Personal care compositions comprising a zinc containing material in an aqueous surfactant composition

US8119168B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Eric Scott Johnson · Hamilton, US
• Elizabeth Crane · Elk Grove Village, US
• James Robert Schwartz · Sharonville, US
• Carl Margraf · Cincinnati, US
• Gregory Tormos · Loveland, US
• David Warnke · St. Bernard, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 18, 2003
• Grant date: Feb 21, 2012
• Expiry date: Jun 18, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61Q17/005
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Disclosed are compositions comprising an effective amount of a zinc containing material having an aqueous solubility within the composition of less than about 25% by weight at 25° C.; from about 5% to about 50% of a surfactant; and from about 40% to about 95% water; wherein the pH of the composition is greater than about 7. Further disclosed are compositions comprising an effective amount of a zinc containing material having an aqueous solubility within the composition of less than about 25% by weight at 25° C.; from about 5% to about 50% of a surfactant; and from about 0.1% to about 5% of a zinc ionophoric material; from about 40% to about 95% water; and wherein the pH of the composition is greater than about 7.