Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8071075 | Dermal penetration enhancers and drug delivery systems involving the same The invention relates to a method for treatment or prophylaxis of a disease or condition in an animal comprising administering to a mucosal membrane of said animal in need of such treatment a therapeutically effective amount of a drug delivery system comprising at l... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8017106 | Aerosol cream mousse and method of treating hair The present invention provides stable aerosol cream mousse composition, preferably hair care composition, that can provide enhanced touch, combability, alignment and volume reduction to the hair, with low or reduced greasy, oily hair feel, while being formulated hav... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7976826 | Compositions and methods relating to prevention of chemotherapy-induced alopecia The present invention relates to a method for protecting a human patient or a mammalian animal to be subjected to chemotherapy treatment of a tumor not residing in the scalp of the patient or the skin of the animal against chemotherapy-induced alopecia, comprising a... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7906107 | Hair wax products with a liquid or creamy consistency The hair wax product with liquid or creamy consistency for treating or setting up a human hairstyle contains at least 40% by weight of an aqueous or aqueous-alcoholic carrier medium, at least 5 percent by weight of an emulsifier and at least 2 percent by weight of w... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7846421 | Styling wax composition The present invention relates to styling wax composition applied as aerosol spray with improved styling benefits, especially with excellent shine and hold and also excellent elasticity. The inventors of the present invention have found out surprisingly that an aqueo... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7700076 | Penetrating pharmaceutical foam The invention relates to an alcohol-free cosmetic or pharmaceutical foam composition comprising water, a hydrophobic solvent, a surface-active agent, a gelling agent, an active component selected from the group of urea, hydroxy acid and a therapeutic enhancer and a ... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7514070 | Method for exfoliating skin The present invention relates to an exfoliating composition. The composition comprises a mixture. The mixture comprises phenolsulfonic acid, guaiacolsulfonic acid, and optionally sulfosalicylic acid and citric acid. ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7504090 | Hair wax products containing waxes, non-volatile oils and volatile hydrophobic materials The wax product for treating or setting up a hairstyle or hairdo includes a composition containing at least one wax or wax-like substance, at least one non-volatile liquid hydrophobic oil and at least one volatile or easily volatilized hydrophobic substance that is ... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7422735 | Use of crosslinked cationic polymers in skin cosmetic and dermatological preparations The invention relates to the use of at least one copolymer obtainable by (i) free-radically initiated copolymerization of a monomer mixture comprising (a) 1 to 99.99% by weight of at least one monomer chosen from N-vinylimidazoles and diall... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7405242 | Aerosol delivery systems An aerosol composition which is prepared from a biliquid foam, an aqueous phase and a propellant, and wherein an oil soluble functional material is incorporated into the biliquid foam during preparation to enable this material to be more readily incorporated into th... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7365190 | Crosslinked polysaccharide, obtained by crosslinking with substituted polyethylene glycol, as superabsorbent New crosslinked polysaccharides useful as absorbents or superabsorbents alone or in a mixture are obtained by reacting polysaccharides (preferably containing carboxylates groups) with at least one crosslinker selected in the group constituted by activated polyethyle... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364749 | Preparations for the application of anti-infective and/or anti-inflammatory agents Use of an anti-infective and/or anti-inflammatory agent for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of diseases of external or internal parts of the human or animal body which are susceptible to the administration of such agents. ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364594 | Dyeing composition for keratinous fibres comprising an associative polymer and a polymer with acrylamide units, dialkyldiallylammonium halide, and vinylic carboxylic acid The invention concerns a composition for dyeing and in particular oxidation dyeing of keratinous fibers, in particular human keratinous fibers and more particularly hair, comprising, in a medium suitable for dyeing, at least an oxidation dye and/or a direct dye and ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361785 | Compound protecting against ultraviolet rays An ultraviolet ray protection agent including a compound having an ultraviolet ray protection effect as an active ingredient. The compound is expressed by general formula I′: wherein X represents NH or O; Y′ represents ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357921 | Electrophilic monomers for treating the hair The present invention relates to the use, for treating the hair, of a composition containing, in a cosmetically acceptable medium, at least one monomer capable of polymerizing by anionic polymerization in the presence of a nucleophilic agent. ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7347993 | Hair treatment composition Rinse off hair treatment compositions comprise particles wherein at least 90% by weight of the particles have an average maximum dimension of from 10 nm to 300 μm, the particles comprising a silicone wax having one or more C3 to C40, branched ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7344707 | Low combustion aerosol products in plastic packages having a reduced fire hazard classification that subsequently reduces storage costs A low combustion aerosol antiperspirant product in a plastic package having a reduced fire hazard classification. The low combustion product has a chemical heat of combustion equal or less than about 30 kJ/g. The plastic package is made of plastic. The plastic packa... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7335348 | Hairstyling composition which makes possible remodelling of the hairstyle and process for remodelling the hairstyle using such a composition The invention relates to a styling composition comprising, in a physiologically acceptable liquid medium, the combination of at least one film-forming fixing polymer and of at least one crystalline hot-melt polymer which is soluble in the said medium and which has a... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332144 | Hydrophobic silica fine powder and making method A hydrophobic silica fine powder is prepared by premixing a hydrophilic silica fine powder with a dimer diol siloxane or cyclic siloxane as a hydrophobizing agent, mixing them in a ball mill for achieving dispersion and for achieving cleavage or disintegration and c... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329402 | Methods of imaging and treatment Novel ultrasound methods comprising administering to a patient a targeted vesicle composition which comprises vesicles comprising a lipid, protein or polymer, encapsulating a gas, in combination with a targeting ligand, and scanning the patient using ultrasound. The... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7326672 | Substantially enzyme free personal wash compositions comprising non-silicates with basal layer cationic charge The present invention relates to personal wash compositions comprising, non-silicate particles, wherein the basal layer(s) carries a net cationic charge. The use of these specific particles results in enhanced properties (e.g., enhanced foaming, hydrotroping) of the... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7326256 | Composition for the oxidation dyeing of keratin fibers, comprising at least one non-oxyalkenylated fatty alcohol, at least one oxidation dye, at least one associative polymer, and at least one amide of an alkanolamine and a C-C fatty acid Disclosed herein is a composition for the oxidation dyeing of keratin fibers, for example of human keratin fibers such as the hair, comprising, in a medium suitable for dyeing, a) at least one oxidation dye; b) at ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323015 | Oxidation dyeing composition for keratin fibers comprising a cationic poly(vinyllactam) and at least One C-C fatty alcohol, methods and devices for oxidation dyeing The disclosure relates to a composition for the oxidation dyeing of keratin fibers, for example human keratin fibers, such as hair, comprising, in an appropriate dyeing medium, at least one oxidation dye, at least one C10-C14 fatty alcohol and ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320831 | Salt-sensitive vinyl acetate binder compositions and fibrous article incorporating same A salt sensitive polymeric binder for use in fibrous webs, where the binder contains a copolymer incorporating the residue of vinyl acetate, a carboxylic acid, and a vinyl ester of a saturated aliphatic monocarboxylic acid having between 6 and 18 carbon atoms in the... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7316816 | Temperature and pH sensitive copolymers The invention is directed to a copolymer comprising at least three types of monomeric units, said three types of monomeric units comprising: a temperature-sensitive unit, a hydrophilic unit, and a ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316815 | Polyamino acid derivatives and use thereof in compositions for treating keratin fibers The invention concerns the use in a cosmetic composition of at least a poly-aminoacid of general formula (I) in which X is —O—, —S— or —NR3; R1 represents in particular a hydrogen atom or a C1-C40 alkyl radical; ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7314612 | Cosmetic compositions containing at least one heteropolymer and at least one gelling agent and methods of using the same The invention relates to a physiologically acceptable composition, in particular a cosmetic composition, containing at least one liquid fatty phase comprising at least one structuring polymer comprising a polymer skeleton having hydrocarbon-based repeating units con... