Patents by Inventor Andrew Greaves

Andrew Greaves 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).

  • Publication number: 20090211038
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a novel dye composition for the dyeing and/or lightening of keratin materials, such dye comprising a hemicyanin styryl chromophore thiol or disulfide dye of formula (I) or (II): the organic or mineral acid salts thereof, optical isomers and geometric isomers thereof, and the solvates thereof such as hydrates. The present disclosure further relates to a dyeing process with a lightening effect on keratin materials, in particular keratin fibers, including human keratin fibers such as the hair, using said composition. This composition makes it possible to obtain a coloring with a lightening effect which is particularly resistant and visible on dark keratin fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Inventors: Andrew GREAVES, Nicolas DAUBRESSE
  • Publication number: 20090172897
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to the dyeing of keratin materials using styryl hydroxy(cyclo)alkylamino thiol/disulfide fluorescent dyes. Disclosed herein is a dye composition comprising a styryl hydroxy(cyclo)alkylamino thiol/disulfide fluorescent dye and a dyeing process with, for example, a lightening effect on keratin materials such as hair, using said composition. Disclosed herein are novel thiol/disulfide fluorescent dyes and the uses thereof in lightening keratin materials. This composition makes it possible to obtain a lightening effect which can be resistant and visible on dark keratin fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Inventors: Nicolas DAUBRESSE, Andrew GREAVES, Franco MANFRE
  • Publication number: 20090126125
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the dyeing of keratin materials using thiol/disulfide styryl tetrahydroquinolinium fluorescent dyes. Disclosed herein is a dye composition comprising a thiol/disulfide styryl tetrahydroquinolinium fluorescent dye and a dyeing process with, for instance, a lightening effect on keratin materials such as hair, using said composition. Disclosed herein are thiol fluorescent dyes and the uses thereof in lightening keratin materials. This composition can be used to obtain a lightening effect which can be resistant and visible on dark keratin fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventors: Andrew GREAVES, Nicolas DAUBRESSE, Franco MANFRE
  • Publication number: 20090089939
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to the dyeing of keratin materials using indole-derived styryl dyes comprising an alkylene linker. Disclosed herein is a dye composition comprising an indole-derived styryl dye comprising an alkylene linker, and a dyeing process with, for example, a lightening effect on keratin materials such as hair, using said composition. Disclosed herein are novel indole-derived styryl dyes comprising an alkylene linker and the uses thereof in lightening keratin materials. This composition makes it possible to obtain a coloring with a lightening effect which can be resistant and visible on dark keratin fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Inventors: Andrew Greaves, Nicolas Daubresse
  • Publication number: 20090062517
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to dissymmetrical cationic diazo compounds having at least one 2-imidazolium unit and a cationic or non-cationic linker. The disclosure further relates to dyeing compositions comprising such compounds as a direct dye in a medium appropriate for the dyeing of keratin fibers, and also to a method of coloring keratin fibers that employs this composition, and to a device having a plurality of compartments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: L'Oreal S.A.
    Inventors: Herve DAVID, Andrew GREAVES, Nicolas DAUBRESSE
  • Publication number: 20090049621
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use, for the dyeing with lightening effect of human keratin substances, and in particular of human keratin fibres such as the hair, of a composition comprising at least one fluorescent cyanine dye. The present invention allows human keratin substances to be both dyed and at the same time lightened without detriment to said substances. The fluorescent dyes employed in the context of the invention also have high tinctorial affinity for keratin substances and good properties of resistance towards external agents, and especially towards shampoos.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2007
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: Andrew Greaves, Nicolas Daubresse
  • Patent number: 7438728
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are dissymmetrical cationic diazo compounds comprising a 2-pyridinium group and a cationic or non-cationic linker. Also disclosed herein are dyeing compositions comprising such compounds as a direct dye in a medium appropriate for the dyeing of keratin fibers, a method for coloring keratin fibers comprising contacting the keratin fibers with such dyeing compositions, and a device comprising a plurality of compartments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: L'Oreal S.A.
