IP Library Granted Patent US 7,569,231
Granted Patent B2
US 7,569,231 · App. 10/588,086 · Granted Aug 4, 2009

Method for stabilizing oil-based thickening gel composition

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Patent No.
US 7,569,231
App. No.
10/588,086
Granted
Aug 4, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to (1) a stabilized oil-based thickening gel composition comprising (a) an anionic surfactant having a lipopeptide structure, (b) water and/or a polyhydric alcohol having a valence of 3 or more, (c) a tocopherol compound and (d) an oil component, (2) a method for improving storage ability of an oil-based thickening gel composition characterized by addition of (c) tocopherol compound to an oil-based thickening gel composition comprising (a) a anionic surfactant having a lipopeptide structure, (b) water and/or a polyhydric alcohol having a valence of 3 or more and (d) an oil component, and (3) a cosmetic comprising the oil-based thickening gel composition.

Claims (9)

1. A method for improving storage stability of an oil-based thickening gel composition, comprising adding (c) a tocopherol compound to an oil-based thickening gel composition comprising (a) an anionic surfactant having a lipopeptide structure, (b) water and/or a polyhydric alcohol having a valence of 3 or more and (d) from 30 to 99% by mass of an oil component being one or more selected from polyoxyethyleneglyceryl ether fatty acid esters and polyoxyethylene sorbitol ether fatty acid esters, and wherein (a) the anionic surfactant having a lipopeptide structure is surfactin represented by the following formula (1)

and/or salts thereof,

wherein R is isoalkyl group having 11 carbon atoms, X is leucine, the polyhydric alcohol is water and glycerin, the tocopherol compound is δ-tocopherol and the oil component is polyoxyethylene (20) glyceryl triiostearate and glycerin tri-2-ethylhexanoate, and

wherein the storage stability comprises preventing separation of the composition.

2. A method for improving storage stability of an oil-based thickening gel composition, comprising adding (c) a tocopherol compound to an oil-based thickening gel composition comprising (a) an anionic surfactant having a lipopeptide structure, (b) water and/or a polyhydric alcohol having a valence of 3 or more and (d) from 30 to 99% by mass of an oil component being one or more selected from polyoxyethyleneglyceryl ether fatty acid esters and polyoxyethylene sorbitol ether fatty acid esters, and wherein (a) the anionic surfactant having a lipopeptide structure is surfactin represented by the following formula (1)

and/or salts thereof,

wherein component (a) is surfactin of formula (1) in which R is isoalkyl group having 11 carbon atoms and X is leucine, component (b) is water and glycerin, component (c) is δ-tocopherol and component (d) is polyoxyethylene (20) glyceryl triiostearate and glycerin tri-2-ethylhexanoate, and

wherein the storage stability comprises preventing separation of the composition.

3. The method for improving storage stability of an oil-based thickening gel composition as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the surfactin is sodium surfactin.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jan 15, 2014
From: KANEKA CORPORATION
To: KANEKA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032019/0901 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 14, 2011
From: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
To: KANEKA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 026901/0324 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2006
From: YONEDA, TADASHI
To: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
Reel/Frame 018158/0304 →