Patents Examined by Caroline D. Liott
  • Patent number: 5951718
    Abstract: A method of coloring keratinous fibers with, and coloring compositions comprising, a sulfo-containing, water-dispersible polymer having carbonyloxy linking groups, and a colorant reacted into or onto the polymer backbone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: James J. Krutak, Dante J. Rutstrom, Keith C. Brown, Mario L. Garcia
  • Patent number: 5951719
    Abstract: An improved method for fixing color of a dyed textile fabric by coating a dyed textile with an acrylamide polymer which has been reacted with glyoxal at a mole ratio of glyoxal to polymer of at least 0.8:1. Preferably the dyed textile fabric has been pre-coated with an anionic polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: Callaway Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony Cooper, Richard T. Underwood, Geoffrey Monteith, Michael Wright
  • Patent number: 5948120
    Abstract: A process for instilling cellulosic garments with a worn and rumpled appearance without the use of fabric degrading chemicals or device, said process including treating the garments with a casting composition and curing while the garments are positioned on a support means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: Sights Denim Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: James Barton Sights, Shane Smithhart, Richard Gaines, Robin Jourdan
  • Patent number: 5948123
    Abstract: A coloring method, wherein coloring agent or pigment is injected into active cells of an animal hide before the hide is harvested, and a coloring agent injection device with one or more needles, which are injected into the active cells of the hide of an animal whose hide is to be harvested. The coloring agent becomes fixed in the active cells of the hide, which ingest and spread said coloring agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: Retug, Inc.
    Inventors: Junichi Hirata, Hiroko Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 5948124
    Abstract: Stable compositions for dyeing of human hair in an aqueous carrier, providing durable, light-fast hair colorations, comprisinga) 0.0001% to 2.5% by wt. of at least one cationic directly acting hair dyestuff;b) 0.1% to 10% by wt. of at least one zwitterionic (amphoteric) surfactant; andc) 0.1% to 5% by wt. of at least one water-soluble UV-absorbing compound bearing an anionic group,all percentages calculated to the total composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventor: Mustafa Grit
  • Patent number: 5944853
    Abstract: A highly purified monomer-dye unit is disclosed. A method for producing a highly purified monomer-dye unit is also disclosed. A hydrophilic monomer is reacted with a halotriazine or vinyl sulfone dye in the presence of a base under conditions that yield highly pure monomer-dye units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank F. Molock, James D. Ford, Gregory A. Hill, Joe M. Wood
  • Patent number: 5942009
    Abstract: A method for the same-day permanent waving and coloring of hair ("same-day" meaning during a twenty-four hour period and preferably during a single session of only a few hours), which can provide to the hair improved shape retention, color receptivity, color stability, color retention, color evenness, color depth, shine, strength, softness, luster, and/or elasticity. After initial preparation (shampooing, treating with a pre-wrap, and placing on rods if the hair is to be curled), the hair is processed using a waving agent (e.g., thioglycolate), the excess is preferably removed, contacted with a first composition, the excess preferably removed, optionally but preferably contacted with a second composition, heated to dry the hair, and then contacted with a coloring composition containing an oxidative colorant and an oxidizing agent, the oxidizing agent helping develop the color and rebond the hair. The first and second compositions each contain a biologically acceptable metal (preferably a polyvalent metal, e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Assignee: BRG, Ltd.
    Inventor: Michael S. Burns
  • Patent number: 5942008
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for dyeing wood veneer. The veneer is immersed in a dye bath. The dye is preferably heated to speed up penetration times. The dye bath containing the veneer is then put into pressurized chamber and pressurized to 50-500 psi. The chamber is pressurized until the wood absorbs the amount of color that is desired. When the color is absorbed the pressure is released and the veneer is removed. The veneer is then washed with water until there is no bleeding and then air dried.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Inventor: Calogero Curto
  • Patent number: 5938795
    Abstract: An improved method for imparting a tint or color to a soft, hydrogel contact lens by uniformly dispersing a dye throughout the lens. The dye is a water-soluble halotriazine dye. The dye is reacted with a hydrophilic monomer to prepare a reactive dye containing predominantly monofunctionality. The monomer is then subjected to polymerization in the presence of a homogeneous solution of the reactive dye in the monomer under conditions to yield the hydrophilic polymer from which the lens is formed. The dye becomes bonded to the polymer during polymerization. The finished lens does not require soaking in an aqueous solution of the dye to impart the desired tint or color to the lens. Additionally, the dye uniformly dispersed throughout the lens according to the improved method does not leach out of the lens or migrate within the lens. Furthermore, the lens does not need to be washed with aqueous base to bond the dye to the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank F. Molock, James D. Ford
  • Patent number: 5938792
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for dyeing keratinous fibres, which consists in applying to these fibres a composition containing, in a suitable medium for dyeing, at least one coupler of formula: ##STR1## where R.sub.1 denotes hydrogen or alkyl,R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 denote hydrogen, alkyl, COOR' where R' is alkyl or hydrogen,at least one of the groups R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 denoting hydrogen,R.sub.4 denotes hydrogen, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, polyhydroxyalkyl or aminoalkyl,Z.sub.1 and Z.sub.2 denote hydrogen, alkyl, hydroxyl, halogen, alkoxy,at least one of the groups Z.sub.1 and Z.sub.2 is other than hydrogenat least one oxidation dye precursor,at least one oxidizing agent, the pH of the composition applied to the fibres being higher than 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Gerard Lang, Alex Junino, Jean Cotteret, Alain Lagrange
  • Patent number: 5931973
    Abstract: Dyes selected from 4,5-diiminopyrazolines or their 4-ylideneamino-5-aminopyrazole tautomeric forms, a process for their preparation, and their use as direct dyes in dye compositions for keratin fibers, in particular for human keratin fibers. The dyes may also be used in lightening or non-lightening dye compositions for the direct dyeing of keratin fibers, and in dyeing processes using these compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Gerard Malle, Laurent Vidal, Henri Samain
  • Patent number: 5928385
