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J&J Patents Sunscreen With UV Radiation-Absorbing Polymer

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By: TOM BRANNA

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US Patent No. 9,254,254 B2; Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. has patented a composition that is comprised of a continuous water phase; a discontinuous oil phase, homogeneously distributed in said water phase, that is comprised of a polymer composition comprising a sunscreen agent with a linear, ultraviolet radiation absorbing polyether that has a covalently bound UV-chromophore and comprises a backbone having glyceryl repeat units; and an oil-in-water emulsifier component comprising an anionic oil-in-water emulsifier and a nonionic oil-in-water emulsifier having an alcohol functional group; and the linear, ultraviolet radiation absorbing polyether is present in an amount effective to provide said composition with an SPF of about 10 or greater.

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