Method and compositions for bleaching hair

Patent 6703004 Issued on March 9, 2004. Estimated Expiration Date:

April 3, 2022. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Application

No. 10/115497 filed on 04/03/2002

US Classes:

424/62, BLEACH FOR LIVE HAIR OR SKIN (E.G., PEROXIDES, ETC.)424/70.1LIVE HAIR OR SCALP TREATING COMPOSITIONS (NONTHERAPEUTIC)

Examiners

Primary: Venkat, Jyothsna

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Blackburn; Julie

International Classes

A61Q 5/08 (20060101)
A61K 8/30 (20060101)
A61K 8/46 (20060101)

Abstract

An emulsion hair bleach composition prepared by combining an aqueous oxidizing agent composition, a persulfate composition, and, optionally, a bleach oil composition, in amounts sufficient to provide a mixture containing an active oxygen concentration of about 3 to 5% by weight of the total mixture, a total alkalinity concentration of about 0.7-1.2 meq/gm., and 0.5-20% by weight of the total mixture of an oil having a solubility parameter of 5-12 (cal/cm3)1/2 ; an emulsion hair bleach composition capable of lightening hair in 10 to 30 minutes, and a kit for use in bleaching hair.

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