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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hans Ulrich Gonzenbach, Geneva, CH;
Gilbert Pittet, Coppet, CH;
Assignee:
Roche Vitamins Inc., Nutley, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A71K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 60 ; 424 59 ; 424400 ; 424401 ; 514679 ;
Abstract
Photostable, cosmetic light-screening composition, comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable vehicle containing at least one fatty phase, about 0.1 to about 5%, in particular about 1 to about 3% by weight, of a dibenzoylmethane type UV-A screening agent and at least about 0.5%, in particular about 0.5 to about 4.5% by weight, of a .alpha.-cyano-.beta.,.beta.-diphenyl-acrylate stabilizer, the mole ratio of the acrylate to the dibenzoylmethane derivative being less than 0.8, if the amount of the dibenzoylmethane is 1% or more, and, optionally, at least one conventional UV-B filter.