Drug – bio-affecting and body treating compositions – Live hair or scalp treating compositions – Polymer containing
Reexamination Certificate
1999-06-29
2003-03-25
Page, Thurman K. (Department: 1615)
Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
Live hair or scalp treating compositions
Polymer containing
C424S070100, C424S070110, C424S070150, C424S070160, C424S078080, C424S078170, C424S078240
Reexamination Certificate
active
06537532
ABSTRACT:
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to water or alcohol soluble or dispersible silicone grafted thermoplastic elastomeric copolymers and to cosmetic and pharmaceutical compositions containing these copolymers. These copolymers are useful for hair setting and styling purposes. A particularly useful application for these copolymers is in hair spray and mousse compositions. This invention further relates to copolymers useful for incorporating into cosmetic and pharmaceutical compositions for topical application to the skin. Skin care compositions containing these copolymers are useful for delivering and/or transdermally transporting a wide variety of active ingredients to and/or through the skin.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In the hair care area, the desire to have hair retain a particular style or shape is widely held. Such style retention is generally accomplished by either of two routes: permanent chemical alteration of the hair fiber or temporary alteration of hair style or shape. A temporary alteration is one which can be removed by water or by shampooing. Temporary style alteration has generally been accomplished by application of a composition to dampened hair after shampooing and/or conditioning and prior to drying and/or styling. Products in the form of mousses, gels, lotions, or sprays are most commonly used for this purpose. Once the desired style is achieved, spray products are commonly used to help retain the style. These various hair care products utilize a variety of gums and resins for providing styling and retention. However, the gums and resins currently used tend to feel either too sticky or too stiff upon the hair. Also, these gums and resins do not wash out as easily as desired. Therefore, the need exists for improved styling and style retention materials which provide a strong, lasting, hold without being either too stiff or too sticky, and yet which are easily removed by shampooing. Furthermore, because most hair care styling compositions are water and/or alcohol based, it is necessary that these materials have good solubility or dispersibility in these bases.
Thermoplastic elastomeric copolymers are well known. These copolymers combine thermoplastic properties, which give them solubility and strength, with rubber-like elastic properties, which give them flexibility and shape retention. However, despite these highly desirable properties, most thermoplastic elastomeric copolymers are generally insoluble or poorly soluble in water and/or alcohol systems and would not be suitable in hair care compositions. Therefore, thermoplastic elastomeric copolymers having good water and/or alcohol solubility would be useful for developing improved hair care compositions.
It is also known that polymers can be modified by the incorporation or grafting of silicon. Silicon grafted polymers tend to have a low surface energy and provide unique aesthetic and formulation advantages not usually obtained from non-silicon grafted polymers. However, silicon grafted thermoplastic elastomeric copolymers are heretofore unknown.
In the present invention new classes of thermoplastic elastomeric copolymers have been developed which have the desired flexibility, strength, and elastic properties and yet are readily soluble and/or dispersible in water and/or alcohol systems. These copolymers also incorporate polysiloxane side chains which further modify their surface properties to give them a smooth, slick feel, and make them easier to formulate into a wide variety of vehicles. Furthermore, these materials provide hair care compositions which leave the hair feeling natural, i.e. not very stiff or sticky.
In addition to the hair care benefits provided by silicon containing thermoplastic elastomeric copolymers, it has been found that these materials are also useful for incorporation into a wide variety of cosmetic and pharmaceutical compositions for topical application to the skin. These copolymers provide topical compositions which are more easily and uniformly spread upon the skin, which feel good upon the skin, and yet which are highly substantive. Furthermore, these copolymers are useful for enhancing the penetration of a wide variety of cosmetic and pharmaceutical actives into the skin, or alternatively, through the skin for systemic delivery.
It is an object of the present invention to provide novel, water and/or alcohol soluble and/or dispersible silicone grafted thermoplastic elastomeric copolymers.
It is another object of the present invention to provide novel silicone grafted thermoplastic elastomeric copolymers useful in hair care compositions.
It is another object of the present invention to provide novel hair care compositions having improved styling and/or hold properties and having improved aesthetics.
It is another object of the present invention to provide novel silicone grafted thermoplastic elastomeric copolymers useful in topical skin care cosmetic and pharmaceutical compositions.
It is another object of the present invention to provide novel topical cosmetic and pharmaceutical compositions useful for delivering a wide variety of cosmetic materials and pharmaceutical actives to and/or through the skin.
These and other objects will become readily apparent from the detailed description which follows.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a water or alcohol soluble or dispersible thermoplastic elastomeric copolymer having a backbone and two or more hydrophilic polymeric side chains and one or more polysiloxane side chains, said copolymer formed from the copolymerization of randomly repeating A, B, and C units wherein said copolymer comprises:
(i) from about 20% to about 89.9% by weight of said A units, wherein said A units are monomer units copolymerizable with said B and C units;
(ii) from about 10% to about 60% by weight of said B units, wherein said B units are hydrophilic macromonomer units having a polymeric portion and a moiety copolymerizable with said A and C units; and
(iii) from about 0.1 to about 20% by weight of said C units, wherein said C units are polysiloxane macromonomer units having a polymeric portion and a moiety copolymerizable with said A and B units,
wherein said A units, in conjunction with said copolymeriable moieties of said B units and said C units, forms said backbone; wherein said polymeric portion of said B units forms said hydrophilic side chains; wherein said polymeric portion of said C units forms said polysiloxane side chains; wherein said copolymer has a weight average molecular weight greater than about 10,000, and wherein said copolymer exhibits at least two distinct T
g
values, said first T
g
corresponding to said backbone and having a value less than about 0° C., and said second T
g
corresponding to said hydrophilic polymeric side chains and having a value greater than about 25° C.
The present invention also relates to a water or alcohol soluble or dispersible thermoplastic elastomeric copolymer having a backbone and two or more hydrophilic polymeric side chains and one or more polysiloxane side chains, said copolymer formed from the copolymerization of randomly repeating A, B, and C units and corresponding to the formula
[A]
a
[B]
b
[C]
c
wherein A is at least one polymerizable monomer; preferably a monomer unit corresponding to the formula
wherein X is selected from the group consisting of —OH, —OM, —OR
4
, —NH
2
, —NHR
4
, and —N(R
4
)
2
; M is a cation selected from the group consisting of Na+, K+, Mg++, Ca++, Zn++, NH
4
+, alkylammonium, dialkylammonium, trialkylammonium, and tetralkylammonium; each R
4
is independently selected from the group consisting of H, C
1
-C
8
straight or branched chain alkyl, N,N-dimethylaminoethyl, methyl quaternized N,N-dimethylaminoethyl, 2-hydroxyethyl, 2-methoxyethyl, and 2-ethoxyethyl; and R
5
and R
6
are independently selected from the group consisting of H, C
1
-C
8
straight or branched chain alkyl, methoxy, ethoxy, 2-hydroxyethoxy, 2-methoxyethyl, and 2-ethoxyethyl; and a is an integer
Midha Sanjeev
Torgerson Peter Marte
Di Nola-Baron Liliana
Page Thurman K.
Peebles Brent M.
The Procter & Gamble & Company
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