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7303588 | Composition for dyeing keratinous fibers, comprising at least one polycarboxylic acid or a salt, ready-to-use composition comprising it, implementation process and device The present invention relates to a composition for dyeing a keratinous fiber, comprising, a) at least one oxidation base or direct dye or a mixture thereof, b) at least one particular polycarboxylic acid compound or a salt thereof, and c) at least one suitable mediu... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7300545 | Water-soluble polymer dispersion, process for producing the same and method of use therefor A water-soluble polymer dispersion, process for producing the same and a method of use therefor. In particular, the water-soluble polymer dispersion is one comprising water-soluble polymer fine particles of 100 μm or less diameter having at least one ionic property... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7285294 | Hair growth inhibitors and composition containing same A hair growth inhibitor contains, as an active ingredient, at least one herb selected from the group consisting of phellodendron bark, houttuynia, rice bran, mulberry tree bark, Japanese coptis, thyme, peach seed, nettle, calendula, wild ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7282236 | Hydrophobic silica Methods of making hydrophobic, pyrogenically produced silica having a tamped density, of 55 to 200 g/l. Said silica is produced by hydrophobizing pyrogenically produced silica by reaction with a halogen free silane and then compacting it with means consisting of a r... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7279129 | Method and apparatus for control of chemical or biological warfare agents Metal oxide area decontamination apparatus (10) is provided which is designed for rapid, emergency situation decontamination of areas contaminated with potentially harmful or lethal chemical and/or biological warfare agents or other hazardous substances. The ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7276547 | Compositions comprising heteropolymers and at least one oil-soluble polymers chosen from alkyl celluloses and alkylated guar gums Compositions comprising at least one structuring polymer and at least one oil-soluble polymer chosen from alkyl celluloses and alkylated guar gums. The compositions may further comprise at least one fatty alcohol. This composition may be in the form of stable compos... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7273837 | Liquid laundry detergent comprising cationic silicone block copolymers The invention is directed to a liquid laundry detergent composition comprising at least one detergent ingredient selected from the group consisting of anionic surfactant, zwitterionic surfactant, amphoteric surfactant, and mixtures thereof; a coacervate phase formin... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7270802 | Non-lethal temporary incapacitation formulation and novel solvent system A non-lethal temporarily incapacitating formulation having a new solvent system that has reduced blow back longer hang time when used as an aerosol spray. The solvent and formulation are non-toxic, non-hazardous, non-flammable, highly stable, environmentally safe an... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7268180 | Surface tinting composition and method of use A tinting composition for tinting a surface which includes a solvent and a pigment selected from the group consisting of iron oxide, titanium dioxide, mica, calcium sodium borosilicate, organic constituent containing pigments, inorganic constituent containing pigmen... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7267696 | Composition for dyeing keratinous fibers, comprising a hydroxycarboxylic acid or a salt, ready-to-use composition comprising it, implementation process and device The present invention relates to a composition for dyeing keratin fibers, comprising, in a medium that is suitable for dyeing, a) at least one oxidation base and/or at least one direct dye, and b) at least one particular hydroxycarboxylic acid or a salt thereof. The... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7256170 | Spiro compounds as perfuming ingredients The present invention relates to the perfumery industry. It concerns more particularly an alcohol, ester, ether or ketone derivative having a spiro-type skeleton, the latter being substituted by short alkyl groups. The invention also relates to the use of the invent... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7244703 | Pharmaceutical compositions and methods for peptide treatment Compositions and methods for treating a patient with a pharmaceutically active peptide that combines a pharmaceutically active peptide, a permeation enhancer, and a carrier, are disclosed. ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7235587 | Diesters containing two crylene or fluorene moieties, sunscreen compositions containing the same, and methods of photostabilizing a sunscreen compositions containing the same Diesters that include one or more of a crylene and/or a fluorene moiety, and sunscreen compositions including a mixture of a photoactive compound and one or more of a diester that includes one or more of a crylene and/or a fluorene moiety are described herein. Also ... | 06/26/2007 |
