Amine Oxide, Quaternary, Or Zwitterion Nitrogen Component (e.g., Betaine, Sultaine, Etc.) Patents (Class 510/123)
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Patent number: 7449494Abstract: The present invention is directed to a series of new cationic polymeric materials and a process for their use as moisturizing agents on skin. The polymers of the invention are made by the reaction of dimethyl ethanolamine, and tetra 2-hydroxyalkyl ethylene diamne with di-chloro glycerin in water.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2004Date of Patent: November 11, 2008Assignee: SurfaTech CorporationInventor: Anthony J. O'Lenick, Jr.
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Patent number: 7446088Abstract: Provided are low-irritation personal care compositions comprising a low-DP polymerized surfactants. Also provided are methods of making and using such compositions.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2006Date of Patent: November 4, 2008Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc.Inventors: Michael J. Fevola, Joseph J. LiBrizzi, Russell M. Walters
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Patent number: 7446087Abstract: Provided are low-irritation personal care compositions comprising a low-DP polymerized surfactants. Also provided are methods of making and using such compositions.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2006Date of Patent: November 4, 2008Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc.Inventors: Michael J. Fevola, Joseph J. LiBrizzi, Russel M. Walters
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Patent number: 7446086Abstract: A detergent, cleaning, conditioning or cosmetic agent that is absorbed by the surface of substrates and that contains oligomers, polymers or copolymers comprising a specific structural element. The agent may also form part of a conditioning substrate, wherein the substrate, such as a fleece material, is saturated and/or coated with the agent. The agent may also be used in a process for treating hard and/or soft substrate surfaces comprising the step of applying an effective quantity of the agent to the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2006Date of Patent: November 4, 2008Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf AktienInventors: Andreas Bauer, Wolfgang Lahn, Werner Faber, Georg Meine
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Publication number: 20080206179Abstract: A personal care composition comprising: a) a synthetic random copolymer having a net positive charge comprising; i.) a nonionic monomer unit of the following formula: where R is H or C1-4 alkyl; and R1 and R2 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, C1-4 alkyl, CH2OCH3, CH2OCH2CH(CH3)2, and phenyl, or together are C3-6cycloalkyl; and ii.) a cationic monomer unit with 2 or more positive charges of the following formula: where each of v, v?, and v? is independently an integer of from 1 to 6, w is zero or an integer of from 1 to 10, and X? is an anion. and; b) a detersive surfactant; c) an azole; d) salicylic acid and e) an aqueous carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2008Publication date: August 28, 2008Inventors: Marjorie Mossman Peffly, Mark Anthony Brown, James Anthony Staudigel, Jun Ji Zhang
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Patent number: 7417020Abstract: Provided are low-irritation personal care compositions comprising a low-DP polymerized surfactants. Also provided are methods of making and using such compositions.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2006Date of Patent: August 26, 2008Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc.Inventors: Michael J. Fevola, Joseph J. LiBrizzi, Russel M. Walters
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Publication number: 20080194662Abstract: A cleanser composition composed of purified water, sodium laureth sulfate, zinc pyrithione, cocamidopropyl betaine, glycerol cocoate, polyquaternium-7, and a cross-linked polyacrylic acid polymer for topical application to an area affected by a skin disorder such as seborrheic dermatitis, perioral dermatitis, rosacea, acne, tinea versicolor, eczema and psoriasis.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2007Publication date: August 14, 2008Inventor: Audrey Kunin
