Patents by Inventor Mu-Ill Lim

Mu-Ill Lim 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).

  • Patent number: 6774244
    Abstract: Primary intermediates for hair coloring compositions for oxidative dyeing of hair are compounds of the formula (1): wherein R is selected from C1 to C5 alkyl or hydroxyalkyl, a C3 to C6 cyclic ring containing hetero atoms selected from O, S and N atoms, and —CH2—Ar where Ar is an aromatic ring wherein the aromatic ring may be substituted with one or two hydroxy C1 to C3 alkoxy, or amino groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mu-Ill Lim, Yuh-Guo Pan
  • Patent number: 6765093
    Abstract: Couplers for hair coloring compositions for oxidative dyeing of hair are compounds of the formula (1): where R1 and R2 are each individually selected from a hydrogen atom, a C1 to C3 alkyl group, a C1 to C5 mono or dihydroxyalkyl group; phenyl or benzyl optionally substituted with an alkoxy group, or R1 and R2 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form a piperazine, piperidine, imidazole, or morpholine ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mu-Ill Lim, Yuh-Guo Pan, James S. Anderson
  • Patent number: 6750337
    Abstract: Couplers for hair coloring compositions for oxidative dyeing of hair are compounds of the formula (1): wherein X is selected from halogen and R5SO4 where the halogen is preferably Cl, Br or I; R, R1 and R2 are each individually selected from C1 to C22 alkyl and C1 to C22 mono or dihydroxyalkyl, or two of R, R1 and R2 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form a C3 to C6 saturated or unsaturated ring optionally containing in the ring one or more additional hetero atoms selected from O, S and N atoms; R3 and R 4 are each individually selected from C1 to C6 alkyl, C1 to C6 hydroxyalkyl, C1 to C6 alkoxy, C1 to C6 aminoalkyl or R3 and R4 together form a C1 to C5 alkylene group; and R5 is selected from C1 to C22 alkyl and C1 to C22 mono or dihydroxyalkyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mu-Ill Lim, Yuh-Guo Pan, Gottfried Wenke
  • Patent number: 6750339
    Abstract: Primary intermediates for hair coloring compositions for oxidative dyeing of hair are compounds of the formula (1): wherein R1 and R2 are each independently selected from hydrogen atoms, a C1 to C5 alkyl or hydroxyalkyl group, or R1 and R2 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form a 5 or 6 member cyclic ring optionally containing one or more additional atoms selected from O, N or S atoms, and n is equal to 1 or 2, with the proviso that when n is equal to 2 only one of R1 and R2 may be hydrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mu-Ill Lim, Yuh-Guo Pan
  • Patent number: 6750355
    Abstract: Primary intermediates for hair coloring compositions for oxidative dyeing of hair are compounds of the formula (1): where R1 and R2 are each individually selected from a hydrogen atom, a C1 to C3 alkyl group, a C1 to C5 mono or dihydroxyalkyl group, phenyl or benzyl optionally substituted with an alkoxy group, or R1 and R2 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form a piperazine, piperidine, imidazole, or morpholine ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mu-Ill Lim, Yuh-Guo Pan
  • Publication number: 20040078904
    Abstract: Hair-coloring compositions comprise at least one self-coupling compound of Formula (1) 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Inventors: Mu-Ill Lim, Margaret Popp
  • Patent number: 6703526
    Abstract: Couplers for hair coloring compositions for oxidative dyeing of hair are compounds of formula (1): wherein X is selected from of halogen and R5SO4 R3 is selected from C1 to C2 alkyl and hydroxyethyl; and R, R1, R2 and R5 are each independently selected from C1 to C22 alkyl or C1 to C22 mono or dihydroxyalkyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mu-Ill Lim, Yuh-Guo Pan, Margaret Popp
  • Patent number: 6673932
    Abstract: Primary intermediates for hair coloring compositions for oxidative dyeing of hair are compounds of the formula (1): wherein R is hydrogen, hydroxy, nitro, amino, halogen, C1 to C5 alkyl or haloalkyl, C1 to C5 alkoxy or cyclic alkoxy, C1 to C5 hydroxyalkyl and C1 to C5 hydroxyalkoxy; Ar is an aromatic group; and y=1 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mu-Ill Lim, Yuh-Guo Pan
  • Patent number: 6673966
    Abstract: Couplers for hair coloring compositions for oxidative dyeing of hair are compounds of the formula (1): wherein X is selected from halogen and R5SO4; R, R1, R2 and R5 are each individually selected from C1 to C22 alkyl and C1 to C22 mono or dihydroxyalkyl and R3 and R4 are individually selected from C1 to C6 alkyl groups, C1 to C6 hydroxyalkyl, C1 to C6 alkoxy, C1 to C6 aminoalkyl or R3 and R4 together form a C1 to C5 alkylene group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mu-Ill Lim, Yuh-Guo Pan, James S. Anderson
