Amphoteric Or Zwitterionic Surfactant Containing Patents (Class 424/70.21)
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Patent number: 6723308Abstract: The present invention includes a hair clarifying composition for removing residue from hair. The composition includes an acid component and an amphoteric surfactant. The present invention further includes a method for using the hair clarifying composition to remove residue from the hair.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2001Date of Patent: April 20, 2004Assignee: Kenra, LLCInventor: Paul T. Browning
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Publication number: 20040067212Abstract: The present invention relates to a skin conditioner comprising the compound represented by the general formula: 1Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2003Publication date: April 8, 2004Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha SokenInventors: Takashi Tokuyama, Megumi Jo
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Patent number: 6706258Abstract: An aqueous shampoo composition comprising, in addition to water: i) at least one cleansing surfactant; ii) a cationic deposition polymer, and iii) a silicone component consisting of a blend of: (a) emulsified particles of an insoluble silicone, in which the emulsified particles of insoluble silicone are incorporated into the shampoo composition as a preformed aqueous emulsion having an average silicone particle size in the emulsion and in the shampoo composition of from 0.15 to 30 microns, and (b) microemulsified particles of an insoluble silicone, in which the microemulsified particles of insoluble silicone are incorporated into the shampoo composition as a preformed aqueous microemulsion having an average-silicone particle size in the microemulsion and in the shampoo composition of less than 0.10 microns.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 1999Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Peter Gallagher, Tipawan Kreu-Nopakun, Andrew Malcolm Murray
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Publication number: 20040037798Abstract: A shampoo/conditioner that repels lice and aids in the removal of head lice and nits is presented. It is a formulation comprising at least one homeopathic louse insecticide included with acetic acid in association with a gentle wetting agent and shampoo and conditioner and softener components, all tested for low dermal irritation with a final pH below 4.5 and a viscosity of 1200 to 2000 CPS. The product reduces or eliminates the activity of live lice and makes it significantly easier to comb out nits. The product creates an environment repulsive to head lice thereby acting to prevent re-infestation. It is suited for the daily use that is necessary to insure permanent removal of all lice and nits by combing and serves to beautify the hair.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2003Publication date: February 26, 2004Inventor: George Coleman
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Patent number: 6696050Abstract: This invention relates to an aqueous hair treatment comprising coated particles comprising a solid core having a D3, 2 average particle size in the range from 10 to 700 nm, and a coating polymer covalently bonded to the solid core. Use of the coated particles in a hair treatment composition to impart body to the hair is also described.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2002Date of Patent: February 24, 2004Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Elena Maria Gabriella Barbuzzi, Wolfgang Robert Bergmann, Cheryl Anne Taylor, Stephen Lee Wire
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Patent number: 6692730Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for washing keratinous materials, in particular hair, which comprises, in a cosmetically acceptable medium, particles essentially consisting of aluminium oxide and having a mean primary size in numerical terms of less than 200 nm, at least one conditioning agent chosen from cationic surfactants, cationic polymers, silicones, vegetable oils, ceramides, anionic polymers, amphoteric polymers and mixtures thereof, and at least one detergent surfactant, these compositions not simultaneously containing an anionic surfactant and an amphoteric or nonionic surfactant. The invention also relates to a method for the cosmetic treatment of keratinous fibres, and a use of the composition according to the invention as a shampoo.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2001Date of Patent: February 17, 2004Assignee: L'OrealInventors: Béatrice Perron, Serge Restle, Franck Giroud, Henri Samain
