Patent Picks— Emolliency, Antioxidant, Colorstay and Styling Benefits in Hair

By: Rachel L. Grabenhofer

Posted: January 22, 2013

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Described by this invention is a method of imparting shape memory to hair, which may include administrating an effective amount of a hair conditioning agent to hair. The hair conditioning agent may include a polymer selected from the group consisting of: a polyurethane, an acrylic acid copolymer, a pyridine-based copolymer and a pyrrolidone copolymer. 

Porous, dissolvable solid substrate and coating for conditioning
US Patent 8,349,341
Publication date: Jan. 8, 2013
Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company (Cincinnati, OH)

The present patent relates to hair care compositions, especially those in the form of a porous, dissolvable solid substrate. This substrate has a surface resident coating comprising a cationic surfactant conditioner active that can provide a conditioning benefit.

Shampoo containing a gel network and a non-guar galactomannan polymer derivative
US Patent 8,349,302
Publication date: Jan. 8, 2013
Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company

The present invention describes compositions comprising: a) from about 5% to 50% of one or more detersive surfactants; b) a dispersed gel network phase comprising: i) at least 0.05% of one or more fatty amphiphiles; ii) at least 0.01% of one or more secondary surfactants; and iii) water; c) at least 0.05% of a galactomannan polymer derivative with a net positive charge and having a mannose to galactose ratio of greater than 2:1 on a monomer to monomer basis, wherein the galactomannan polymer derivative has: i) a molecular weight from about 1,000 to about 10,000,000, and ii) a cationic charge density from about 0.7 meq/g to about 7 meq/g; and d) at least 20% of an aqueous carrier; all by weight of the shampoo composition.