IP Library Patent Application 12762605
Patent Application
App. No. 12/762,605

COMPOSITION CONTAINING A LIQUID FATTY PHASE GELLED WITH A SEMI-CRYSTALLINE COPOLYMER

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12/762,605
Abstract

The invention relates to a semi-crystalline copolymer of organic structure with a melting point of greater than or equal to 30° C. obtained from at least two monomers A and B, A being a lipophilic monomer hearing crystallizable side chain(s) and B being an amorphous lipophilic monomer that is copolymerizable with A, characterized in that the units derived from the monomers A represent less than 50% by weight of the said copolymer. The invention also relates to cosmetic compositions comprising such a copolymer. This composition is in particular in the form of a soft paste that gives a glossy film on keratin materials, especially the lips.

Claims (77)

1 - 44 . (canceled)

45 . A cosmetic composition comprising a liquid fatty phase and at least one semi-crystalline copolymer of organic structure having a melting point of greater than or equal to 30° C., obtained from at least two monomers A and B, wherein monomer A is a lipophilic monomer comprising at least one crystallizable side chain and monomer B is a monomer that is copolymerizable with A.

46 . The composition according to claim 45 , wherein the units derived from monomer A are present in an amount less than 50% by weight of the at least one semi-crystalline copolymer.

47 . The composition according to claim 45 , wherein monomer B is an amorphous lipophilic monomer.

48 . The composition according to claim 45 , wherein the at least one semi-crystalline copolymer structures the liquid fatty phase.

49 . The composition according to claim 45 , wherein the monomer A comprising at least one crystallizable side chain is chosen from at least one monomer of formula X:

wherein

M is an atom of the polymer skeleton,

S is a spacer, and

C is a crystallizable group,

and mixtures thereof,

wherein S—C is chosen from alkyl chains comprising at least 11 carbon atoms, which are optionally fluorinated or perfluorinated.

50 . The composition according to claim 49 , wherein the alkyl chain comprises from 11 to 40 carbon atoms.

51 . The composition according to claim 45 , wherein the monomer A is a lipophilic monomer comprising vinylic unsaturation comprising an optionally fluorinated hydrocarbon-based crystallizable chain comprising from 11 to 40 carbon atoms.

52 . The composition according to claim 45 , wherein the monomer A comprising at least one crystallizable side chain is chosen from saturated C 14 -C 24 alkyl (meth)acrylates, C 11 -C 15 perfluoroalkyl (meth)acrylates, C 14 -C 24 N-alkyl-(meth)acrylamides optionally substituted with at least one fluorine atom, vinyl esters comprising C 14 -C 24 alkyl or perfluoroalkyl chains, vinyl ethers comprising C 14 -C 24 alkyl or perfluoroalkyl chains, C 14 -C 24 α-olefins, and para-alkylstyrenes with an alkyl group comprising from 12 to 24 carbon atoms, and mixtures thereof.

53 . The composition according to claim 45 , wherein the monomer A comprises from 11 to 40 carbon atoms, at least six of which are fluorinated.

54 . The composition according to claim 45 , wherein the monomer B is a monomer comprising vinylic unsaturation.

55 . The composition according to claim 45 , wherein the monomer B is a non-ionizable monomer.

56 . The composition according to claim 45 , wherein the monomer B is a monomer comprising at least one C 4 -C 50 alkyl group.

57 . The composition according to claim 56 , wherein the monomer B is a monomer comprising at least one C 8 -C 30 alkyl group.

58 . The composition according to claim 56 , wherein the at least one C 4 -C 50 alkyl group is linear, branched, or cyclic.

59 . The composition according to claim 56 , wherein the at least one C 4 -C 50 alkyl group comprises at least one heteroatom.

60 . The composition according to claim 59 , wherein the at least one heteroatom is chosen from O, N, S, P, and Si.

61 . The composition according to claim 56 , wherein the hydrogen atoms of the at least one C 4 -C 50 alkyl group are partially substituted with halogen atoms.

62 . The composition according to claim 45 , wherein the monomer B comprises at least one branched alkyl group comprises from 4 to 50 carbon atoms.

