Patents Assigned to KAO USA INC.
  • Patent number: 11857662
    Abstract: A hair coloring composition that includes about 5 to 25 wt. % of a first monosaccharide having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, up to about 10 wt. % of a second monosaccharide having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, about 0.1 to 5 wt. % of a surfactant, and about 0.1 to 5 wt. % of a delivery agent, each based on a total weight of the hair coloring composition. A method for coloring hair, that involves applying the hair coloring composition onto the hair, and optionally applying heat to the hair at a dyeing temperature of 30 to 205° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: KAO USA INC.
    Inventors: Adam Schrott, Chris Owens, Vincent Fischer
  • Patent number: 11737963
    Abstract: A hair care composition having a combination of a mixture of alkyl amine cationic surfactants, high melting point wax to provide a hydrophobic film (frizz resistance) and thermo-pliable film (heat styling response), along with a lightweight conditioner, to produce a hair care composition that is far less susceptible to buildup than traditional products currently marketed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Kao USA Inc.
    Inventors: Michelle Rolfes, Adam Schrott
  • Patent number: 11498728
    Abstract: A closure assembly includes a top, a base, and a follower. The top includes a plurality of top teeth extending from the inner surface and arranged around a fluid orifice. The base is coupled to the top, wherein the top is moveable relative to the base. The base includes a central hub defining a cam path. The follower includes a plurality of top follower teeth engaged with the plurality of top teeth of the top and a plurality of base follower teeth disposed in the cam path of the base. The top and the follower are biased away from the base, and depressing the top relative to the base causes the follower to rotate relative to the top between an open position in which a fluid flow path is open to the fluid orifice and a closed position in which the fluid flow path is closed to the fluid orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: KAO USA INC.
    Inventor: Steven J. Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20220202679
    Abstract: Hair shine compositions are disclosed. In embodiments, a hair shine composition may include greater than or equal to 50 wt/wt % and less than or equal to 95 wt/wt % water; greater than or equal to 0.5 wt/wt % and less than or equal to 3 wt/wt % propanediol; and greater than or equal to 0.25 wt/wt % and less than or equal to 2 wt/wt % dimethyl isosorbide. In embodiments, a wt/wt % ratio of propanediol to dimethyl isosorbide may be from 1.00:1 to 3.00:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: KAO USA Inc.
    Inventors: Amy Davis, Elisabeth Cox
  • Publication number: 20220204226
    Abstract: A closure assembly includes a top, a base, and a follower. The top includes a plurality of top teeth extending from the inner surface and arranged around a fluid orifice. The base is coupled to the top, wherein the top is moveable relative to the base. The base includes a central hub defining a cam path. The follower includes a plurality of top follower teeth engaged with the plurality of top teeth of the top and a plurality of base follower teeth disposed in the cam path of the base. The top and the follower are biased away from the base, and depressing the top relative to the base causes the follower to rotate relative to the top between an open position in which a fluid flow path is open to the fluid orifice and a closed position in which the fluid flow path is closed to the fluid orifice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: KAO USA Inc.
    Inventor: Steven J. Schwartz
  • Patent number: 11247813
    Abstract: A container assembly comprised of a sleeve can be provided so as to circumscribe an underlying container and fixedly coupled to the underlying container at one or more portions of the underlying container. The container can have sidewalls with a surface geometry or geometries that prevent or make difficult the application of either a pre-printed pressure sensitive label or direct printing. Thus, the sleeve can have a decoration of label provided therein, while as the same time optionally allowing viewing access to the underlying container. The sleeve can be supported by the underlying container and may have a rigidity less than a rigidity of the sidewall(s) with the surface geometry of the underlying container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Kao USA Inc.
    Inventor: David Mefford
  • Patent number: 11207262
    Abstract: The present application discloses a hairstyling composition, particularly for curly hair, which produces tight, long-lasting curls without requiring the use of high heat applied to the hair. The composition comprises a sulfonate-based copolymer (such as sodium polystyrene sulfonate), an aqueous polyurethane dispersion (such as polyurethane-34) and a cosmetically-acceptable carrier (such as water). The method of styling hair using the defined composition, without requiring the application of high heat to the hair, is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: KAO USA INC.
    Inventors: Heather Vanderhorst, Christine Sarosy
  • Patent number: 11191715
    Abstract: A hair care composition having a combination of a high melting point wax to provide a hydrophobic film (frizz resistance) and thermo-pliable film (heat styling response), along with a lightweight conditioner, to produce a hair care composition that is far less susceptible to buildup than traditional products currently marketed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Kao USA Inc.
