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Granted Patent B2
US 12,042,775 · App. 17/529,308 · Granted Jul 23, 2024

Consumer product comprising biodegradable delivery particles

Inventors: Susana Fernandez Prieto (Benicarlo, ES); Valerie Francine Hans Eykens (Diest, BE); Walter Franciscus Joanna Vanderveken (Wilrijk, BE); Rita Del Pezzo (Brussels, BE); Johan Smets (Lubbeek, BE); Linsheng Feng (Menasha, WI); Travis Ian Bardsley (Appleton, WI); Fadi Selim Chakar (Neenah, WI); Robert Stanley Bobnock (Menasha, WI)
Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
B01J13/16C08F2/32C08F220/286C08L5/08C08F2438/00C08L2201/06C08L2207/53
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Patent No.
US 12,042,775
App. No.
17/529,308
Granted
Jul 23, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A consumer product comprising a biodegradable delivery particle having a benefit agent containing core and a shell.

Claims (76)

1. A consumer product composition comprising a treatment adjunct and delivery particles, wherein a delivery particle comprises a core and a polymer wall encapsulating said core, wherein:

the core comprises a benefit agent and a partitioning modifier;

the polymer wall is formed by cross-linking of:

i. at least one water-soluble material that has following Formula I

wherein

P is a polymer backbone with a molecular weight of from about 30 kDa to about 500 kDa, selected from the group consisting of poly(vinyl alcohol), chitosan, chitin, pectin, carrageenan, xanthan gum, tara gum, gelatin, konjac gum, alginate, hyaluronic acid, amylose, lignin, diutan gum, and mixtures thereof;

X is a heteroatom covalently linked to the polymer backbone functionalized with a radical polymerizable group, and is O or N;

R 1 is independently selected from the group consisting of

wherein m and n are integers independently selected from 1 to 100,

R 2 is independently selected from the group consisting of *—H and *—CH 3 ; and being at least 20% weight percentage of the total polymer wall;

ii. at least one multi-functional monomer or oligomer comprising a radical polymerizable group, being at least 5 wt % of the overall polymer wall;

iii. water soluble initiators, oil soluble initiators and mixtures thereof.

2. The consumer product composition of claim 1 , wherein the polymer wall crosslinking further includes crosslinking:

iv. a mono-functional (meth)acrylate monomer.

3. The consumer product composition of claim 1 , wherein the partitioning modifier comprises at least one of isopropyl myristate, vegetable oil, modified vegetable oil, mono-, di-, and tri-esters of C 4 -C 24 fatty acids, dodecanophenone, lauryl laurate, methyl behenate, methyl laurate, methyl palmitate, methyl stearate, or mixtures thereof.

4. The consumer product composition of claim 1 , wherein P comprises at least one of a polyvinyl alcohol polymer backbone, a chitosan polymer backbone, a chitin polymer backbone or mixtures thereof.

5. The consumer product composition of claim 1 , wherein the water-soluble material is covalently bonded into the polymer wall.

6. The consumer product composition of claim 1 , wherein R 1 comprises

and R 2 comprises a hydrogen (*—H) or methyl group (*—CH 3 ).

7. The consumer product composition of claim 1 , wherein the water-soluble material comprises at least 50% wt of the total polymer wall.

8. The consumer product composition of claim 1 , wherein the water-soluble material has a percentage of functionalized heteroatoms from about 0.05 to about 20%/wt.

9. The consumer product composition of claim 1 , wherein the water-soluble material comprises at least one (meth)acrylate reactive moiety.

10. The consumer product composition of claim 1 , wherein the water-soluble material has a biodegradability above 30% CO 2 in 60 days following OECD 301B test.

11. The consumer product composition of claim 1 , wherein the polymer wall has a biodegradability from about 30% to about 100% CO 2 in 60 days following OECD 301B test.

12. The consumer product composition of claim 1 , wherein the water-soluble material has a molecular weight from about 30 kDa to about 500 kDa.

13. The consumer product composition of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the multi-functional monomer or oligomer comprises a radical polymerizable group that is at least one of acrylate, methacrylate, styrene, allyl, vinyl or mixtures thereof.

14. The consumer product composition of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the multi-functional monomer or oligomer comprises a radical polymerizable group that is at least one of acrylate, methacrylate or mixtures thereof.

15. The consumer product composition of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the multi-functional monomer or oligomer has at least two radical polymerizable groups.

16. The consumer product composition of claim 1 , wherein radical polymerizable groups of at least one of the multi-functional monomer or oligomer are all the same.

17. The consumer product composition of claim 1 , wherein the polymer wall comprises a combination of at least two multi-functional monomers or oligomers.