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Patent number: 7405188Abstract: A cosmetically acceptable medium containing a component and an aqueous gel that includes water and: (a) a cationic polymer; (b) an anionic surfactant having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms, where the amount of the anionic surfactant is less than the amount of the cationic polymer; (c) an amphoteric surfactant, where the amount of the amphoteric surfactant is less than the amount of the cationic polymer; and (d) optionally a long chain amine oxide, where the amount of said long chain amine oxide is less than the amount of the cationic polymer. The component is selected from a cationic surfactant, a conditioning agent, a synthetic amphoteric polymer, a synthetic ampholytic polymer, a synthetic non-ionic polymer, an amino acid, a protein, an oxidizing agent, a hair dye, dyes, pigments, a fragrance, one or more vitamins, and mixtures thereof. The cosmetically acceptable medium can be used to treat keratin-based substrates.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2004Date of Patent: July 29, 2008Assignee: WSP Chemicals & Technology, LLCInventor: Shih-Ruey T. Chen
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Patent number: 7390775Abstract: Surfactant-thickened active chlorine-containing bleach compositions including at least one water soluble anionic styrenic polymer are described. The styrenic polymer serves to improve the rheology properties of the thickened bleach composition. The thickened bleach composition additionally includes a surfactant-based thickening system including an amine oxide, and an alkaline agent to maintain the pH of the composition at about 10 or greater. The amine oxide includes at least 75% of one or more C14-C18 alkyl dimethyl amine oxides. The thickened bleach compositions have reduced viscosity, decreased elastic properties, with improved flow and pour properties resulting from the inclusion of the styrenic polymer.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2005Date of Patent: June 24, 2008Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Inventors: Wayne M. Rees, Susan L. Bryant
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Patent number: 7387991Abstract: The compositions of this invention are microemulsions having a. a surfactant consisting essentially of a mixture of one or more alkoxylated amines or alkoxylated quaternary ammonium salts and one or more preferably branched carboxylic acids or salts thereof, b. a solvent or oil that is liquid at 25° C. and is insoluble in water, and c. water, wherein an optically clear isotropic microemulsion is formed.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2005Date of Patent: June 17, 2008Inventor: Alice P. Hudson
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Patent number: 7384898Abstract: An aqueous composition comprising solution of a betaine of the following general Formula I is disclosed Formula I in which R is an alkyl group of coconut fatty acids, preferably hydrogenated coconut fatty acids, or a fatty acid mixture which, on the average, corresponds to coconut fatty acids, wherein the solution has a solids content of at least 45% by weight, a pH of 4.5 to 8, an amidoamine content of not more than 1% by weight, and a free fatty acid content less than 1% by weight, an N-acyl ?-aminoacids content between 0.5 to 3% by weight and 0 to 4% by weight of glycerin, based on the solution.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2004Date of Patent: June 10, 2008Assignee: Galaxy Surfactants LimitedInventors: Nirmal Madhukar Koshti, Bharat Bhikaji Parab, Subhash Shivling Nashte
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Liquid detergent composition comprising an anionic surfactant, amine oxide, and alkyl glyceryl ether
Patent number: 7375067Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid detergent composition including (a) an anionic surfactant containing a hydrocarbon group having 10 to 18 carbon atoms, (b) an amine oxide surfactant containing a hydrocarbon group having 10 to 18 carbon atoms, (c) 2-ethylhexyl monoglyceryl ether, a compound represented by the formula (5) or a compound represented by the formula (6) and (d) water in each specified ratio: R5a—(OR5b)a5—OH??(5) R6a—(OR6b)a6Gb6.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2004Date of Patent: May 20, 2008Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Hiromitsu Hayashi, Nobuhiro Nishizawa, Yoshihiro Yomogida -
Patent number: 7297675Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing highly concentrated flowable and pumpable aqueous solutions of betaines by quaternization of compounds containing tertiary amine nitrogen with ?-halocarboxylic acids by known processes, wherein 0.1 to less than 3% by weight, preferably 0.1 to 1% by weight, based on the end product, of one or more micellar thickeners are added to the reaction mixture before or during the quaternization reaction.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2006Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Goldschmidt GmbHInventors: Petra Allef, Uwe Begoihn, Burghard Grüning, Ralf Klein, Jörg Peggau
