I have always been an inventor.
For me, an idea begins with recognizing an unmet need, observing something that could work differently, or imagining a possibility that has yet to be explored.
An Inventive Life
Pioneering Personalized Beauty, Health & Wellness Tech
In 2000, I founded IMX Cosmetics and began an extraordinary chapter of invention and technology development in the beauty industry.
Over the following two decades, I developed technologies combining color science, interactive software, precision dispensing, robotics, and automated formulation. The IMX Mixing Stations invited customers to participate in creating their own personalized cosmetics, bringing together technology and the experience of making something uniquely their own.
What began with early experiments grew into working retail systems, successive generations of prototypes, and an extensive international patent portfolio.
The Reach
of the Inventions
From healthcare and pharmaceuticals to food and beverages, robotics, and industrial manufacturing, patents documenting my inventions in personalized cosmetics have been cited in subsequent patent literature across an extraordinary range of industries.
Examples from this patent research include L'Oréal, The Coca-Cola Company, Disney Enterprises, Procter & Gamble, Shiseido, Sephora, Coty, Airbus, Baxter, Bayer CropScience, and PPG Industries, among many others.
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Watch: Prototype 5 Liquid Dispensing
These historical IMX inventions are presented as an inventor archive. | Current licensing, development, and commercialization opportunities relate exclusively to newly developed innovations.
Inventing What
Comes Next
Today, my work has expanded into restorative tattoo artistry, where I see significant opportunities for innovation across the tattoo industry, restorative medical tattooing, and the broader breast cancer experience.
From the tools available to practitioners to the experiences and options available to individuals navigating treatment and reconstruction, I see gaps that deserve attention. These unmet needs are inspiring the next chapter of my inventive work.
Current Inventions & Collaboration
I am interested in collaborating with multidisciplinary oncology and surgical teams, researchers, tattoo artists, engineers, and industry partners to explore unmet needs and opportunities for innovation.
My current interests include advancing personalized approaches across the breast cancer care journey, beginning before mastectomy and extending through reconstruction and restorative care, as well as developing new tools and technologies for professional tattooing, including medical and restorative applications.
I welcome opportunities for collaborative research, technology development, strategic partnerships, and potential licensing, acquisition, or commercialization of my newly developed intellectual property.
With Love, Dr. Julie | Studio | Winter Park, Florida
The Original “OG” Technologies
Intellectual Property | Historical Invention Archive
The IMX patent portfolio encompasses interconnected technologies involving computerized product selection, individualized formulation, precision dispensing, mechanical automation, robotics, data processing, and customized cosmetic production.
The following categories document representative technical areas addressed by the original inventions, patent claims, and supporting disclosures.
Developed over more than two decades, these technologies evolved through successive generations of engineering, prototypes, and working systems.
Together, they contributed to an inventor portfolio that includes approximately 90 patents granted worldwide, spanning multiple technologies and international jurisdictions.
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Early
IMX Cosmetics
Photograph & Video Diary
Original prototypes and dispensing systems.
IMX Nail Polish Mixing Station | Nordstrom | Fashion Show Mall | Las Vegas, Nevada (2002)
IMX Lip Gloss Mixing Station | Barneys New York, Madison Avenue | New York, NYC (2002)
Programming the IMX Cosmetics MX Stick, an RFID-enabled component of the personalized nail polish and lip gloss color selection and mixing systems (2002)
From Concept to Working Prototype
An archival look at the ideas, mechanisms, and experiments developed throughout my inventive career.
01
Prototype 1
Powder Dispensing (2001)
02
Prototypes 1 & 2
Liquid & Powder Dispensing
Interactive Promotional DVD (2001)
03
Prototype 3
Mixing Station Screensaver; Affirmations of Confidence & Individuality (2001)
04
Prototype 3
Liquid & Powder Dispensing
Mixing Station Demo
Fred Segal, Santa Monica (2003)
05
Prototype 4
Liquid Dispensing
06
Prototype 5
Lip Gloss Mixing Station
Interactive User Interface (UI) Demo
07
Prototype 5
Liquid Dispensing
IMX Mixing Station 3.0
08
Prototype 6
Liquid & Powder Dispensing
Cosmetic Sample Animation
2014 | Crain’s Detroit Business — Eureka Index Ranked IMX Cosmetics 5th in Patent Innovation
2018 | Crain’s Detroit Business — Notable Women in Manufacturing
Julie Bartholomew, MD [FounderMade Beauty] - Customization Unleashed
THE GLOBAL REACH
Patent
Citation Index
Organizations and independent inventors identified in patent literature referencing my earlier inventions.
Access Business Group
Adelpi
Advanced Semiconductor
Advanced Solutions Life Sciences
Engineering
Advanced Technology Materials
Airbus España
Akzo Nobel Coatings International B.V.
Alan T. Rudy
Amorepacific
Aquavit Pharmaceuticals
Baxter
Bayer CropScience
Behr Process Corporation
BIC
Castrol
Cindy A. Burklow
The Coca-Cola Company
CoLabs International
Coty
David Simmons
Disney Enterprises
DOPAG
Dow AgroSciences
DuPont
Enable-Skin
Fillon Technologies
Fluid Management
Fonterra
Fresenius Kabi
Gary Shuster
GFI Innovations
GOJO Industries
Hao Zhiyong and co-inventors
Hitachi High-Tech
Ho Lee
Holger Blum
Initech Inc.
Inspur
Jean-Pierre Solignac
Jeffrey High
Kval, Inc.
Lam Research
Lenteq LP
LG Household & Health Care
LG Electronics — Hydrogel Technologies
L'Oréal
MABAT SARL
Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen
MatchCo
McKesson Automation Systems
McNeil-PPC, Inc.
Medical Dispensing Systems B.V.
Mettler Toledo
MiiC America
NCH Corporation
NCR
Noustique Perfumes, S.L.
Oracle International Corporation
Optum
Perfect Shape Cosmetics
PerkinElmer
Prescient Logistics
Procter & Gamble
PPG Industries
Quest International Fragrances
Reed Quinn
Rohm and Haas Company
The Royal Promotion Group (RPG)
Sakura Finetek
Savaqwa, Ltd.
S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
Scentronix
Searete LLC
Sega Corporation
Sephora
Shiseido
Spencer Quinn
Stacey Ehlers
Stibbe Management BV
Tastetro
Teruaki Yogo and co-inventors
UV Polimer Sp. z o.o.
Walmart Apollo LLC
Welch Allyn
Wella GmbH
X-Rite Pantone
Young Nails
Yuanhao Zhou and co-inventors
Yuv Beauty, Inc.
01 Agriculture & Environmental Technologies→
02 Automotive Color, Coatings & Lubricants→
03 Beauty, Cosmetics & Fragrance→
04 Biomedical, Skin & Dental Technologies→
05 Digital Technologies & Connected Personalization→
06 Food, Beverage & Culinary Technologies→
07 Household Products & Personalized Formulation→
08 Industrial Materials & Precision Dispensing→
09 Jewelry, Fashion & Consumer Design→
10 Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare & Laboratories→
11 Retail Automation & Consumer Experiences→
12 Semiconductors, Aerospace & Robotics→
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