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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2001
Wolfgang Robert Bergmann, Long Grove, IL (US);
John Edward Wydila, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Paul Howard Neill, Hinsdale, IL (US);
Loralei Marie Brandt, Cary, IL (US);
Joanne Crudele, Wauconda, IL (US);
Chaitanya Umedbhai Patel, Glen Ellyn, IL (US);
Christophe Michel Finel, Compiegne, FR;
Walter Thomas Gibson, Cheshire, GB;
Roger Michael Lane, Heswall, GB;
Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A hair care composition which comprises (a) one or more polymer systems in the form of discrete particles, wherein said particles are swollen with a non-aqueous solvent; and (b) water or a hydroalcoholic solution carrier, are described. A method for treating hair which comprises contacting said hair with compositions of the invention is also described.