Patents Assigned to Kao Corporation
  • ASPHALT MODIFIER
    Publication number: 20230250290
    Abstract: The present invention provides an asphalt modifier composed of a crystalline polyester that has a structural unit derived from an alcohol component containing a linear aliphatic alcohol and a structural unit derived from a carboxylic acid component, the crystalline polyester having a melting point of 65° C. or higher and 160° C. or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotaka KASHIWAGI, Yusuke AKINO, Norihiro FUKURI
  • Skin cleansing agent containing a particle comprised of an ester, moisturizing agent, and polymer
    Patent number: 11717473
    Abstract: A skin cleansing agent containing the following components (A), (B), and (C): a particle (A) including (A1), (A2), and (A3), (A1) a water-holding oil agent in an amount of from 0.0001 to 13 mass % in the skin cleansing agent, (A2) a moisturizing agent in an amount of from 0.001 to 25 mass % in the skin cleansing agent, and (A3) a polymer; a surfactant (B); and water (C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shiho Fukai, Kaori Umehara, Toshiaki Ozawa
  • Care schedule proposal device
    Patent number: 11721436
    Abstract: A system includes a urination data storage unit, an absorbent article information storage unit, a changeable time storage unit, and a changing schedule proposal unit. The changing schedule proposal unit includes a changing schedule computation unit and a changing schedule outputting unit. The changing schedule computation unit finds, on the basis of urination amount data and urination time instant data stored in the urination data storage unit, a total urination amount within a predetermined time period selected from changeable time instants stored in the changeable time storage unit, and performs, by comparing the total urination amount that has been found and the urine absorption capacity of an absorbent article, computation for finding the absorbent article or the predetermined time period such that the urine absorption capacity does not fall below the total urination amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Ohashi, Hideko Goshowaki
  • WATER TREATMENT AGENT
    Publication number: 20230242424
    Abstract: The present invention is a water treatment agent containing (a) a polymeric flocculating agent, (b) an inorganic flocculating agent and (c) a surfactant, wherein the water treatment agent contains (c) in an amount of more than 50 parts by mass and 10,000 parts by mass or less relative to 1,000 parts by mass of (b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironori KOJIMA, Masaya FUKUDA, Hitoshi ISHIZUKA
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING COATING
    Publication number: 20230240948
    Abstract: A method for producing a coating film on skin, including applying a composition (B) onto the skin and applying a coating film including a deposit containing a fiber to the skin. The composition (B) includes carbon dioxide gas. A kit for forming a coating film, including a composition (B) including carbon dioxide gas and a coating film including a deposit containing a fiber or a composition for forming a coating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira HACHIYA, Sharon STRUEWING, Masayuki UCHIYAMA, Hidehiro NAGASAWA
  • METHOD FOR PREPARING RNA DERIVED FROM SKIN SURFACE LIPIDS
    Publication number: 20230242898
    Abstract: Provided is a method for collecting RNA contained in skin surface lipids (SSL). A method for preparing SSL-derived RNA. In this method, an aqueous solution containing RNA prepared from SSL of a subject is mixed with a water-soluble organic solvent, and the resulting mixture is allowed to contact with a solid phase material to separate RNA. By adjusting the concentration of the water-soluble organic solvent in the mixture, the yield of RNA improves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya KUWANO, Takayoshi INOUE
  • COSMETIC COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20230240969
    Abstract: A cosmetic composition including: (A) a silicone film-forming agent, and (B) a high-molecular-weight organopolysiloxane having a degree of polymerization of 2,600 or more and 4,500 or less. A ratio by mass of a content of the component (A) to a total content of the component (A) and the component (B), [(A)/((A)+(B))] is 50% or more and 98% or less, and a water content is 10% by mass or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomoka MAEKAWA
  • METHOD FOR DETECTING ATOPIC DERMATITIS
    Publication number: 20230235399
