	US 12,409,125 B2
	Shampoo compositions containing a sulfate-free surfactant system and sclerotium gum thickener
Brooke Michele Cochran, Cincinnati, OH (US); Mark Anthony Brown, Union, KY (US); Jean Jianqun Zhao, Cincinnati, OH (US); Lauren Elizabeth Ballhaus, Williamsburg, OH (US); and Nicole Marie Mazzei, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on May 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/738,697.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/276,108, filed on Nov. 5, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/188,517, filed on May 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0378684 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61K 8/60 (2006.01); A61K 8/19 (2006.01); A61K 8/368 (2006.01); A61K 8/49 (2006.01); A61K 8/73 (2006.01); A61K 8/92 (2006.01); A61K 8/9789 (2017.01); A61Q 5/02 (2006.01); A61Q 17/00 (2006.01)

CPC A61K 8/604 (2013.01) [A61K 8/19 (2013.01); A61K 8/368 (2013.01); A61K 8/4926 (2013.01); A61K 8/4946 (2013.01); A61K 8/4953 (2013.01); A61K 8/73 (2013.01); A61K 8/737 (2013.01); A61K 8/922 (2013.01); A61K 8/9789 (2017.08); A61Q 5/02 (2013.01); A61Q 17/005 (2013.01); A61K 2800/33 (2013.01); A61K 2800/5426 (2013.01)]

16 Claims

1. A phase-stable shampoo composition comprising:

a) a surfactant system comprising:

(i) about 3% to about 35% of an anionic surfactant comprising sodium, ammonium or potassium salts of isethionates, sodium, ammonium or potassium salts of sarcosinates, or a combination thereof;

(ii) about 5% to about 15% of an amphoteric surfactant comprising a betaine, wherein the surfactant system is substantially free of sulfated surfactants;

b) about 0.01% to about 2% of a cationic polymer comprising polyquaternium-10; and

c) about 0.15% to about 1.5% of a thickener comprising sclerotium gum, wherein the composition has a viscosity of greater than 2500 cP and a pH of greater than 5.5.