	US 11,992,540 B2
	Sulfate free personal cleansing composition comprising low inorganic salt
Brooke Michele Cochran, Cincinnati, OH (US); Brian Xiaoqing Song, Mason, 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 Dec. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/083,741.
Application 18/083,741 is a continuation of application No. 16/156,066, filed on Oct. 10, 2018, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/570,377, filed on Oct. 10, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0125210 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61K 8/04 (2006.01); A61K 8/20 (2006.01); A61K 8/44 (2006.01); A61K 8/46 (2006.01); A61K 8/73 (2006.01); A61K 8/81 (2006.01); A61K 8/89 (2006.01); A61Q 5/00 (2006.01); A61Q 5/02 (2006.01); A61Q 5/12 (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)]

19 Claims

1. A cleansing composition comprising:

a) about 3 wt % to about 35 wt % of an anionic surfactant;

b) about 3 wt % to about 15% of an amphoteric surfactant;

c) about 0.01 wt % to about 2 wt % of a cationic polymer having a weight average molecular weight of 300,000 g/mol to about 3,000,000 g/mol;

d) about 0 wt % to about 1.0 wt % of inorganic salts; and

e) an aqueous carrier,

wherein the composition is substantially free of sulfate-based surfactant and does not form a coacervate prior to use.