IP Library Granted Patent US 12,343,418
Granted Patent B2
US 12,343,418 · App. 17/625,474 · Granted Jul 1, 2025

Hair cosmetic

Inventors: Daisuke Hiruma (Kita-ku, JP); Mitsuki Takebayashi (Koshigaya, JP)
Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
A61K8/466A61K8/22A61K8/411A61Q5/08A61Q5/10
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Patent No.
US 12,343,418
App. No.
17/625,474
Granted
Jul 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hair cosmetic containing the following components (A) and (B), wherein a mass ratio of the component (B) to the component (A), (B)/(A), is 0.25 or more and 1.90 or less: (A) an aromatic sulfonic acid or a salt thereof having a molecular weight of 300 or less; and (B) a cationic polymer having a cationic charge density of 3.3 meq/g or more and less than 4.5 meq/g.

Claims (30)

1. A hair cosmetic comprising the following components (A) and (B), wherein a mass ratio of the component (B) to the component (A), (B)/(A), is 0.60 or more and 1.90 or less:

(A) an aromatic sulfonic acid or a salt thereof having a molecular weight of 300 or less; and

(B) a cationic polymer having a cationic charge density of 3.5 meq/g or more and 4.0 meq/g or less.

2. The hair cosmetic according to claim 1 , wherein the mass ratio of the component (B) to the component (A), (B)/(A), is 0.60 or more and 1.85 or less.

3. The hair cosmetic according to claim 1 , wherein the cationic charge density of the component (B) is 3.5 meq/g or more and less than 4.0 meq/g.

4. The hair cosmetic according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the component (A) is 0.01 mass % or more and 5 mass % or less.

5. The hair cosmetic according to claim 4 , wherein the content of the component (A) is 0.80 mass % or more and 5 mass % or less.

6. The hair cosmetic according to claim 1 , wherein the component (A) is at least one selected from the group consisting of p-toluenesulfonic acid, xylenesulfonic acid, 2-naphthalenesulfonic acid (β-naphthalenesulfonic acid), 1-naphthalenesulfonic acid (α-naphthalenesulfonic acid), and the salts thereof.

7. The hair cosmetic according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the component (B) is 0.10 mass % or more and 20 mass % or less.

8. The hair cosmetic according to claim 1 , wherein the component (B) is one or more selected from the group consisting of N-methylvinylimidazolinium/vinylpyrrolidone copolymer and acrylamide/acrylic acid/dimethyldiallylammonium chloride copolymer solution.

9. The hair cosmetic according to claim 1 , wherein the cationic charge density of the component (B) is 3.4 meq/g or more and 3.7 meq/g or less.

10. The hair cosmetic according to claim 1 , further comprising the following component (C):

(C) a compound of the following formula (4) or a salt thereof:

wherein X represents a divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms optionally substituted with a hydroxy group, or an amino acid residue, and Y represents an amino acid residue or a divalent group of the following chemical formula (5):

wherein -* represents a bond which binds to an adjacent carbonyl group or oxygen atom, R represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms optionally substituted with a hydrogen atom or a hydroxy group, and m and n represent 0 or 1, provided that when m and n are 1 at the same time, X is not an amino acid residue.

11. The hair cosmetic according to claim 1 , which is a hair treatment.

12. The hair cosmetic according to claim 1 , which is a hair bleach or an oxidative hair dye pretreatment agent used before applying to the hair a hair bleach or an oxidative hair dye comprising a first part containing an alkali agent and a second part containing an oxidizing agent.

13. A hair bleaching or hair dyeing kit, which is composed of

the hair cosmetic according to claim 1 , and

a hair bleach or an oxidative hair dye comprising a first part containing an alkali agent and a second part containing an oxidizing agent.

14. The hair bleaching or hair dyeing kit according to claim 13 , wherein the hair cosmetic is used before applying to the hair the hair bleach or the oxidative hair dye.

15. A method for bleaching or dyeing hair, the method comprising the following (i) and (ii):

(i) applying the hair cosmetic according to claim 1 to the hair; and

(ii) applying a mixture of a first part containing an alkali agent and a second part containing an oxidizing agent of a hair bleach or an oxidative hair dye to the hair after the applying (i).

16. A method for bleaching or dyeing hair, the method comprising applying to the hair

the hair cosmetic according to claim 1 , and

a mixture of a first part for a hair bleach or an oxidative hair dye containing an alkali agent, and a second part for a hair bleach or an oxidative hair dye containing an oxidizing agent.

17. A method for bleaching or dyeing hair, the method comprising the following (i) and (ii):

(i) applying to the hair a mixture of a first part containing an alkali agent and a second part containing an oxidizing agent of a hair bleach or an oxidative hair dye; and

(ii) applying to the hair the hair cosmetic according to claim 1 after the applying (i).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2022
From: HIRUMA, DAISUKE; TAKEBAYASHI, MITSUKI
To: KAO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058681/0077 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-126744 · Jul 8, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220280404A1 · Sep 8, 2022
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