Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
124 words
A thickening combination comprising, in an aqueous medium: a) a component (A) comprising at least one gum selected from the group consisting of guar gums and nonionic cellulose gums having no hydrophobic group, and having a viscosity, as a 1.5 weight % solution in water, measured with a Drage unit 2 at 25° C., greater than 15×10 -3 Pa.s; b) a component (B) comprising at least one cross-linked polymer selected from the group consisting of: (i) copolymers of acrylamide and ammonium acrylate; (ii) copolymers of acrylamide and partially or totally neutralized 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid; (iii) copolymers of acrylamide and methacryloyloxyethyltrimethylammonium chloride; and (iv) homopolymers of methacryloyloxyethyltrimethylammonium chloride; the crosslinked polymer/guar gum or cellulose gum ratio, as weight of active material, being between 0.2 and 10.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
124 words
A thickening combination comprising, in an aqueous medium: a) a component (A) comprising at least one gum selected from the group consisting of guar gums and nonionic cellulose gums having no hydrophobic group, and having a viscosity, as a 1.5 weight % solution in water, measured with a Drage unit 2 at 25° C., greater than 15×10 -3 Pa.s; b) a component (B) comprising at least one cross-linked polymer selected from the group consisting of: (i) copolymers of acrylamide and ammonium acrylate; (ii) copolymers of acrylamide and partially or totally neutralized 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid; (iii) copolymers of acrylamide and methacryloyloxyethyltrimethylammonium chloride; and (iv) homopolymers of methacryloyloxyethyltrimethylammonium chloride; the crosslinked polymer/guar gum or cellulose gum ratio, as weight of active material, being between 0.2 and 10.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
63 words
The combination as claimed in claim 1, wherein the guar gum or cellulose gum of the component (A) is selected from the group consisting of hydroxypropylated guar gums, guar gum, methylhydroxypropylcellulose, methylcellulose, hydroxypropylcellulose, hydroxyethylcellulose and methylhydroxyethylcellulose, the viscosities of which, as a 1.5 weight % solution in water, measured with a Drage unit 2 at 25° C., are greater than 15×10 -3 Pa.s.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
45 words
The combination as claimed in claim 1, wherein the polymer of the component (B) is crosslinked by a compound having olefinic polyunsaturation selected from the group consisting of divinylbenzene, tetraallyloxyethane, methylenebisacrylamide, diallyl ether, polyallyl polyglyceryl ethers and allyl ethers of alcohols from the sugar series.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
61 words
The combination as claimed in claim 1, wherein the component (B) is a crosslinked acrylamide-ammonium acrylate (5/95 by weight) copolymer in the form of a water-in-oil emulsion, comprising 30 weight % of said copolymer, 25 weight % of liquid paraffin, 4 weight % of a mixture of sorbitan stearate and of a hydrophilic ethoxylated derivative and 41 weight % of water.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
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The combination as claimed in claim 1, wherein the component (B) is a crosslinked acrylamide-2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid copolymer partially or totally neutralized by sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, ammonia or an amine, in the form of an oil-in-water emulsion containing 35 to 40 weight % of said copolymer, 15 to 25 weight % of a mixture of C 12 -C 13 isoparaffin hydrocarbons, from 3 to 8 weight % of lauryl ether of poly(ethylene glycol) containing 7 mol of ethylene oxide, and water.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
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The combination as claimed in claim 1, wherein the component (B) is a crosslinked acrylamide-methacryloyloxyethyltrimethylammonium chloride (20/80 by weight) copolymer in the form of a dispersion containing 50% of said copolymer in mineral oil.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
33 words
The combination as claimed in claim 1, wherein the component (B) is a methacryloyloxyethyltrimethylammonium chloride homopolymer crosslinked by methylenebisacrylamide in the form of a dispersion containing 50% of said homopolymer in mineral oil.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
31 words
A cosmetic or dermatological hair or skin treatment composition, comprising, in a physiologically acceptable aqueous medium, at least the combination of the components (A) and (B) as defined in claim 1.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
67 words
The composition as claimed in claim 8, wherein the guar gum or nonionic cellulose gum of the component (A) is present in active material concentrations of between 0.1 and 10 weight %, and wherein the crosslinked polymer of the component (B) is present in proportions of between 0.1 and 10 weight %, the percentages by weight being defined with respect to the total weight of the composition.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
28 words
The composition as claimed in claim 8 which is in gel or emulsion form or in the form of a vesicular dispersion of ionic or nonionic amphiphilic lipids.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
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The composition as claimed in claim 8, wherein the physiologically acceptable medium is water or an aqueous/alcoholic medium.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
78 words
The composition as claimed in claim 8, which additionally contains an additive commonly used in cosmetics or dermatology, selected from the group consisting of fragrances, dyes, preservatives, sequestering agents, vegetable oils, animal oils, synthetic oils, sunscreens, agents for combating free radicals, surface-active agents, anionic natural polymers, anionic synthetic polymers, nonionic natural polymers, nonionic synthetic polymers, amphoteric natural polymers, amphoteric synthetic polymers, cationic natural polymers, cationic synthetic polymers, quaternized proteins, unquaternized proteins, conditioning agents, propellants, silicones and moisturizing agents.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
37 words
The composition as claimed in claim 8 intended for hair treatment, which is packaged in the form of a hair gel or cream for combating hair loss or dandruff or in the form of a styling gel.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
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The composition as claimed in claim 8 intended for skin treatment, which is packaged in the form of a gel or cream for care, in the form of a shaving product or in the form of a sun cream or gel.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
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A process for the cosmetic treatment of hair, wherein a composition as defined in claim 13 is applied to hair and optionally rinsed.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
21 words
A process for the cosmetic treatment of skin, wherein a composition as defined in claim 14 is applied to the skin.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
32 words
The composition as claimed in claim 8, wherein the guar gum or nonionic cellulose gum of the component (A) is present in active material concentrations of between 0.2 and 5 weight %.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
26 words
The composition as claimed in claim 8, wherein the crosslinked polymer of the component (B) is present in proportions of between 0.5 and 7 weight %.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
40 words
The composition as claimed in claim 8 which additionally contains an effective amount of a dermatologically active substance selected from the group consisting of natural pigments, depigmenting agents, antiseborrheic, antiacne, antiinflammatory and antidandruff agents, and agents for combating hair loss.