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US 8,771,718 B2Granted
Formulated tick and insect repellent compositions
AssigneeE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
InventorsMark A. Scialdone, Irwin Palefsky
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Abstract
The present invention pertains to the field of tick- or insect-repellent formulated compositions containing dihydronepetalactone, a nepetalactam, a dihydronepetalactam and/or their respective derivatives, and one or more additives to provide a useful and effective means of delivering the composition in the manner and to the location as desired by the user.
Claims13
A composition comprising in admixture
- (a) a dihydronepetalactone ;
- (b) water;
- (c) a component (c) comprising polyoxyethylene ether of steary alcohol;
- glyceral stearate;
- potassium cetyl phosphate;
- and hydrogenated palm glyceride;
- (d) a component (d) comprising cetearyl alcohol;
- (e) a component (e) comprising butylene glycol, methylpropane diol, and glycerin;
- and
- (f) a component (f) comprising sodium polyacrylate, hydrogenated polydecene and C16˜C24 polyethylene glycol ethers of decyl alcohol;
- wherein the composition comprises the component (a) in an amount in the range of from about 0.01 wt% to about 20 wt% based on the total weight of the total composition.
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A composition comprising in admixture
- (a) a dihydronepetalactone;
- (b) an alcohol;
- (c) a component (c) comprising butylene glycol, methylpropane diol, and propylene glycol;
- (d) a component (d) comprising cyclopentasiloxane and octyldodecanol;
- and
- (e) a component (e) comprising a copolymer of diethylene glycol;
- wherein the composition comprises the component (a) in an amount in the range of from about 0.01 wt% to about 20 wt% based on the total weight of the total composition.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.