Patents by Inventor Neil Robert Forbes

Neil Robert Forbes 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).

  • Oxidative hair dyes and related topical compositions
    Patent number: 7686849
    Abstract: An oxidative hair dye system comprises a hair dye, an organometallic compound and an oxidising agent. The organometallic compound is preferably an organotitanate compound, particularly a tetraalkyl titanate or a titanate chelate. Such compounds are also useful for enhancing the substantivity of topical compositions applied to the body, which comprise one or more cosmetic and/or therapeutic benefit agents, a bonding agent having hydrolysable or exchangeable ligands, and a carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: The Boots Company PLC.
    Inventors: Neil Robert Forbes, Edward Galley, Christine Sheard
  • Oxidative Hair Dyes and Related Topical Compositions
    Publication number: 20080233068
    Abstract: An oxidative hair dye system comprises a hair dye, an organometallic compound and an oxidising agent. The organometallic compound is preferably an organotitanate compound, particularly a tetraalkyl titanate or a titanate chelate. Such compounds are also useful for enhancing the substantivity of topical compositions applied to the body, which comprise one or more cosmetic and/or therapeutic benefit agents, a bonding agent having hydrolysable or exchangeable ligands, and a carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2006
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: THE BOOTS COMPANY PLC
    Inventors: Neil Robert Forbes, Edward Galley, Christine Sheard
  • Water treatment
    Patent number: 6051141
    Abstract: A method of treating water containing silicon-containing impurities in a concentration of up to 10,000 parts per million by weight of the water, by contacting the water over a period of time with a particulate solid which entrains silicon-containing impurities in the water and subsequently separating the water from the particulate solid, wherein the particulate solid is a high alumina cement which is anhydrous when first contacted by the water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: Imerys Minerals Limited
    Inventors: Neil Robert Forbes, Thomas Richard Jones