Kao Corporation

Organization

  • Tokyo, JP
  • UNKNOWN SIC - 8880
  • Business Address
    14-10 NIHONBASHI KAYABACHO 1 CHOME CHUO-KU, TOKYO JAPAN M0 103-8210 81336607049
  • Mailing Address
    14-10 NIHONBASHI KAYABACHO 1 CHOME CHUO-KU, TOKYO JAPAN M0 103-8210
  • State Location
    M0
  • State of Incorporation

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

  • Information Patent Grant

    Electrostatic spray device, cartridge, and cover

    • Patent number 12,263,497
    • Issue date Apr 1, 2025
    • Kao Corporation
    • Shinji Kodama
    • B05 - SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATER...
  • Information Patent Grant

    Absorbent article

    • Patent number 12,245,926
    • Issue date Mar 11, 2025
    • Kao Corporation
    • Mina Tomita
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Grant

    Container

    • Patent number 12,246,900
    • Issue date Mar 11, 2025
    • Kao Corporation
    • Shinji Watanabe
    • B65 - CONVEYING PACKING STORING HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • Information Patent Grant

    Dispenser for cosmetics

    • Patent number D1064648
    • Issue date Mar 4, 2025
    • KAO Germany GmbH
    • Sebastian Kraus
    • D06 - Furnishings
  • Information Patent Grant

    Dispenser

    • Patent number 12,233,428
    • Issue date Feb 25, 2025
    • Kao Corporation
    • Takashi Yamada
    • B05 - SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATER...
  • Information Patent Grant

    Bleaching and coloring composition for keratin fibers comprising di...

    • Patent number 12,233,141
    • Issue date Feb 25, 2025
    • Kao Corporation
    • Anja Aechtner
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Grant

    Fiber sheet and method for producing same

    • Patent number 12,227,634
    • Issue date Feb 18, 2025
    • Kao Corporation
    • Kenichi Saitou
    • C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
  • Information Patent Grant

    Method for suppressing adhesion of air harmful substances

    • Patent number 12,226,500
    • Issue date Feb 18, 2025
    • Kao Corporation
    • Jia Shi
    • B82 - NANO-TECHNOLOGY
  • Information Patent Grant

    Herbicide composition

    • Patent number 12,225,902
    • Issue date Feb 18, 2025
    • Kao Corporation
    • Takahito Ui
    • A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING
  • Information Patent Grant

    Binder resin compositions for toner

    • Patent number 12,228,884
    • Issue date Feb 18, 2025
    • Kao Corporation
    • Kota Ijichi
    • G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
  • Information Patent Grant

    Method for producing coating film

    • Patent number 12,226,497
    • Issue date Feb 18, 2025
    • Kao Corporation
    • Satoshi Ozawa
    • A45 - HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
  • Information Patent Grant

    Method for producing protein

    • Patent number 12,227,782
    • Issue date Feb 18, 2025
    • Kao Corporation
    • Nozomu Shibata
    • C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY BEER SPIRITS WINE VINEGAR MICROBIOLOGY ENZYMOLOGY MUTATION...
  • Information Patent Grant

    Hair cosmetic composition

    • Patent number 12,220,478
    • Issue date Feb 11, 2025
    • Kao Corporation
    • Ryosuke Suzuki
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Grant

    Process for reshaping keratin fibers

    • Patent number 12,220,472
    • Issue date Feb 11, 2025
    • KAO Germany GmbH
    • Steven Breakspear
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Grant

    Electrostatic image development toner

    • Patent number 12,216,431
    • Issue date Feb 4, 2025
    • Kao Corporation
    • Yuta Izumiya
    • G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
  • Information Patent Grant

    Cleanser

    • Patent number 12,208,156
    • Issue date Jan 28, 2025
    • Kao Corporation
    • Yuko Nagasaki
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Grant

    Modified cellulose fiber powder

    • Patent number 12,209,146
    • Issue date Jan 28, 2025
    • Kao Corporation
    • Takuma Tsuboi
    • C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
  • Information Patent Grant