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Patent number: 7288510Abstract: The present invention relates to a new tertiary or quaternary nitrogen-containing ortho ester-based surfactant, where the hydrophobic and hydrophilic parts am attached by separate ortho ester linkages. The ortho ester surfactants are stable in alkaline solutions, but are readily hydrolysed in acidic solutions. Since the hydrophobic and the hydrophilic parts of the surfactants reside in different substituents of the ortho ester, the surface activity is lost upon dydrolysis. The invention also relates to a process for making the ortho ester-based surfactants, where low molecular weight ortho esters are used as starting materials. These low molecular weight ortho esters are reacted with a hydrophobic component, which is an alcohol or an alkoxylated alcohol, and hydrophilic component, which is an alkanolamine or an alkoxylated alkanolamine. The molar amounts of the reactants are preferably 1-2 moles of the hydrophilic component per mole orthoester and 1-2 moles of the hydrophobic component per mole ortho ester.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2002Date of Patent: October 30, 2007Assignee: Akzo Nobel N.V.Inventor: Per-Erik Hellberg
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Patent number: 7282471Abstract: A personal care composition is provided formulated with glycerin and a moisturization enhancing agent which is a salt of structure AB, wherein A is a cationic charged component, B is an anionic charged component, and A has at least one quaternized nitrogen atom and at least two hydroxyl groups and a molecular weight no higher than about 400.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2005Date of Patent: October 16, 2007Assignee: Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Bijan Harichian, Richard Loren McManus, Megan Kathleen Hurley, Philip Edward Miner, Prem Chandar, Stephen Roy Barrow
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Patent number: 7282524Abstract: Phase stable, pumpable, liquid, high solids, aqueous monoalkanolamide surfactant emulsions are disclosed for use as cold mixable monoalkanolamide delivery systems for separately prepared aqueous formulations containing at least one principal surfactant. The monoalkanolamide surfactant emulsions comprise at least one monoalkanolamide characterized in its unemulsified form by having an amide content of at least about 85% and by being substantially solid and water insoluble at a temperature below about 30° C., and at least one monoalkanolamide emulsifying surfactant and, surprisingly, remain homogeneous, pourable, and pumpable at a total solids content of at least 20 weight percent at a temperature in the range of about zero ° C. to about 30° C.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2004Date of Patent: October 16, 2007Assignee: McIntyre Group, Ltd.Inventors: John Gray, Eugene D'Aversa
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Patent number: 7279456Abstract: A surfactant composition containing: (a) from about 15 to 20% by weight of an alkyl and/or alkenyl oligoglycoside; (b) from about 15 to 20% by weight of a betaine; and (c) from about 60 to 70% by weight of an alkyl ether sulfate, all weights being based on the weight of the composition.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2002Date of Patent: October 9, 2007Assignee: Gognis France S.A.Inventors: Daniel Dufay, Beatrice Hallé
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Patent number: 7268107Abstract: A pearlizing composition containing: (a) from about 30 to 55% by weight of a pearlizing wax; (b) a nonionic emulsifier; (c) optionally, a zwitterionic emulsifier; (d) from about 0.1 to 5% by weight of a polyol ester; and (e) water, all weights being based on the weight of the composition, and wherein the sum of (a)+(b)+(c) is at least about 55% by weight, based on the weight of the composition, and wherein the sum of (b)+(c) is less than about 25% by weight, based on the weight of the composition, and wherein (b) and (d) are present in the composition in a ratio by weight of from about 5:1 to 10:1.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2002Date of Patent: September 11, 2007Assignee: Cognis Deutschland GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Claus Nieendick, Heike Kublik, Josef Koester, Michael Lieu
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Patent number: 7259131Abstract: Compositions used for cleansing hair and skin based on the combination of a sulfosuccinate surfactant and an amphoteric surfactant are described that are very mild but do not compromise in-use properties and economy. A route to solve the intrinsic instability of such aqueous compositions in storage has been developed based on the use of sulfosuccinic acid or a salt of sulfosuccinic acid present in an amount of at least about 4% based on the weight of the sulfosuccinate surfactant.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2004Date of Patent: August 21, 2007Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Shimei Fan, Esther Kim, Todd M. Kruse, Tirucherai V Vasudevan
