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Patent Pick: Carbonated Hair Care

Bubbling up a new approach to hair styling, L'Oréal has developed a carbonated way to resolve the issue of tacky, sticky residues in hair styling products.

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Patent Pick: Sensory in Hair

Patent Picks are chosen by the editors from publicly available sources. Today's technology imparts new sensory benefits in hair care formulations.

Skin and Hair Care Patents

The awareness of existing patents and intellectual property is vital to cosmetics R&D. To assist in your research, Cosmetics & Toiletries regularly reports on recently issued patents by category; in this case, skin and hair care.

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Patent Pick: Whipped Cream and Mousse Dreams

We're bubbled over with excitement for L'Oréal's discovery that encapsulated bubbles can remain stable in solution. They may use it for hair mousse and more; we're just glad it's in time to top our pumpkin spice lattés.

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Patent Pick: L'Oréal's Semi-permanent Hair Styler

This patent disclosure describes an aerosol containing a composition comprising one or more silicone acrylic copolymer(s) and from 30% to 70% w/w of one or more propellant(s).

Patent Pick: This Stuff is Scent-ense

Cyclohexanol keeps popping up in patents as an area of innovation for companies developing materials to improve fragrance intensity. Just ask today's patent-holder, Takasago International.

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Patent Pick: Non-aqueous, Eco-friendly Antimicrobial

Patent Picks are chosen by the editors from publicly available sources. Today's patent, from ISP, relates to a non-aqueous, eco-friendly antimicrobial composition.

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Patent Pick: Binding Agreement for Hair Repair

MIT inventors have filed for a patent on a newly identified molecule to help protect and/or repair damaged hair, and color hair without the use of harsh chemicals.

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Patent Pick: Bolivian Folk Medicine Bioactives

Folklore meets fact once again, in a new patent application from P&G. Here, inventors explore achachariu bioactives for potential antioxidant, anti-aging and anti-protein-loss properties.

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Patent Pick: Straight Up Hair Styling

The heat is on for inventors to put smooth moves onto hair while facing new challenges such as multi-ethnic textures and chemical damage. That's where Japanese company Kao enters the scene, with a new patent.

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Patent Pick: Space-filling 'Magic' Cosmetics

A refractive index is this nifty little way to describe how light passes through a medium. It's also the basis for a new Avon invention, which applies optical illusion to impart cosmetic benefits. So, it's magic.

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Patent Pick: Unsticking Emulsion Sticking Points

What's sticky, unstable and causes skin irritation? Certainly not emulsions based on core corona-type microgels. In a new patent application, Shiseido inventors explain how these materials produce the very opposite effects.

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Patent Pick: Prostaglandin Anti Hair-loss

Patent Picks are chosen by the editors from publicly available sources. Today's highlight, from Allergan, relates to prostaglandin agonists to treat glaucoma, hair loss and more.

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Patent Pick: Hold it Right There

In this patent application, inventors at Henkel have whipped up a novel composition to temporarily shape and hold hair styles.

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Patent Pick: A Soft Spot for Dandruff Care

In anti-dandruff hair care, sensory cues often are second to deposition/performance. Apparently, however, P&G inventors have a soft spot for both, as this patent for improving the feel of anti-dandruff conditioners demonstrates.

Study Finds Growth in Beauty-related Nanotechnology Patents

The number of nanotechnology patents related to personal care products has grown 103% in the past seven years, according to an analysis of world patent activity published by the IP Solutions business of Thomson Reuters.

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Patent Pick: Avon Gives Hair a 'Pep' Talk

Keratin loss is no longer a lost cause thanks to Avon inventors. In a new patent application, the company looks to peptides to pep up hair thickness, strength and growth.

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Patent Pick: Side-stepping Surfactants for Fragrance Delivery

Surfactants are like club bouncers, keeping the peace between paying patrons, and removing less-than-desirable characters from the scene. But sometimes they can be too aggressive; for example, when night club owners want a nice fragrance to stick around. These inventors patented a way to side-step them.

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