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Patent number: 6682725Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a process of conditioning hair in which a cosmetic composition is applied to the hair, which composition contains a polymer formed by (i) the free-radically initiated copolymerization of monomer mixtures of (a) from 1 to 99.99% by weight of a cationic monomer or quaternizable monomer, (b) from 0 to 98.99% by weight of a water-soluble monomer, (c) from 0 to 50% by weight of a further free-radically copolymerizable monomer, and (d) from 0.01 to 10% by weight of a bifunctional or polyfunctional, free-radical copolymerizable monomer, and (ii) subsequent quaternization of the polymer if the monomer (a) is a non-quaternized monomer.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 1998Date of Patent: January 27, 2004Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Reinhold Dieing, Peter Hössel, Stephan Kothrade, Axel Sanner, Katrin Zeitz, Hans-Jürgen Raubenheimer, Volker Schehlmann
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Patent number: 6682723Abstract: A paint containing a surfactant system capable of structuring a non-aqueous liquid composition, wherein the surfactant system comprises at least about 5% of a structuring particle. The surfactant system preferably further comprises a surfactant selected from the group consisting of anionic, nonionic, cationic, amphoteric surfactants and mixtures thereof. A well dispersed mixture of a non-aqueous liquid, for example, a nonionic surfactant, and at least about 25%, by weight of the surfactant system results in the mixture having a yield of at least about 2.0 Pa when measured at 20 sec−1 and 25° C. Moreover, the surfactant system should exhibit a peak when measured by SAXS x-ray diffraction, wherein the peak's center is between about the 1.5 to 2.5 v positions on the 2 theta axis. The structuring particles are most preferably structuring particles of sulfate and linear alkyl benzene sulfonate.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2001Date of Patent: January 27, 2004Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Diane Parry, Walter August Maria Broeckx, Daniel Jerome White, Jr., Mark Allen Smerznak
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Publication number: 20040013627Abstract: Disclosed are propylene glycol hyaluronate esters having a limiting viscosity of 14-35 dL/g and an esterification degree of 10-90% as well as skin conditioning methods, moisturizing methods and emulsifying methods using said propylene glycol hyaluronate esters. Propylene glycol hyaluronate esters of the present invention are compounds showing excellent viscosity stability in low-pH systems and cation-containing systems and also showing high emulsifiability, hydration power, moisturizing effect and liposome stabilizing effect.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2003Publication date: January 22, 2004Applicant: KIBUN FOOD CHEMIFA CO., LTDInventors: Hideki Hirai, Michiki Asai
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Patent number: 6663855Abstract: Cosmetic or personal care compositions, such as for styling hair, comprise a thermoplastic elastomer which is a block copolymer comprising a core polymer having a backbone comprising at least a proportion of C—C bonds and two or more flanking polymers. Each flanking polymer is covalently bound to an end of the core polymer and the core polymer and/or at least one of the flanking polymers is a copolymer derived from two or more monomers. The compositions comprise a cosmetically acceptable diluent or carrier.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2001Date of Patent: December 16, 2003Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Jean M. J. Frechet, Damian Hajduk, Ezat Khoshdel, Mingjun Liu, Ralph B. Nielsen, Euan Stuart Reid, Keith Leslie Rutherford
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Patent number: 6660285Abstract: The invention relates to the use of at least one amphoteric in transparent aqueous cosmetic compositions for the hair and/or the skin designed to be rinsed, comprising at least one anionic surface-active agent, at least one surface-active agent selected for the betaines and at least one water-soluble or water dispersible cationic polymer derived from a polysaccharide (PolC), as precipitant, in the diluted state, of said cationic polymer (PolC). The invention further relates to transparent aqueous cosmetic compositions for the hair and/or skin designed to be rinsed, comprising at least one one anionic surface-active agent, at least one surface-active agent selected for the betaines, at least one water-soluble or water dispersible cationic polymer derived from a polysaccharide (PolC), and at least one amphoteric surface-active agent.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2002Date of Patent: December 9, 2003Inventor: Jean-Marc Ricca