    Abstract: Provided are a marker for detecting atopic dermatitis, and a method for detecting atopic dermatitis using the marker. The method for detecting atopic dermatitis in a test subject comprises a step of measuring an expression level of a gene or an expression product thereof contained in a biological sample collected from the test subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoko FUKAGAWA, Kyoko SHIMA, Naoto TAKADA, Takayoshi INOUE, Junko ISHIKAWA, Tetsuya KUWANO
  • METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RESIN PARTICLE DISPERSION FOR TONER
    Publication number: 20230236521
    Abstract: A method of producing a resin particle dispersion for toner, including, cooling a mixture including a resin particle dispersion containing an amorphous resin and a crystalline resin, and an aqueous medium. Where the cooling includes together fluidizing, continuously mixing, and continuously discharging the mixture of the resin particle dispersion and the aqueous medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sumihiro SUZUKI, Takayuki KIBATA, Tsuyoshi ODA, Hiroshi MIZUHATA
  • Method for producing semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotube dispersion
    Patent number: 11708269
    Abstract: A method for producing a semiconducting SWCNT dispersion of the present invention comprises: a step A of preparing a to-be-separated SWCNT dispersion that includes a SWCNT mixture, an aqueous medium, and a polymer including a structural unit A derived from a monomer represented by Formula (1), and a step B of centrifuging the to-be-separated SWCNT dispersion and subsequently collecting a supernatant including the semiconducting SWCNT from the centrifuged to-be-separated SWCNT dispersion. The weight-average molecular weight of the polymer is 1,000 or more and 100,000 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi Hiraishi
  • Road paving method
    Patent number: 11708669
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a road paving method enabling one to provide an asphalt paving material layer in which both excellent stability and stress relaxation can be made compatible with each other, the method including Step 1: a step of mixing asphalt, a thermoplastic elastomer, a polyester, and an aggregate to obtain an asphalt mixture, and Step 2: a step of laying the asphalt mixture obtained in Step 1 on a road, thereby forming an asphalt paving material layer, wherein the polyester has a softening point of 90° C. or higher and 140° C. or lower and a glass transition point of 40° C. or higher and 80° C. or lower, and a ratio of the polyester is more than 17 parts by mass and 50 parts by mass or less based on 100 parts by mass of the asphalt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoichi Hashimoto, Ryoji Iwamoto
  • ASTRINGENCY REDUCING AGENT
    Publication number: 20230225382
    Abstract: An astringency reducing agent including an arabinogalactan which has a molecular weight of from 10,000 to 1,000,000 and a ratio of 1,3-bound galactose to total galactose of 12 mol % or more, as an active ingredient. A method for reducing astringency, including blending the astringency reducing agent into an oral product including an astringent substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eri OZEKI, Akihiro TAKAMURA, Kohjiro HASHIZUME, Yoriko OOKI, Tomoya TAKAHASHI
  • FIBER SHEET, ELECTROSPINNING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FIBER SHEET
    Publication number: 20230228001
    Abstract: An electrospinning device includes: a plurality of nozzles that discharge a spinning solution containing a resin; and a plurality of power sources for applying charge to the solution. The power sources are connected such that different charges are applied to the solutions discharged from the nozzles, respectively. The fiber sheet is a long fiber nonwoven fabric including first fibers and second fibers that are different from the first fibers. In a histogram based on fiber diameter distributions and frequencies of the numbers of fibers, the fiber sheet has a peak where a ratio P1 of a frequency of the number of fibers of the first fibers to a frequency of the number of fibers of the second fibers is 0.01 or more and 100 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Yuta ABE, Takatoshi NIITSU, Takehiko TOJO
  • COSMETIC COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20230225956
    Abstract: A cosmetic composition including: (A) a silicone film-forming agent, (B) a high-molecular-weight organopolysiloxane having a degree of polymerization of 2,350 or more and 20,000 or less, and (C) an organopolysiloxane having a cationic group other than the component (A) and the component (B). A total content of the components (A) to (C) in the cosmetic composition is 2% by mass or more and 50% by mass or less, and a content of water is 10% by mass or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoka MAEKAWA, Tomoyuki SUZAWA, Kazutaka ISHIKAWA
