# US 2014/0193350 A1 · Agent containing microcapsules > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0193350 A1 - Document ID: US20140193350A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/202,817 - Filed: 2014-03-10 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2011-09-12 - Assignees: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA - Applicants: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA - Inventors: Andreas Bauer; Ursula Huchel; Stefan Urlichs; Manuela Materne; Klaus Last; Daniel Mues - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140193350A1 ## CPC - A61K 8/11: Encapsulated compositions - A61K 8/347: {Phenols} - A61K 8/731: {Cellulose; Quaternized cellulose derivatives} - A61K 8/85: Polyesters - A61Q 5/02: Preparations for cleaning the hair - A61Q 5/10: Preparations for permanently dyeing the hair - A61Q 5/12: Preparations containing hair conditioners - A61Q 19/00: Preparations for care of the skin - A61Q 19/10: Washing or bathing preparations - C11D 3/37: Polymers {(polymeric surface-active agents C11D1/008; polysaccharides C11D3/222)} - C11D 3/3703: {Macromolecular compounds obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds} - C11D 3/378: {(Co)polymerised monomers containing sulfur, e.g. sulfonate} - C11D 3/505: {encapsulated or adsorbed on a carrier, e.g. zeolite or clay} - C11D 17/0039: {Coated compositions or coated components in the compositions, (micro)capsules} - D06M 15/41: Phenol-aldehyde or phenol-ketone resins - A61K 2800/412: Microsized, i.e. having sizes between 0.1 and 100 microns - A61K 2800/591: Mixtures of compounds not provided for by any of the codes A61K2800/592 - A61K2800/596 - A61Q 15/00: Anti-perspirants or body deodorants (deodorisation of air A61L9/00) - 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 - C11D: DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL - D06M: TREATMENT, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE IN CLASS D06, OF FIBRES, THREADS, YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR FIBROUS GOODS MADE FROM SUCH MATERIALS ## Abstract The application relates to cosmetic agents, cleaning agents, and fabric treatment agents containing a combination of at least two different microcapsules as well as to methods for releasing active substances from said microcapsules when using said agents. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An agent for washing, cleaning, conditioning, and/or dyeing hard or soft surfaces, comprising i. at least one surface-active substance, and ii. a mixture of at least a first and a second microcapsule, each of whose capsule walls comprise a resin that is obtained by reacting a) at least one aromatic alcohol or its ethers or derivatives with b) at least one aldehydic component that possesses at least two carbon atoms per molecule, and c) optionally in the presence of at least one (meth)acrylate polymer, wherein the first and the second microcapsules differ from one another in at least one of the reacted components a) and/or b). ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The agent according to claim 1, wherein the first and the second microcapsules differ from one another in the reacted components a). ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The agent according to claim 1, wherein the first and the second microcapsules differ from one another in the reacted components b). ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The agent according to claim 1, wherein the aromatic alcohol a) is selected from the group consisting of phenols, o-cresol, m-cresol, p-cresol, α-naphthol, β-naphthol, thymol, pyrocatechol, resorcinol, hydroquinone, 1,4-naphthohydroquinone, phloroglucinol, pyrogallol, hydroxyhydroquinone and mixtures thereof. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The agent according to claim 1, wherein the aldehydic component b) is selected from the group consisting of valeraldehyde, capronaldehyde, caprylaldehyde, decanal, succindialdehyde, cyclohexane carbaldehyde, cyclopentane carbaldehyde, 2-methyl-1-propanal, 2-methylpropionaldehyde, acetaldehyde, acrolein, aldosterone, antimycin A, 8′-apo-β-caroten-8′-al, benzaldehyde, butanal, chloral, citral, citronellal, crotonaldehyde, dimethylaminobenzaldehyde, folic acid, fosmidomycin, furfural, glutaraldehyde, glycerin aldehyde, glycolaldehyde, glyoxal, glyoxylic acid, heptanal, 2-hydroxybenzaldehyde, 3-hydroxybutanal, hydroxymethylfurfural, 4-hydroxynonenal, isobutanal, iso-butyraldehyde, methacrolein, 2-methylundecanal, mucochloric acid, N-methylformamide, 2-nitrobenzaldehyde, nonanal, octanal, oleocanthal, orlistat, pentanal, phenylethanal, phycocyanin, piperonal, propanal, propenal, protocatechualdehyde, retinal, salicyl aldehyde, secologanin, streptomycin, strophanthidin, tylosin, vanillin, cinnamaldehyde and mixtures thereof. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The agent according to claim 1, wherein the first microcapsule comprises phloroglucinol and the second microcapsule comprises resorcinol as the aromatic alcohol a). ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The agent according to claim 6, wherein it comprises the first and the second microcapsule in a ratio of 1:30 to 1:3. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The agent according to claim 1, wherein the microcapsules comprise 0.0001 to 50 wt %, in each case based on the total agent. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The agent according to claim 1, wherein active substances are comprised in the first and/or second microcapsule. ### Claim 10 A method for releasing an active substance from a microcapsule that is present on a surface, wherein the microcapsule, through contact with an agent for washing, cleaning, conditioning, and/or dyeing hard or soft surfaces, comprising i. at least one surfactant, and ii. a mixture of at least a first and a second microcapsule, which each comprise at least one active substance and whose capsule walls comprise a resin that is obtained by reacting a) at least one aromatic alcohol or its ethers or derivatives with b) at least one aldehydic component that possesses at least two carbon atoms per molecule, and c) optionally in the presence of at least one (meth)acrylate polymer, wherein the first and the second microcapsules differ from one another in one of the reacted components a) and/or b), is deposited onto the surface and then releases the active substance by the application of mechanical force. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, wherein the active substance is released by friction. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, wherein the surface concerns a textile surface and the agent is a washing, cleaning or post-treatment agent.