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Publication number: 20030223951Abstract: Disclosed are aqueous conditioning shampoo compositions which comprise an anionic detersive surfactant component; from about 0.025% to about 5% by weight of an water soluble or dispersible, cationic, non crosslinked, deposition or conditioning polymer; the conditioning shampoo may additionally comprise dispersed, liquid, droplets of a water insoluble, hair conditioning agent having a volume average particle diameter of from about 5 microns to about 125 microns. A homopolymer has a cationic charge density from about from about 2 meq/gm to about 4 meq/gm or a cationic charge density of from about 5 meq/gm to about 10 meq/gm; or an average molecular weight of at least 500,000. A copolymer is formed from one or more cationic monomer units and one or more nonionic monomer units or monomer units bearing a negative charge wherein the subsequent charge of the copolymer is positive.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2003Publication date: December 4, 2003Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Nicholas William Geary, Kendrick Jon Hughes, Mark Anthony Brown, Timothy Woodrow Coffindaffer, Afua Asiedua Asante, Robert Lee Wells
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Publication number: 20030219465Abstract: Mixed vesicular system containing a nanoemulsion with bilayer nanovesicles mimicking noisome and liposome for the topical delivery of dithranol alone or together with salicylic acid to treat psoriasis, eczemas, dermatophytoses, alopecia areata and other dermatological diseases and methods for producing said system.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2003Publication date: November 27, 2003Inventors: Suresh Kumar Gidwani, Purushottam Sharshikant Singnurkar
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Patent number: 6645476Abstract: The invention provides water-soluble polymers preparable by free-radical copolymerization of A) one or more macromonomers containing an end-group capable of polymerization, a hydrophilic moiety based on polyalkylene oxides, and a hydrophobic moiety which comprises hydrogen or a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched, aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic (C1-C30)-hydrocarbon radical, and B) one or more olefinically unsaturated comonomers which contain oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorus, chlorine and/or fluorine. The polymers are suitable as thickeners, dispersing agents, emulsifiers, suspending agents, stabilizers and/or bodying agents for aqueous preparations, emulsions and suspensions, in particular for cosmetic and pharmaceutical compositions.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2000Date of Patent: November 11, 2003Assignee: Clariant GmbHInventors: Roman Morschhäuser, Matthias Löffler
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Patent number: 6645479Abstract: Described are controlled, time-release microparticulate active and bioactive compositions (including perfuming compositions) for targeted delivery to surfaces such as skin, hair and fabric and the environment proximate thereto, where the active and bioactive materials have a calculated log10P values of between 1 and 8 (P being the n-octanol-water partition coefficient). Such compositions include the active or bioactive material in single phase, solid solution in a wax or polymer matrix also having coated thereon and/or containing a compatible surfactant. Also described are processes and apparatus for preparing such compositions and processes for using same. Furthermore, certain component(s) of the aforementioned compositions in combination with one another are novel, and other components have novel uses in increasing fragrance substantivity, particularly in hair care preparations such as hair gels and shampoos.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2000Date of Patent: November 11, 2003Assignee: International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.Inventors: Adi Shefer, Shmuel David Shefer
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Publication number: 20030206881Abstract: A phospholipidic composition with an L-&agr;-glycerophosphatidyl-choline concentration of at least 10% by weight is described, where said composition is granular also contains, in addition to L-&agr;-glycerophosphatidylcholine, at least one granulation aid selected from the group consisting of a monophosphate, diphosphate or triphosphate of an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal or a mixture thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2001Publication date: November 6, 2003Inventors: Peter Fussbroich, Johannes Gareiss
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Publication number: 20030198654Abstract: A cosmetic composition that allows for the suspension of beads of differing sizes is disclosed. This cosmetic composition will allow the beads to remain suspended but is not too viscous to destroy or significantly reduce the desired qualities in the cosmetic composition, e.g., body gel. This includes the primary ingredients of a carbomer solution (with a neutralizing agent) and a gum solution. Optional ingredients can include, but are not limited to, a surfactant, a chemical to lower the freezing point, a preservative, a fragrance, and hair and skin treatment additives. The beads are preferably formed from a wide variety of shell materials that house a core oil. The aesthetic qualities of this cosmetic composition are very pleasing in addition to the performance provided by the suspended beads.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2003Publication date: October 23, 2003Inventor: Christopher L. Palazzolo