  • Patent number: 6673934
    Abstract: Primary intermediates for hair coloring compositions for oxidative dyeing of hair are compounds of the formula (1): wherein R is hydrogen, hydroxy, nitro, amino, halogen, C1 to C5 alkyl or haloalkyl, C1 to C5 alkoxy or cyclic alkoxy, C1 to C5 hydroxyalkyl and C1 to C5 hydroxyalkoxy; Ar is an aromatic group, preferably an aromatic group selected from a furanyl, thienyl, pyridinyl, phenyl, 2,3-dihydro-benzo[1,4]dioxin-5 or -6-yl or benzo[1,3]dioxol-4 or -5-yl group; and y=1 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mu-Ill Lim, Yuh-Guo Pan
  • Publication number: 20030196280
    Abstract: Hair-coloring compositions comprise at least one coupler of formula (1) 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Inventors: Mu-Ill Lim, Yuh-Guo Pan, Sabina Burdzovic
  • Patent number: 6572665
    Abstract: Couplers for hair coloring compositions for oxidative dyeing of hair are compounds of the formula (1): wherein X is selected from halogen and R2SO4; R3 is selected from C1 to C2 alkyl or hydroxyethyl; R2 is selected from C1 to C22 alkyl and C1 to C22 mono and dihydroxyalkyl; and R is selected from of C1 to C16 alkyl, C1 to C10 hydroxyalkyl, C1 to C6 alkoxyalkyl and benzyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Clairol Incorporated
    Inventors: Mu-Ill Lim, Yuh-Guo Pan, Margaret Popp
  • Patent number: 6521761
    Abstract: Primary intermediates useful hair coloring systems comprise quaternized pyrrolidine compounds. The invention provides new quaternized pyrrolidine of Formula (1): wherein X is Cl, Br, I, or R3 S04; R is a C1 to C22 alkyl group or a C1 to C22 mono or dihydroxyalkyl group; R1 and R2 are each independently a C1 to C4 alkyl group; R3 is a C1 to C22 alkyl group or a C1 to C22 mono or dihydroxyalkyl group; R4 is a hydrogen atom, a C1 to C5 alkyl group or such an alkyl group substituted with one or more hydroxy or amino moieties; and R5 is a hydrogen atom or a hydroxy group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Clairol Incorporated
    Inventors: Mu-Ill Lim, Yuh-Guo Pan
  • Publication number: 20020157192
    Abstract: Primary intermediates for hair coloring compositions for oxidative dyeing of hair are compounds of the formula (1): 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Mu-Ill Lim, Yuh-Guo Pan
  • Publication number: 20020144358
    Abstract: Primary intermediates for hair coloring compositions for oxidative dyeing of hair are compounds of the formula (1): 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2002
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Inventors: Mu-Ill Lim, Yuh-Guo Pan
  • Publication number: 20020144357
    Abstract: Primary intermediates for hair coloring compositions for oxidative dyeing of hair are compounds of the formula (1): 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2002
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Inventors: Mu-Ill Lim, Yuh-Guo Pan
  • Publication number: 20020138919
    Abstract: Couplers for hair coloring compositions for oxidative dyeing of hair are compounds of the formula (1): 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2002
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventors: Mu-Ill Lim, Yuh-Guo Pan, James S. Anderson
  • Publication number: 20020108187
    Abstract: Couplers for hair coloring compositions for oxidative dyeing of hair are compounds of formula (1): 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2001
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Inventors: Mu-Ill Lim, Yuh-Guo Pan
  • Patent number: 6409773
    Abstract: Couplers for hair coloring compositions for oxidative dyeing of hair are compounds of the formula at least one coupler comprising a compound of the formula (1): wherein R is selected from of C1 to C2 alkyl and hydroxyethyl, R1 and R2 are each independently selected from the group consisting of C1 to C5 alkyl, C3 to C6 cycloalkyl, C1 to C5 alkoxy, C1 to C5 hydroxyalkyl, C1 to C5 hydroxyalkoxy, or R1 and R2 together with the carbon atom to which they are attached form a C3 to C6 cycloalkyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Clairol Incorporated
    Inventors: Mu-Ill Lim, Yuh-Guo Pan, Margaret Popp
  • Patent number: 6342079
    Abstract: 1-(2,5-Diaminophenyl)ethanol useful as a primary intermediate for the oxidative dyeing of hair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2002
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Yuh-Guo Pan, Mu-Ill Lim, Linas R. Stasaitis