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Patent number: 7256164Abstract: A high concentration, aqueous liquid surfactant composition is disclosed, comprising at least one amphoteric or anionic surfactant and a liquid-stabilizing amount of at least one liquid-stabilizing agent. The liquid-stabilizing agent is a succinic acid derivative, glutaric acid derivative or a combination thereof. The composition is pourable and pumpable at ambient room temperature.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2003Date of Patent: August 14, 2007Assignee: McIntyre Group, Ltd.Inventors: Richard John Otterson, Kenneth Raymond Berg, Eugene A. D'Aversa
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Patent number: 7232561Abstract: A composition for washing a keratinous substance comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable aqueous or aqueous/alcoholic medium, at least one linear block copolymer comprising at least one hydrophobic block and at least one hydrophilic block, with the exception of block copolymers of ethylene oxide and of propylene oxide, block copolymers comprising urethane units and block copolymers comprising siloxane units, at least one polymer chosen from cationic and amphoteric polymers, and at least one anionic surface-active agent in combination with at least one additional surface-active agent chosen from nonionic surface-active agents and amphoteric surface-active agents, and a method for washing keratinous substances, for example, keratinous fibers using said composition.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2003Date of Patent: June 19, 2007Assignee: L'Oreal S.A.Inventors: Claude Dubief, Serge Restle, Franck Giroud
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Patent number: 7223720Abstract: Compositions, which can be used in cosmetic applications, comprising: (a) at least one wax selected from the group consisting of dialkyl(ene) alkoxy ethers corresponding to formula (I): R1—(OCnH2n)x—O—(CmH2mO)y—R2??(I) in which R1 and R2 independently of one another represent alkyl and/or alkylene groups containing 16 to 36 carbon atoms, n and m independently of one another represent numbers of 2 to 4 and x and y independently of one another represent numbers of 0 to 10, the sum of x and y being a number of 1 to 10; and dialkyl(ene) carbonates corresponding to formula (II): R3O—CO—OR4??(II) in which R3 and R4 independently of one another represent optionally hydroxyfunctionalized alkyl and/or alkenyl groups containing 16 to 36 carbon atoms, and mixtures thereof; (b) at least one silicone; (c) at least one amphoteric and/or zwitterionic surfactant; and (d) at least one cationic polymer.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2005Date of Patent: May 29, 2007Assignee: Cognis IP Management GmbHInventors: Claus Nieendick, Anke Becker, Werner Seipel
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Patent number: 7214718Abstract: The present invention provides a softening base and a softener having biodegradability employing a quaternary ammonium salt composition comprising (M) a monoester quaternary salt represented by the formula (I), (D) a diester quaternary salt represented by the formula (II) and (T) a triester quaternary salt represented by the formula (III), wherein the amount of (M) is 15 to 85% by weight, the amount of (D) is 0 to 44% by weight and the amount of (T) is 15 to 85% by weight based on the total amounts of (M), (D) and (T). The present invention also provides a process for producing the softener base and composition. wherein R, R1, n and X? are defined herein.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2000Date of Patent: May 8, 2007Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Yasuki Ohtawa, Tohru Katoh, Takeshi Tomifuji
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Patent number: 7202199Abstract: An aqueous isotropic liquid cleansing and moisturizing composition is provided having a surfactant; a thickening agent, and a solid particulate optical modifier that modifies the appearance of the skin after wash off.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2004Date of Patent: April 10, 2007Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Anat Shiloach, Rosa Paredes
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Patent number: 7176171Abstract: An emulsifier mixture for use in a wax-based opacifier composition is comprised of: (a) an alkyl and/or alkenyl oligoglycoside; (b) a fatty acid partial glyceride and optionally (c) at least one amphoteric surfactant, with the proviso that the ratio by weight of (a) and optionally (c) to (b) is between 6:1 and 3:1 and wherein the composition is free from anionic surfactants.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2001Date of Patent: February 13, 2007Assignee: Cognis Deutschland GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Claus Nieendick, Mirella Nalborczyk, Josef Koester, Anke Eggers
