Sunscreen compounds and compositions containing same and methods for use thereof
US7276230B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 23, 2003 |
| Grant date | Oct 2, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 20, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61K2800/52
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
There is provided a photostable and synergistically enhanced topical sunscreen composition that provides increased substantivity, waterproofness, sweat resistance and rub off resistance. There is further provided methods of enhancing the photostability of a sunscreen active in a topical sunscreen composition, synergistically enhancing the UV absorbance of a topical sunscreen composition having a sunscreen active, and enhancing the substantivity, waterproofness, sweat resistance and rub off resistance in a topical sunscreen composition. The preferred compositions and methods have a sunscreen active, a cosmetically acceptable vehicle, and novel 2-substituted-3,3-diaryl-2-propenoic acid derivatives with [A] a C16 to C50 straight or branched chain, substituted or un-substituted, conjugated or non-conjugated hydrocarbon, or [B] a siloxane, polysiloxane, organo-modified polysiloxane residue, a group represented by the formula R10[Si(R10)2]n— and R11 which is a silicone residue derived from a silicone represented by the formula R11OH having a molecular weight up to about 30,000, wherein each R10 is independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkoxy, aryl and aryloxy and n i…
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