Patrick Obukowho

Patrick Obukowho is a Nigerian born American Chemist. Patrick Obukowho earned a B.S. degree in Chemistry from Chicago State University. He was with Luster Products in Chicago before joining Croda International in 1994 as an Application Specialist. He later became the Research Manager / Personal Care Applications for several years while at Croda. He was then promoted to Executive Program Manager - Ethnic Product Development.
Mr. Obukowho's work has resulted in several publications and patents. He has over 20 years of experience in the personal care industry and is a recognized industry expert on Ethnic Hair Care and Skin Care Product formulation and raw material evaluation.
In September 2005, Mr. Obukowho founded Advantage Research Lab, LLC, a consulting firm for the personal care industry, specializing in the art and science of ethnic hair and skin care product development. Mr. Obukowho has been an invited speaker at numerous conferences, both domestic and international. He is lecturing member for the Society of Cosmetic Chemists on Ethnic Product Formulation / Chemistry.

• Neutralizing Hair Composition/US20110253160 - Patent Description
• Emulsifying System/US20070048241 (Co-Inventor with Abel Pereira, Kevin Gallagher, Robert Comber) Patent Description
• Esters of Aromatic Alkoxylated Alcohols and Fatty Carboxylic Acids (Co-Inventor with Abel Pereira, Christopher Westergom)- Patent Description
• Alkoxylated Fatty Alcohol Dicarboxylic Acid Esters/US6476254 (Co-Inventor with Abel Pereira) - Patent Description
• Neutralizing Hair Compositions And Methods/US20110253161 (Co-Inventor with Abel Pereira, Gary Grey, Mark Szelast) - Patent Description
• Fatty Alcohol Phosphate Ester Emulsifier Compositions/US6117915 (Co-Inventor with Abel Pereira,M anuel Gamez Garcia, Nancy King) - Patent Description

• Chemistry and Formulation of Hair Relaxers (Allured - Coming Soon)
• Hair Care Formulation for All Hair Types (Allured - 2007)/ Co-Author