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Light screening agents

US6033649A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 4, 1996
Grant dateMar 7, 2000
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Expiry dateDec 4, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61K2800/52
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Photostable, cosmetic light-screening composition, comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable vehicle containing at least one fatty phase, about 0.1 to about 5%, in particular about 1 to about 3% by weight, of a dibenzoylmethane type UV-A screening agent and at least about 0.5%, in particular about 0.5 to about 4.5% by weight, of a .alpha.-cyano-.beta.,.beta.-diphenyl-acrylate stabilizer, the mole ratio of the acrylate to the dibenzoylmethane derivative being less than 0.8, if the amount of the dibenzoylmethane is 1% or more, and, optionally, at least one conventional UV-B filter.

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