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Feb 26, 2010 | 01:54 PM CST

Stable O/W Nanoemulsions for Skin and Other Topics: Literature Findings

By: Charles Fox, Independent Consultant

This month’s survey of recent patent and research literature describes moneymaking ideas for personal care product development, including stable o/w nanoemulsions for skin, inhibiting melanin production with pyrazolylpyrimidine, fluorescent pigment flakes for color cosmetics, enhancing the solubility of actives, and popping foam in aerosols, among others.

Feb 01, 2010 | 11:52 AM CST

Instant/Gradual Self Tanning and Other Topics: Literature Findings

By: Charles Fox, Independent Consultant

This month’s survey of recent patent and research literature describes money-making ideas for personal care product development, including whitening with vitamin C and Opuntia ficus indica, a pulverulent for hair shaping and shine, an amino functional silicone treatment to use post-relaxing, and instant/gradual self tanning, among others.

Jan 18, 2010 | 11:03 AM CST

Saccharide Foam for Wound Healing

Foamix Ltd. has been granted a patent from the United States Patent Office for its saccharide foam for wound healing.

Dec 30, 2009 | 03:53 PM CST

Visually Indicating Wipe Efficacy and Other Topics: Literature Findings

By: Charles Fox, Independent Consultant

This month’s survey of recent patent and research literature describes moneymaking ideas for personal care product development, including enhancing avobenzone photostability in the presence of zinc oxide with a phosphate-based emulsifier, adding value to sunscreen protection with antioxidants, indicating wipe efficacy visually, and using Heat Shock Protein 27 for antiaging, among others.

Dec 01, 2009 | 11:47 AM CST

Phytosphingosine for Skin Differentiation and Other Topics: Literature Findings

By: Charles Fox, Independent Consultant

This month’s survey of recent patent and research literature describes money-making ideas for personal care product development, including silicone resin waxes to modify texture and rheology, imidazoline for hair conditioning, gallnut and Eclipta prostrata to minimize hair dye damage, renewable propanediol, and an in vitro measurement for SPF, among others.

Oct 30, 2009 | 01:53 PM CDT

Natural Hair Dyes, Self-tanning Solutions and Other Topics: Literature Findings

By: Charles Fox, Independent Consultant

This month’s survey of recent patent and research literature describes moneymaking ideas for personal care product development, including fatty acid combinations for in-shower moisturization, stabilizing UV absorbers, travoprost to prevent hair loss and glycyrrhizine in self-tanners, among others.

Oct 13, 2009 | 01:21 PM CDT

Comparatively Speaking: Process Claim vs. Compound Claim vs. Product-by-Process Claim

By: Anthony J. O'Lenick, Jr., Siltech LLC

Industry expert Tony O'Lenick explains the difference between a process claim, a compound claim and a product-by-process claim in reference to patents.

Sep 29, 2009 | 05:15 PM CDT

Promoting Collagen with Glycerophospholipids and Other Topics: Literature Findings

By: Charles Fox, Independent Consultant

This month's survey of recent patent and research literature describes moneymaking ideas for personal care product development, including decreasing TiO2 damage, enhancing hydration with fatty acids, promoting collagen with glycerophospholipids, permanent hair straightening, and copolymers for adhesion in mascara, among others.

Aug 31, 2009 | 02:53 PM CDT

Evaluating Outside-in Skin Transparency and Other Literature Findings

By: Charles Fox, Independent Consultant

This month’s survey of recent patent and research literature describes moneymaking ideas for personal care product development including curcumin for antiaging, a two-bead plurality skin cleanser, a storage-stable hair color kit, and the evaluation of outside-in skin transparency, among others.

Jul 30, 2009 | 01:47 PM CDT

Lyotropic Liquid Crystals for Damaged Hair and Other Topics: Literature Findings

By: Charlie Fox, Independent Consultant

This month’s survey of recent patent and research literature describes moneymaking ideas for personal care product development, including an integral collagen treatment, CoQ10 for UVB-induced wrinkles, fullerene in cosmetics, a melatonin hair treatment and biotin for hair growth, among others.