Patents Assigned to Cognis France S.A.
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Publication number: 20120172308Abstract: The present invention relates to the cosmetic use of oligopeptides, cosmetic preparations which comprise such oligopeptides as well as certain oligopeptide derivatives themselves.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2011Publication date: July 5, 2012Applicant: Cognis France S.A.S.Inventors: Philippe Moussou, Louis Danoux, Gilles Pauly, Jean-Luc Contet-Audonneau
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Patent number: 8067044Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a composition comprising an extract of the leaves of the Castanea sativa plant. It is furthermore directed to the use of the extract for the manufacture of a cosmetic composition and with the use of this extract for the cosmetic treatment of the human body.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2005Date of Patent: November 29, 2011Assignee: Cognis France S.A.S.Inventors: Florence Henry, Louis Danoux, Gilles Pauly
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Patent number: 8044028Abstract: The present invention relates to the cosmetic use of oligopeptides, cosmetic preparations which comprise such oligopeptides as well as certain oligopeptide derivatives themselves.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2005Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: Cognis France S.A.S.Inventors: Philippe Moussou, Louis Danoux, Gilles Pauly, Jean-Luc Contet-Audonneau
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Publication number: 20100260697Abstract: A composition including (a) an extract from the fruit of Schisandra chinensis; and (b) at least one auxiliary and/or additive is provided. A composition also provided includes (a) a component selected from the group of an extract of the fruit of Schisandra chinensis, schizandrin, deoxyschizandrin, schisandrin C, gomisin A, gomisin N, pregomisin, and nordihydroguaiaretic acid; and (b) at least one auxiliary and/or additive. A process for producing an extract from the fruit of Schisandra chinensis is also provided, and includes the steps of (a) extracting of the fruit of Schisandra chinensis with a solvent selected from the group consisting of water, alcohols, esters, hydrocarbons, ketones, halogenated hydrocarbons and supercritical fluids to obtain a mixture comprising the extract and the solvent; and, (b) removing the solvent from the mixture.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2010Publication date: October 14, 2010Applicant: COGNIS FRANCE S.A.S.Inventors: Florence Henry, Louis Danoux, Gilles Pauly
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Patent number: 7651692Abstract: A cosmetic and/or pharmaceutical composition containing an extract from a pericarp of a Litchi chinensis Sonn. plant, and wherein the composition is used to protect human skin and/or hair from environmental influences and ageing.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2002Date of Patent: January 26, 2010Assignee: Cognis France S.A.Inventors: Gilles Pauly, Louis Danoux, Florence Henry
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Publication number: 20080102143Abstract: The present invention is concerned with an extract of a plant, whereby the plant belongs to the family Asclepiadaceae for use as a medicament. One embodiment of the present invention is an extract of the plant Gymnema sylvestre for use as a medicament. Said medicaments are inter alia useful for the treatment of mammalian skin (preferably human skin) that suffers from hair growth disorders. Furthermore the present invention is concerned with the use of an extract of a plant, whereby the plant belongs to the family Asclepiadaceae (especially Gymnema sylvestre) for the cosmetic treatment of human skin, whereby this treatment comprises the inhibition, suppression or retardation of hair growth.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2005Publication date: May 1, 2008Applicant: COGNIS FRANCE S.A.S.Inventors: Olga Freis, Louis Danoux, Philippe Moser, Gilles Pauly
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Publication number: 20070281047Abstract: A composition which includes a pulp extract from the fruit of Argania spinosa and at least one dermopharmaceutical or cosmetic auxiliary and/or additive is provided. A process for producing an extract from the fruit of Argania spinosa, and a triterpene fraction of an extract of the pulp of the fruit of Argania spinosa including lupeol, ?-amyrine, ?-amyrine, taraxasterol, and psi-taraxasterol are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2004Publication date: December 6, 2007Applicant: COGNIS FRANCE, S.A.S.Inventors: Florence Henry, Louis Danoux, Gilles Pauly
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Patent number: 7244770Abstract: Methods suitable for selecting optimal defoamers for use in fermentation processes are described wherein the methods comprise: (a) determining an amount of each of two or more defoamers which provides a requisite dynamic surface tension of at most 50 mN/m at a particular frequency in a fermentation medium; and (b) selecting the defoamer which provides the requisite dynamic surface tension at the lowest amount. Methods for controlling foam by determining and adjusting dynamic surface tension are also described.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2002Date of Patent: July 17, 2007Assignee: Cognis France, S.A.Inventors: Benoit Abribat, Jean-Pierre Molitor, Christian De Haut, Stephanie Merlet, Peter Claessens
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Publication number: 20070160554Abstract: The present invention is concerned with acyl ribonucleosides and with acyl deoxyribonucleosides. It is furthermore concerned with an enzymatic process for the manufacture of acyl ribonucleosides and of acyl deoxyribonucleosides. It is furthermore concerned with the use of acyl ribonucleosides and of acyl deoxyribonucleosides for cosmetic and for pharmaceutical purposes and with their use as a food supplement for humans or animals. It is furthermore concerned with compositions containing acyl ribonucleosides and acyl deoxyribonucleosides, whereby these compositions are suitable for cosmetic or for pharmaceutical purposes or as food supplement.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2004Publication date: July 12, 2007Applicants: COGNIS IP MANAGEMENT GMBH, COGNIS FRANCE S.A.Inventors: Peter Kempers, Philippe Moussou, Louis Danoux, Sabine Both, Carsten Beverungen