    Inventors: Hervé David, Andrew Greaves, Nicolas Daubresse
  • Publication number: 20080196175
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a new dissymmetrical cationic polyazo compounds of formula (I) Dye1-L-Dye2. The present invention also relates to dye compositions comprising such compounds as direct dye in a medium that is suitable for dyeing keratin fibres, and also to a process for dyeing keratin fibres using this composition and a multi-compartment device. The present invention provides direct dyes with which strong and varied shades that are resistant to external attacking factors such as bad weather and shampooing, for which there is no observation of any problem of change in colour over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2005
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Inventors: Andrew Greaves, Herve David
  • Patent number: 7410506
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a novel family of dicationic bis-hydrazone compounds that may be used as direct dyes, and to a dye composition for dyeing keratin fibers, for example, human keratin fibers such as the hair, comprising, in a suitable dyeing medium, at least one such compound. Also disclosed are dyeing processes implementing this composition and uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: L'Oreal S.A.
    Inventors: Hervé David, Andrew Greaves, Leïla Hercouet, Alain Lagrange
  • Patent number: 7407517
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the use of cationic azo compounds with julolidine units as direct dyes, for the dyeing of keratin fibers, including human keratin fibers, such as the hair. The present disclosure also relates to a dyeing composition for the dyeing of keratin fibers, including human keratin fibers such as the hair, containing at least one cationic direct azo dye with julolidine units, in a suitable dyeing medium. The present disclosure also relates to a method of dyeing of keratin fibers, including human keratin fibers such as the hair, employing the dyeing composition according to the disclosure. The present disclosure also relates to cationic azo compounds with julolidine units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: L'Oreal S.A.
    Inventors: Nicolas Daubresse, Andrew Greaves
  • Publication number: 20080172806
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use, for dyeing keratin fibres, of at least one latent pigment, which is soluble in a medium that is suitable for dyeing, and which can be chemically, thermally or photochemically converted in the fibres into water-insoluble pigments, of formula A(B)x with A representing the chromophoric radical of dyes, and B representing a hydrogen atom or a group of formula (II) with Z representing a cationic water-solubilizing group Z+ or a polyethylene glycol residue, Y representing a hetero atom, F and F? representing a linear or branched C1-C14 alkylene chain, which may contain hetero atoms and may be substituted with one or more hydroxyl, amino or halogen groups. The invention also relates to processes for dyeing keratin fibres using latent pigments, to particular compositions containing them and to multi-compartment dyeing devices or “kits”.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Alain LAGRANGE, Sylvain KRAVTCHENKO, Andrew GREAVES
  • Publication number: 20080168607
    Abstract: The invention concerns symmetric diazo cationic compounds of formula (I), their resonance forms, as well as their acid-addition salts and their solvates, wherein W1, identical represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a —NR5R6, OR7, —NR1-Ph-NR5R6, —NR4-Ph-OR7, —O-Ph-OR7, —O-Ph-NR5R6 group; L represents a cationic of non-cationic linker arm. The invention also concerns dyeing compositions comprising in a suitable medium for dyeing keratinous fibers, such compounds as direct dyeing agent, as well as a method for dyeing keratinous fibers using said composition and a multiple-compartment device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Inventors: Herve David, Andrew Greaves, Nicolas Daubresse
  • Patent number: 7396368
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are symmetrical cationic diazo compounds chosen from compounds of formula (I), their resonance forms, their acid addition salts, and their solvates: Also disclosed herein are dyeing compositions comprising such compounds as a direct dye in a medium appropriate for the dyeing of keratin fibers, a method of coloring keratin fibers comprising contacting the keratin fibers with such compositions, and a device comprising a plurality of compartments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: L'Oreal S.A.