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Patent number: 7176172Abstract: A personal care product is provided which includes a package filed with a personal care composition and instructions printed on or associated with the package indicating topical use of the composition on skin for purposes of controlling the signs of aging. The composition includes a quaternary ammonium compound selected from (a) salts of hydroxypropyltri(C1–C3 alkyl)ammonium mono-substituted mono-saccharide; (b) salts of hydroxypropyltri(C1–C3 alkyl)ammonium mono-substituted polyols, the salts having a cation of an average molecular weight no higher than about 450 and the salt having a Tg no higher than about 10° C.; (c) dihydroxypropyltri(C1–C3 alkyl)ammonium salts; (d) chlorohydroxypropyltri(C1–C3 alkyl)ammonium salts; and (e) mixtures thereof.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2004Date of Patent: February 13, 2007Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Clive Roderick Harding, Bijan Harichian
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Patent number: 7135289Abstract: Methods, compositions, and kits for separating heteroduplex and homoduplex DNA molecules in a test mixture by temperature-compression denaturing high performance liquid chromatography (tcDHPLC). The method includes use of nitrogen-containing additives in the mobile phase that allow detection of diverse heteroduplex molecules to be performed at the same pre-selected temperature. An example of a preferred additive is betaine. Standard mixtures of DNA fragments, such as mutation standards containing known heteroduplex and homoduplex molecules, can be used to select the concentration of additive and temperature. Compositions and kits including the mobile phase, mutation standards, PCR primers, separation media, and DNA polymerase are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2002Date of Patent: November 14, 2006Assignee: Transgenomic, Inc.Inventors: Paul D. Taylor, Liem T. Nguyen
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Patent number: 7119059Abstract: A mild cleansing composition is disclosed. The composition includes a from about 3.5 percent to about 8.5 percent of an anionic surfactant; from about 0.1 percent to about 3 percent of a hydrophobically modified, crosslinked, anionic acrylic copolymer; and c) from about 1 percent to about 25 percent of a nonionic surfactant, wherein the weight ratio of component a) to component b) is about 1:1 to about 25:1. The composition is useful as shampoos, washes, baths, gels, lotions, creams, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2003Date of Patent: October 10, 2006Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc.Inventors: Joseph Librizzi, Alison Martin, Irina Ganopolsky, Elvin R. Lukenbach, Michael W. Eknoian
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Patent number: 7115550Abstract: A liquid dish cleaning composition with desirable cleansing properties comprising two C8-18 ethoxylated alkyl ether sulfate surfactants, two anionic surfactant, an amine oxide surfactant, and water.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2006Date of Patent: October 3, 2006Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventor: Gregory Szewczyk
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Patent number: 7098180Abstract: A mild cleansing composition is disclosed. The composition includes a from about 4 percent to about 8.5 percent of an anionic surfactant; from about 1 percent to about 30 percent of an amphoteric surfactant; and from about 0.1 percent to less than about 3 percent of a hydrophobically modified, crosslinked, anionic acrylic copolymer, wherein the weight ratio of anionic surfactant to hydrophobically modified, crosslinked, anionic acrylic copolymer is about 3:1 to about 40:1. The composition is useful as shampoos, washes, baths, gels, lotions, creams, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2003Date of Patent: August 29, 2006Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies Inc.Inventors: Irina Ganopolsky, Joseph Librizzi, Alison Martin, Elvin R. Lukenbach, Michael W. Eknoian
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Patent number: 7087560Abstract: A personal care product is provided which includes a composition a quaternary ammonium salt wherein a cation of the salt is a dihydroxypropyltri(C1–C3 alkyl)ammonium monosubstituted polyol in a carrier. The cation should have a molecular weight no higher than about 450 and the salt have a Tg no higher than about 10° C. Particularly preferred are hydroxypropyltrimonium sorbitol salts. These salts operate as humectants to moisturize both in high and low relative humidity environments.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2004Date of Patent: August 8, 2006Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, a division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Richard Loren Mc Manus, Michael Charles Cheney, Alessandro Luigi Spadini, Bijan Harichian, Philip Edward Miner
