Despite products for hair being a worldwide multi-billion dollar industry patent activity over the last 12 months has been relatively quiet. A quick search for hair product compositions granted in the US shows less than 25, of which nearly half are for hair colouring formulations. At the 26th IFSCC congress 2010, held in Buenos Aires in September this year, there were only six podium and two poster presentations 'where hair was the main topic.
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