditioning compositions comprising 0.1-20% cationic conditioning agent, 0.1-30% fatty alcohol, 0.001-10% nonionic surfactant, 0.001-20% of a polysiloxane having D and T units, wherein the ratio of D units to T units in the polysiloxane is about 10 to 80 D units for every T unit; and 5-95% water; as well as a method for improving the fade resistance of color treated hair comprising applying to the hair an aqueous based hair care composition containing one or more hair treating active ingredients and a siloxane having D and T units, wherein the ratio of D units to T units in the siloxane is about 10 to 80 D units for every T unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignee: Revlon Consumer Products Corporation
    Inventors: Malti Vishin Bhambhani, Alexander Chan, Geoffrey Robert Hawkins
  • Patent number: 6139880
    Abstract: A single phase aqueous gel composition comprising 0.0-50% of a polysaccharide gellant, and 1-30% of an antiperspirant active ingredient solubilized in the aqueous single phase.A water and oil emulsion comprising a gelled aqueous phase comprising a polysaccharide gellant and an antiperspirant active ingredient solubilized in the aqueous single phase; and an oil phase,A method for preparing an emulsion antiperspirant or deodorant composition comprising preparing a first aqueous solution of antiperspirant or deodorant active, preparing a second aqueous solution of polysaccharide gellant, emulsifying the second aqueous solution in an oily phase to form an emulsion, combining the first aqueous solution and the emulsion so that the first and second aqueous solutions form a single homogeneous phase in the emulsion; and pouring the mixture into containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Revlon Consumer Products Corporation
    Inventors: Terence Martin Dolak, Fred Nick Hubner, Vijay Kumar Joshi, David Martin Kellner, Charles George Shalotsky, Tian Xiang Wang
  • Patent number: 6132737
    Abstract: A method for reducing the formation of sunburn cells in mammalian skin exposed to ultraviolet radiation, comprising applying a cosmetic composition containing stabilized ascorbic acid to the the skin prior to exposure to ultraviolet radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Revlon Consumer Products Corporation
    Inventors: Barbara Ann Wolf, Patricia Beatrice Siuta
  • Patent number: D436225
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Revlon Consumer Products Corporation
    Inventors: Raymond Garofano, Eileen Ann Higgins, Catherine Ann Wohlfeil
  • Patent number: D438375
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Revlon Consumer Products Corporation
    Inventor: Katherine Klemmer Terry
  • Patent number: D441199
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Revlon Consumer Products Corporation
    Inventors: Maria Ann Johnstone, Julio Gans Russ, Jing Yi Zhu, Hans Dürnberger, Franz Stöcklein
  • Patent number: D443104
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: Revlon Consumer Products Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Jefferson Coates, Robert Nathan Brown
  • Patent number: D434184
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: Revlon Consumer Products Corporation
    Inventor: Lisa Jill Acker
  • Patent number: D434656
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Revlon Consumer Products Corporation
    Inventor: Stephen Elton Gebb