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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2000
Kimberly Ann Biedermann, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jeffrey Michael Morgan, Springboro, OH (US);
Karl Shiqing Wei, Mason, OH (US);
Mark Richard Sine, Windsor, GB;
Cheyne P. Thomas, Highland Heights, KY (US);
David Edmund Tarantino, Loveland, OH (US);
Christopher Irwin, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Christopher Dean Putman, West Chester, OH (US);
Peter William Beerse, Morrow, OH (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are antimicrobial cleansing compositions that have a pH of from about 2.0 to about 5.5 and comprise an antimicrobial agent, an amphoteric sulfactant, and 2-pyrrolidone-5 carboxylic acid as a proton donating agent. Also disclosed are corresponding articles of manufacture and methods of cleansing the skin using the described compositions. The compositions are mild to the skin and provide improved antimicrobial benefits to the skin.