Patent ID: 7973004
Filing Date: 2011-07-05
Classification: A61K,A61Q,C11D

Abstract:
1. An aqueous formulation useful in personal care, household and institutional applications comprising: a. an amount of an associative thickener comprising a polymer composition having a water soluble or water swellable synthetic polymer backbone that has covalently connected ends and/or intermediate blocks of oligomeric hydrophobes that are selected from the group consisting of i) alkyl and aryl moieties containing a polymerizable cyclic monomer, ii) a polymerizable double bond, and iii) derivatives of i) and ii), wherein the blocks are two or more units of the same or different hydrophobes; b. and amount of a surfactant; and c. water; wherein the amount of the associative thickener contained in the aqueous formulation is from about 0.1 to about 5 wt %, and the amount of surfactant contained in the aqueous formulation is from about 5 to about 50 wt %, and wherein the polymer composition having a water soluble or water swellable synthetic polymer backbone further comprises an ethylhexyl glycidyl ether (EHGE) modified polyacetalpolyether.