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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8003585 | Cationic polymers and fixative applications therefor This invention relates to cationic Cassia polymers and to their use in hair fixative applications. The cationic Cassia polymers demonstrate superior stiffness profiles and a high level of curl retention when subjected to high humidity conditions for ex... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7923422 | Cationic cassia derivatives and applications therefor This invention relates to cationically derivatized polycalactomannans obtained from cassia tora and cassia obtusifolia and to their use in personal care, household care, and institutional care compositions. ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7838477 | Liquid cleanser formulation with suspending and foaming capabilities The present disclosure generally relates to cleansing products for cleansing the skin and hair. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to liquid cleansing compositions that have a sufficient viscosity to maintain particles suspended in the cleanser, but t... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7759296 | Cationic polymers and fixative application therefor This invention relates to cationic Cassia polymers and to their use in hair fixative applications. The cationic Cassia polymers demonstrate superior stiffness profiles and a high level of curl retention when subjected to high humidity conditions for ex... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7704934 | Cationic cassia derivatives and applications therefor This invention relates to cationically derivatized polycalactomannans obtained from cassia tora and cassia obtusifolia and to their use in personal care, household care, and institutional care compositions. ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7589051 | Cationic, oxidized polysaccharides in conditioning applications A cationic, oxidized polysaccharide or derivative thereof that has a mean average molecular weight (Mw) having a lower limit of 50,000 and an upper limit of 1,000,000 and an aldehyde functionality content of at least 0.001 meq/gram is used in personal care and house... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7511002 | Oil-in-water emulsion and process for producing the same The invention relates to an oil-in-water emulsion obtained by mixing (a) a polymer compound having, in a side chain, a group represented by formula (1): -OX)n-E2-R  (1) wherein X represents a C1 to C6 divalent sat... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7439214 | Cationic derivatives and applications therefor This invention relates to cationically derivatized polycalactomannans obtained from cassia tora and cassia obtusifolia and to their use in personal care, household care, and institutional care compositions. ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7417020 | Compositions comprising low-DP polymerized surfactants and methods of use thereof Provided are low-irritation personal care compositions comprising a low-DP polymerized surfactants. Also provided are methods of making and using such compositions. ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7375064 | Functionalized polymeric surfactants based upon alkyl polyglycosides The invention relates to a series of multifunctional polyglycosides derivatives that are made by the polymerized by the reaction of polyoxyalkylene containing crosslinking reagent and polyglycosides, together with a functionalizing agent that contains a sulfate, sul... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7279449 | Hair shampoo containing pregelatinized, cross-linked starch derivatives The present invention is a polymer-containing cosmetic hair shampoo comprising one or more pregelatinized, crosslinked starch derivatives. Preferably, the hair care agent further comprises one or more polymers. In one embodiment, the polymer includes cationic polyme... | 10/09/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7268105 | Shampoo composition comprising a mixture of glyceryl esters The present invention is related to thickening shampoo compositions and its long-term stability. ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7262157 | Cationic cassia derivatives and applications therefor This invention relates to cationically derivatized polycalactomannans obtained from cassia tora and cassia obtusifolia and to their use in personal care, household care, and institutional care compositions. ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7262158 | Cleansing compositions comprising a liquid silicone and ester mixture Cleansing compositions suitable for use in personal cleansing applications, and in particular make-up removal applications, which not only impart superior cleansing properties, but also which are relatively non-irritating and thus suitable for use by people having s... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7259132 | Shaving aid The invention is a preparation comprising an oil-in-water emulsion containing soap, the emulsion further comprising: (a) 4-12% by weight of at least one fatty acid with 12 to 18 carbon atoms, (b) 3-8% by weight of at least one trialkanolamine, (c) 1-8% by weight of ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7205271 | Rheology modifier/hair styling resin A rheology modifier/hair styling resin which is a crosslinked, linear poly(vinyl amide/polymerizable carboxylic acid) copolymer exhibits advantageous hair care properties of high viscosity and long-lasting curl retention. ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7202199 | Isotropic cleansing composition with particulate optical modifiers 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. ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7183243 | Compositions for washing and conditioning hair Hair washing compositions are disclosed which comprise cleansing surfactant, water, first and second cationic polymers having at pH7 a charge density from 0.2 to 1 meq/gm and from 1.3 to 3 meq/gm respectively, and droplets of a water-insoluble conditioning oil of di... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7179770 | Detergent cosmetic compositions comprising a polymer mixture, for cleaning, conditioning and styling keratinous fibers The invention concerns novel washing compositions in particular for the hair, comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable medium, at least a detergent surfactant, at least a polymer comprising at least a dialkyldiallylammonium monomer and at least a adhesive polymer ha... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7157413 | Detergent cosmetic compositions comprising an anionic surfactant, an amphoteric, cationic, and/or nonionic surfactant, and a polysacchardie, and use thereof Novel compositions such as detergent and conditioning cosmetic compositions, comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable medium, at least one anionic surfactant, at least one other surfactant chosen from amphoteric, nonionic and cationic surfactants and at least one po... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7151079 | Cosmetic compositions containing a fructan, a polysaccharide and a beneficial agent, and uses thereof The invention relates to novel cosmetic compositions comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable medium, at least one fructan, at least one polysaccharide and at least one beneficial agent, a combination which gives the cosmetic compositions a velvety-smooth texture. S... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7091166 | Acidic, phosphate-free plastic cleaner composition with reduced mild steel equipment etch for cleaning plastic parts An aqueous liquid composition comprising water; at least one acid selected from the group consisting of carboxylic acids, hydroxycarboxylic acids, and inorganic acids other than phosphoric acid wherein the at least one acid is present in an amount from about 1.0 to ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7015181 | Rehydratable personal care compositions A rehydratable personal care composition including: from about 1 to about 20 percent water, from about 1 to about 20 percent organic solvent, from about 0.5 to about 50 percent gelling agent, and from about 0.1 to about 5 percent gelling cation, based on the total w... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7012050 | Skin cleansing composition comprising a quaternized lanolin A cleansing composition comprising (a) a cleansing amount of a surfactant or mixture of surfactants, (b) a skin slip inducing amount of a quaternized lanolin or mixture of quaternized lanolins, and (c) a skin slip enhancing ind... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6974569 | Shampoos providing a superior combination anti-dandruff efficacy and condition Disclosed are shampoo compositions that provide a superior combination of anti-dandruff efficacy and conditioning, and a method of cleansing and conditioning the hair comprising applying to the hair and scalp an amount of said compositions. The anti-dandruff and con... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6930078 | Shampoo containing a cationic guar derivative The compositions of the present invention relate to improved shampoo compositions having from about from about 5 to about 50 weight percent of a detersive surfactant, at least about 0.05 weight percent of a cationic polymer least about 0.05 weight percent of a catio... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6924260 | Method of reducing and preventing soil redeposition in an automatic dishwashing machine This invention relates to the use of a water-soluble or water-dispersible copolymer comprising, in the form of polymerized units of at least one monomer compound bearing a quaternary ammonium (a) and at least one hydrophilic monomer (b) bearing a function of acidic ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6835700 | Highly concentrated free-flowing pearly lustre concentrates 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 ... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6767875 | Hair conditioning composition comprising carboxylic acid/carboxylate copolymer and moisturizing agent Disclosed is a hair conditioning composition comprising: (1) from about 0.01% to about 10% of a carboxylic acid/carboxylate copolymer; (2) from about 0.1% to about 10% of a moisturizing agent selected from the group consisting of a polypropylene glycol, an alkyl eth... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6762158 | Personal care compositions comprising liquid ester mixtures Personal care compositions suitable for use in skin care applications, which effectively deliver and/or deposit various benefit agents into and onto the skin and which are relatively non-irritating and thus suitable for use by people having sensitive skin and eyes c... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6617292 | Keratinous washing composition comprising particles of aluminum oxide, at least one anionic surfactant and at least one amphoteric or nonionic surfactant The present invention relates to a composition for washing keratinous materials which comprises, in a cosmetically acceptable aqueous medium, particles essentially consisting of aluminium oxide and having a mean primary size in numerical terms of less tha... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6608011 | Shampoos with behenyl-alcohol A pearlized cleansing composition for personal care comprising: (a) 4.00-30.00 weight % of an anionic material selected from the group consisting of water soluble lipophilic sulfates and sulfonates of 8 to 22 carbon atoms; (b) 0.25-4.0 weight % behenyl alcohol... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6558652 | Process for producing glucomannan gel particles A particulate glucomannan gel is produced by swelling a glucomannan-rich flour with water in the presence of ethanol, treating the swollen particles with an alkali to form gelled particles followed by drying. The dried gel particles are incorporated into ... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6551970 | Detergent cosmetic compositions for hair-care application and use thereof 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 a... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6533873 | Suspending clear cleansing formulation A shower gel formulation having a clear appearance is described which suspends insoluble particles, water insoluble liquids or bubbles and contains an acrylate copolymer, an anionic surfactant, a cationic polymer and, optionally, an amphoteric surfactant.... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6524594 | Foaming oil gel compositions A gelled oil composition containing an emulsifier, a gelling agent, an oil, and a surfactant which, when applied to the skin in the presence of water, produces a significant amount of foam. After the composition is rinsed from the skin, a non-greasy, oil ... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6495498 | Detergent compositions with enhanced depositing, conditioning and softness capabilities Novel "two-in-one" detergent compositions comprised of at least one water soluble silicone agent, at least one cationic conditioning agent, and a detergent. These compositions are suitable for use in shampoos, baths, and shower gels. Also described is a n... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6486105 | Heat activated durable conditioning compositions comprising C3 to C5 monosaccharides, and methods for using same Compositions, optionally heat-activated, methods, two-step methods, and kits for caring for, treating or durable conditioning of at least one keratinous fiber comprising at least one compound comprising at least two quaternary ammonium groups; and at leas... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6451747 | Detergent cosmetic compositions for hair care and utilisation thereof The invention discloses novel detergent and conditioning hair care compositions comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable medium, (A) a washing base and (B) a conditioning system comprising at least one cationic polymer and a mixture of at least one amine ... | 09/17/2002 |
