Patents by Inventor Alice A. Mayer

Alice A. Mayer 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).

  • Ascorbic and isoascorbic acids to remove or adjust oxidative color in hair
    Patent number: 5782933
    Abstract: Method is provided for reducing the color of dyed hair by contacting the dyed hair with a dilute aqueous composition of ascorbic acid, isoascorbic acid or mixtures and maintaining the contact until the desired reduction is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1998
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Gabriela Wis-Surel, Alice Mayer, Irina Tsivkin
  • Erasable hair dyeing process
    Patent number: 5474578
    Abstract: A hair fiber having a first color is contacted with a dye having the formula I, formula II, formula III or a mixture thereof whereby the fiber has imparted to it a second color, upon subsequent contact with alkaline peroxide the visual appearance of the first color is restored to the fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1995
    Assignee: Clairol, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander C. Chan, Alice A. Mayer, Jia-Shen Wang, Gottfried Wenke, Mu-Ill Lim
  • Chlorites as oxidants in hair coloring
    Patent number: 5032138
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for oxidative hair dyeing utilizing a chlorite salt as the oxidizing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1991
    Assignee: Clairol Incorporated
    Inventors: Leszek Wolfram, Thomas Schultz, Alice Mayer, Keith Brown