Inventor · Buffalo Grove, IL, US

Alexander Chan

33Patents
11h-index
33Co-inventors
71Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 26, 1988 → Oct 12, 2004

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6238653A Liquid crystalline peroxide compositions and methods for coloring and/or bleaching hair Human Necessities 49 Expired
US5651960A Method and composition for removing semi-permanent color from human hair Human Necessities 46 Expired
US7041142B2 Two step hair coloring compositions delivering deeper, long-lasting color Human Necessities 38 Expired
US6143286A Method for improving the fade resistance of hair and related compositions Human Necessities 38 Expired
US5474578A Erasable hair dyeing process Human Necessities 25 Expired
US6306182A Polymeric dye compounds and compositions and methods for coloring hair Human Necessities 24 Expired
US4968497A Skin tanning composition and method Human Necessities 21 Expired
US6596035B2 One step method and compositions for simultaneously coloring and highlighting hair Human Necessities 20 Expired
US5344463A Hair dye compositions and methods utilizing 2-substituted-1-naphthol couplers Human Necessities 19 Expired
US5135543A Quaternized monoalkylenediamine nitrobenzene compounds and their use as dyes for keratinaceous fibers Human Necessities 17 Expired
US5368610A Use of metal salts and chelates together with chlorites as oxidants in hair coloring Human Necessities 14 Expired
US6315989A Water in oil microemulsion peroxide compositions for use in coloring hair and related methods Human Necessities 11 Expired
US5169403A Direct dyes having a quaternary center with a long aliphatic chain Human Necessities 11 Expired
US5486629A Direct dyes having a quaternary center with a long aliphatic chain Chemistry; Metallurgy 10 Expired
US5256823A Quarternized monoalkylenediamine nitrobenzene compounds and their use as dyes for keratinaceous fibers Human Necessities 10 Expired
US5540738A Oxidative hair coloring composition and process for dyeing human keratinous fibers Human Necessities 10 Expired
US4975092A Processes for coloring and/or conditioning hair Human Necessities 8 Expired
US5314505A Aminoan thraquinone dyes having a quaternary center with a long aliphatic chain Human Necessities 8 Expired
US5049381A Skin coloring compositions containing indoles and quaternary ammonium salts Human Necessities 6 Expired
US5073173A Dye couplers Chemistry; Metallurgy 6 Expired
US5420362A Synthesis of 2-methyl-1-naphthol Chemistry; Metallurgy 6 Expired
US6743264B2 Two step permanent coloring of hair Human Necessities 6 Expired
US5183941A Hair dye coupler compounds Chemistry; Metallurgy 5 Expired
US5037640A Skin coloring and sunscreening compositions containing indoles and M-nitro alkoxybenzenes Human Necessities 4 Expired
US7066968B2 Efficient two-step method of coloring and lightening hair with less damage Human Necessities 4 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.