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Patent number: 6635262Abstract: A roll-on applicator comprising a container and a rotatable application member on the container, such as a container closed at one end by a closure means which can move in rotation, and means for retaining the closure means, the container containing a hair composition devoid of carboxylic surfactant, said hair composition comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable medium, at least one component chosen from: (i) anionic, amphoteric, and nonionic fixing polymers; (ii) beneficial agents; and (iii) hair dyes; wherein the roll-on applicator is capable of directly depositing on the hair said at least one component.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2001Date of Patent: October 21, 2003Assignee: L'Oreal S.A.Inventors: Hervé Jourdan, Dorothée Pasquet
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Publication number: 20030190302Abstract: Aqueous free-flowing surfactant compositions having non-Newtonian shear thinning properties are disclosed. These stable compositions include both cationic and anionic surfactants and can suspend water-insoluble particles or partially insoluble components.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2002Publication date: October 9, 2003Inventors: Seren Frantz, Stewart Warburton
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Patent number: 6630136Abstract: A cosmetic or dermatological composition for treating keratinous material, particularly human hair, including a cosmetically or dermatologically acceptable medium containing at least one silcone-grafted polymer with a polysiloxane backbone grafted by non-silicone organic monomers and at least one amphiphilic polymer comprising at least one fatty chain and at least one hydrophilic unit. Such compositions are particularly suitable for use as rinsable or non-rinsable products for washing and conditioning hair, hair setting of hair styling.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2000Date of Patent: October 7, 2003Assignee: L'OrealInventors: Claude Dubief, Christine Dupuis
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Patent number: 6627184Abstract: Disclose are aqueous conditioning shampoo compositions comprising from about 5% to about 50% by weight of an anionic detersive surfactant component selected from the group consisting of anionic surfactants, zwitterionic or amphoteric surfactants having an attached group that is anionic at the pH of the composition, and combinations thereof, from about 0.025% to about 3% by weight of an organic, cationic, hair conditioning polymer, from about 0.05% to about 3% by weight of an organic, water-insoluble, polyalphaolefin conditioning polymer derived from 1-alkene monomers having from about 4 to about 16 carbon atoms, wherein the polyalphaolefin polymer has a viscosity of from about 1 to about 300 centipoise as measured at 40° C.; and from about 20% to about 94% by weight of water. The select polyalphaolefin polymers provide the shampoo composition with improved conditioning performance.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2003Date of Patent: September 30, 2003Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Timothy Woodrow Coffindaffer, Everett Junior Inman
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Publication number: 20030180246Abstract: A free-flowing surfactant composition comprising at least one anionic surface-active agent, an alkanolamide, an electrolyte, and water is described. In particular, the composition is a surfactant composition that has free-flowing non-Newtonian shear thinning properties and the ability to suspend components and is stable under at least one freeze/thaw cycle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2002Publication date: September 25, 2003Inventors: Seren Frantz, Phillip L. Cotrell, Stewart A. Warburton
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Publication number: 20030170194Abstract: A pharmaceutical and/or cosmetic composition for use in humans, animals or plants is described, comprising at least one pharmaceutical and/or cosmetic active ingredient and at least one organosilicon compound based on oligomeric and/or polymeric diorganosiloxane, whereby the composition also contains at least one phospholipid.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2002Publication date: September 11, 2003Inventors: Ralf Piotrowiak, Bernd G Siegfried
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Publication number: 20030165455Abstract: A composition including a surfactant in an aqueous medium, wherein said surfactant exhibits at least one paracrystalline phase of either a direct type or a cubic type at temperatures varying from 30° C. to 45° C. inclusive.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2001Publication date: September 4, 2003Applicant: L' OREALInventors: Veronique Guillou, Jean-Luc Morancais