63 . The composition according to claim 62 , wherein the at least one branched alkyl group comprises from 8 to 30 carbon atoms.

64 . The composition according to claim 62 , wherein the at least one branched alkyl group of the monomer B is chosen from isobutyl, tert-butyl, isopentyl, tert-hexyl, 2-ethylhexyl, tert-octyl, isononyl, isodecyl, isododecyl, neodecanoyl, isostearyl, octyldodecyl, methyltetradecyl isomers, methylpentadecyl isomers, methylhexadecyl isomers, dimethyltetradecyl isomers, and dimethylpentadecyl isomers.

65 . The composition according to claim 64 , wherein the at least one branched alkyl group of the monomer B is chosen from tert-butyl, tert-hexyl, 2-ethylhexyl, tert-octyl, isononyl, isododecyl, neodecanoyl, isostearyl, and octyldodecyl groups.

66 . The composition according to claim 45 , wherein the monomer B comprises at least one cyclic alkyl group and/or at least one linear alkyl group.

67 . The composition according to claim 66 , wherein the at least one cyclic alkyl group of the monomer B is chosen from saturated and unsaturated cyclic groups optionally comprising at least one linear or branched C 1 -C 15 alkyl substituent.

68 . The composition according to claim 67 , wherein the at least one cyclic alkyl group of the monomer B is chosen from saturated cyclic and cycloalkyl groups.

69 . A composition according to claim 68 , wherein the at least one cyclic alkyl group of the monomer B is chosen from cyclohexyl, isobornyl, norbornyl, and adamantyl groups.

70 . The composition according to claim 69 , wherein the at least one cyclic alkyl group of the monomer B is chosen from cyclohexyl and isobornyl groups.

71 . A composition according to claim 67 , wherein the at least one cyclic alkyl group of the monomer B is chosen from C 4 -C 15 alkyl benzoate.

72 . The composition according to claim 45 , wherein the monomer B is chosen from:

alkyl and cycloalkyl (meth)acrylates,

N-alkyl(meth)acrylamides, N,N-dialkyl(meth)acrylamides, and cycloalkyl (meth) acrylamides,

alkyl vinyl esters and cycloalkyl vinyl esters,

alkyl vinyl ethers and cycloalkyl vinyl ethers,

alkyl allyl ethers and cycloalkyl allyl ethers,

α-olefins comprising an alkyl or cycloalkyl group,

monoalkyl esters, dialkyl esters, and cycloalkyl esters,

maleic acid and itaconic acid amides, and

mixtures thereof.

73 . A composition according to claim 72 , wherein the monomer B is chosen from maleic acid and itaconic acid esters.

74 . The composition according to claim 45 , wherein the monomer B comprises at least one linear alkyl group comprising from 4 to 11 carbon atoms.

75 . The composition according to claim 74 , wherein the monomer B comprises at least one linear alkyl group comprising from 8 to 11 carbon atoms.

76 . The composition according to claim 72 , wherein the N-alkyl group of the N-alkyl(meth)acrylamides is chosen from n-butyl, n-pentyl, n-hexyl, n-heptyl, n-octyl, n-nonyl, n-decyl, n-undecyl, and mixtures thereof.

77 . The composition according to claim 72 , wherein at least one of the alkyl groups of the N,N-dialkyl group of the N,N-dialkyl(meth)acrylamides is C 4 -C 11 , and the other at least one alkyl group optionally being identical or different and comprising from 1 to 11 carbon atoms.

78 . The composition according to claim 45 , wherein the amount of units resulting from the polymerization of the monomer A in the copolymer ranges from 10% to 90% by weight, relative to the weight of the copolymer.

79 . The composition according to claim 78 , wherein the amount of units resulting from the polymerization of the monomer A in the copolymer ranges from 25% to 75% by weight, relative to the weight of the copolymer.

80 . The composition according to claim 45 , wherein the amount of units resulting from the polymerization of the monomer B in the copolymer ranges from 10% to 90% by weight, relative to the weight of the copolymer.

81 . The composition according to claim 80 , wherein the amount of units resulting from the polymerization of the monomer B in the copolymer ranges from 25% to 75% by weight, relative to the weight of the copolymer.

