Anti-dandruff shampoo

US9242002B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Conopco, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Kavssery Parameswaran Ananthapadmanabhan · Highland Mills, US
• Caroline Alexandra Hall · Bebington, GB
• Albert Joseph Post · Orange, US
• Georgia Shafer · Garfield, US
• Graham Andrew Turner · Bebington, GB
• Aneliya Nikolova Zdravkova · Bebington, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 14, 2011
• Grant date: Jan 26, 2016
• Expiry date: Nov 13, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61Q19/00
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to an anti-dandruff shampoo comprising: —a) from 0.1 to 5 wt. % of an anti-dandruff zinc salt; b) from 1 to 8 wt. % of an alkyl glycinate and/or alkyl carboxyglycinate; c) from 2 to 16 wt. % of an alkyl sulphate and/or an ethoxylated alkyl sulfate anionic surfactant; and, d) from 1 to 10 wt. % of a fatty acyl isethionate product which product comprises 40 to 80 wt. % fatty acyl isethionate and 15 to 50 wt. % free fatty acid and/or fatty acid salt and to the use of a surfactant system comprising components b) to d) to provide an improvement to the skin stratum corneum barrier.