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Patent number: 7084104Abstract: A mild cleansing composition is disclosed. The composition includes a from about 1 percent to about 8 percent of an anionic surfactant; and from about 0.1 percent to about 3 percent of a hydrophobically modified, crosslinked, anionic acrylic copolymer, wherein the weight ratio of component a) to component b) is about 1:1 to about 20:1 and wherein the composition is substantially free of non-ionic surfactants. The compositions are useful as shampoos, washes, baths, gels, lotions, creams, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2003Date of Patent: August 1, 2006Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Company Inc.Inventors: Alison Martin, Joseph Librizzi, Irina Ganopolsky, Elvin R. Lukenbach, Michael W. Eknoian
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Patent number: 7041627Abstract: Compositions used for cleansing hair and skin based on the combination of an ethoxy sulfosuccinate surfactant and an amphoteric surfactant are described that are very mild but do not compromise in-use properties and economy. It has been found desirable to utilize a mixture of a Mid-Chain alkyl ethoxy sulfosuccinate and a Long-Chain alkyl ethoxy sulfosuccinate wherein the Long-Chain component is present in the composition at a level from about 0.1% to about 6% based on the total weight of the Mid-Chain component.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2004Date of Patent: May 9, 2006Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Todd M. Kruse, Shimei Fan, Esther Kim, Tirucherai V. Vasudevan
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Patent number: 7033986Abstract: A liquid dish cleaning composition with desirable cleansing properties comprising two C8-18 ethoxylated alkyl ether sulfate surfactants, two anionic surfactant, an amine oxide surfactant, and water.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2003Date of Patent: April 25, 2006Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventor: Gregory Szewczyk
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Patent number: 7015180Abstract: The inventions relates to stable cosmetic compositions preferably hair treatment compositions, comprising a) from 0,1% to 70% by weight of at least one anionic surfactant b) from 0,05% to 10% by weight of at least one cationic surfactant of the formula (1) Wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of (C8–C22)-alkyl, (C8–C22)-alkenyl, (C8–C22)-alkylamidopropyl, (C8–C22)-alkenylamidopropyl, (C8–C22)-alkoxypropyl and (C8–C22)-alkenyloxypropyl, R2, R3 and R4 are the same or different and are independently from each other selected from the group consisting of (C1–C22)-alkyl, (C1–C22)-alkenyl and groups having the formula —A—(AO)n—OH, wherein A is C2H4 and/or C3H6, n is a number from 0 to 20, with the provision that at least one the radicals R2, R3 and R4 is a group having said formula —A—(AO)n—OH, and X is an anionic; and c) optionally from 0.1% to 15% by weight of one or more amphoteric and/or nonionic surfactants.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2001Date of Patent: March 21, 2006Assignee: Clariant S.A.Inventors: Luiz Fernando Coimbra, Manlio Gallotti, Simone Bergamo Quartarolli
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Patent number: 7012048Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions for treating keratin substances, in particular the hair, containing a combination of a cationic ampholytic polymer and an anionic benefit agent as well as to uses thereof. In one embodiment, the composition of the present invention comprises about 0.01 to about 20% by weight of a cationic ampholytic polymer; and about 0.01 to about 20% by weight of an anionic benefit agent.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2004Date of Patent: March 14, 2006Assignee: National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding CorporationInventors: Tatiana V. Drovetskaya, Joseph B. Gardner, John S. Thomaides, Lois Dwyer
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Patent number: 6958315Abstract: The invention relates to a series of polyglycoside derivatives that contain water-soluble groups introduced into the molecule by reaction with the hydroxyl groups present in the starting polyglycoside molecule. The preferred products have more than one water-soluble group per molecule and are made with mild reagents to avoid discoloration and mal odor. The most preferred products have between 2 and 3 functional groups per molecule. The compounds are amino functional and betaine functional alkyl polyglucoside.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2003Date of Patent: October 25, 2005Assignee: Colonial ChemicalInventors: David Anderson, Dean A. Smith, Anthony J. O'Lenick, Jr.