    Concavo-convex plate for electric spinning method

    • Patent number 12,209,329
    • Issue date Jan 28, 2025
    • Kao Corporation
    • Teruyuki Fukuda
    • D01 - NATURAL OR ARTIFICIAL THREADS OR FIBRES SPINNING
  • Information Patent Grant

    Cosmetic composition

    • Patent number 12,194,127
    • Issue date Jan 14, 2025
    • Kao Corporation
    • Tomoka Maekawa
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Grant

    Handle for brush head

    • Patent number D1056514
    • Issue date Jan 7, 2025
    • Kao USA Inc.
    • Yanbo Zhu
    • D04 - Brushware
  • Information Patent Grant

    Water-absorbing composition and production method therefor

    • Patent number 12,186,733
    • Issue date Jan 7, 2025
    • Kao Corporation
    • Yuki Takada
    • B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
  • Information Patent Grant

    Dispersant composition for electricity storage device electrodes

    • Patent number 12,187,910
    • Issue date Jan 7, 2025
    • Kao Corporation
    • Akito Itoi
    • H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • Information Patent Grant

    Method for producing micronized hydrophobically modified cellulose...

    • Patent number 12,180,615
    • Issue date Dec 31, 2024
    • Kao Corporation
    • Shunsuke Fukui
    • D01 - NATURAL OR ARTIFICIAL THREADS OR FIBRES SPINNING
  • Information Patent Grant

    Hair holder and hair treatment method using same

    • Patent number 12,171,322
    • Issue date Dec 24, 2024
    • Kao Corporation
    • Yoshiyuki Kibe
    • A45 - HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
  • Information Patent Grant

    Process for reshaping keratin fibers

    • Patent number 12,161,742
    • Issue date Dec 10, 2024
    • KAO Germany GmbH
    • Steven Breakspear
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Grant

    Method for estimating physical property of aqueous sample

    • Patent number 12,153,062
    • Issue date Nov 26, 2024
    • Kao Corporation
    • Kenji Hozumi
    • C11 - ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES AND WAXES FATTY ACIDS...
  • Information Patent Grant

    Card for identifying a tone of a sample of human skin

    • Patent number 12,153,979
    • Issue date Nov 26, 2024
    • Kao Corporation
    • Hailey H. Dietz
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
  • Information Patent Grant

    Asphalt composition

    • Patent number 12,152,149
    • Issue date Nov 26, 2024
    • Kao Corporation
    • Hirotaka Kashiwagi
    • E01 - CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
  • Information Patent Grant

    Method for cleaning hard articles

    • Patent number 12,146,118
    • Issue date Nov 19, 2024
    • Kao Corporation
    • Keita Aono
    • C11 - ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES AND WAXES FATTY ACIDS...
  • Information Patent Grant

    Method for recycling containers

    • Patent number 12,145,294
    • Issue date Nov 19, 2024
    • Kao Corporation
    • Takahiro Otsuka
    • B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

  • Information Patent Application

    METHOD FOR PRODUCING HOLLOW SILICA PARTICLES

    • Publication number 20250100891
    • Publication date Mar 27, 2025
    • KAO CORPORATION
    • Hiroki HOSHIDA
    • C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
  • Information Patent Application

    PUMP HOUSING ARRANGEMENT AND USE OF A DISPENSER PUMP

    • Publication number 20250099994
    • Publication date Mar 27, 2025
    • KAO GERMANY GMBH
    • Frank ZEITER
    • B05 - SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATER...
  • Information Patent Application

    DISPERSANT FOR POWER STORAGE DEVICE ELECTRODE

    • Publication number 20250092271
    • Publication date Mar 20, 2025
    • KAO CORPORATION
    • Taiki FUKUDA
    • C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
  • Information Patent Application

    STRUCTURE FOR PRODUCING CASTING

    • Publication number 20250091119
    • Publication date Mar 20, 2025
    • KAO CORPORATION
    • Yoshiyuki KIBE
    • B22 - CASTING POWDER METALLURGY
  • Information Patent Application

