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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
May. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Conopco, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Prem Kumar Cheyalazhagan Paul, Spital, GB;
Susan Pye, Wirral, GB;
Assignee:
Conopco, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61Q 5/04 (2006.01); A61K 8/60 (2006.01); A61K 8/365 (2006.01); A61K 8/49 (2006.01); A45D 7/06 (2006.01); A61K 8/34 (2006.01); A61K 8/362 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 8/60 (2013.01); A45D 7/06 (2013.01); A61K 8/345 (2013.01); A61K 8/362 (2013.01); A61K 8/365 (2013.01); A61K 8/498 (2013.01); A61Q 5/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of straightening the hair comprising the step of applying to the hair a hair treatment composition comprising: i) at least 0.4 wt % of the total composition of a sugar alcohol; and ii) at least 0.4 wt % of the total composition of a bi or tridentate carboxylic acid in which the ratio of sugar alcohol to acid is 1:5 to 5:1; and iii) heating the resulting composition to a temperature of greater than 120° C. for at least 10 seconds.