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US 12,576,014 · App. 17/918,343 · Granted Mar 17, 2026

Personal care composition with visually distinct aqueous and oil phase

Inventors: Chandersekar Loganathan (Shanghai, CN); Yueyuan Pan (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
A61K8/03A61K8/345A61K8/347A61K8/37A61Q19/02A61K2800/262A61K2800/87A61K2800/882
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Patent No.
US 12,576,014
App. No.
17/918,343
Granted
Mar 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a multi-phase personal care composition comprising an aqueous phase, and an oil phase comprising fatty ester and resorcinol derivative, wherein the weight ratio of the fatty ester to the resorcinol derivative is from 10:1 to 1000:1 and the aqueous phase is visually distinct from and in physical contact with the oil phase.

Claims (23)

1 . A multi-phase personal care composition comprising:

(a) an aqueous phase, and

(b) an oil phase comprising fatty ester and resorcinol derivative,

wherein the fatty ester to the resorcinol derivative is present in a weight ratio of from 10:1 to 1000:1 and the aqueous phase is visually distinct from and in physical contact with the oil phase.

2 . The multi-phase personal care composition according to claim 1 , wherein the resorcinol derivative is selected from 4-ethyl resorcinol, 4-butyl resorcinol, 4-hexyl resorcinol, phenylethyl resorcinol, or a mixture thereof.

3 . The multi-phase personal care composition according to claim 1 , wherein the resorcinol derivative is present in amount of 0.00001 to 10% by weight of the total amount of the composition.

4 . The multi-phase personal care composition according to claim 1 , wherein the fatty ester is an ester of carboxylic acids having 1 to 22 carbon atoms with an alcohol having 1 to 20 carbon atoms and wherein the fatty ester is present in the amount of 3 to 60%.

5 . The multi-phase personal care composition according to claim 1 , wherein the fatty ester is present in amount of 28 to 42% by weight of the total amount of the composition.

6 . The multi-phase personal care composition according to claim 1 , wherein the fatty ester to the resorcinol derivative is in present in a weight ratio of 50:1 to 300:1.

7 . The multi-phase personal care composition according to claim 1 , wherein the composition additionally comprises volatile oil selected from isododecane, isodecane, isohexadecane cyclopentasiloxane, cyclohexasiloxane, or a mixture thereof.

8 . The multi-phase personal care composition according to claim 1 , wherein the composition further comprises triglyceride.

9 . The multi-phase personal care composition according to claim 1 , wherein the composition comprises a retinoid.

10 . The multi-phase personal care composition according to claim 1 , wherein both the aqueous phase and oil phase are transparent.

11 . The multi-phase personal care composition according to claim 1 , wherein the aqueous phase to the oil phase is present in a weight ratio of 1:8 to 8:1.

12 . A kit of parts comprising a cosmetic container, a multi-phase personal care composition according to claim 11 , and instruction for use of the kit.

13 . A method for preparing a personal care product comprising the step of shaking a cosmetic container containing the multi-phase personal care composition according to claim 1 , by human hand.

14 . A method for providing skin lightening benefit to skin of an individual comprising the steps of i) shaking a cosmetic container containing the multi-phase personal care composition according to claim 1 , by human hand and ii) topically applying the resulting product.

15 . The multi-phase personal care composition according to claim 2 , wherein the resorcinol derivative comprises 4-hexyl resorcinol and further wherein the resorcinol derivative is present in amount of 0.001 to 5% by weight of the total amount of the composition.

16 . The multi-phase personal care composition according to claim 3 , wherein the resorcinol derivative is present in amount of 0.1 to 0.6% by weight of the total amount of the composition.

17 . The multi-phase personal care composition according to claim 4 , wherein the fatty ester comprises isopropyl myristate.

18 . The multi-phase personal care composition according to claim 8 , wherein the composition further comprises triglyceride in amount of 0.001 to 12% by weight of the composition.

19 . The multi-phase personal care composition according to claim 9 , wherein the retinoid comprises retinyl palmitate, retinyl propionate, or a mixture thereof.

20 . The multi-phase personal care composition according to claim 1 , wherein the aqueous phase to the oil phase is present in a weight ratio of 1:2 to 2:1.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2022
From: LOGANATHAN, CHANDERSEKAR; PAN, YUEYUAN
To: CONOPCO, INC., D/B/A UNILEVER
Reel/Frame 061387/0633 →
Priority Claims (2)
WO PCT/CN2020/089331 · May 9, 2020 · international
EP 20180672 · Jun 18, 2020 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230137330A1 · May 4, 2023
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