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Patent number: 6949501Abstract: Aqueous liquid detergent dispersions are claimed which essentially comprise 5% by weight to 35% by weight of anionic surfactant 10% by weight to 50% by weight of builders, 0% by weight to 10% by weight of electrolytes and 0.1% by weight to 10% by weight of quaternary alkylhydroxyethylammonium salt, where the % by weight ratio of anionic surfactant to quaternary alkylhydroxyethylammonium salt is 50:1 to 2:1.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2004Date of Patent: September 27, 2005Assignee: Clariant GmbHInventors: Johannes Himmrich, Ulrike Reploeg, Werner Skrypzak, Dennis Miller
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Patent number: 6939840Abstract: Disinfectant compositions, containing (a) at least one amine and/or quaternary ammonium salt of the general formula (Ia) or (Ib): wherein R1 represents C6-18 alkyl, R2 represents benzyl or C6-18 alkyl, R3 represents C1-18 alkyl or —[CH2)2—O]nR6, where n=1-20, R4 and R5 independently of one another represent C1-4 alkyl, R6 represents hydrogen or optionally substituted phenyl and A? is a monovalent anion or the equivalent of a multivalent anion of an inorganic or organic acid; and (b) at least one alkanolamine of the general formula (II): wherein m and, if present, o and p independently of one another have the values 2 or 3 and x and y independently of one another have the values 0 or 1, or a corresponding salt. The mass ratio of the components in the formulas (I):(II) is between 20:1 and 1:20. The compositions are characterized by an excellent bactericidal and in particular fungicidal action even in small application concentrations and are suitable for use as both disinfectants and preservative agents.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2001Date of Patent: September 6, 2005Assignee: Lonza AGInventors: Florian Lichtenberg, Michael Lützeler, Volker Ranft
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Patent number: 6927196Abstract: Disclosed is a transparent concentrated hair conditioning composition comprising: (1) from about 0.01% to about 50% by weight of a conditioning agent selected from the group consisting of cationic surfactants, cationic polymers, silicone compounds, polyalkylene glycols, and mixtures thereof; and (2) an aqueous carrier; (3) wherein the hair conditioning composition is used for conditioning the hair comprising the steps of; (a) applying a shampoo composition comprising a detersive surfactant to the hair; (b) providing a treated water by dispersing the conditioning composition to water, wherein the treated water has a concentration by weight of from 0.001% to 2% of the conditioning agent; and (c) rinsing the hair with the treated water; and wherein steps (a) and (b) may be reversed; (4) wherein the conditioning composition has a turbidity of no more than about 200 NTU, and the treated water has a turbidity of no more than about 100 NTU.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2003Date of Patent: August 9, 2005Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Michael Albert Snyder, Natsumi Komure
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Patent number: 6914146Abstract: Methods of improving the stability of a composition containing a long-chain esterquat and methods of improving the microbicidal properties of a cosmetic composition are described wherein a short-chain esterquat having acyl groups derived from a mixture of at least one monocarboxylic acid having from 6 to 10 carbon atoms, and at least one dicarboxylic acid having from 2 to 12 carbon atoms is combined with a cosmetic composition.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2002Date of Patent: July 5, 2005Assignee: Cognis Iberia, S.L.Inventors: Esther Prat Queralt, Cristina Amela Conesa
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Patent number: 6914038Abstract: A hair cleansing composition comprises the following ingredients (A) to (D): (A) an anionic surfactant having a sulfate group, (B) a cationic guar gum, (C) an organic acid selected from a hydroxycarboxylic acid, a dicarboxylic acid or an aromatic carboxylic acid, and (D) a salt; and has a pH of from 1 to 4 when diluted 20-fold by weight with water. The hair cleansing composition has good foamability and high-lubricity foam quality upon washing and smooth touch upon rinsing, and is excellent in the luster and softness of hair after drying and also superb in stability.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2003Date of Patent: July 5, 2005Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Terazaki, Fumiko Kasuga, Osamu Hirota
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Patent number: 6906015Abstract: An ordered liquid crystalline phase cleansing composition is disclosed that contains a solid particulate optical modifier that modifies the appearance of the skin after rinsing the skin. A method of depositing the solid particulate optical modifier to the skin or hair with the ordered liquid crystalline phase cleansing composition is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2004Date of Patent: June 14, 2005Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Anat Shiloach, Rosa Paredes
