Patent ID: 8865194

Claim:
A skin-protecting ointment composition comprising: a safe and minimally absorbed solid, selected from the group consisting of boron nitride, boron nitride in a crystalline form, and boron nitride in the form of micronized or microcrystallized alpha hexagonal crystals, at 1.5 to 4.0 w/w %; a lipid thickener, selected from the group consisting of wax, ozokerite wax, beeswax, natural and synthetic waxes, and lipid miscible thickener, at 5 to 40 w/w %; petrolatum at 35 to 50 w/w %; and a volatile oil at 20 to 40 w/w %; said ointment composition exhibiting reduced greasiness and tackiness relative to an otherwise identical composition lacking the safe and minimally absorbed solid.