    FRAGRANCE COMPOSITION

    • Publication number 20250084050
    • Publication date Mar 13, 2025
    • KAO CORPORATION
    • Akari SAITO
    • C11 - ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES AND WAXES FATTY ACIDS...
  • Information Patent Application

    HAIR CLEANSING COMPOSITION

    • Publication number 20250064695
    • Publication date Feb 27, 2025
    • KAO CORPORATION
    • Megumi IMAI
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Application

    COMPOSITION

    • Publication number 20250066693
    • Publication date Feb 27, 2025
    • KAO CORPORATION
    • Masahiro SUZUKI
    • B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
  • Information Patent Application

    EMULSION COMPOSITION

    • Publication number 20250064693
    • Publication date Feb 27, 2025
    • KAO CORPORATION
    • Shunsuke TAKAGI
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Application

    CLEANING AGENT COMPOSITION FOR HARD ARTICLES

    • Publication number 20250059465
    • Publication date Feb 20, 2025
    • KAO CORPORATION
    • Dongyao LI
    • C11 - ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES AND WAXES FATTY ACIDS...
  • Information Patent Application

    METHOD FOR PRODUCING EXTRACT COMPOSITION

    • Publication number 20250057905
    • Publication date Feb 20, 2025
    • KAO CORPORATION
    • Yuka YAMAZAWA
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Application

    DISPERSANT COMPOSITION FOR POWER STORAGE DEVICE ELECTRODES

    • Publication number 20250062356
    • Publication date Feb 20, 2025
    • KAO CORPORATION
    • Taiki FUKUDA
    • H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • Information Patent Application

    SURFACE-COATED INORGANIC PARTICLES

    • Publication number 20250057753
    • Publication date Feb 20, 2025
    • KAO CORPORATION
    • Moeko ASANO
    • C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
  • Information Patent Application

    NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE UTILIZING SNARE

    • Publication number 20250059245
    • Publication date Feb 20, 2025
    • KAO CORPORATION
    • Keimon SAYAMA
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Application

    ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPMENT TONER

    • Publication number 20250053107
    • Publication date Feb 13, 2025
    • KAO CORPORATION
    • Kunihiro KANO
    • C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
  • Information Patent Application

    NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE UTILIZING SNARE

    • Publication number 20250049905
    • Publication date Feb 13, 2025
    • KAO CORPORATION
    • Keimon SAYAMA
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Application

    SURFACE-COATED PARTICLES

    • Publication number 20250049695
    • Publication date Feb 13, 2025
    • KAO CORPORATION
    • Moeko ASANO
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Application

    CLEANING AGENT COMPOSITION

    • Publication number 20250051689
    • Publication date Feb 13, 2025
    • KAO CORPORATION
    • Dongyao LI
    • B08 - CLEANING
  • Information Patent Application

    NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE UTILIZING SNARE

    • Publication number 20250049913
    • Publication date Feb 13, 2025
    • KAO CORPORATION
    • Keimon SAYAMA
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Application

    NOVEL PROMOTER

    • Publication number 20250051785
    • Publication date Feb 13, 2025
    • KAO CORPORATION
    • Hikaru NAGAI
    • C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY BEER SPIRITS WINE VINEGAR MICROBIOLOGY ENZYMOLOGY MUTATION...
  • Information Patent Application

    DETERGENT COMPOSITION

    • Publication number 20250051696
    • Publication date Feb 13, 2025
    • KAO CORPORATION
    • Masahiro SUZUKI
    • C11 - ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES AND WAXES FATTY ACIDS...
  • Information Patent Application

    AN AQUEOUS COMPOSITION FOR HAIR

    • Publication number 20250041183
    • Publication date Feb 6, 2025
    • KAO GERMANY GMBH
    • Q1 UELLNER
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Application

    DYEING METHOD FOR KERATIN FIBERS COMPRISING A DIRECT AZO-DYE AND AN...

