Kao awarded patent for hair cosmetic

F O C US P&G earns patent for clear fabric softener P&G has earned Patent No US 6,608,024 B1 for a clear or transparent rinse-added fabric softener. This product comprises adjunct ingredients, carriers, a principal solvent extender, a principal solvent and a fabric softening active. HAPPI, Household & Personal Products Industry, Oct 2003, 40 (10), 37

Positively-charged liquid cleaner patent from Colgate Colgate-Palmolive Co has obtained Patent No US 6,608,020 B1 for a hard surface microemulsion cleaning formulation. This composition features a positively-charged complex that contains water, a polycationic polymer, an ammonium salt of a fluoroalkyl sulfonate surfactant or an alkali metal salt of a fluoroalkyl sulfonate anionic surfactant. HAPPI, Household & Personal Products Industry, Oct 2003, 40 (10), 37

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water-immiscible perfume, organic solvent and a dioleyl diester quaternary ammonium surfactant fabric softener. This product can be combined into a non-perfume aqueous emulsion fabric softener base under low shear. HAPPI, Household & Personal Products Industry, Nov 2003, 40 (11), 32

Ciba patents surface-active antimicrobial formulation Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp has earned Patent No US 6,620,854 B2 for a surfactant formulation that contains an antimicrobial diphenyl ether active ingredient. This composition also includes water, a monohydric or dihydric alcohol, one or more synthetic detergents or soaps, citric acid monohydrate and cumene sulfonate. HAPPI, Household & Personal Products Industry, Nov 2003, 40 (11), 32

Foaming O/W skin cleansing emulsion from L’Oreal

Kao awarded patent for hair cosmetic Kao Corp has received Patent No US 6,607,718 B1 for a hair cosmetic formulation that contains hydroxypropyl cellulose, water, at least one part soluble in the alcohol and a polyhydric alcohol. HAPPI, Household & Personal Products Industry, Oct 2003, 40 (10), 37

L’Oreal SA has received Patent No US 6,620,855 B2 for an aerosol receptacle that has a propellant gas and a foaming pressurizable o/w emulsion. This product contains water, foaming surfactant, nonionic emulsifier and at least one cosmetic oil. HAPPI, Household & Personal Products Industry, Nov 2003, 40 (11), 32

Cleansing wipe patented by J&J Patent No US 6,607,739 B1 has been awarded to Johnson & Johnson for a cleansing article that is claimed to be easy to clean and dried after use. This reusable article has an exterior layer and a cell layer with several cells with active material. One of the exterior layers contains an apertured film that includes a polymer with antibacterial agent. HAPPI, Household & Personal Products Industry, Oct 2003, 40 (10), 37

W/O microemulsion patented for fabric softener base Patent No 6,620,437 B2 has been awarded to Colgate-Palmolive Co for a perfume comprising water, colorant, FEBRUARY 2004

J&J patents foaming oil preparation Johnson & Johnson GmbH has obtained Patent No US 6,620,773 B1 for a foaming oil formulation comprising an oil component and surfactant mixture. The mixture has at least one ethoxylated alkyl phosphate ester component, a nonionic surfactant and an anionic or zwitterionic surfactant. HAPPI, Household & Personal Products Industry, Nov 2003, 40 (11), 32-33

Bleach with linear nonionic surfactant from P&G Procter & Gamble Co has been awarded Patent No US 6,620,774 B1

for a liquid bleaching formulation that contains a substantially linear nonionic surfactant and a bleach. HAPPI, Household & Personal Products Industry, Nov 2003, 40 (11), 33

Detergent additive patented by Phillips Petroleum Phillips Petroleum Co has earned Patent No US 6,620,776 B2 for a formulation containing an alkyl group with one to 20 carbon atoms, and a phenyl substituted with both a hydroxy and a methyl. HAPPI, Household & Personal Products Industry, Nov 2003, 40 (11), 33

Laundry detergent patent awarded to Cognis Patent No US 6,620,209 B2 has been awarded to Cognis Deutschland GmbH & Co KG for a method in cleaning and softening textiles utilizing a cleaning solution comprising water and a detergent formulation. The detergent composition contains a phyllosilicate, a zeolite, a cationic polymer and a surfactant. HAPPI, Household & Personal Products Industry, Nov 2003, 40 (11), 33

Colgate-Palmolive patents encapsulated fabric softener Colgate Palmolive Co has earned Patent No US 6,620,777 B2 for a stable fabric softening formulation containing at least at least one fabric or skin-beneficial ingredient contained in microcapsules with a friable, aminoplast polymeric shell, a nonconfined fragrance oil and a cationic softening compound. The capsule fragments do not contain waterinsoluble polymer or non-polymeric carrier material. HAPPI, Household & Personal Products Industry, Nov 2003, 40 (11), 33

LEGISLATION AISE’s reaction to revised REACH proposals AISE, the International Association for Soaps, Detergents and Maintenance Products, acknowledged with great 5