Patents by Inventor Alain Franbourg

Alain Franbourg has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Cosmetic or dermatological composition in an aqueous medium comprising a film-forming oligomer and rigid, non-film forming nanometric particles and uses thereof
    Patent number: 6531113
    Abstract: Cosmetic compositions containing in a cosmetically acceptable medium (A) at least one film-forming oligomer having a molecular weight, measured by steric exclusion chromatography, of less than or equal to 50,000, the at least one film-forming oligomer being soluble or dispersible in the cosmetically acceptable medium; and (B) rigid, non-film-forming particles of average size less than or equal to 1 &mgr;m, the rigid, non-film forming particles being dispersed in the cosmetically acceptable medium. The compositions may be used, for example, as product bases for maintaining the hairstyle, as products for coating the eyelashes and the eyebrows or as nail make-up and/or care products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: L'Oreal S.A.
    Inventors: Nathalie Mougin, Jean Mondet, Alain Franbourg, Daniel Bauer, Henri Samain
  • Cosmetic or dermatological composition in an aqueous medium comprising a film-forming oligomer and rigid, non-film-forming nanometric particles and uses thereof
    Patent number: 5961989
    Abstract: Cosmetic or dermatological compositions comprising in a cosmetically acceptable medium (A) at least one film-forming oligomer having a molecular weight, measured by steric exclusion chromatography, of less than or equal to 50,000, said at least one film-forming oligomer being soluble or dispersible in said cosmetically acceptable aqueous medium; and (B) rigid, non-film-forming particles of average size less than or equal to 1 .mu.m, said rigid, non-film-forming particles being dispersed in said cosmetically acceptable aqueous medium, wherein the compositions may be used, for example, as product bases for maintaining the hairstyle, as products for coating the eyelashes and the eyebrows or as nail make-up and/or care products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Nathalie Mougin, Jean Mondet, Alain Franbourg, Daniel Bauer, Henri Samain