    • Publication number 20250041181
    • Publication date Feb 6, 2025
    • KAO CORPORATION
    • Bernd NÖCKER
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Application

    METHOD FOR TREATING KERATIN SUBSTANCE OR FIBER FOR HEAD DECORATION...

    • Publication number 20250041198
    • Publication date Feb 6, 2025
    • KAO CORPORATION
    • Manami SHIMMEN
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Application

    PRODUCTION METHOD FOR AROMATIC HYDROXYCARBOXYLIC ACID CRYSTAL

    • Publication number 20250042833
    • Publication date Feb 6, 2025
    • KAO CORPORATION
    • Sawa MIZOBATA MIYAKE
    • C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
  • Information Patent Application

    FOAMING METHOD

    • Publication number 20250043188
    • Publication date Feb 6, 2025
    • KAO CORPORATION
    • Go NAGAI
    • C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
  • Information Patent Application

    INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM

    • Publication number 20250046462
    • Publication date Feb 6, 2025
    • KAO CORPORATION
    • Yu NIWANO
  • Information Patent Application

    METHOD FOR TREATING KERATIN SUBSTANCE OR FIBER FOR HEAD ORNAMENTAL...

    • Publication number 20250025405
    • Publication date Jan 23, 2025
    • KAO CORPORATION
    • Rina MOGAKI
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Application

    HAIR TREATMENT METHOD

    • Publication number 20250025392
    • Publication date Jan 23, 2025
    • KAO CORPORATION
    • Mikako EZURE
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Application

    METHOD FOR PRODUCING AROMATIC COMPOUND

    • Publication number 20250019728
    • Publication date Jan 16, 2025
    • KAO CORPORATION
    • Jitsuro KANEDA
    • C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY BEER SPIRITS WINE VINEGAR MICROBIOLOGY ENZYMOLOGY MUTATION...
  • Information Patent Application

    METHOD FOR PRODUCING GUERBET ALCOHOL

    • Publication number 20250019329
    • Publication date Jan 16, 2025
    • KAO CORPORATION
    • Satoru ONOZAWA
    • B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL

Trademarklast 30 trademarks

  • Information Trademark

    99099664 - BABY JERGENS

    • Serial number 99099664
    • Filing date Mar 24, 2025
    • KAO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    • 3 - Bleaching preparations and other substances for laundry use
  • Information Trademark

    99096853 - MIRACULOUS RECOVERY

    • Serial number 99096853
    • Filing date Mar 21, 2025
    • Kao Kabushiki Kaisha
    • 3 - Bleaching preparations and other substances for laundry use
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    99045627 - THE RESCUER

    • Serial number 99045627
    • Filing date Feb 18, 2025
    • Kao Kabushiki Kaisha
    • 3 - Bleaching preparations and other substances for laundry use
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    99045648 - INFINITE SMOOTH

    • Serial number 99045648
    • Filing date Feb 18, 2025
    • KAO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    • 3 - Bleaching preparations and other substances for laundry use
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    99045675 - THE CONTROLLER

    • Serial number 99045675
    • Filing date Feb 18, 2025
    • Kao Kabushiki Kaisha
    • 3 - Bleaching preparations and other substances for laundry use
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    98915155 - BONDI SANDS AUSTRALIA

    • Serial number 98915155
    • Filing date Dec 20, 2024
    • KAO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    • 3 - Bleaching preparations and other substances for laundry use
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    98911914 - COLORSPHERE

    • Serial number 98911914
    • Filing date Dec 19, 2024
    • Kao Kabushiki Kaisha
    • 41 - Education
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    98784624 - JOHN FRIEDA

    • Serial number 98784624
    • Filing date Oct 3, 2024
    • Kao Kabushiki Kaisha
    • 35 - Advertising
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    98784617 - ORIBE

    • Serial number 98784617
    • Filing date Oct 3, 2024
    • Kao Kabushiki Kaisha
    • 35 - Advertising
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    98771000 - PAINT & PEEL