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Patent number: 6610280Abstract: A hair treatment composition containing a silicone component comprising droplets of silicone blend, the silicone blend comprising (i) from 50 to 95% by weight of the silicone component of a first silicone having a viscosity of at least 100,000 mm2/sec at 25° C., and (ii) from 5 to 50% by weight of the silicone component of a second silicone which is functionalised.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2002Date of Patent: August 26, 2003Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Nicholas Ainger, Peter Fairley
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Publication number: 20030157047Abstract: The invention relates to composition containing an oil-in-water emulsion and (1) an amphiphilic polymer containing polymerized units of at least one monomer comprising ethylenic unsaturation comprising a sulphonic group, in the free or partially or completely neutralized form, and containing at least one hydrophobic part, and (2) at least one make-up-removing oil.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2002Publication date: August 21, 2003Applicant: L'OREALInventors: Paula Lennon, Cecile Boschet, Carole Guiramand
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Patent number: 6605290Abstract: An aerated composition comprising, in a physiologically acceptable medium, an oily phase dispersed in an aqueous phase, characterized in that it contains air or inert gas in a sufficient amount to have a relative density ranging from 0.2 to 0.8 and in that it comprises at least one amphiphilic polymer and at least one anionic surfactant. The composition exhibits a very fine texture and good cosmetic properties, while remaining very stable over time. In particular, it can constitute a cosmetic composition intended especially for treating and/or cleansing the skin, including the scalp, nails and/or hair and for making up the skin.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2001Date of Patent: August 12, 2003Assignee: L′OrealInventors: Veronique Roulier, Therese Daubig
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Patent number: 6602495Abstract: A hair care composition which comprises (a) one or more polymer systems in the form of discrete particles, wherein said particles are swollen with a non-aqueous solvent; and (b) water or a hydroalcoholic solution carrier, are described. A method for treating hair which comprises contacting said hair with compositions of the invention is also described.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2001Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Wolfgang Robert Bergmann, John Edward Wydila, Paul Howard Neill, Loralei Marie Brandt, Joanne Crudele, Chaitanya Umedbhai Patel, Christophe Michel Finel, Walter Thomas Gibson, Roger Michael Lane
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Patent number: 6599513Abstract: The present invention provides novel emulsion formulations which comprise oil bodies. The invention also provides a method for preparing the emulsions and the use of the emulsions in products for topical application to the skin. The products are very mild to the skin and may be easily formulated into a wide variety of personal care and dermatological products.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2001Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: Sembiosys Genetics Inc.Inventors: Harm M. Deckers, Gijs Van Rooijen, Joseph Boothe, Janis Goll, Maurice M. Moloney
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Publication number: 20030133899Abstract: A cleansing and conditioning cosmetic composition containing a mixture of anionic, nonionic or amphoteric surfactants or mixtures thereof, with a cosurfactant that is alkoxylated nonionic surfactant, a water insoluble component as defined herein and a cationic conditioning polymer. The composition provides excellent cleansing and conditioning for hair/ skin and produces a copious, creamy lather.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2002Publication date: July 17, 2003Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Shimei Fan, Teresa Jolanta Dowell, Tirucherai Varahan Vasudevan
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Patent number: 6592856Abstract: Hair conditioning shampoo compositions are provided which contain a combination of conditioning agents including emulsified silicones, cationic polymers and certain fatty acid polyesters of polyols. Suitable fatty acid polyesters are sucrose pentalaurate, sucrose tetraoleate, sucrose pentaerucate, sucrose tetraerucate, sucrose tetrastearate, sucrose pentaoleate, sucrose octaoleate, sucrose pentatallowate, sucrose trirapeate, sucrose tetrarapeate, sucrose pentarapeate, sucrose tristearate and sucrose pentastearate, and mixtures thereof. The compositions give improved hair conditioning benefits, especially to hair which has been damaged, e.g. through environmental exposure or harsh mechanical or chemical treatments such as heat styling, perming or bleaching.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2001Date of Patent: July 15, 2003Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Colin Christopher David Giles, Frances Ann Ellis, Andrew Malcolm Murray, Matthew Leslie Pearce, Pamela Eileen Red
