Patents by Inventor Merry Lee Nickl

Merry Lee Nickl 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).

  • Color cosmetic compositions
    Patent number: 7341743
    Abstract: A color cosmetic composition containing color impregnated spherules where the color is expressed from the spherule upon application of the cosmetic to the keratinous surface and the expressed spherule serves an uptake function on the keratinous surface; a cosmetic composition containing a rupturable spherule filled with color, and a method for color skin using such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Revlon Consumer Products Corporation
    Inventors: Julio Gans Russ, Ida Marie Sandewicz, Tatyana Zamyatin, Merry Lee Nickl
  • Self Tanning or Sunscreen Cosmetic Compositions
    Publication number: 20070292373
    Abstract: A self-tanning or sunscreen cosmetic composition comprising a first resting color and a second application color comprising a water phase, and oil phase, and diffusive pigments suspended in the oil phase, wherein the diffusive pigments suspended in the oil phase provide the first resting color and upon diffusion out of the oil phase upon application provide the second application color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2006
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Inventors: Julio Gans Russ, Neil D. Scancarella, Tatyana Zamyatin, Ida Marie Sandewicz, Merry Lee Nickl, Ivonne Brown