Patents by Inventor Felicia Dixon

Felicia Dixon 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).

  • Process for relaxing or straightening hair, using weak dicarboxylic acids with heat
    Patent number: 8513200
    Abstract: A process for straightening or relaxing hair comprising the following steps: (a) providing a hair straightening or relaxing composition having a pH ranging from 8 to 11.5, and containing, in a cosmetically acceptable medium, at least one weak acid chosen from monocarboxylic, dicarboxylic and tricarboxylic acids, their salts, and mixtures thereof; (b) contacting the hair with the hair straightening or relaxing composition to form treated hair; and (c) straightening or relaxing the treated hair by applying heat, wherein hydroxide-containing compounds are not used. Disclosed herein is also a preferred hair straightening or relaxing composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Felicia Dixon, Bradford Pistorio, Angela Ellington, Ming Yee
  • PROCESS FOR RELAXING OR STRAIGHTENING HAIR, USING WEAK DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS WITH HEAT
    Publication number: 20110256084
    Abstract: A process for straightening or relaxing hair comprising the following steps: (a) providing a hair straightening or relaxing composition having a pH ranging from 8 to 11.5, and containing, in a cosmetically acceptable medium, at least one weak acid chosen from monocarboxylic, dicarboxylic and tricarboxylic acids, their salts, and mixtures thereof; (b) contacting the hair with the hair straightening or relaxing composition to form treated hair; and (c) straightening or relaxing the treated hair by applying heat, wherein hydroxide-containing compounds are not used. Disclosed herein is also a preferred hair straightening or relaxing composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Felicia Dixon, Bradford Pistorio, Angela Ellington, Ming Yee