Patent ID: 7727514

Claim:
A chemical compound comprising a linker agent and a first moiety comprising at least one UV-absorbing chromophore, wherein the linker agent has the general formula: wherein: X 1 and X 2 are the same or different, and one of X 1 or X 2 is a functional group bound with the compound comprising at least one UV-absorbing chromophore, and b+f≧2; Y comprises an O, N, or S that is substituted or unsubstituted; each a, b, c, e and f is ≧0 and a+b+c+e+f≧2; d is 0 or 1; wherein if d is 0 then a+b+c+e+f≠3; n1 and n2 represent the number of hydrogen atoms required to complete the undesignated valencies; m ranges from 1 to about 100 and each individual m unit may be the same or different and further comprising a carrier agent moiety bound to the linker agent wherein the carrier agent moiety is a fatty acid, a monoterpene, a diterpene, a triterpene, a non-fatty acid carboxylate, or combinations thereof.