Shionogi Company Limited

Nisshin Chemical Co., Ltd.

Nisshin Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.

Yoshio Sasaki

Izumi Saitoh

Shigeru Kido

Syuichiro Shinohara

A UV light-absorbing skin-protecting composition which comprises an acrylic copolymer comprising (A) a compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, X is a group of the formula: ##STR2## in which R.sup.2 is a hydroxy group, R.sup.3 is a hydrogen atom or hydroxy group, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are the same or different and each is a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkoxy group, a halogen atom, a nitro group, a carboxyl group, a sulfonic acid group or a sulfonamide group and R.sup.6 is a single bond or a methylene group,

UV light-absorbing skin-protecting composition

An acrylic copolymer of ethyl acrylate and methacrylic acid wherein the weight ratio of ethyl acrylate to methacrylic acid is in a range between 75:25 and 95:5, containing therein a residual monomer content of 50 ppm or less, but substantially no surfactants, and which is useful as agents for protecting the skin and manufactured from the following essential components:

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Fukui, Japan

Yoshio Sasaki