Stable, patterned multi-phased personal care composition

US7666825B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Julie Ann Wagner · Cincinnati, US
• Karl Shiqing Wei · Mason, US
• Edward Dewey Smith, III · Mason, US
• Sanjeev Midha · Mason, US
• James Merle Heinrich · Lancaster, US
• Scott William Syfert · Stanton, US
• Robert John Strife · Sharonville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 5, 2005
• Grant date: Feb 23, 2010
• Expiry date: Aug 5, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61Q19/10
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A multi-phase personal care composition is described that comprises a first visually distinct structured phase and a second visually distinct structured phase. The first visually distinct structured phase comprises a cleansing phase that includes about 2% to about 23.5%, by weight of the cleansing phase, of surfactant component. Preferably, the surfactant component comprises at least one branched anionic surfactant.