18. The consumer product composition of claim 1 , wherein the delivery particles comprise the core and polymer wall present in a weight ratio of from about 90:10 to about 99:1.

19. The consumer product composition of claim 1 , wherein the treatment adjunct is at least one of surfactants, conditioning actives, deposition aids, rheology modifiers or structurants, bleach systems, stabilizers, builders, chelating agents, dye transfer inhibiting agents, dispersants, enzymes, enzyme stabilizers, catalytic metal complexes, polymeric dispersing agents, clay and soil removal/anti-redeposition agents, brighteners, suds suppressors, silicones, hueing agents, aesthetic dyes, neat perfume, additional perfume delivery systems, structure elasticizing agents, carriers, hydrotropes, processing aids, anti-agglomeration agents, coatings, formaldehyde scavengers, pigments, or mixtures thereof.

20. A consumer product composition comprising a treatment adjunct and a population of delivery particles, wherein the delivery particle comprises a core and a polymer wall encapsulating said core, wherein:

the core comprises a benefit agent and a partitioning modifier;

the polymer wall is a cross-linked polymer comprising sub-units covalently linked by C—C bonds at designated points of attachment or carbon radical centers wherein

i. at least one subunit having the formula IV

wherein

R 3 is a linking group independently selected from the group consisting of

R 4 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen (*—H) and methyl (*—CH 3 );

R is an end group independently selected from the group consisting of vinyl (*—CH═CH 2 ), hydrogen (*—H) and methyl (*—CH 3 );

a is an integer from 0 to 5000, b, c and d are integers from 1 to 100000, being a+b+c+d at least 340, a:b:c:d molar ratio is from about 0.0001:98.9:1:0.1 to about 1:59:30:10;

ii. at least one subunit having the formula VI;

wherein

P 1 , P 2 , P 3 , P 4 , P 5 and P 6 can be independently selected from the group consisting of

with the proviso that at least three of P 1 , P 2 , P 3 , P 4 , P 5 and P 6 are

and wherein the subunit of formula VI is at least 5% by weight of the total polymer wall;

iii. at least one subunit having the formula VII and/or VIII

wherein R 7 is independently selected from the group consisting of

iv. optionally, a subunit having the formula IX and/or X;

wherein

R 8 and R 9 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen (*—H) and methyl (*—CH 3 );

z and y are integers independently selected from 1 to 10,

R 10 and R 11 are independently selected from the group consisting of

h and i are integers independently selected from 0 to 10.

21. A consumer product composition comprising a treatment adjunct and a population of delivery particles, wherein the delivery particle comprises a core and a polymer wall encapsulating said core, wherein:

the core comprises a benefit agent and a partitioning modifier;

the polymer wall is a cross-linked polymer comprising sub-units covalently linked by C—C bonds at designated points of attachment or carbon radical centers wherein

i. at least one subunit having the formula V

wherein

R 12 is a linking group independently selected from the group consisting of

R 13 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen (*—H) and methyl (*—CH 3 );

R is an end group independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen (*—H) and methyl (*—CH 3 );

q is an integer from 0 to 500, o, r and s are integers from 0 to 100000, being o+q+r+s at least 146, o:q:r:s molar ratio is from about 0.1:0.0001:98.9:1 to about 10:1:9:80;

ii. at least one subunit having the formula VI

wherein

P 1 , P 2 , P 3 , P 4 , P 5 and P 6 can be independently selected from the group consisting of

with the proviso that at least three of P 1 , P 2 , P 3 , P 4 , P 5 and P 6 are

and wherein the subunit of formula VI is at least 5% by weight of the total polymer wall;

v. at least one subunit having the formula VII and/or VIII

wherein R 7 is independently selected from the group consisting of

vi. optionally, a subunit having the formula IX or X;

wherein

R 8 and R 9 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen (*—H) and methyl (*—CH 3 );

z and y are integers independently selected from 1 to 10,

R 10 and R 11 are independently selected from the group consisting of

h and i are integers independently selected from 0 to 10.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 30, 2021
From: FERNANDEZ PRIETO, SUSANA; EYKENS, VALERIE FRANCINE HANS; VANDERVEKEN, WALTER FRANCISCUS JOANNA; DEL PEZZO, RITA; SMETS, JOHAN; ENCAPSYS LLC
To: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
Reel/Frame 058235/0770 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 30, 2021
From: FENG, LINSHENG; BARDSLEY, TRAVIS IAN; CHAKAR, FADI SELIM; BOBNOCK, ROBERT STANLEY
To: ENCAPSYS LLC
Reel/Frame 058235/0776 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63115782 · Nov 19, 2020
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