    Inventors: Michelle Rolfes, Adam Schrott
  • Patent number: 11090254
    Abstract: A self-tanning composition for application to wetted skin after showering, and the like, which provides moisturizing and skin coloration, all over body spreadability, and easy application. The self-tanning composition comprises: a quaternary ammonium salt; a reducing sugar; and at least one silicone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Kao USA Inc.
    Inventors: Susan Littell, Emily Meiser, Wael Boutros
  • Publication number: 20210145724
    Abstract: A hair coloring composition that includes about 5 to 25 wt. % of a first monosaccharide having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, up to about 10 wt. % of a second monosaccharide having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, about 0.1 to 5 wt. % of a surfactant, and about 0.1 to 5 wt. % of a delivery agent, each based on a total weight of the hair coloring composition. A method for coloring hair, that involves applying the hair coloring composition onto the hair, and optionally applying heat to the hair at a dyeing temperature of 30 to 205° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: KAO USA INC.
    Inventors: Adam SCHROTT, Chris OWENS, Vincent FISCHER
  • Patent number: 10800578
    Abstract: A tube for dispensing product includes a closed first end, an open second end opposing the closed first end, and a side wall extending between the closed first end and the open second end. The side wall and the closed first end define an interior portion to hold product. The side wall of the tube includes internal threads extending inwardly from the side wall adjacent to the open second end. The various elements of the tube may include interlocking features to seal the tube from outside fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: KAO USA INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Fisher, Ken Adams
  • Patent number: 10722438
    Abstract: A composition for producing a natural looking red hair color over a wide range of red hair tones, including warm and cool tones, through the daily use of a hair conditioning color treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Kao USA Inc.
    Inventors: Seren Frantz, Amy Jones Davis
  • Patent number: 10624835
    Abstract: A hair conditioner which provides hair conditioning, de-tangling, frizz control and reduced flyaway benefits, without weighing down hair or loosing hair volume, in a clear composition, is disclosed. The composition utilizes a combination of high levels of PEG/PPG silicone surfactants together with cationic polymeric thickeners (such as polyquaternium-37) to provide those benefits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Kao USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Elisabeth Cox, Adam Schrott, Jennifer Deardorff
  • Publication number: 20200017257
    Abstract: A container assembly comprised of a sleeve can be provided so as to circumscribe an underlying container and fixedly coupled to the underlying container at one or more portions of the underlying container. The container can have sidewalls with a surface geometry or geometries that prevent or make difficult the application of either a pre-printed pressure sensitive label or direct printing. Thus, the sleeve can have a decoration of label provided therein, while as the same time optionally allowing viewing access to the underlying container. The sleeve can be supported by the underlying container and may have a rigidity less than a rigidity of the sidewall(s) with the surface geometry of the underlying container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: Kao USA Inc.
    Inventor: David Mefford
  • Patent number: 10493017
    Abstract: Hairstyling compositions which provide the user with continuous wave frizz-free hairstyling using only low heat (such as that applied by a blow dryer) and a round hair brush as well as a natural feel to the hair is disclosed. The compositions incorporate a mixture of two and preferably three polymers, those polymers including an organopolysiloxane graft polymer, a graft polymer comprising polyacrylate (such as polyacrylate-32), and optionally a water-soluble silicone polymer (such as bis-PEG-8-dimethicone). The method of using these compositions to provide the desired hairstyles is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Kao USA Inc.
    Inventors: Angela M. White, Sean Steigerwald
  • Publication number: 20190240133
    Abstract: A hair coloring composition that includes about 5 to 25 wt. % of a first monosaccharide having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, up to about 10 wt. % of a second monosaccharide having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, about 0.1 to 5 wt. % of a surfactant, and about 0.1 to 5 wt. % of a delivery agent, each based on a total weight of the hair coloring composition. A method for coloring hair, that involves applying the hair coloring composition onto the hair, and optionally applying heat to the hair at a dyeing temperature of 30 to 205° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: KAO USA INC.
    Inventors: Adam SCHROTT, Chris OWENS, Vincent FISCHER
  • Patent number: D871229
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Kao USA Inc.
    Inventor: David Mefford
  • Patent number: D892627
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Kao USA Inc.
    Inventor: David Mefford
  • Patent number: D907505
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Kao USA Inc.
    Inventor: David Mefford
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    Patent number: D966893
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Kao USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Sweeney, David Mefford, Chris King