Patents

  • Cleansing Mitt Patent Awarded to P&G

    Patent No. US 6,677,294 B2: P&G researchers earned a patent for a dry disposable personal care cleansing mitt that consists of a soft, non-scouring water insoluble substrate that releases a cleansing formulation comprised of a blend of an amphote…
    11.15.05

  • Rhodia Patents Alcohol/Ketone Blends

    Patent No. US 6,677,490 B2: Research-ers for Rhodia Polyamide Intermediates, Saint Fons, France, patented a ketone/alcohol manufacturing process involving the decomposition of an alkyl hydroperoxide with a catalyst having an active metal element immo…
    11.15.05

  • Method to Enhance Surfactants Patented

    Patent No. US 6,677,293 B1: Forschung-szentrum Jülich GmbH of Germany patented an emulsion that comprises water, oil and an additive with an AB block copolymer. This copolymer has a water-soluble block A and a water-insoluble block B.…
    11.15.05

  • Patent for Marked Tablets from Unilever

    Patent No. US 6,677,296 B2: A UK-based Unilever HPC researcher patented a non-contact process to mark indicia on the surface of a compacted particulate washing tablet. The process involves ink-jet printing.…
    11.15.05

  • Firmenich Patents Esters For Clothing Treatment

    Patent No. US 6,677,297 B2: Researchers for Firmenich SA, Geneva, Swit-zerland, patented a process to perfume textiles. Clothing is washed by detergent and fabric softener containing esters with a secondary carbamoyl function, which can be used as od…
    11.15.05

  • Noxious Insect Repellent Patented by Kanebo

    Patent No. US 6,677,384 B1: Kanebo, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, patented a method to repel noxious insects by exposing the insects to mixture of at least one of 2-(1-hydroxyalkyl)-cycloalkanols.…
    11.15.05

  • Detergent with Coating Developed by P&G

    Patent No. US 6,677,290 B2: P&G patented a detergent composition comprising a water-soluble coating grafted onto a portion of particulate and/or non-particulate material through free radical polymerization.…
    11.15.05

  • Targeted Hair/Perfume Delivery Patented by IFF

    Patent No. US 6,645,479 B1: Inter-national Flavors & Fragrances Inc., New York, NY, patented a fragranced hair care composition comprising an unfragranced hair care base that is intimately admixed with a perfuming quantity and concentration of a…
    11.14.05

  • Court Issues Approval Of Nanophase’s Settlement

    The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ordered final ap-proval of a $2.5 million settlement of a securities class action lawsuit filed against Nanophase Technologies Corp., Romeoville, IL, and current and former officers after…
    11.14.05

  • Oral Care Abrasive Patented by J.M. Huber

    Patent No. US 6,645,471 B2: Research-ers for J. M. Huber Corp., Edison, NJ, earned a patent for a composition containing particles of precipitated silica that have surfaces at which condensed alkali metal phosphate is retained.…
    11.14.05

  • Researcher Awarded Patent For Oral Hygiene Powder

    Patent No. US 6,645,472 B1: A research-er in Boca Raton, FL, developed a patent for an anhydrous oral hygiene dentifrice powder composition consisting of calcium peroxide, sodium bicarbonate, methylsulfonymethane, ascorbic acid, colostrums, sodium la…
    11.14.05

  • Tanning and Antifungal Topical System Patented

    Patent No. US 6,645,473 B2: A Clarks-ville, TN-based researcher patented a combination tanning and antifungal topical system to treat tinea versicolor. It comprises a body wash with a shampoo and tolnaftate cream USP 1%; a tanning lotion and anti-…
    11.14.05

  • Unilever Awarded Patent For Antiperspirant

    Patent No. US 6,645,475 B2: UK-based researchers for Unilever Home & Personal Care (HPC) earned a patent for an anhydrous antiperspirant cream comprising a particulate aluminum/zirconium astringent salt, a wax comprising an aliphatic ester or mon…
    11.14.05

  • Water-Soluble Polymers Patented by Clariant GmbH

    Patent No. US 6,645,476 B1: Clariant GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany, was awarded a patent for a water-soluble polyimier that is created by free-radical copolymerization of one or more macro-monomers and one or more olefinically unsaturated comonomers.…
    11.14.05

  • L’Oréal Patents Metalloproteases Inhibitor

    Patent No. US 6,645,477 B1: Societe L’Oréal SA patented a method to induce and/or stimulate the growth of hair and/or to slow hair loss. The method involves applying a topical composition with an effective amount of a metalloproteases (T…
    11.14.05

  • Revlon Patents Mushroom Extract for Cosmetic Use

    Patent No. US 6,645,502 B2: Revlon Consumer Products Corp., New York, NY, earned a patent for a method to reduce the shiny appearance of skin and/or skin imperfections by applying an anhydrous cosmetic composition comprising an effective amount of a…
    11.14.05

  • American Medical Patents Antimicrobial Skin Product

    Patent No. US 6,645,507 B2: American Medical Research, Inc., Sarasota, FL, patented a process to prepare a phase-stable emulsion for a skin care product with antimicrobial, antiviral, antiseptic and healing properties. The steps comprise forming an a…
    11.14.05

  • Cell Renewal Patent Granted to Access Business

    Patent No. US 6,645,514 B1: Access Business Group International, LLC, Ada, MI, patented a method to enhance the natural rate of mammalian skin exfoliation by topically applying a mixture of a water-soluble vitamin E derivative to the skin.…
    11.14.05

  • Dry Eye Treatment Patented by Alcon

    Patent No. US 6,645,978 B1: TX-based researchers for Alcon, Inc., Hunenberg, Switzerland, earned a patent for a method to treat dry eye, comprising the administration of a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and a pharmaceutically effective amount of…
    11.14.05

  • U. of Texas Affiliate Patents Hair Loss Treatment

    Patent No. US 6,646,005 B1: The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, patented a method to treat hair loss comprising the administration of a cardiac-sparing compound and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates and biohydro…
    11.14.05