EP0015030A2
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Skin conditioning compositions
Assignee: Procter and Gamble Co
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Filing: 1980-02-14
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2000-02-14
Abstract
Abstract Skin conditioning compositions, especially compositions for the care of the face, comprising an emulsion which is about 8 to 25% of skin moisturizing ingredients of which about 2.5 to 8% is a sterol, about 10 to 35% is a sugar or a hydroxy alcohol and 5 to 15% is lanolin fatty acids. An emulsifier is also present as a skin moisturizing ingredient. Other oily, moisturizing materials may make up the remainder of the moisturizing fraction.
Inventors
- 👤 Carol Norris Tollet
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 02:07
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61K; A61K8/00; A61K8/18; A61K8/92; A61K8/925; A61K8/30; A61K8/33; A61K8/34; A61K8/345; A61K8/63; A61Q; A61Q19/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
81 words
L. A skin conditioning composition characterized by:- (A) from 8 to 25% of skin moisturizing materials comprising:- (1) an emulsifer; (2) from 2.5 to 8% of a sterol or mixture of sterols; (3) from 10 to 35% of a sugar or hydroxy alcohol selected from the group consisting of C 5 and C 6 monosaccharides, C 5 and C 6 disaccharides, pentahydroxy alcohols, hexahydroxy alcohols and mixtures thereof; and (4) from 5 to 15% of lanolin fatty acids; and (B) water.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
30 words
A'skin conditioning composition according to Claim 1 characterized in that additional oil soluble, skin moisturizing materials are present as a part of the 8 to 25% of skin moisturizing materials.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
66 words
A skin conditioning composition according to Claim 1 or 2 characterized in that the emulsifer is selected from the group consisting of alkali metal soaps, ethanolamine soaps, alkali metal salts of sulfated fatty alcohols having from 12 to 22 carbon atoms, glycerol esters, polyoxyethylene ethers and polyoxyethylene esters and is present in an amount of from 0.4 to 68% of the amount of skin moisturizing materials.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
33 words
A skin conditioning composition according to any of Claims 1 to 3 characterized in the sterol is selected from the group consisting of cholesterol, phytosterol, sitostearol, sitostearol pyroglutomate, 7-dehydrocholesterol lanosterol, and mixtures thereof.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
48 words
A skin conditioning composition according to any of Claims 1 to 4 characterized in that the sugar or hydroxy alcohol is selected from the group consisting of arabinose, xylose, ribose, glucose, galactose, mannose, fructose, lactose, maltose, gentiobiose, celliobiose, sucrose, arabitol, xylitol, adonitol, mannitol, sorbitol, dulcitol, and mixtures thereof.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
A skin conditioning composition according to any of Claims 1 to 5 characterized in that the sterol is cholesterol.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
A skin conditioning composition according to any of Claims 1 to 6 characterized in that the sugar or hydroxy alcohol is sorbitol.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
A skin conditioning composition according to any of Claims 1 to 7 characterized in that in addition it contains from 0.01 to 6% of a thickening agent.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
A skin conditioning composition according to any of Claims 1 to 8 characterized in that the amount of emulsifier is from 0.25 to 2.5%.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
46 words
A skin conditioning composition according to any of Claims 1 to 9 characterized in that the amount of skin moisturizing materials is from 12 to 15% of which 2.5 to 4% is cholesterol, 10 to 25% is sorbitol and 8 to 12% is lanolin fatty acids.
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