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Publication number: 20030129156Abstract: The present invention is directed to a treatment for animal pruritis. One aspect of this invention involves a treatment for animal pruritis comprising one or more polypeptides with an amino acid sequence including KPV, VKP-AC-CC-AC-KPV, MEHFRWG, HFRWGKPV or SYSMEHFRWGKPV for animal pruritis caused by exposure to any number of agents or causes. The polypeptides are at a level to effectively treat the animal pruritis and are combined with a shampoo. Other combinations include the polypeptides at a level to effectively treat animal pruritis combined with a shampoo and an antibiotic, antifungal and/or and anti-inflammatory. The one or more polypeptides can also be a dimer formed from any of the amino acid sequence above.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2001Publication date: July 10, 2003Inventors: James M. Lipton, Anna P. Catania
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Patent number: 6589509Abstract: The product for hair treatment includes a transparent pressure-resistant aerosol container and a device for making foam from an effective-ingredient containing composition contained in the aerosol container. The effective-ingredient containing composition contained in the transparent aerosol container has two clearly distinguishable liquid phases with a sharply distinct phase boundary. The two liquid phases consist of a hydrophilic phase and a hydrophobic phase. The hydrophilic phase includes water or a solvent system containing water and a water-soluble organic solvent, at least one cationic or cationically-active hair care ingredient and at least one organic or inorganic salt. The hydrophobic phase contains a water-insoluble, liquefied propellant gas and at least one water-insoluble, hydrophobic, oily or fatty substance dissolved in the liquefied propellant gas.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2001Date of Patent: July 8, 2003Assignee: Wella AGInventors: Walter Keller, Karl-Heinz Kischka
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Patent number: 6586479Abstract: The invention relates to fine emulsions comprising at least one W/O emulsifier and at least one hydrophilic component, and to a process for their preparation. The fine emulsions are obtainable by converting a W/O preemulsion comprising at least one W/O emulsifier into an O/W fine emulsion by adding at least one hydrophilic component and, where appropriate, changing the temperature. Suitable W/O emulsifiers are preferably sorbitol esters. The fine emulsions are preferably spray emulsions for cosmetic and pharmaceutical applications.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2001Date of Patent: July 1, 2003Assignee: Clariant GmbHInventors: Dennis Miller, Torsten Henning, Wiebke Johannpeter, Eva-Maria Wiener
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Patent number: 6586378Abstract: An aqueous hair stying composition comprises: (i) from 0.1% to 40%, by weight based on total weight, of oily or fatty material, the oily or fatty material including at least one material selected from hydrocarbon oils and glyceride fatty esters. (ii) from 0.1% to 10%, by weight based on total weight, of a hair styling polymer; (iii) from 0% to 30%, by weight based on total weight, of an aerosol propellant; and (iv) from 0% to 5%, by weight based on total weight, of a surfactant. The compositions have improved strength and durability of hair hold and superior sensory feel.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2000Date of Patent: July 1, 2003Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventor: Lalitesh Chandra
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Publication number: 20030118541Abstract: The present invention relates to the enhanced cytoplasmic accumulation of amphipathic weakly basic or amphipathic cationic molecules in prokaryotes and eukaryotes under conditions of high extracellular pH. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the unexpected synergistic effects of high extracellular pH and disrupted cellular efflux mechanisms on the cytoplasmic accumulation of amphipathic weakly basic or amphipathic cationic molecules in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. The present invention relates to methods for increasing the therapeutic potency of amphipathic weakly basic or amphipathic cationic compounds, e.g. antiseptics and disinfectants. Finally, the present invention relates to the exploitation of the aforementioned discoveries in the screening of small molecules, and libraries thereof, for biological activity in prokaryotes and eukaryotes.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2002Publication date: June 26, 2003Inventors: Kim Lewis, Peichung Hsieh
