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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2002
Filed:
May. 09, 2000
Guy Berset, Onex, CH;
Gilbert Pittet, Coppet, CH;
Joël François Richard, Longué, FR;
Dominique Sidrac, Saint-Julien, FR;
Roche Vitamins Inc., Parsippany, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a photostable cosmetic or pharmaceutical light screening composition containing a dibenzoylmethane UV-A screening agent and a p-methoxycinnamate UV-B screening agent, one of said agents being incorporated into a polymer latex; and, optionally, other conventional UV-A and UV-B screening agents. Additionally, the present invention relates to a method of photostabilizing dibenzoyl-methane UV-A screening agents and p-methoxycinnamate UV-B screening agents when used together, by incorporating one of these agents into a polymer latex.