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Beauty Secrets: Table 4. Proctor and Gamble holds more phthalate-related cosmetic patents than any other company
| Assignee | Number of patents | Products for which DBP is proposed as essential or possible additive |
|---|---|---|
| The Procter & Gamble (Cincinnati, OH) | 37 | lotion, hairspray, mousse, gel, lotion, cream, pomade, hair spray, conditioner, spritz, hair tonic, facial moisturizers, foundations, lipsticks, mascaras, nail polishes, oral pharmaceuticals, hair loss treatments |
| L'Oreal (Bureau D. A. Casalonga-Josse) | 10 | hair and nail products |
| Lever Brothers Company (New York, NY) | 4 | deodorant, skin and hair cleansers |
| LVMH Recherche (FR) | 4 | nail varnish |
| Shiseido Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) | 4 | skin cream for pharmaceuticals or night cream |
| Kirker Enterprises, Inc. (Paterson, NJ) | 3 | nail enamel |
| Mansouri; Zari (828 Port Walk Pl., Redwood Shores, CA 94065) | 3 | skin lotions |
| Maybelline Cosmetics Corporation (Wilmington, DE) | 3 | nail enamel |
| Woodward Laboratories, Inc. (Los Alamitos, CA) | 3 | nail products |
| Almell, Ltd. (Dallas, TX) | 2 | nail products |
| Astra Aktiebolag (Sodertalje, SE) | 2 | lotions and skin creams |
| Bar-Shalom; Daniel (Rypevaenget 213, DK-2980 Kokkedal, DK); Bukh; Niels (Strandvejen 122, DK-2900 Hellerup, DK) | 2 | product to treat or prevent baldness |
| Focal, Inc. (Lexington, MA) | 2 | in creams, gels, powders, etc applied to skin |
| Perio Products, Ltd. (Jerusalem, IL); Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Jerusalem, IL) | 2 | product to treat tooth and gum disease |
| Akzo Nobel NV (Arnhem, NL) | 1 | fabric softeners and personal care compositions |
| Anheuser-Busch, Incorporated (St. Louis, MO) | 1 | gelled antiperspirant |
| Chesebrough-Pond's USA Co., Division of Conopco, Inc. (Greenwich, CT) | 1 | product to treat or prevent baldness |
| Colgate Palmolive Company (New York, NY) | 1 | antiperspirant and deodorant gels |
| Digestive Care Inc. (Lebanon, NJ) | 1 | coating ingredient for oral pharmaceutical |
| Eastman Chemical Company (Kingsport, TN) | 1 | nail products |
| E-L Management Corp. (New York, NY) | 1 | foundation, blushes, eye shadow, lipstick |
| Elizabeth Arden Co., Division of Conopco, Inc. (New York, NY) | 1 | skin products |
| Goldiner; Arthur (1565 Strand Way, Oceano, CA 93445); Camplese; Linda (1565 Strand Way, Oceano, CA 93445) | 1 | custom fit teeth |
| Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien (Duesseldorf, DE) | 1 | skin care and hair care formulations |
| Kao Corporation (Tokyo, JP) | 1 | emulsion for general cosmetics |
| Kao Corporation (Tokyo, JP); Taiyo Kagaku Co., Ltd. (Yokkaichi, JP) | 1 | hair care products |
| Kraft General Foods, Inc. (Northfield, IL) | 1 | sunscreen |
| Laboratoires Virbac (Carros, FR) | 1 | added to stabilize drugs |
| Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company (St. Paul, MN) | 1 | general cosmetics and personal care products |
| Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo, JP) | 1 | hair care products |
| Resler; Renee (3046 E. Marlette, Phoenix, AZ 85016) | 1 | nail products |
| Revlon Consumer Products (NY, NY) | 1 | nail enamel |
| Rhodia Chimie (Courbevoie, FR) | 1 | hair and skin care products (sprays, tonic lotions, gels, mousses) |
| Rhone-Poulenc Chimie (Courbevoie Cedex, FR) | 1 | nail varnishes |
| Unilever Patent Holding B.V. (Vlaardingen, NL) | 1 | skin and hair care products, antiperspirants |
| Wacker-Chemie GmbH (DE) | 1 | nail varnish |
| Warner-Lambert Company (Morris Plains, NJ) | 1 | chewing gum and candy |
| Witco Corporation (Greenwich, CT) | 1 | conditioning products for skin and hair |
Source: Environmental Working Group.