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Patent number: 6582710Abstract: The present invention provides novel emulsion formulations which comprise oil bodies. The invention also provides a method for preparing the emulsions and the use of the emulsions in products for topical application to the skin. The products are very mild to the skin and may be easily formulated into a wide variety of personal care and dermatological products.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2002Date of Patent: June 24, 2003Assignee: Sembiosys Genetics Inc.Inventors: Harm M. Deckers, Gijs van Rooijen, Joseph Boothe, Janis Goll, Maurice M. Moloney
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Publication number: 20030108507Abstract: Disclosed are a hair conditioning shampoo composition comprising from about 5.0% to about 50% of an anionic surfactant, from about 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2002Publication date: June 12, 2003Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Matthew Randall Clipson, Michael Paul Diederich, Eric Scott Johnson, Nicholas William Geary, Douglas Allan Royce, Robert Lee Wells
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Publication number: 20030108506Abstract: A gentle skin cleansing gel is provided containing as an ingredient, water soluble salts having a negative enthalpy in solution, which when mixed with water release heat which improves the cleansing effect and the release of perfumes creating a pleasant effect on the skin.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2002Publication date: June 12, 2003Inventors: Wolfhard Scholz, Katrin Meyer zu Schlochtern-Maric, Armin Wadle
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Patent number: 6572846Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous hair-treatment compositions comprising one or more quaternary ammonium compounds which are sparingly soluble in water and which contain at least one long-chain alkyl or alkenyl group having at least 18 carbon atoms, one or more water-soluble quaternary ammonium compounds, one or more nonionic, amphoteric and/or zwitterionic solubility promoters and optionally one or more thickeners. The compositions according to the invention are distinguished by a clear and translucent appearance. In particular, the compositions are hair cures and hair rinses.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2001Date of Patent: June 3, 2003Assignee: Clariant GmbHInventor: Sonja Klein
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Patent number: 6569412Abstract: The present invention provides a treatment composition for dyed hair which effectively prevents color fading of the dyed hair, to thereby maintain the color of the dyed hair for prolonged periods. The composition contains the following components (A), (B), and (C): (A) an organic solvent selected from among aromatic alcohols, lower alkylene carbonates, N-alkylpyrrolidones, and formamides; (B) an organic carboxylic acid or a salt thereof; and (C) a lower alcohol, a polyhydric alcohol, or a lower alkyl ether of a polyhydric alcohol; wherein the pH of the composition falls within the range of 1-6 inclusive, and the composition does not contain any dye. In use, the composition is applied to hair dyed with an acid-dye-type hair dye composition; and then the hair is left to stand for 5-30 minutes at 20-60° C., followed by washing.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2001Date of Patent: May 27, 2003Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Masakazu Yamaguchi, Shintaro Totoki, Makoto Iijima, Hajime Miyabe
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Patent number: 6566314Abstract: An aqueous foam producing personal cleansing composition is disclosed. The composition, which is normally clear and is essentially free of any amides of diethanolamine, comprises a cloud point depressing agent comprising ammonium chloride. The composition of the present invention is characterized by a low cloud point temperature such that the risk of forming an undesirable precipitate in the composition is reduced. Also disclosed is a method of reducing the cloud point temperature in a normally clear aqueous personal cleansing composition which is essentially free of amides of diethanolamine. The method comprises adding ammonium chloride to the composition.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2000Date of Patent: May 20, 2003Assignee: Alberto-Culver CompanyInventors: Usha V. Murthy, Dipak K. Ghosh, Randy Schueller
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Patent number: 6566408Abstract: Aqueous surfactant compositions of alkyl phosphate ester salts having a molar ratio of mono- to di-alkyl phosphate esters equal to or greater than 80:20, and amphoteric surfactants essentially free of tetra-alkyl ammonium moieties. The aqueous surfactant compositions have very low dermal irritation properties.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2000Date of Patent: May 20, 2003Assignee: Rhodia, Inc.Inventors: Phillip Loraine Cotrell, Alvino Gabbianelli, Robert Lee Reierson
