US 11,904,036 B2
Sulfate free clear personal cleansing composition comprising low inorganic salt
Brian Xiaoqing Song, Mason, OH (US); Brooke Michele Cochran, Cincinnati, OH (US); Howard David Hutton, III, Oregonia, OH (US); Andrei Sergeevich Bureiko, Cincinnati, OH (US); and Peter Herbert Koenig, Montgomery, OH (US)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Nov. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/986,044.
Application 17/986,044 is a continuation of application No. 16/156,072, filed on Oct. 10, 2018, granted, now 11,607,373.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/570,377, filed on Oct. 10, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0089671 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61K 8/44 (2006.01); A61K 8/73 (2006.01); A61K 8/81 (2006.01); A61Q 5/02 (2006.01); A61Q 5/12 (2006.01); A61K 8/04 (2006.01); A61K 8/46 (2006.01); A61Q 5/00 (2006.01); A61K 8/20 (2006.01); A61K 8/89 (2006.01); A61Q 19/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61K 8/046 (2013.01) [A61K 8/20 (2013.01); A61K 8/44 (2013.01); A61K 8/442 (2013.01); A61K 8/466 (2013.01); A61K 8/731 (2013.01); A61K 8/737 (2013.01); A61K 8/817 (2013.01); A61K 8/89 (2013.01); A61Q 5/006 (2013.01); A61Q 5/02 (2013.01); A61Q 5/12 (2013.01); A61Q 19/10 (2013.01); A61K 2800/262 (2013.01); A61K 2800/30 (2013.01); A61K 2800/5426 (2013.01); A61K 2800/596 (2013.01); A61K 2800/87 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
 
1. A clear cleansing composition comprising:
about 3 wt % to about 35 wt % of an anionic surfactant;
about 5.8 wt % to about 15% of an amphoteric surfactant;
about 0.01 wt % to about 2 wt % cationic polymer;
about 0 wt % to about 1.0 wt % of inorganic salts; and
an aqueous carrier, wherein the composition is substantially free of sulfate-based surfactant, does not form a coacervate prior to use, and has a viscosity of about 100 cP to about 15,000 cP measured at 26.6° C. with a Brookfield R/S Plus Rheometer at 2 s−1.