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Patent number: 6900172Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for using amine oxide monomer-containing polymeric suds enhancers (enhancers) to increase the suds and/or foam volume and suds and/or foam retention in suds-forming and/or foam-forming compositions comprising such amine oxide monomer-containing polymeric suds enhancers. Suitable suds-forming and/or foam-forming compositions comprise one or more amine oxide monomer-containing polymeric suds enhancers.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2003Date of Patent: May 31, 2005Assignee: Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Mark Robert Sivik, Jean-Francois Bodet, Bernard William Kluesener, William Michael Scheper, Dominic Wai-Kwing Yeung, Vance Bergeron
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Patent number: 6881710Abstract: The present invention relates to personal care products based upon a novel series of polyglucoside quarternary compounds. These materials are surprisingly, extremely effective multi-functional surfactants used in shampoos and body wash products, providing the possibility of making a personal care product with only one surfactant. These unique products provide detergency, foam, conditioning, antimicrobial activity, wetting properties of formulations in a single molecule, and are derived from natural sugar compounds.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2004Date of Patent: April 19, 2005Assignee: Colonial Chemical Inc.Inventors: Anthony J. O'Lenick, Jr., Dean A. Smith, David Anderson
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Patent number: 6838419Abstract: Compositions that include mixtures of (a) at least one dialkyl quat in the amount of from about 10% to about 90% by weight of the composition; and (b) at least one monoalkyl quat in the amount of from about 10% to about 90% by weight of the composition are provided. Various embodiments are provided. In one embodiment, the mixtures include dialkyl immidazoline quats and monoalkyl immidazoline quats. In one embodiment, the mixtures include dialkyl immidazoline quats and monoalkyl ammonium quats. Various methods of making immidazoline quats and quat mixtures, personal care and cosmetic products and formulations that contain the immidazoline quats and quat mixtures, methods of making such personal care and cosmetic products and formulations, and methods of using the such immidazoline quats, quat mixtures, and personal care and cosmetic products and formulations are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2004Date of Patent: January 4, 2005Assignee: Croda, Inc.Inventors: Abel G. Pereira, Helena S. Barinova
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Patent number: 6835700Abstract: A highly concentrated flowable pearlizing concentrate is comprised of: (a) from about 25 to about 45% by weight of a pearlizing wax; (b) from about 25 to about 40% by weight of nonionic, amphoteric, zwitterionic and/or cationic emulsifier and; (c) from about 0.5 to about 15% by weight of a polyol ester and the remainder water. The sum of components (a), (b) and (c) is at least 55% by weight. The concentrates are useful cosmetic applications such as in hair shampoos and shower gels.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2001Date of Patent: December 28, 2004Assignee: Cognis Deutschland GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Claus Nieendick, Karl Heinz Schmid, Mirella Nalborczyk
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Hair conditioning compositions in stick or bar form containing cationic surfactant and fatty alcohol
Patent number: 6831046Abstract: This invention relates to a hair conditioner composition in solid form comprising at least 5 wt % cationic surfactant and at least 5 wt % fatty alcohol material, wherein the composition contains less than 80 wt % water.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2002Date of Patent: December 14, 2004Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Peter Simon Carew, Reginald Manley, Stephen Lee Wire -
Patent number: 6780825Abstract: A mild foaming cleanser composition is provided. The cleanser composition has a surfactant system, a moisturizer system, an aromatherapy system and a solvent system. The moisturizer system further includes a milk protein. In addition, the cleanser composition may also include an emulsifier, preservative, pH adjusting agent, thickening agent, emollient, opacifying agent, fragrance, or any combinations thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2002Date of Patent: August 24, 2004Assignee: Playtex Products, Inc.Inventors: Catherine A. Piterski, Grace Riccardi
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Patent number: 6770607Abstract: A viscoelastic cleansing gel composition which includes: a. from about 4 to about 25% an anionic surfactant; and b. from 0 to about 20% of an amphoteric surfactant; wherein the composition has a G′h at 63 rad/s in a range of about 500 to about 1000 Pa. and a &ohgr;c in a range of about 0.1 to about 2 rad/sec and; wherein the ratio of anionic to amphoteric surfactant is in the range of about 1:3 up to a composition which has anionic but no amphoteric surfactant.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2002Date of Patent: August 3, 2004Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Liang Bin Chen, Michael Alan Rahn, Priscilla LaBonville Walling, Marion Louise Margosiak