# US 2014/0154199 A1 · Silicone-containing composition and personal care products containing same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0154199 A1 - Document ID: US20140154199A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/693,474 - Filed: 2012-12-04 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-12-04 - Assignees: Momentive Performance Materials Inc. - Applicants: Momentive Performance Materials - Inventors: Anne Dussaud; Bhavna Rana; Susan Sperring - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140154199A1 ## CPC - A61K 8/891: saturated, e.g. dimethicone, phenyl trimethicone, C24-C28 methicone or stearyl dimethicone - A61K 8/062: {Oil-in-water emulsions} - A61K 8/892: modified by a hydroxy group, e.g. dimethiconol - A61Q 1/04: for lips - A61Q 5/06: Preparations for styling the hair, e.g. by temporary shaping or colouring - A61Q 5/12: Preparations containing hair conditioners - A61Q 19/001: {Preparations for care of the lips} - A61K 2800/26: Optical properties - A61K 2800/33: Free of surfactant - A61K 2800/594: Mixtures of polymers - A61K: PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES (devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms A61J3/00; chemical aspects of, or use of materials for deodorisation of air, for disinfection or sterilisation, or for bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles A61L; soap compositions C11D) - A61Q: SPECIFIC USE OF COSMETICS OR SIMILAR TOILETRY PREPARATIONS ## Abstract A silicone composition, especially advantageous for incorporation in a personal care product, includes a silicone resin (a) and a silicone gum (b), the mixture of resin (a) and gum (b) having a softening point of 50° C. or greater and an elastic modulus at ambient temperature of 106 Pa or less. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A composition which comprises: a) silicone resin; and, b) silicone gum, the mixture of silicone resin (a) and silicone gum (b) having a softening point greater than 50° C. and an elastic modulus at ambient temperature of less than 106 Pa. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The composition of claim 1 wherein silicone resin (a) contains one or more M units of the formula R13SiO1/2 and one or more additional units selected from amongst D units of the formula R22SiO2/2 T units of the formula R3SiO3/2 and Q units of formula SiO4/2, and mixtures thereof, wherein each R1, R2 and R3 is independently a hydroxyl radical or monovalent hydrocarbon radical and silicone gum (b) possesses a viscosity of from 300 to 200,000,000 centipoise at 25° C. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The composition of claim 1 wherein silicone gum (b) contains one or more M′ units of the formula R43SiO1/2 and one or more additional units selected from amongst D′ units of the formula R52SiO2/2, T′ units of the formula R6SiO3/2 and Q′ units of the formula SiO4/2, and mixtures thereof, wherein each R4, R5 and R6 is independently a hydroxyl radical or a monovalent hydrocarbon radical. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The composition of claim 2 wherein silicone resin (a) contains 30% or greater T units with the balance, if any, being made up of one or more Q units, D units, fluorinated groups or mixture thereof. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The composition of claim 1 wherein silicone resin (a) is at least one of MT resin, fluorinated MT resin, blend of MT resin and at least one other silicone resin and fluorinated silicone resin and silicon gum (b) is at least one of dimethiconol gum, dimethicone gum and polydimethysilicone gum. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The composition of claim 1 wherein the weight ratio of silicone resin (a) to silicone gum (b) ranges from 0.4 to 6. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The composition of claim 1 which is essentially cationic surfactant-free. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The composition of claim 1 in which the mixture of silicone resin (a) and silicone gum (b) is non-crosslinked. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The composition of claim 7 in which the mixture of silicone resin (a) and silicone gum (b) is non-crosslinked. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The composition of claim 1 further comprising a volatile organic solvent for the mixture of silicone resin (a) and silicone gum (b). ### Claim 11 A personal care product which comprises: a) silicone resin; b) silicone gum; and, c) volatile organic solvent for the mixture of silicone resin (a) and silicone gum (b), the mixture of silicone resin (a) and silicone gum (b) having a softening point of 50° C. or greater and a modulus at ambient temperature of 106 Pa or less. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The personal care product of claim 11 wherein silicone resin (a) contains one or more M units of the formula R13SiO1/3 and one or more additional units selected from amongst D units of the formula R22SiO2/2, T units of the formula R3SiO3/2, Q units of formula SiO4/2, and mixtures thereof, wherein each R1, R2 and R3 is independently a hydroxyl radical or monovalent hydrocarbon radical, and silicone gum (b) possesses a viscosity of from 5,000 to 200,000,000 centipoise at 25° C. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The personal care product of claim 11 wherein silicone gum (b) contains one or more M′ units of the formula R43SiO1/2 and one or more additional units selected from amongst D′ units of the formula R52SiO2/2, T′ units of the formula R6SiO3/2 and Q′ units of the formula SiO4/2, and mixtures thereof, wherein each R4, R5 and R6 is independently a hydroxyl radical or a monovalent hydrocarbon radical. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The personal care product of claim 12 wherein silicone resin (a) contains at least 30% T units with the balance, if any, being made up of Q units, D units, fluorinated groups or mixtures thereof. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The personal care product of claim 11 wherein silicone resin (a) is at lest one of MT resin, fluorinated MT resin, blend of MT resin and at least one other silicone resin, and fluorinated silicone resin, and silicone gum (b) is at least one of dimethiconol gum, dimethicone gum and polydimethysilicone gum. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The personal care product of claim 11 wherein the weight ratio of silicone resin (a) to silicone gum (b) ranges from 0.4 to 6. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The composition of claim 11 wherein the personal care product is an essentially cationic surfactant-free hair care product in which the mixture of silicone resin (a) and silicone gum (b) is non-crosslinked and is dissolved in volatile organic solvent. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The personal care product of claim 17 wherein hair treated with the hair care product satisfies at least two of the following criteria: a film tack of not greater than 50 g, a hair gloss factor of at least 1.7, a tress volume reduction value of from 40 to 70% and a hair coefficient of friction of less than 0.12. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The composition of claim 1 wherein the personal cared product is a lip gloss. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) A method of treating hair which comprises treating hair with the hair care composition of claim 17, the treated hair satisfying at least two of the following criteria: a film tack of not greater than 50 g, a hair gloss factor of at least 1.6, a tress volume reduction value of from 40 to 70% and a hair coefficient of friction of less than 0.12.