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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2001
Jean M. J. Frechet, Oakland, CA (US);
Damian Hajduk, San Jose, CA (US);
Ezat Khoshdel, Bebington, Wirral, Merseyside CH63 3JW, GB;
Mingjun Liu, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ralph B. Nielsen, San Jose, CA (US);
Euan Stuart Reid, Bebington, Wirral, Merseyside, CH63 3 JW, GB;
Keith Leslie Rutherford, Bebington, Wirral, Merseyside CH63 3JW, GB;
Other;
Abstract
Cosmetic or personal care compositions, such as for styling hair, comprise a thermoplastic elastomer which is a block copolymer comprising a core polymer having a backbone comprising at least a proportion of C—C bonds and two or more flanking polymers. Each flanking polymer is covalently bound to an end of the core polymer and the copolymer is soluble at a level of at least 1% by weight in water at 25° C. The compositions comprise a cosmetically acceptable diluent or carrier.