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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 22, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert Francis Date, Surrey, GB;
Elise Courpron, Paris, FR;
Zahid Nawaz, Buckinghamsire, GB;
Richard George Rolls, Bedfont, GB;
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424401 ; 424 7012 ; 424 7019 ; 424 7031 ; 514938 ; 514939 ;
Abstract
A skin care composition in the form of an oil-in-water dispersion or emulsion is disclosed. The composition contains an emulsifier capable of forming liquid crystals in water which comprises a fatty acid ester blend of sorbitan fatty acid ester and sucrose fatty acid ester. The ratio of primary oil phase to fatty acid ester blend is in the range of about 6:1 to about 1:1.