US Patent Issued to Conopco on Oct. 7 for "Hair conditioning composition" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,834, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Conopco Inc. (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.).

"Hair conditioning composition" was invented by Andrew Richard Avery (Ellesmere Port, Great Britain) and Kelvin Brian Dickinson (Wirral, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to hair care compositions containing a branched organopolysiloxane, "oil in water" emulsion. Despite the prior art, there still exists the opportunity to increase the benefits delivered through conditioning hair care compositions. A particular need exists for hair care compositions which can deliver enhanced silicone deposition, especially to the damaged pa...