Isp Investments Inc.

Herbert W Ulmer

John A Katirgis

Timothy W Gillece

Colleen M Rocafort

Robert B Login

Nadhamuni G Nerella

Sibu Chakrabarti

Linda C Foltis

Gregory Du Browny

April Blaine

Natural feel polymers exhibit an advantageous blend of flexibility and a strong affinity to natural fibers imparting a natural feel when applied to keratin-based fibers, e.g. hair, skin, or textiles, e.g. cotton, wool, and are water-soluble and water-resistant. The polymers include repeat units of a monomer (e.g. &#x3b1;-olefin) maleic anhydride alkyl half-ester or full acid, maleamic acid and maleimide, which are derivatized with a polyether amine.

Natural feel polymers

Personal care products, particularly hair care products, are made herein by mixing (A) a polymer having defined repeat units of a monomer (e.g. &#x3b1;-olefin) maleic anhydride alkyl half-ester or full acid, maleamic acid and maleimide, which is derivatized with an amine, and (B) a compound or polymer having a carboxylic acid functionality. These products exhibit excellent high humidity curl retention properties, as well as an advantageous blend of toughness and cohesiveness, and a strong affinity to natural fibers, when applied to keratin-based fibers, e.g. hair, skin, or textiles, e.g. cotton, wool; and also they are water-soluble and water-resistant.

Personal care products

What is described is a high molecular weight homogeneous, branched copolymer of maleic anhydride and a C,-C,alkyl vinyl ether monomer, in which a branching agent is present in an amount of less than 0.5 wt. % of the polymer. A solution process of making such polymer also is described.

High molecular weight, homogeneous, branched copolymers of maleic anhydride and alkyl vinyl ether monomers

A pH-dependent, controlled-release, drug delivery composition is described herein which includes:

Controlled-release, drug-delivery tableted composition including a

What is described herein are derivatized polymers of .alpha.-olefin-maleic anhydride alkyl half-ester or full acid, preferably the isobutylene compound, optionally with repeat units of maleamic acid and/or its corresponding maleimide therein. These polymers are useful as fixatives in personal care products, such as hair spray compositions, particularly as one-phase, low VOC formulations in pump and aerosol systems, and in anhydrous, alcoholic, aqueous-alcoholic and in high hydrocarbon tolerant solvent formulations. In use, these hair spray compositions dry down to form clear, continuous and defectless films.

Derivatized polymers of .alpha.-olefin-maleic anhydride alkyl half-ester

A process for making derivatized polymers of maleic anhydride containing maleamic acid and its corresponding cyclic imide repeat units, in alcohol solution, at a temperature of about 60-160.degree. C., during a reaction period of about 1-25 hours. The product is a polymer having a predetermined ratio of the above repeat units. The polymers are included in personal care poducts.

Personal care product including a derivatized polymer of maleic

A process for making derivatized polymers of maleic anhydride containing maleamic acid and its corresponding cyclic imide repeat units, in alcohol solution, at a temperature of about 60-160.degree. C., during a reaction period of about 1-25 hours. The product is a polymer having a predetermined ratio of the above repeat units.

Process for making derivatized polymers of maleic anhydride

This invention describes hydroxyamino-derivatized polymers of .alpha.-olefin-maleic anhydride in the form of their maleimide, maleamic acid and .alpha.-olefin-maleic anhydride half-acid/half ester or full acid repeat units process for making same. The polymers are made by reacting an .alpha.-olefin-maleic anhydride, half-acid/half-ester or full acid with a hydroxy containing .alpha.-unsubstituted primary amine in aqueous or aqueous alcoholic solution at a temperature of about 60.degree.-160.degree. C. during a reaction period of about 1-25 hours.

Hydroxyamino-derivatized polymers of olefin-maleic anhydride in the form

A process for making derivatized polymers of maleic anhydride containing maleamic acid and its corresponding cyclic imide repeat units, in alcohol solution, at a temperature of about 60.degree.-160.degree. C., during a reaction period of about 1-25 hours. The product is a polymer having a predetermined ratio of the above repeat units.

Process for making derivatized polymers of maleic anhydride containing

An innovative-type hair spray concentrate of defined Brookfield viscosity and solids content which is capable of delivering reduced VOC spray particles of acceptable quality under the Innovative Product Clause Regulations in combination with a suitable restricter valve and actuator system. The concentrate includes a fixative which is the half-ester of a copolymer of maleic anhydride and methyl vinyl ether having a weight average molecular weight of about 40,000 to about 70,000, which provides advantageous physical and use performance properties.

Innovative-type hair spray concentrate capable of delivering reduced VOC

A hair spray composition of 80% or less VOC includes a fixative which is the half-ester of a copolymer of maleic anhydride and methyl vinyl ether having advantageous physical and performance properties even at low fixative levels. The copolymer is made by polymerizing the monomers at a selected temperature in the presence of a predetermined amount of a polymerization initiator whose decomposition fragments are soluble in hydroalcoholic solutions containing high levels of water. The composition is clear and without precipitate formation, has a low weight average molecular weight and a narrow molecular weight distribution or polydispersity, affording a low solution viscosity. The composition also forms a spray pattern of small particle size, providing clear, hard fixative films with superior adhesion to the hair of the user, an advantageous high humidity curl retention (hold), and low tack and dry times, in both pump and aerosol products.

Hair spray composition having 80% or less VOC and advantageous physical

A process for making a C.sub.1 -C.sub.22 dialkyl ester of a copolymer of a monoethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid, anhydride or mono-C.sub.1 -C.sub.22 alkyl ester thereof, and a vinyl monomer, such as a C.sub.1 -C.sub.30 alkyl vinyl ether, which comprises reacting said copolymer with a C.sub.1 -C.sub.22 alcohol in the presence of an esterification catalyst.

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Herbert W Ulmer