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Publication number: 20070128302Abstract: A composition including (a) an extract from the fruit of Schisandra chinensis; and (b) at least one auxiliary and/or additive is provided. A composition also provided includes (a) a component selected from the group of an extract of the fruit of Schisandra chinensis, schizandrin, deoxyschizandrin, schisandrin C, gomisin A, gomisin N, pregomisin, and nordihydroguaiaretic acid; and (b) at least one auxiliary and/or additive. A process for producing an extract from the fruit of Schisandra chinensis is also provided, and includes the steps of (a) extracting of the fruit of Schisandra chinensis with a solvent selected from the group consisting of water, alcohols, esters, hydrocarbons, ketones, halogenated hydrocarbons and supercritical fluids to obtain a mixture comprising the extract and the solvent; and, (b) removing the solvent from the mixture.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2004Publication date: June 7, 2007Applicant: COGNIS FRANCE S.A.Inventors: Florence Henry, Louis Danoux, Gilles Pauly
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Publication number: 20070104676Abstract: The invention provides cosmetic and dermatological preparation which contains an extract of plants of the genus Adenanthera and particularly seeds and hulled seed of the plants Adenanthera pavonina. The extracts are useful for inclusion in skin and hair treating preparations particularly for treating skin, scalp and hair for soothing irritations, preventative and treatment of skin aging, reducing inflammation and treatment of itching and flaking of the scalp.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2004Publication date: May 10, 2007Applicant: COGNIS FRANCE S.A.Inventors: Philippe Moser, Louis Danoux, Gilles Pauly
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Patent number: 7105184Abstract: A cosmetic and/or dermopharmaceutical composition containing an extract selected from the group consisting of flavone derivatives, saponosides, oligomeric procyanolidones, sterols, and mixtures thereof, all of which are derived from an Argania spinosa plant.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2001Date of Patent: September 12, 2006Assignee: Cognis France S.A.Inventors: Gilles Pauly, Florence Henry, Louis Danoux, Zoubida Charrouf
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Patent number: 7067153Abstract: A process for making hydrophobicized powders of micro- and/or nanocapsules involving the steps of: (a) providing an aqueous polymer solution containing at least one active ingredient and at least one hydrophilic polymer; (b) providing an oil component heated to a temperature above a gel point of the aqueous polymer solution; (c) dispersing (a) in (b) in the presence of a water-in-oil emulsifier to form a dispersion; (d) cooling the dispersion to a temperature below the gel point of the aqueous polymer solution to form micro- and/or nanocapsules containing the active ingredient encapsulated therein; (e) harvesting the micro- and/or nanocapsules from the dispersion; and (f) contacting the micro- and/or nanocapsules with an oil-absorbing auxiliary ingredient.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2001Date of Patent: June 27, 2006Assignee: Cognis France S.A.Inventor: Philippe Grisoni
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Patent number: 7064223Abstract: A process for making technical oleic acid methyl esters having a stearic acid methyl ester content of less than about 2% by weight, and a palmitic acid methyl ester content of less than about 5%, comprising: (a) providing a C8-18 palm kernel oil fatty acid methyl ester; (b) fractionally distilling said C8-18 palm kernel oil fatty acid methyl ester to form a C8-14 head product and a C16-18 bottom product; (c) fractionally distilling the C16-18 bottom product to form a short-chain C16 head product and a long-chain and unsaturated C18 bottom product; (d) fractionally distilling the long-chain and unsaturated C18 bottom product to form a predominantly unsaturated head product having a high palmitic acid methyl ester content and a predominantly unsaturated bottom product have a minimal palmitic acid methyl ester content; and (e) fractionally distilling the predominantly unsaturated bottom product have a minimal palmitic acid methyl ester content to form a head product rich in oleic acid methyl ester and poor in stType: GrantFiled: November 21, 2002Date of Patent: June 20, 2006Assignee: Cognis France S.A.Inventors: Stephan Heck, Volker Winterhoff, Bernhard Gutsche, Georg Fieg, Uwe Mueller, Jean Rigal, Thomas Kapala
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Publication number: 20060115880Abstract: Disclosed is a method for enzymatic synthesis of esters of flavonoid and flavonoid derivatives, according to which a reaction medium containing an organic solvent, a glycosylated flavonoid or aglycon flavonoid, an acyl group donor, and an enzymatic catalyst is produced, b) additional quantities of flavonoid and/or acyl donor are optionally added during the reaction, and c) the obtained esters are separated from the enzymatic particles and the solvent. The inventive method is characterized by maintaining the concentration of water and/or alcohol which are formed during the reaction to below 150 mM. Advantageously, the molar ratio of flavonoid to acyl donor in the reaction medium is maintained in the range from 0.01 to 20.00 during the reaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2003Publication date: June 1, 2006Applicant: Cognis France S.A.Inventors: Mohamed Ghoul, Jean-Marc Engasser, Philippe Moussou, Gilles Pauly, Melika Ardhaoui, Aude Falcimaigne
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Patent number: 6599537Abstract: A cosmetic composition containing at least one plant extract from a plant belonging to a genus selected from the group consisting of Lannea, Odina, and mixtures thereof, for application onto a human substrate selected from the group consisting of skin, mucous membranes and epithelial appendages.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2002Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: Cognis France S.A.Inventors: Gilles Pauly, Philippe Moser, Louis Danoux