  • Co-surfactant, surfactant composition, and composition for oil recovery
    Patent number: 11702584
    Abstract: The present invention provides a co-surfactant which, when used in combination with a surfactant, can reduce the size of the surfactant micelle and can enhance the functions of the surfactant, such as the expression of microemulsion formation performance. This co-surfactant contains at least one compound represented by chemical formula (1). (In the formula, R1 is a hydrogen atom or a C1-C33 aliphatic hydrocarbon group, R2 is a C1-C33 aliphatic hydrocarbon group, the total number of carbons of R1 and R2 is 6-34, X is a single bond or a C1-C5 aliphatic hydrocarbon group, and one of A1 and A2 is —OH and the other is —O—CH2—CH(OH)—CH2OH or —O—CH(—CH2—OH)2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo Kamenoue, Hiroshi Hori, Takashi Wakasa, Shunsuke Koriki, Takashi Mizooku, Ryuya Arata, Akiyoshi Kimura, Jun Naganuma, Hiroya Shiba
  • HAIR TREATMENT METHOD
    Publication number: 20230218499
    Abstract: A hair treatment method including applying to a scalp a cosmetic composition comprising the following components (A), (B) and (C) and having a viscosity of from 1 to 30,000 mPa·s at pH 4.1: (A) a pH buffer; (B) an antioxidant; and (C) a pH-responsive thickener. The method further includes applying to the hair at least one hair treatment agent composition selected from the group consisting of a hair color composition, a hair bleach composition, a perm composition and a relaxer composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Ying tzu CHEN, Atsumi MORISHIMA, Shu fen WANG, Toshio OGAWA
  • Electrospinning apparatus and systems and methods thereof
    Patent number: 11697890
    Abstract: A portable, hand-held electrospinning or electrospraying apparatus and system, method, and portions thereof, comprised of a durable portion of the hand-held apparatus and a consumable portion of the hand-held apparatus. The consumable portion of the hand-held apparatus, which may contain the solution to be output in electrospin or electrospray fashion, may be replaced in whole or in part to provide additional or alternative solution. A base station may be provided, and can output high voltage and communication signals to the hand-held apparatus to enable the electrospin or electrospray operation by the hand-held apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Hirokatsu Sugawara, Shinji Kodama, Michael Edward Philip Russell, Carl Gordon Hewett, Joe Antony Williams
  • CLEANING COMPOSITION FOR ORAL APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20230212481
    Abstract: A cleaning composition for an oral appliance, including (A) and (B). (A) 0.05 mass % or more and 8 mass % or less of an anionic homopolymer or copolymer which has a mass average molecular weight of 2,000 or higher and 500,000 or lower and includes a constituent unit derived from (a1) an anionic monomer having a carboxyl group, a sulfo group, or a phosphoric acid group. (B) one or more surfactants selected from the group consisting of an anionic surfactant, a nonionic surfactant, and an amphoteric surfactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya HANDA, Tomoya SATOU
  • AEROSOL TYPE COSMETIC HAIR PREPARATION
    Publication number: 20230210734
    Abstract: An aerosol cosmetic hair preparation including a cosmetic hair preparation stock solution containing a surfactant (A) and an organic acid except for citric acid, or a salt thereof (B), and a propellant (C) containing carbon dioxide, having a pH at 20° C. of 3.0 or more and 5.0 or less. The component (B) comprises an aromatic sulfonic acid or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuyuki YUKI, Akiko MIENO
  • COSMETIC COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20230210752
    Abstract: A cosmetic composition including a solvent A, a solvent B, a polymer C and a colorant. The solvent A is at least one selected from the group consisting of ethanol, n-propanol and isopropanol. A boiling point of the solvent B is 150° C. or higher. The solvent B is compatible with the solvent A, and the polymer C is soluble in the solvent A and insoluble in the solvent B. A content of the solvent B is 5% by mass or more and 40% by mass or less, and a ratio by mass of a content of the solvent A to a content of the solvent B [solvent A/solvent B] in the cosmetic composition is 1 or more and 15 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Teruyuki FUKUDA