Patents Assigned to KAO USA INC.
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Patent number: 11857662Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 4, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: KAO USA INC.Inventors: Adam Schrott, Chris Owens, Vincent Fischer
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Patent number: 11737963Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 29, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Kao USA Inc.Inventors: Michelle Rolfes, Adam Schrott
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Patent number: 11498728Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 28, 2021Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: KAO USA INC.Inventor: Steven J. Schwartz
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Publication number: 20220202679Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2021Publication date: June 30, 2022Applicant: KAO USA Inc.Inventors: Amy Davis, Elisabeth Cox
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Publication number: 20220204226Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2021Publication date: June 30, 2022Applicant: KAO USA Inc.Inventor: Steven J. Schwartz
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Patent number: 11247813Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 11, 2019Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Kao USA Inc.Inventor: David Mefford
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Patent number: 11207262Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 5, 2017Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: KAO USA INC.Inventors: Heather Vanderhorst, Christine Sarosy
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Patent number: 11191715Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 24, 2018Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Kao USA Inc.Inventors: Michelle Rolfes, Adam Schrott
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Patent number: 11090254Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 25, 2016Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: Kao USA Inc.Inventors: Susan Littell, Emily Meiser, Wael Boutros
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Publication number: 20210145724Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2021Publication date: May 20, 2021Applicant: KAO USA INC.Inventors: Adam SCHROTT, Chris OWENS, Vincent FISCHER
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Patent number: 10800578Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 17, 2016Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: KAO USA INC.Inventors: Matthew Fisher, Ken Adams
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Patent number: 10722438Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 14, 2017Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: Kao USA Inc.Inventors: Seren Frantz, Amy Jones Davis
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Patent number: 10624835Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 22, 2016Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Kao USA, Inc.Inventors: Elisabeth Cox, Adam Schrott, Jennifer Deardorff
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Publication number: 20200017257Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2019Publication date: January 16, 2020Applicant: Kao USA Inc.Inventor: David Mefford
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Patent number: 10493017Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 14, 2016Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Kao USA Inc.Inventors: Angela M. White, Sean Steigerwald
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Publication number: 20190240133Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2018Publication date: August 8, 2019Applicant: KAO USA INC.Inventors: Adam SCHROTT, Chris OWENS, Vincent FISCHER
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Patent number: D871229Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2017Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: Kao USA Inc.Inventor: David Mefford
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Patent number: D892627Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Kao USA Inc.Inventor: David Mefford
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Patent number: D907505Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2018Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: Kao USA Inc.Inventor: David Mefford
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Patent number: D966893Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Kao USA, Inc.Inventors: Brian Sweeney, David Mefford, Chris King