Patent ID: 7989572

Claim:
A polymeric UV absorbing composition, comprising: a) a UV absorbing polymer comprising: i) at least one residue of a chromophoric monomer structure depicted by Ia or Ib below or a combination thereof: wherein X is hydrogen or one or two groups selected from the group consisting of hydroxy, C 1 -C 6 -alkyl, halogen, and —OR′; X 1 and X 2 are independently selected from the group consisting of cyano, C 1 -C 6 -alkoxycarbonyl, C 1 -C 6 -alkylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl, carbamoyl, C 1 -C 6 -alkanoyl, aroyl, aryl, heteroaryl, and —COY; R and R′ are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C 1 -C 12 -alkyl, substituted C 1 -C 12 -alkyl, aryl, C 3 -C 8 -cycloalkyl, C 3 -C 8 -alkenyl, —(CHR 1 CHR 2 O—) n —R 3 , and -L-Q; wherein R 1 and R 2 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and C 1 -C 6 -alkyl; R 3 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C 1 -C 6 -alkyl, C 1 -C 6 -alkanoyl, aroyl, and aryl; L is a divalent organic radical selected from the group consisting of C 1 -C 6 -alkylene-O—, C 1 -C 6 -alkylene-N(R 1 )—, arylene-C 1 -C 6 -alkylene-O—, arylene-C 1 -C 6 -alkylene-(NR 1 )—, arylene-(OCHR 1 CHR 2 O) n —, C 1 -C 6 -alkylene-Y 1 —(CHR 1 CHR 2 O—) n —, and —(CHR 1 CHR 2 O—) n —; n is 1-1000; and Y 1 is selected from the group consisting of —O—, —S—, —SO 2 —, —N(SO 2 R 4 )—, and —N(COR 4 )—; Y is independently selected from the group consisting of —O-L-Q, —N(R 4 )-L-Q, —N-(L-Q) 2 , and —R 4 ; wherein R 4 is selected from the group consisting of C 1 -C 12 -alkyl, substituted C 1 -C 12 -alkyl, C 3 -C 8 -cycloalkyl, C 3 -C 8 -alkenyl, and aryl; and Q is a group that comprises an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable group; with the proviso that the monomer molecules each comprise at least one Q group, and ii) at least one residue of one chromophoric monomer structure depicted by Ic or Id below or a combination thereof: b) a cosmetically acceptable carrier, wherein the polymer comprises residues of monomer Ia and residues of at least one of Ib Ic, and Id, when the polymer does not include Formula Ib, the polymer includes at least one other ethylenically unsaturated copolymerized monomer selected from n-butyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate, ethyl methacrylate, or methacrylic acid, and said residues are present in a ratio of Ia/In by weight of about 99/1 to about 60/40, where In is Ib, Ic, Id, or any combination thereof.