    Inventors: Hervé David, Andrew Greaves, Nicolas Daubresse
  • Patent number: 7377946
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable medium, at least one particular fluorescent dye. The invention also relates to a process for treating keratin fibres, in particular human keratin fibres, using this composition, and also to a device comprising it. Finally, the invention relates to the use of the composition according to the invention as a lightening agent or as a colouring agent for the said fibres.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: L'Oréal
    Inventors: Luc Gourlaouen, Andrew Greaves, Grégory Plos
  • Publication number: 20080115296
    Abstract: The present invention relates to symmetrical tetraazo cationic compounds of formula (I) Dye1-L-Dye1 in which formula: Dye1 represents: in which: W1, which are identical, represent: W2, which are identical, represent: W3, which are identical, represent: L represents an optionally substituted C1-C60 hydrocarbon-based chain, optionally bearing at least one cationic charge, optionally interrupted with and/or terminated at one and the other of the ends with at least one hetero atom or group comprising at least one hetero atom; the electrical neutrality of the compounds being ensured by means of one or more cosmetically acceptable, identical or different anions An. A subject of the invention is similarly a composition comprising such a dye as direct dye, and also a process using the said composition for dyeing keratin fibres.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2005
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: Andrew Greaves, Herve David
  • Patent number: 7351267
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to symmetrical cationic diazo compounds of formula (I) below, their resonance forms, and also their acid addition salts and their solvates: wherein W1 radicals, which are identical, are chosen from a halogen atom, or an —NR4-Ph-NR5R6, —NR4-Ph-OR7, —O-Ph-OR7 or —O-Ph-NR5R6 group or else an —NR5R6 or —OR7 group with certain provisos; L, a non-cationic linker connecting the two identical azo chromophores, is chosen from a covalent bond; an optionally substituted C1-C40 alkyl radical optionally interrupted by a (hetero)cycle, the alkyl radical being optionally interrupted by at least one heteroatom or group comprising at least one heteroatom or an optionally substituted phenyl radical. The disclosure further relates to dyeing compositions comprising such compounds as a direct dye in a medium appropriate for the dyeing of keratin fibers, and also to a method of coloring keratin fibers that employs this composition, and a device comprising a plurality of compartments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: L'Oreal S.A.
    Inventors: Hervé David, Andrew Greaves, Nicolas Daubresse
  • Patent number: 7326255
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use, for dyeing keratin fibres, of at least one latent pigment, which is soluble in a medium that is suitable for dyeing, and which can be chemically, thermally or photochemically converted in the fibres into water-insoluble pigments, of formula A(B)x with A representing the chromophoric radical of dyes, and B representing a hydrogen atom or a group of formula (II) with Z representing a cationic water-solubilizing group Z+ or a polyethylene glycol residue, Y representing a hetero atom, F and F? representing a linear or branched C1-C14 alkylene chain, which may contain hetero atoms and may be substituted with one or more hydroxyl, amino or halogen groups. The invention also relates to processes for dyeing keratin fibres using latent pigments, to particular compositions containing them and to multi-compartment dyeing devices or “kits”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: L'Oreal S.A.
    Inventors: Alain Lagrange, Sylvain Kravtchenko, Andrew Greaves
  • Publication number: 20080000033
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dye composition comprising, in a suitable cosmetic medium, a 1H-pyrazolyl-ethenyl-indolium derivative of formula (I) below: in which R1 represents a linear or branched C1-C4 alkyl radical or a C1-C4 aralkyl radical, R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-C4 alkyl radical, a C1-C4 alkoxy radical, a halogen atom or a nitro group; R3 and R4, which may be identical or different, represent a hydrogen atom, a C1-C4 alkyl radical, an aryl radical which may be substituted with one radical R chosen from a halogen atom, a hydroxyl radical, a C1-C4 alkyl radical, a C1-C4 alkoxy radical, a carboxyl radical and a trifluoromethyl radical, R5 represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-C4 alkyl radical or an aryl radical that may be substituted with one radical R, and X is a counterion. Such a composition makes it possible to obtain direct colourations that are particularly resistant to external agents, in particular to shampoo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2004
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventor: Andrew Greaves
  • Patent number: 7303589
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process for dyeing human keratin materials having a lightening effect, applying to the materials a composition comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable medium, at least one fluorescent dye having the following formula: The present disclosure also relates to at least one fluorescent dye, to a composition comprising the at least one fluorescent dye, and to a multi-compartment kit comprising the said composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: L'Oreal S.A.
    Inventors: Andrew Greaves, Nicolas Daubresse, Xavier Radisson
  • Patent number: 7303591
    Abstract: A dye composition comprising at least one mixed dye comprising at least two chromophore chosen from azine and (hetero)aromatic nitro compounds, optionally associated with at least one chromophore chosen from methine and carbonyl compounds; a process for dyeing keratin fibers, for example, human keratin fibers, such as the hair, using the composition, a multi-compartment device comprising the composition; and the abovementioned mixed dyes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: L'Oreal S.A.
    Inventors: Andrew Greaves, Hervé David, Henri Samain