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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7435524 | Permanent, removable tissue markings The present invention provides microparticles that create permanent tissue markings, such as tattoos, designed in advance for change and/or removal on demand, as well as methods for implanting the microparticles in tissue and changing and/or removing the resulting m... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7381806 | Cationic azo azine dyes and colorants that contain these compounds The objects of the present invention are novel cationic azo azine dyes of the generic formula (I), as well as colorants for keratin fibers that contain these compounds. ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7344587 | Magnetic ink tissue markings The invention provides tissue markings (such as tattoos) comprising magnetic particles, e.g., magnetite, and methods for making and altering, e.g., removing them. ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7320766 | Overdyeable pigmented polymeric fiber and yarns and articles made therefrom Dyed yarns typically have inferior color fastness compared with pigmented yarns. However, dyeing offers a virtually infinite selection of colors, flexibility and more uniformity than constructions of pigmented yarns in residential carpet and other yarn applications,... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7285364 | Permanent, removable tissue markings The present invention provides microparticles that create permanent tissue markings, such as tattoos, designed in advance for change and/or removal on demand, as well as methods for implanting the microparticles in tissue and changing and/or removing the resulting m... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7204856 | Shaped bodies for forming cosmetic preparations A shaped body is provided that contains from 5 weight percent to 80 weight percent of at least one disintegration auxiliary, and from 5 weight percent to 40 weight percent of at least one thickener. The shaped body is particularly useful for forming cosmetic prepara... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7175950 | Permanent, removable tissue markings While the invention has been described in conjunction with the detailed description thereof, the foregoing description is intended to illustrate and not limit the scope of the invention, which is defined by the scope of the appended claims. Other aspects, advantages... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7131446 | Light-triggered tattoo process A light-triggered tattoo process. A strong absorber of light energy and tattoo material are sandwiched under pressure between a skin region and a transparent window. Short pulses of light, at frequencies strongly absorbed by the strong absorber, illuminates the stro... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7033402 | Transposed process for making leather The present invention relates to a novel leather making process whereby the post-tanning wet operations are done prior to tanning stage itself to make leather in eco-friendly manner in substantially shorter duration. The present process reduces the number of require... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7002045 | Ortho ester-based surfactant, its preparation and use The present invention relates to a new ortho ester-based surfactant, where the hydrophobic and hydrophilic parts are connected by ortho ester linkages to the molecule. The ortho ester has the formula where R is hydrogen... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6997140 | Tracking and marking system An identification apparatus for animals or carcasses carrying electronic identification devices, (EID) (2) moving past an antenna (10). The identification apparatus including motion sensing means (12, 13, 14, 17) and marking means (16) ad... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6975233 | Method and apparatus for tracking carcasses An apparatus and method for identifying a carcass during meat production. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a band sized to fit around a limb of the carcass and a readable identification tag affixed to the band for remote identification of the carcass. In an... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6901885 | Apparatus for applying a tattoo to a hog prior to market A tattoo mark is applied to a hog prior to sending the hog to market within a sorting cage with a weigh scale for detecting a weight of the hog and a sorting gate operated by a control unit in response to the detected weight. The mark is applied by a tattoo head hav... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6881253 | Spray binding agent for tattoo stencil The spray binding agent for a tattoo stencil is a chemical composition useful for enhancing the quality of a tattoo when using a stencil. The liquid composition is sprayed on the cleaned skin area prior to tattooing. The composition contains a cosmetic stick composi... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6869453 | Reactive dye compounds A reactive dye compound comprising: (a) at least one chromophore moiety; (b) at least one nitrogen-containing heterocycle; (c) a linking group to link each chromophore moiety to each nitrogen-containing heterocycle; characterised in that at least one nitrogen-contai... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6814760 | Permanent, removable tissue markings The present invention provides microparticles that create permanent tissue markings, such as tattoos, designed in advance for change and/or removal on demand, as well as methods for implanting the microparticles in tissue and changing and/or removing the resulting m... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6716969 | Reactive dye compounds A reactive dye compound comprising: (a) at least one chromophore moiety (b) at last one SO2C2H4 group which is attached to the chromophore moiety either direcly via the sulphur atom of the SO2C2H | 04/06/2004 |
| 6676710 | Process for treating textile substrates A process for treating a textile substrate, the process including the steps of providing a textile substrate; providing a treatment bath; entraining a transport material in the treatment bath wherein the transport material further comprises a treatment ma... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6652601 | Agent for dyeing fibers comprising an indoline/indolium derivative The object of the present invention is an agent for dyeing fibers obtained by mixing two components and characterized in that one component (component A2) contains at least one carbonyl compound and the other component (component A1) contains at least one... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6558433 | Process for dyeing keratin fibers comprising 1,4-diamino-2-methoxymethylbenzene and salts thereof The method of dyeing keratin fibers includes the steps of providing an oxidation dye precursor composition containing from 0.01 to 10 percent by weight of a total amount of at least one coupler compound and at least one developer compound, mixing the oxid... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6528045 | Process for the preparation of stable aqueous hair dyeing emulsions A stable, aqueous hair dyeing emulsion with good Theological properties is prepared, while simultaneously substantially reducing the manufacturing time and energy consumption, comprising at least one oxidation hair dyestuff precursor, by mixing a water-in... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6506372 | Cosmetic compositions containing an amphoteric polymer and a fixing/conditioner polymer, and their uses Cosmetic compositions containing in a cosmetically acceptable medium, at least one fixing and/or conditioning polymer and at least one amphoteric polymer comprising from 1 to 20 mol % of at least one monomeric unit chosen from (meth)acrylate and (meth)acr... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6443998 | Trichromatic fiber dyeing processes and compositions thereof In one aspect, the invention provides a process for the trichromatic dyeing of polyamide textile fibers wherein the process comprises the steps of: a. providing at least one polyamide fiber; and b. contacting the at least one polyamide fiber with an aqueous dye sol... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6407260 | Indole compound The invention relates to novel indole compounds, to their use as direct dyes in compositions intended for dyeing keratin materials and for example compositions intended for dyeing human keratin fibers and including the hair, and in cosmetic compositions i... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6264703 | Hair coloring composition using an inorganic peroxymonosulfate salt as an oxidation agent Inorganic peroxymonosulfate salts used as oxidizing agents for the oxidative dyeing of hair.... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6231622 | Dye compositions, especially for dyeing hair, containing indane derivative compounds The dye composition for fibers, especially keratin-containing fibers, contains at least one indane derivative compound of formula I, or a physiologically compatible, water-soluble salt thereof: ##STR1## wherein R1 is hydrogen, a halogen atom, a cyano grou... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6224856 | Means and method for tinting keratin fibers, particularly human hair The dye precursor-containing composition for hair dyeing contains at least one p-aminophenol derivative compound of the formula (I): ##STR1## in which R1 and R2 each can be H, an alkyl, a hydroxyalkyl, an aminoalkyl, a mono- or dialk... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6203578 | Use of silicon compounds to dye human keratin fibers; novel compounds and compositions containing them The use of linear or cyclic silicon compounds containing at least one chromophoric group of quinone or azo type as direct dyes in dye compositions intended for dyeing human keratin fibres and in particular the hair. The invention also relates to novel sil... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6176885 | Use of silicon compounds to dye human keratin fibres; novel compounds and compositions containing them The use of linear or cyclic silicon compounds containing at least one chromophoric group of quinone or azo type as direct dyes in dye compositions intended for dyeing human keratin fibers and in particular the hair. The invention also relates to novel sil... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6140517 | Anthraquinone polysulfonamide colorants The invention relates to anthraquinone polysulfonamide colorants derived from colored disulfonyl chlorides containing anthraquinone chromophores by reacting with various diamines. The anthraquinone polysulfonamide colorants are useful for coloring a wide ... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6077320 | Use of diiminoisoindoline derivatives or 3-aminoisoindolone derivatives for dyeing keratin fibers, and dye compositions containing them Diiminoisoindoline derivatives or 3-aminoisoindolone derivatives, or tautomeric forms thereof, used as oxidizing-agent-free dye precursors in dyeing keratin fibers, in particular human keratin fibers such as the hair, without an oxidizing agent, in the pr... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6036729 | Enzymatic method for textile dyeing The present invention relates to methods of dyeing a material, comprising (a) soaking the material in an aqueous solution which comprises one or more mono-, di- or polycyclic aromatic or heteroaromatic compounds; and (b) treating the soaked material in an... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6027537 | Use of silicon compounds to dye human keratin fibres; novel compounds and compositions containing them The use of linear or cyclic silicon compounds containing at least one chromophoric group of quinone or azo type as direct dyes in dye compositions intended for dyeing human keratin fibres and in particular the hair. The invention also relates to novel sil... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5961669 | Acid donor process for dyeing polyamide fibers and textiles A process for dying materials containing natural or synthetic polyamides is disclosed. The process includes immersing the materials to be dyed in a dye bath containing an acid dye. The pH of the dye bath is initially at a level that substantially inhibits... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5948123 | Coloring method for hides A coloring method, wherein coloring agent or pigment is injected into active cells of an animal hide before the hide is harvested, and a coloring agent injection device with one or more needles, which are injected into the active cells of the hide of an a... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5948122 | Enzymatic methods for dyeing with reduced vat and sulfur dyes The present invention relates to methods for dyeing a material, comprising (a) treating the material with a dyeing system which comprises one or more reduced vat dyes and/or one or more reduced sulfur dyes; and (b) oxidizing the one or more reduced vat dy... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5922085 | Preparation of a dye for coloring protein-based fibers and cellulose-based materials from the oxidation products of the manufacture of a triphenylmethane dye A process of preparing a dye composition and a resultant dye composition. The process includes preparing a mixture comprising a triphenylmethane dye and oxidation products by reacting methylenedianiline, aniline, an oxidation catalyst, and an oxidant; sep... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5910623 | Mixtures of sulfo-containing 1:2 metal complexes with vinyl polymers Liquid or solid mixtures of low-salt sulfo-containing 1:2 metal complex dyes and poly-N-vinylpyrrolidone or copolymers of N-vinylpyrrolidone and vinyl acetate are especially useful for dyeing paper and wood and also for dyeing and finishing leather and fu... | 06/08/1999 |
| 5888252 | Processes for dyeing keratin-containing fibres with cationicazo dyes A process for dyeing keratin-containing fibers, comprises treating said fibers with a tinctorially effective amount of a dye of the formula ##STR1## where D is the radical of a diazo component of the formula ##STR2## R1 is an unsubsti... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5873910 | Process for the two-stage oxidation dyeing of keratin fibers with a manganese complex or salt and a 4-substituted 1-naphthol, and dyeing kit A process for the two-stage oxidation dyeing of keratin fibers by applying to the keratin fibers: in a first stage, at least one composition A containing at least one manganese salt and/or a manganese complex, in a second stage, at least one composition B havi... | 02/23/1999 |