    • Serial number 98771000
    • Filing date Sep 26, 2024
    • KAO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    • 5 - Pharmaceutical and veterinary preparations
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    98769560 - SALON REFRESH

    • Serial number 98769560
    • Filing date Sep 25, 2024
    • Kao Kabushiki Kaisha
    • 3 - Bleaching preparations and other substances for laundry use
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    98753099 - JERGENS

    • Serial number 98753099
    • Filing date Sep 16, 2024
    • KAO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    • 35 - Advertising
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    98753083 - BIORÉ

    • Serial number 98753083
    • Filing date Sep 16, 2024
    • KAO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    • 35 - Advertising
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    98753089 - CURÉL

    • Serial number 98753089
    • Filing date Sep 16, 2024
    • KAO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    • 35 - Advertising
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    98753075 - BAN

    • Serial number 98753075
    • Filing date Sep 16, 2024
    • KAO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    • 35 - Advertising
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    98753108 - RE/COVER

    • Serial number 98753108
    • Filing date Sep 16, 2024
    • KAO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    • 35 - Advertising
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    98747675 - FIBER GROOM

    • Serial number 98747675
    • Filing date Sep 12, 2024
    • KAO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    • 3 - Bleaching preparations and other substances for laundry use
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    98707427 - XX

    • Serial number 98707427
    • Filing date Aug 20, 2024
    • KAO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    • 5 - Pharmaceutical and veterinary preparations
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    98707585 - MOS SHOOTER

    • Serial number 98707585
    • Filing date Aug 20, 2024
    • KAO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    • 5 - Pharmaceutical and veterinary preparations
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    98675426 - SUISAI

    • Serial number 98675426
    • Filing date Jul 31, 2024
    • Kao Corporation
    • 3 - Bleaching preparations and other substances for laundry use
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    98675743 - SUISAI BEAUTY CLEAR

    • Serial number 98675743
    • Filing date Jul 31, 2024
    • KAO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    • 3 - Bleaching preparations and other substances for laundry use
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    98662452 - BABU

    • Serial number 98662452
    • Filing date Jul 23, 2024
    • KAO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    • 3 - Bleaching preparations and other substances for laundry use
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    98654531 - JERGENS FUNSHINE

    • Serial number 98654531
    • Filing date Jul 18, 2024
    • KAO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    • 3 - Bleaching preparations and other substances for laundry use
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    98567498 - LAURIER

    • Serial number 98567498
    • Filing date May 24, 2024
    • KAO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    • 5 - Pharmaceutical and veterinary preparations
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    79403928 - NEWTLAC INSIDE

    • Serial number 79403928
    • Filing date May 20, 2024
    • KAO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (also trading as Kao Corporat
    • 1 - Chemicals used in industry, science and photography, as well as in agriculture, horticulture and forestry
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    98541446 - ETERNAL CURLS

    • Serial number 98541446
    • Filing date May 9, 2024
    • KAO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    • 3 - Bleaching preparations and other substances for laundry use
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    98456054 - LUNASE

    • Serial number 98456054
    • Filing date Mar 19, 2024
    • KAO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    • 1 - Chemicals used in industry, science and photography, as well as in agriculture, horticulture and forestry
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    98449086 - BLEMISH CONTROL COMPLEX

    • Serial number 98449086
    • Filing date Mar 14, 2024
    • KAO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    • 3 - Bleaching preparations and other substances for laundry use
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    98424737 - CURÉL SKIN CARE ESSENTIALS

    • Serial number 98424737
    • Filing date Feb 28, 2024
    • KAO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    • 3 - Bleaching preparations and other substances for laundry use
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    98404895 - GOLDWELL DIGITAL DEPOT SYSTEM

    • Serial number 98404895
    • Filing date Feb 14, 2024
    • Kao Germany GmbH
    • 9 - Scientific, nautical, surveying, photographic, cinematographic, optical, weighing, measuring, signalling, checking (supervision), life-saving and teaching apparatus and instruments