Patent ID: 7611696

Claim:
A UV-A screening composition comprising a compound of the general formula I or II wherein m is 1 or 2; R 1 and R 2 are identical or different electron-withdrawing groups, or one of R 1 and R 2 is hydrogen and the other of R 1 and R 2 is an electron-withdrawing group; R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , and R 6 are, independently, hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl; R 3 and R 5 and/or R 4 , and R 6 taken together with the carbon atoms to which they are attached, form a 5 or 6 membered ring which is unsubstituted or substituted with one to four alkyl, cycloalkyl or alkoxy groups; X is a moiety R 7 , when m is 1, and is alkylene or poly(oxyalkylene) when m is 2; and R 7 is hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxyalkyl or aryl; and a topically applicable, cosmetically acceptable carrier.