82 . The composition according to claim 45 , wherein the at least one semi-crystalline copolymer has a weight-average molecular mass ranging from 5,000 to 1,000,000.

83 . The composition according to claim 82 , wherein the at least one semi-crystalline copolymer has a weight-average molecular mass ranging from 15,000 to 500,000.

84 . The composition according to claim 45 , wherein the at least one semi-crystalline copolymer has a melting point above the temperature of the keratinous support intended to receive the composition.

85 . The composition according to claim 84 , wherein the keratinous support intended to receive the composition is chosen from the skin and the lips.

86 . The composition according to claim 45 , wherein the at least one semi-crystalline copolymer is present in an amount ranging from 0.1% to 80% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition.

87 . The composition according to claim 86 , wherein the at least one semi-crystalline copolymer is present in an amount ranging from 5% to 25% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition.

88 . The composition according to claim 45 , wherein the at least one semi-crystalline copolymer has a melting point of less than 50° C., and the composition further comprises at least one high-melting crystalline compound having a melting point of at least 50° C.

89 . The composition according to claim 88 , wherein the at least one high-melting crystalline compound is a polymer having a melting point (m.p. 1 ) of greater than or equal to 55° C. and less than or equal to 150° C.

90 . The composition according to claim 89 , wherein the at least one high-melting crystalline compound is a polymer having a melting point (m.p. 1 ) of greater than or equal to 60° C. and less than or equal to 130° C.

91 . The composition according to claim 89 , wherein the at least one high-melting crystalline compound is a semi-crystalline copolymer of organic structure, obtained from at least two monomers A and B, wherein monomer A is a lipophilic monomer comprising at least one crystallizable side chain and monomer B is a monomer that is copolymerizable with A, wherein the units derived from monomer A are present in an amount less than 50% by weight of the copolymer.

92 . The composition according to claim 89 , wherein the at least one high-melting crystalline compound is chosen from:

block copolymers of controlled-crystallization polyolefins,

aliphatic and aromatic polyester polycondensates and aliphatic/aromatic copolyesters,

homopolymers and copolymers comprising at least one crystallizable side chain, and

mixtures thereof.

93 . The composition according to claim 88 , wherein the at least one semi-crystalline copolymer having a melting point of less than 50° C. and the at least one high-melting crystalline compound having a melting point of at least 50° C. are present in a weight ratio ranging from 90/10 to 10/90.

94 . The composition according to claim 93 , wherein the at least one semi-crystalline copolymer having a melting point of less than 50° C. and the at least one high-melting crystalline compound having a melting point of at least 50° C. are present in a weight ratio of approximately 50/50.

95 . The composition according to claim 45 , wherein the composition is in anhydrous form.

96 . The composition according to claim 45 , wherein the composition is in the form chosen from a paste and a gel.

97 . The composition according to claim 45 , wherein the composition is in the form chosen from a mascara, an eyeliner, a foundation, a lipstick, a deodorant, a body makeup product, an eyeshadow, a makeup rouge, and a concealer product.

98 . A cosmetic makeup process comprising:

applying a composition to keratin materials, wherein the composition comprises: a liquid fatty phase and at least one semi-crystalline copolymer of organic structure having a melting point of greater than or equal to 30° C., obtained from at least two monomers A and B, wherein monomer A is a lipophilic monomer comprising at least one crystallizable side chain and monomer B is a monomer that is copolymerizable with A.

99 . A semi-crystalline copolymer of organic structure having a melting point of greater than or equal to 30° C. obtained from at least two monomers A and B, wherein monomer A is a lipophilic monomer comprising at least one crystallizable side chain and monomer B is a monomer that is copolymerizable with A, wherein the units derived from the monomer A are present in an amount less than 50% by weight of the said copolymer.

100 . A semi-crystalline copolymer of organic structure having a melting point of greater than or equal to 30° C. obtained from at least two monomers A and B, wherein monomer A is a lipophilic monomer comprising at least one crystallizable side chain and monomer B is an amorphous lipophilic monomer that is copolymerizable with A.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 30, 2010
From: L'OREAL S.A.
To: AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.
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