US Patent Issued to Conopco on May 13 for "Cosmetic compositions comprising silicone elastomer" (Chinese, British, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,042, issued on May 13, was assigned to Conopco Inc. (Hoboken, N.J.).

"Cosmetic compositions comprising silicone elastomer" was invented by Sheng Meng (Shanghai), Wenhui Song (Shanghai), Xiaoxia Yang (Shanghai), Joseph Muscat (Warrington, Great Britain), Ashish Anant Vaidya (Bangalore, India) and Jinfang Wang (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a cosmetic composition comprising (i) 0.5 to 20 wt % of an organic sunscreen; and (ii) 2 to 60 wt % of a blend comprising a silicone elastomer gel of the Formula (I) and a non-silicone solvent selected from a hydrocarbon, an oil, a modified oil, an ester, an ether, an alcohol ...