DELIVERY OF SURFACTANT SOLUBLE ANTI-DANDRUFF AGENT

• US 20160310393A1
• Filed: 04/22/2016
• Published: 10/27/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
• Original Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
• Inventors: Edwards, Allison Lynn, Carter, Michelle Lynn, Chang, Debora W., Johnson, Eric Scott, Glenn, Robert Wayne Jr., Thompson, Todd Ryan
• Granted Patent: US 11,291,616 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2800/5426 cationic
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2800/59 Mixtures
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2800/594 Mixtures of polymers
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2800/596 Mixtures of surface active compounds
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2800/87 Application Devices; Containers; Packaging
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/046 Aerosols; Foams
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/20 Halogens; Compounds thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/31 Hydrocarbons
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/34 Alcohols
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/368 with carboxyl groups directly bound to carbon atoms of aromatic rings
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/37 Esters of carboxylic acids
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/442 substituted by amido group(s)
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/463 containing sulfuric acid derivatives, e.g. sodium lauryl sulfate
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/4926 having six membered rings
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/4946 Imidazoles or their condensed derivatives, e.g. benzimidazoles
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/58 containing atoms other than carbon, hydrogen, halogen, oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur or phosphorus
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/731 Cellulose; Quaternized cellulose derivatives
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/737 Galactomannans, e.g. guar; Derivatives thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/817 Compositions of homopolymers or copolymers of compounds having one or more unsaturated aliphatic radicals, each having only one carbon-to-carbon double bond, and at least one being terminated by a single or double bond to nitrogen or by a heterocyclic ring containing nitrogen; Compositions or derivatives of such polymers, e.g. vinylimidazol, vinylcaprolactame, allylamines (Polyquaternium 6)
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 5/006 Antidandruff preparations
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 5/02 : Preparations for cleaning the hair
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 5/12 : Preparations containing hair conditioners

Abstract

A hair care composition directed to from about 14% to about 40% of one or more surfactants; from about 0.1% to 10% of one or more surfactant soluble antidandruff agents; wherein when the hair care composition is diluted to 1.3% surfactant concentration has a ratio of surfactant diffusion coefficient to soluble agent diffusion coefficient less than 0.6 or greater than 1.4.

Claims

1. A hair care composition comprising:

a) from about 14% to about 40% of one or more surfactants;

b) from about 0.1% to 10% of one or more surfactant soluble antidandruff agents;

wherein when the hair care composition is diluted to 1.3% surfactant concentration has a ratio of surfactant diffusion coefficient to soluble agent diffusion coefficient less than 0.8 or greater than 1.2.

2. A hair care composition according to claim 1 wherein when the hair care composition is diluted to 1.3% surfactant concentration has a ratio of surfactant diffusion coefficient to soluble agent diffusion coefficient less than or equal to 0.6 and greater than or equal to 1.4.

3. A hair care composition according to claim 1 wherein the surfactant is an anionic surfactant or combinations of anionic surfactants.

4. A hair care composition according to claim 1 wherein the surfactant is an anionic surfactant selected from the group consisting of anionic alkyl sulfates and alkyl ether sulfates having straight or branched alkyl chains and mixtures thereof.

5. A hair care composition according to claim 1 wherein the surfactant is an anionic surfactant selected from the group consisting of:

a) R₁O(CH₂CHR₃O)_ySO₃M;

b) CH₃(CH₂)_zCHR₂CH₂O(CH₂CHR₃O)_ySO₃M; and

c) mixtures thereof,

where R₁ represents CH₃ (CH₂)₁₀, R₂ represents H or a hydrocarbon radical comprising 1 to 4 carbon atoms such that the sum of the carbon atoms in z and R₂ is 8, R₃ is H or CH₃, y is 0 to 7, the average value of y is about 1 when y is not zero (0), and M is a monovalent or divalent, positively-charged cation.

6. A hair care composition according to claim 1 wherein the surfactant is a surfactant or combination of surfactants selected from the group consisting of sodium lauryl sulfate, sodium laureth-n sulfate where n is between about 0.5 to about 3.5, sodium C10-15 alkyl sulfate where the alkyl chain can be linear or branched, sodium C10-15 pareth-n sulfate where n is between about 0.5 to about 3.5 and the alkyl chain can be linear or branched, sodium decyl sulfate, sodium deceth-n sulfate where n is between about 0.5 to about 3.5, sodium undecyl sulfate, sodium undeceth-n sulfate where n is between 0.5 to about 3.5, sodium tridecyl sulfate, sodium trideceth-n sulfate where n is between about 0.5 to about 3.5, an anionic surfactant selected from the group consisting of:

a) R1O(CH2CHR3O)y SO3M;

b) CH3(CH2)z CHR2CH2O(CH2CHR3O)y SO3M; and

c) mixtures thereof,

where R1 represents CH3(CH2)10, R2 represents H or a hydrocarbon radical comprising 1 to 4 carbon atoms such that the sum of the carbon atoms in z and R2 is 8, R3 is H or CH3, y is 0 to 7, the average value of y is about 1 when y is not zero (0), and M is a monovalent or divalent, positively-charged cation.

7. A hair care composition according to claim 1 further comprising from about 0.25% to about 15% of one or more amphoteric, nonionic or zwitterionic co-surfactants.

8. A hair care composition according to claim 1 wherein the surfactant soluble agent is a hydroxyl pyridone.

9. A hair care composition according to claim 8 wherein the hydroxyl pyridone is piroctone olamine.

10. A hair care composition according to claim 1 wherein the surfactant soluble agent is an azole.

11. A hair care composition according to claim 10 wherein the azole is climbazole.

12. A hair care composition according to claim 1 wherein the composition further comprising a cationic polymer.

13. A hair care composition according to claim 1 wherein the composition further comprising a conditioning agent.

14. A hair care composition according to claim 13 wherein the conditioning agent is a silicone.

15. A hair care composition according to claim 1 further comprising one or more scalp health agent.

16. A hair care composition according to claim 15 wherein the scalp health agent is zinc pyrithione.

17. A hair care composition according to claim 15 wherein the scalp health agent is salicylic acid.

18. A hair care composition according to claim 15 wherein the scalp health agent is menthol and/or menthyl lactate.

19. A hair care composition according to claim 1 further comprising from about 1% to about 7% of a perfume.

20. A hair care composition according to claim 1 wherein the hair care composition is dispensed as a foam.

21. A hair care composition according to claim 20 wherein the hair care composition is dispensed as an aerosol foam.

22. A hair care composition according to claim 21 wherein a propellant or a blowing agent to dispense the composition as an aerosol foam is a chemically inert hydrocarbon, a halogenated hydrocarbon, and mixtures thereof.

23. A hair care composition according to claim 20 wherein the hair care composition is dispensed as a pumped foam.

24. A hair care composition according to claim 1 wherein the hair care composition is applied using an applicator.