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Patent number: 6565838Abstract: A skin refining composition contains five surfactants: sodium lauryl ether sulfate, cocoamidopropylbetaine, decyl polyglucoside, sucrose cocoate, and an amphoteric detergent. The composition also contains a sub-micron conditioning emulsion. The emulsion contains a silicone, a moisturizer, a humectant, and glycerin. The composition cleanses, exfoliates, and conditions the skin. The composition is applied with an applicator containing a foam pad and an integral brush having tapered bristles.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2002Date of Patent: May 20, 2003Inventors: Thomas E. Carroll, Ralph J. Cataneo
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Patent number: 6558697Abstract: Compositions containing at least one organic phospholipid capable of forming bilayers in aqueous solution; at least one amphoteric surfactant; and at least one nonionic surfactant present in an amount by weight equal to or greater than the amount of the phospholipid; where the phospholipid and surfactants are present in a combined amount sufficient to allow at least one water-insoluble ingredient selected from waxes and unneutralized and partially neutralized water-insoluble polymers, resins, and latexes to be incorporated into an aqueous solution. A delivery system containing the composition and methods for styling hair and for treating keratinous substances are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2001Date of Patent: May 6, 2003Assignee: L'OrealInventors: David W. Cannell, Hitrendra Mathur, Nghi Nguyen, Cynthia Espino
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Patent number: 6555119Abstract: A transparent micro-emulsion including two or more nonionic surfactants, two or more oily components, a water-soluble high molecular weight polymer, and a cosmetically acceptable carrier. The sum of the concentration of the surfactants (a) and the oily components (b) is less than about 0.6 wt %. The ratio of the surfactant to the oily component is from about 2:1 to about 1:1.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2001Date of Patent: April 29, 2003Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Kiyoaki Mori, Hidekazu Tanaka, Shuichi Tsunetsugu
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Publication number: 20030077239Abstract: Cosmetic or dermatological compositions for washing and/or antidandruff treatment of hair and/or scalp comprising at least one antidandruff agent chosen from pyridinethione salts, at least 1% by weight of at least one hydroxy acid, and at least one amphoteric surface-active agent or nonionic surface-active agent of the alkyl(poly)glycoside type.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Inventors: Veronique Maurin, Bernard Beauquey
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Patent number: 6551970Abstract: The invention relates to new detergent and conditioning hair-care compositions comprising (A) a washing base comprising an anionic surfactant and an amphoteric C10-C14 alkylbetaine surfactant, (B) a conditioning system comprising at least one cationic guar gum and at least one insoluble silicone, the silicone being introduced into the composition in non-emulsified form, and (C) a cosmetically acceptable medium, as well as a process of cleansing and conditioning the hair by application of the composition.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2002Date of Patent: April 22, 2003Assignee: L'OréalInventors: Sandrine Decoster, Bernard Beauquey
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Publication number: 20030068292Abstract: The hair treatment composition, which is in the form a pearlescent product, contains a nonionic, amphiphilic associative thickener consisting of at least one hydrophobically modified aminoplast/polyether copolymer; a hair care active ingredient selected from the group consisting of cationic surfactants, zwitterionic surfactants, cationic polymers, cationic silicone compounds, amine-substituted silicone compounds, cationic derivatized proteins, cationic derivatized protein hydrolyzates and betaines; and a pearlescence or turbidity-inducing agent selected from the group consisting of fatty acid alkanol amides, fatty acid glyceryl esters, guanine, glycol fatty acid diesters, styrene/acrylate copolymers, polyethylene glycol fatty acid diesters, styrene/vinyl pyrrolidone copolymers and poly(trimethylammonium ethylmethacrylate chloride); in an aqueous cosmetic base. The composition is usable as a leave-in hair care composition or a hair rinse, which conditions the hair and imparts luster and volume to the hair.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2002Publication date: April 10, 2003Inventors: Matthias Pfaffernoschke, Sybille Jungo
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Publication number: 20030068293Abstract: Hair conditioning formulations containing a combination of an amidoamine of defined formula (I), an acid, a cationic surfactant of defined formula (II) or (III) and a fatty alcohol material have improved hair care benefits while maintaining excellent in-use characteristics.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2002Publication date: April 10, 2003Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventor: Colin Christopher, David Giles