Patent ID: 7128923

Claim:
A preserved and chemically stable composition comprising at least one peptide copper complex and a preservative, wherein the preservative consists essentially of at least one non-formaldehyde-donating preservative, and wherein the at least one non-formaldehyde-donating preservative is selected from the group consisting of ammonium benzoate, ammonium propionate, benzisothiazolinone, benzoic acid, benzotriazole, benzylparaben, 5-bromo-5-nitro-1,3-dioxane, 2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol, butyl benzoate, calcium benzoate, calcium paraben, calcium propionate, calcium salicylate, calcium sorbate, chlorhexidine diacetate, chlorhexidine digluconate, chlorhexidine dihydrochloride, chloroacetamide, chlorobutanol, p-chloro-m-cresol, chlorophene, p-chlorophenol, chlorophenesin, chlorothymol, chloroxylenol, m-cresol, o-cresol, p-cresol, dehydroacetic acid, dibromopropamidine diisethionate, dimethyl oxazolidine, dithiomethylbenzamide, domiphen bromide, ethyl ferulate, ferulic acid, glyoxal, hexamidine, hexamidine diparaben, hexamidine paraben, 4-hydroxybenzoic acid, hydroxymethyl dioxoazabicyclooctane, iodopropynyl butylcarbamate, isodecylparaben, isopropyl cresols, isopropyl sorbate, lauryl diethylenediaminoglycine HCl, magnesium benzoate, magnesium propionate, MEA-benzoate, MEA o-phenylphenate, methyl-chloroisothiazolinone, methyl-dibromo methylisothiazolinone, octylisothiazolinone, panthenyl ethyl ether benzoate, phenethyl alcohol, phenol, phenoxyethylparaben, phenoxyisopropanol, phenyl benzoate, phenylparaben, o-phenylphenol, polymethoxy bicyclic oxazolidine, potassium benzoate, potassium butylparaben, potassium ethylparaben, potassium methylparaben, potassium paraben, potassium phenoxide, potassium o-phenylphenate, potassium propionate, potassium propylparaben, potassium sorbate, propionic acid, propyl benzoate, quaternium-8, quaternium-14, quaternium-15, sodium benzoate, sodium butylparaben, sodium p-chloro-m-cresol, sodium dehydroacetate, sodium ethylparaben, sodium formate, sodium hydroxymethane sulfonate, sodium hydroxymethylglycinate, sodium isobutylparaben, sodium isopropylparaben, sodium lauryl diethylenediaminoglycinate, sodium methylparaben, sodium paraben, sodium phenolsulfonate, sodium phenoxide, sodium o-phenylphenate, sodium propionate, sodium propylparaben, sodium sorbate, sorbic acid, triethanolamine sorbate, thianthol, triclocarban, triclosan, and undecylenoyl PEG-5paraben.