    Abstract: An oxidation dye composition for keratin fibers comprising, in a medium which is suitable for dyeing, a combination of at least two para-phenylenediamine oxidation dye precursors or the addition salts thereof with an acid, and one or more couplers, and the use thereof for dyeing keratin fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Jean Cotteret, Marie-Pascale Audousset
  • Patent number: 5925148
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of overdyeing a warp dyed denim textile, comprising treating the textile in an aqueous dye liquor with a dye system which comprises an effective amount of (a) one or more mono-, di- or polycyclic aromatic or heteroaromatic compounds and (b) (i) a hydrogen peroxide source and at least one enzyme exhibiting peroxidase activity and/or (ii) at least one enzyme exhibiting oxidase activity on the one or more aromatic or heteroaromatic compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1999
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Martin Barfoed, Ole Kirk
  • Patent number: 5922086
    Abstract: A method of preparing an oxidation dyestuff comprising the step of:mixing a coupler substance of formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is hydrogen, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.6)-alkyl, hydroxy-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.6)-alkyl, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)-alkoxy-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.6)-alkyl, carboxy-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.6)-alkyl, 2,3-dihydroxypropyl, 2-hydroxy-3-((C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)-alkoxy)-propyl, cyano-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.6)-alkyl, carbamoyl-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.6)-alkyl, ((C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)-alkoxy) carbonyl-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)-alkyl, benzyl, phenyl or substituted phenyl;R.sup.2 is hydrogen, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.6)-alkyl, hydroxy-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.6)-alkyl, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)-alkoxy-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.6)-alkyl, oxo-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.6)-alkyl, carboxy-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.6)-alkyl, ((C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)-alkoxy) carbonyl-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.6)-alkyl, carbamoyl-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.6)-alkyl, carboxyl, ((C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)-alkoxy) carbonyl, carbamoyl, phenyl, substituted phenyl or pyridyl;R.sup.3 is (C.sub.1 -C.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: Clariant GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Bauer, Mustafa Akram, Herbert Deutz
  • Patent number: 5919273
    Abstract: A ready-to-use composition for the oxidation dyeing of keratin fibers, in particular human keratin fibers such as hair, comprising at least one oxidation base in combination with at least one coupler of substituted meta-aminophenol type, at least one cationic direct dye and at least one oxidizing agent, as well as to the dyeing process using this composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1999
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Christine Rondeau, Jean Cotteret, Roland de la Mettrie
  • Patent number: 5891200
    Abstract: Anthraquinone compounds of formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are methyl and R.sub.3 is propyl, or R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are ethyl and R.sub.3 is methyl and A is a cosmetically acceptable anion, are combined neutral, with semipermanent direct dyes in hair dyeing compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1999
    Inventors: Mu-Ill Lim, Linas Stasaitis, Yuo-Guo Pan
  • Patent number: 5888251
    Abstract: Hair upon the scalp or eyelashes are treated with hair coloring or mascara compositions in hair or eyelash coloring methods. The hair is typically colored with a mascara brush to achieve streaking and a non-homogenous coloring of the hair upon the scalp or the eyelash. A copaiba resin and a metal containing pigment are combined to obtain the hair coloring product. The resultant product is applied to the hair upon the scalp or the eyelash to effect coloring of the hair upon the scalp or the eyelash.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: Aveda Corporation
    Inventors: Stanley Ray Fogg, Timothy Roland Kapsner
  • Patent number: 5888252
    Abstract: A process for dyeing keratin-containing fibers, comprises treating said fibers with a tinctorially effective amount of a dye of the formula ##STR1## where D is the radical of a diazo component of the formula ##STR2## R.sub.1 is an unsubstituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl substituted with OH, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, halogen, CN, amino, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 monoalkylamino, or di-C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkylamino, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are independently of each other hydrogen, an unsubstituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl substituted with OH, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, halogen, CN, amino, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 monoalkylamino, or di-C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkylamino, or R.sub.3 and R.sub.2, together with the nitrogen and carbon atoms joining them together form a 5- or 6-membered ring, R.sub.5 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl or C.sub.1 -Calkylcarbonylamino, or R.sub.5 and R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventor: Peter Mockli
  • Patent number: 5879412
    Abstract: A ready-to-use composition for the oxidation dyeing of keratin fibers, in particular human keratin fibers such as hair, this composition comprising at least one oxidation base selected from para-phenylenediamines and bis(phenyl)-alkylenediamines, in combination with at least one coupler selected from meta-phenylenediamines, at least one selected cationic direct dye and at least one oxidizing agent, as well as to the dyeing process using this composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Christine Rondeau, Jean Cotteret, Roland de la Mettrie
  • Patent number: 5879411
    Abstract: A non-oxidative dye composition for keratin fibers contains an o-benzoquinone compound of formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are each, independently of each other, hydrogen, chlorine, an alkyl group with from 1 to 5 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group with from 1 to 5 carbon atoms, an alkylenedioxy group with from 1 to 2 carbon atoms or an amino group --NR.sup.5 R.sup.6, wherein R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are each, independently of each other, hydrogen, an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms or an aryl group; and at least one amino- or hydroxy-compound of formula (II), X--A--Y, wherein X represents a nitro group, a cyano group or a sulfonate group; Y represents a hydroxy group or an amino group --NR.sup.a R.sup.b, wherein R.sup.a and R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Assignee: Wella AG
    Inventors: Hans-Juergen Braun, Gisela Umbricht